Incision Consumed by NPCs and Thorns

NPC hits are consuming the player's incision stacks on targets. I first noticed this with the Delwyn and the Sekhema in the act 2 boss fight, but more importantly it applies to beast companions as well.

The new incision mechanic incentivizes players to put 10 stacks on a target and then hit them with a big attack to create a large bleed. Builds making use of this mechanic cannot function if something else is stealing the incision stacks.

edit: Thorns damage also consumes incisions, so if you randomly have it on your gear you will lose all incision stacks on the enemy when you get hit.

Companions too. And I need Bloodlust support gem on Spearfield to get 10 stacks of incision without triggering bleed, so I don't want to link it to my companion.

Yeah quite an infuriating bug / interaction.

my build single target dps is - break armour, spearfield 10 incision, swap to sunder.

Cant really do it when there's an npc with with which makes those bosses painfully slow (my builds trash anyway!)

I hope this isn't intentional

it is my second build where I have a companion and I try to maximise the incision buff with bleed, and both build had their companion consumming the incisions.

my companions are quadgorillas and they don't have the mods Always Bleed or something similar.