Shockwave Totem as main damage dealer?

I've been leveling an Ancestral Bond marauder, aiming for Shockwave Totem as a main damage dealer with Flame Totem as backup. I really have no interest in just using the Totem support and playing something like a Firestorm totem build.

The plan was to take Ancestral Bond when my totems were strong enough, but I'm in my 30s and the melee skills I've been leveling with (Heavy Strike and Sweep) are still much stronger than either totem even with no supports or melee passives. I'm using Added Fire Damage and Faster Casting with Shockwave Totem. It barely tickles anything but the weakest enemies. Flame Totem is just completely useless no matter what I do.

I have a feeling that this build was just a bad idea. Is there anything else I can do to make Shockwave Totem worthwhile? Should I just bite the bullet and take Ancestral Bond now?

Thanks

Just one 24-hour bump.

I'm using it and while it can kill stuff it seems to be less effective than it should be,often my Fireball totem seems to be more effective on small groups and single targets even though it has half the DPS,I suspect defence works against it.

I think to really make it shine you have to have a ton of FCR so that the knock back makes it virtually invulnerable to attacks and therefore do more consistent damage.I doubt I'd use it without the Ancestral bond as your halving the knockback effect making it a lot more vulnerable to attacks(Dual SW totems kinda protect each other).