Apocalypse node has incomplete description

The Apocalypse node at the bottom left of the Merc tree seems to be missing parts of its effect description. It simply reads:

'''
40% reduced Damage
+6% to Critical Hit Chance of Herald Skills
'''

There is no clear indication what the "40% reduced Damage" is referring to. Especially in context of the node's name or the two nodes leading up to it (which give increased Damage, instead of reduced Damage). It would not make sense to trade the 40% increased Damage total gained by the two previous nodes for only +6% Critical Hit Chance.

It's a generic reduced damage penalty, which is additive with your increased damage modifiers.

It comes with a penalty because flat critical hit chance is really powerful, as it is modified by all of your modifiers to critical hit chance as well.

Ah, I see. I guess it just didn't "click" for me that it was suddenly reducing my overall damage. All other nodes in that cluster refer to Herald skills, so it didn't occur to me that it was suddenly affecting non-Herald things. :)

Thanks.

The wording is indeed very vague. Now that it's clarified, the talent looks like complete ...hmm horrible to me.