Trag'Oul set still 'requires' Essences

The 2-piece bonus for the Trag’Oul Avatar set states that “Your Life-spending abilities no longer cost Essence” to cast. However, there still needs to be a threshold for the abilities to still be used. I’m currently using Singularity from the Skeletal Mage skill to empty out my essence and it shows the ‘blood’ skills as greyed out i.e. in need of essence. This completely contradicts the wording used and removes from the “blood only” fantasy of the set.

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Yes, exactly. I came here to report the same thing. Essence is still required for skill even tho set states something else. I was using Blood Mages but with “RAZETH’S VOLITION” shoulders and I needed my essence even tho selected rune was the blood one.

So yes, there is a bug with Trag’Oul set.

I hope this will get fixed becuase even if LoD mages would be stronger, Trag’Oul would be just fun and more convenient to play for T16 or just farm some lower GRs.

blood mages do not work for the 6,250%.
Ive only got a partial build going. Full trag, scythe of cycle in hand, funerary pick and reilanas shadow in cube, haunted vision amulet for perm reservoir simulacrum.
no bloodtide, no iron rose. no legend gems.
blood novas are doing 8-12 billion. singularity blood skeleton mages are doing 300-500m.
LoN blood skeles smash for 10-15b with 5-6 ancients.