Mind Over Matter - Infernalist Ascendancy

I worked towards MoM with the Demon Form & Pyromantic Pact ascendancy skills but the interaction hasn't worked as expected. Unfortunately didn't get to test just Demon Form with MoM (no pact) before I respecced and now I'm poor.

The desired result was build infernal flame as effectively a shield meter, that gets eaten on hits by MoM. But all of the damage I was taking was coming straight from life. That doesn't speak to me as expected behaviour.

And of course with this I was trying to be cheeky with Demon Form life drain and have that come from my infernal flame bar too. Without MoM working with PPact it too was just draining my life.

Really enjoying the second installment to my favourite franchise though!

Expected behavior, NOT a bug.

MoM makes damage be taken from mana before life. Pyromantic Pact removes ALL of your mana, effectively you have 0 mana. The flame build up is NOT mana, thus all damage goes straight to your life pool.

case closed.