Splinter Totem Support ~ Kills the totem after final split

So splinter totem sounded cool when I read it, however I don't think its functioning as intended.

It states that it will splinter up to 2 times, splitting into smaller sizes after each attack / spell until its final smol form.

It does NOT state the totem will DIE after attacking once in its smallest state. Tried it with Dark Effigy and upon reaching the smallest size, they all die.

If this IS intended, please update the skill description, as this was not clear. I was anticipating basically 4 mini totems in its final form, not a support that basically makes the totem commit suicide from splintering to death.

Please fix.

Thanks you!! I also made a thread about the Limit not increasing despite the support gem having the Limit keyword. I wanted to make a totem build with this but it is unusable in the current state.