The Annihilating Light Bug with herald of thunder. Herald of thunder damage is not increased

The Annihilating Light Bug with herald of thunder. Herald of thunder damage is not increased. Tested on different maps, is easy to reproduce cause you can litteraly see if the damage tripples.

It's also true of Herald of Ice. Staff says "Deal Triple Damage with Elemental Skills" and doesn't apply to HoI. Tried slotting in Ashes of the Stars which says "+1 to Level of all Skill Gems" which does apply. Seems inconsistent that HoI is a "Skill Gem" but not an "Elemental Skill". Both Herald of Ice and Herald of Thunder deal hit damage so Triple Damage should work for them, so it seems like a bug at this point?

read the gem......

HOT

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The damage inflicted by this skill is not affected by modifiers to spell damage

HOI

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If you shatter an enemy, this skill will cause them to explode and deal AoE cold damage to enemies near them. This damage is not affected by modifiers to spell damage.

it is not well clear but common knowledge that the herald damage is not able to be scaled , which seems include double/triple damage

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it is not well clear but common knowledge that the herald damage is not able to be scaled , which seems include double/triple damage

You can't scale it with Spell Damage, but you can scale it with elemental, area, and generic damage modifiers. For example, if I link Elemental Focus which says "Supported Skills deal 20% More Elemental Damage" it will increase the damage that Herald of Ice does. The thought is that the staff may be coded for "Spell Damage" behind the scenes but as written it should apply?

I tried using the staff with Detonate Dead and Volatile Dead and i have a strong feeling that the staff is indeed coded for spell damage, that is why it feel so weak on these skills.

Ah, I just spent 5 hours putting together an Annihilating Light + Herald of Thunder build because the wiki says it scales heralds.

Annihilating light should scale herald damage. Huge bug for annihilating light.

Does this bug currently still exist with Herald of Ice and Thunder?

Just did some googling, both here and Reddit doesnt seem to have confirmations by Players or GGG Developers.

Any news?

As far as I know, it has always worked.

Double/triple damage doesn't reflect in-game by damage metrics, so confirmation bias kicks in here.