Blood Mage in PoE 2 ???

Blood Mage in PoE 2 or better the Sanguimancy Node must be a joke right ?......
every single Ascendancy get buffs with the first 2 Nodes that helps you progress faster.... but Blood Mages gives you an Debuff and you have to take it ? GGG please give her an Buff like added # spell damage to i dont know 50-100% the life cost from casts or 30% more damage or +2 Ascendancy points or anything that this Node will be a Buff and not a Debuff


EDIT: Life Remnants only works on kill so it is a bad compensation... vs Boss fights it sucks
so even if you want to play this Ascendancy (and i want to test it ), it is just better to take the other and reskill after you have all points or what ? GGG please you are joking right ? right ?

I was thinking about the same thing, i even rewatched the video multiple times but it really seems like you don't get increased damage out of it, but maybe we're missing some important context or something like that