Skill Reveal - Ancestral Protector

It looks - and sounds - uhm, strange? But funny. Going to be interesting if this actually helps.

Makes the game even less party-friendly though. Besides the fact that in a party you cannot even get the thing to hit anything cause the ranger in the party kills everything so fast :P.

Whack a mole in PoE lololololololol! :'D

5x Totem Templar here I come! <3

I don't really like the direction melee chars seem to go. The totem is OK but I don't see myself casting it each time I travel to next pack of monsters. I used to cast curses manually with my melee chars before Blasphemy gem came out and it was really annoying sometimes. Aaand it looks a bit strange.

I know you guys at ggg are trying to please your players but am I the only one here that thinks this looks kinda dumb? Like the idea is cool and it seems like it might make for some interesting builds but the fact that it can't move and its auto attack animation just makes it look kind of silly. Plus your weapon is used so does it use its damage too? IDK just seems weird to me.

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iAreNubcake wrote:

Now you guys just need to make Leap Slam totems...

I want shield charge totems :P

Am i the only one who would prefer this "Not a totem" but like a backpack instead.
Lemme explain. Instead of having the spirit mounted on a totem, its mounted on your back, like in Haku's mission. The skill now passes from a totem tag to a buff/duration tag.

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Iangyratu wrote:

I used to cast curses manually with my melee chars before Blasphemy gem came out and it was really annoying sometimes.

I think having some stuff to cast manually is quite engaging and adds to the game, I wouldn't want PoE to become a single button game.

I'm enthusiastic about this new totem skill from the buff point of view...

I agree it looks silly (in a cute way though!) as a melee attacker, BUT, if the buffs it offers are really good, it kinda makes me think of a rejuvenation or devouring totem that has an attack, rather than an offense type of totem.

I mean, if I can get a melee attack speed and damage boost just form sticking by a totem that can fight a little bit and maybe distract from some incoming hits, I can see how it could be helpful though.

If one could summon an Ancestral Protector and a Searing Bond totem, though, it could be cool -- like that scene in gladiator when they are fighting while handcuffed to one another. LOL

Totems for melee? Noooooooo no no no give us some huge maces, thats all we need ;)

Seems nice... I really hope this is a skill we can fully build around.

Also, why not allowing searing bond beams to stack damage and nerf them more for balance? I just want my (future) hexa searing bond to actually do damage :(