Recently, players discovered that the Dark Dance Malignant Heart had some unintended side effects — namely, it was self-inflicting harmful status effects such as Vulnerable because it treated using Health for a Resource as self-damage. Thankfully, Blizzard has a fix for Patch 1.1.1! Dark Dance Self Inflicting Vulnerable Official Patch 1.1.1 Notes
Fixed an issue where the malignant power could behave as if the player was damaging themselves, which could apply other effects that occur when the player deals damage. Fixed an issue where the Malignant Heart could kill the player. It will no longer consume life if the player does not have enough life to pay.Not only will no longer be counted as self-damage in terms of debuffing, but it can also no longer accidentally cause your death — both great improvements!
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