Clearly, Zantai is trying to make the item into something people can use, because he buffed it in patch 1.1.6.0:
However, the buffs make no sense. He wants there to be incentive for people to be able to summon the pets, but the three pet classes - Occultist, Shaman, and Necromancer - have zero Chaos RR to them. Conjurer is in dire need of skill points just to keep up with pet skills and buffs, so there’s zero room for a nuke like Doom Bolt to summon the critters.
That’s the problem with the patch’s approach to pet builds in general. On paper, there are numerous pet items that were given buffs, some quite generous. However, the items are either completely blocked by a set that does the item’s function much better and has no reason to break it, or the buffs do nothing to address the real problems new types of pet builds have. Then, when we feel jilted that the buffs don’t address anything substantial, any nerfs like the one to Cataclysm’s Eye feel that much more painful.
On the balance sheet, the patch notes say lots of buffs to pet builds. In practice, however, was there a build that couldn’t manage to make anything work and then the buffed item made the build playable? I’m not talking about the new items like Gate to Many Worlds (which was ironic that people were dunking on this as a meme item when in reality it has been one of the few good and original pet items that really add to diversity), I’m talking about the Mythical Fiendmaster Raiment, Mythical Heart of the Sand King, Mythical Reaper of the Accursed, the Hellhound modifiers for Sovereign Ruby, Mythical Will of Bysmiel when Bysmiel set exists, and other items. Did any of those buffs address an outstanding issue that makes pet players who wouldn’t normally use the item now design a new build around it?
This is what Maya means when bird says “this patch didn’t really add anything.” Outclassed items remain outclassed, mandatory sets remain mandatory, and the nerfs, even if small in number, are felt more than the buffs, even if they’re larger in number.