Traps and Profane Bloom ( bugs bugs bugs )

So profane bloom reads that "you or your minions kill" counts.

So traps being a minion, should work with profane bloom, correct?

Now they do and they don't ...

I can't get profane bloom to proc with any actual trap gems, but I CAN get it to proc by using other skill gems WITH trap support gem. So basically by turning another skill into a trap, profane bloom works.... by using a direct trap skill gem... it doesn't.

The only exception I've found is Fire Trap, where the profane bloom explosion happen, but it happens literally like 5-10% of the time, not 40%.

If I use any self-cast skill, the profane bloom is obvious and happening pretty much every pack, as it has 40% chance per kill. With traps/trap support (the ones I was able to get working) it happens something like 5-10% of kills.

I've tested with on-hit cursing and blasphemy cursing in both instances.

I make sure to not 1-hit kill anything, but multiple hits so they are indeed cursed first.

Could a GGG tester look into this and test it out?

ps. for whoever tests... try souldrend + gmp + trap support... you'll see profane bloom work with traps:) its just defo not 40%. If you remove trap support so the skill becomes self-cast, you instantly notice it goes from 5% proc rate to its intended 40%.

(EDIT)
I suspect it has to do with skills that leave a DOT on target, they work, even if cast as traps... (soulrend, fire trap burning ground) ... but why do only those work, when profane bloom says minion kills count? isn't traps supposed to count as a minion kill?..

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This is not a bug.

Traps are not minions, nor are they you and their kills consequently count neither as your or your minion kills. Damage over time from a trap or mine always count as player kills because the trap or mine is no longer present when the kill occurs, and the game needs to track the killing entity for (loot/xp?) reasons. It's been explained by Mark somewhere.