I made a mistake by ignoring the dev discussions (AST changes)

[Tyssyn]

The only buff Dancers can give is a damage buff, and damage shield every so often. Dancers didn't get the missing Ast buffs.

[Yakugami]

The only buff Dancers can give is a damage buff, and damage shield every so often. Dancers didn't get the missing Ast buffs.

yea... i have no clue where people are getting this from
i mean, yes, they give a crit buff and direct hit buff, but that's also only to them and their dance partner on a 120s cooldown or something... so, like............?
they definitely were not given astro buffs