the term kill refers to causing death of a creature
when kills are made by summoned minmins totems traps or mines player characters are credited for kills for the purposes of increased item quantity and rarity flasks and achievement-related stats,but generally not combat-related stats,where the non-player entity would get the credit for the kill instead.However,there is currently a bug that causes any damage over time kills to always grant credit to the player character even if they are caused by a minion,totem,trap,or mine