Question on skills granted by equipment

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Hi guys,

can skills granted by equipment benefit from skilltree passives ?
I wondered, because of the fact that some items grant skills which are called exactly like their “true” skilltree skill.

For example:

Skill (Occultist skilltree): “Bloody Pox”
Itemskill (Abyssal Mask): “Bloody Pox”

This item even grants points on the “Bloody Pox” skill, but triggers the same skill on hit with the same effect.
Now lets say i spend all points on the passives “Wasting” and “Black Death”.

Is there a chance that the item granted skill benefits from the passives ?

Reference item:

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Procs and mastery skills function independently of one another. Adding skill points to bloody pox’s modifiers will not affect the proc equivalent.

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Thanks Nine!

Is there any kind of source or game tests you made for your statement?
I can’t find anything on the official sites or wiki pages.

Appreciate your help.