From an Fextralife interview with a Larian dev:
"We’re also looking into community concerns about power of mages (see below), late-game scaling issues of summoners and tweaking some individual skills and talents to make them more viable. E.g. Torturer talent now allows to set DoT statuses through Armour."
https://fextralife.com/divinity-ori...changes-mechanics-skills-types-and-more/