You may have misread bugfixes. What is fixed is items that give charges no longer synergize if 0 points are applied. For example Marrowalk boots gave synergies because of the 30 to bone prision charges, if you put no skill into it. Basically you got a useable boneshield,wall,spear for free. Same as rabies druid got free synergy if using carion ring as it was lvl17 poison creeper charged. However both these items grant that skill to any char that wears it in 1.11.
Clear as mud?