Inspiration Support linked with Spell Totem generates Inspiration Charges

Dear,

Spell Totem Support linked with Inspiration Support and a spell generates an Inspiration Charge for the player when a totem is placed by the player. The same is true for Shockwave Totem linked with Inspiration Support. Formerly the placement of a totem did not generate an Inspiration Charge
(since Patch 3.17.1b).

Bug Reference Number 2.573.212.593.

Formerly as in when? In 3.17.0? In 3.16?

Are you sure that you were spending mana to summon these totems before, as opposed to summoning them with life (Lifetap Support) or reducing their mana cost to 0 (for example, with Praxis ring)?

I cannot specify the time frame of this behavior exactly. I tested Shockwave Totem linked with Inspiration Support in the last week of Scourge Season, as patch 3.16.3 was live. I tested the behavior of these two gems again in Standard League at the start of Archnemesis League, and I used Shockwave Totem and Inspiration Support in the Archnemesis League until patch 3.17.1b. With this Patch, the behavior of these gems changed.

I did not use Lifetap Support and the mana cost was always greater than zero.

Until patch 3.17.1b it was possible to take a greater advantage of the Inspiration Support gem in spite of the high totem cost. The mana cost to place a totem did not count for the threshold value specified for the Inspiration Support gem [Lose all Inspiration Charges after Spending a total of (122-800) Mana on Upfront Costs and Effects of Supported Skills]. So it was possible to use a different skill with low mana cost every 10 seconds to keep the Inspiration Charges of the player up for a longer period of time.

When you read this, you can even say that the behavior I describe is a bug which is now fixed. The description of Inspirations Support reads partly as follows: "Supports any skill. Minions, Totems, Traps and Mines cannot gain Inspiration Charges." And yes, now the player gains an Inspiration Charge when he places a totem (what was not the case in my tests and during the first weeks of the Archnemesis League).

My build relies more or less on the behavior that was active until patch 3.17.1b, and usually GGG does not change the functionality of a gem during the season. Yet I guess that the behavior I describe will not be revived.