Are'nt totems boring?

I just played Melee in Essence for first time in my PoE History. The diffrence is difficulty of the game is just HUGE. At 71lvl I killed Merciless Malachai w/o death, on Prophecy with my 75lvl Deadeye I died like 15 times (counting Piety, Trio and finally Malachai). Same for Lab. Norm lab face tanked at 30lvl (could afk there...), Cruel lab at 53(again Izaro dmg was funny), Merciless lab at 69lvl (he almost one shoted me with slam with stacks, but still could just tank him).

After this league, I probably won't go back to evasion based characters.

I love tower defense games. Gem Craft, Kingdom Rush, Plants vs Zombies.
Totems.. well it's a reverse tower defense game, Tower Offense if I may. Love it.

Place those Pillars Of Power and watch the world burn!
Watch your enemies frozen on their feet.
Watch them look at you in shocked awe.
Watch them wither, drowned in poison.
Watch them die and disintegrate into the purple abyss.

'You stand unscathed, for anyone who tries to harm you, will surely die.' - Yeena


yup a big fan of those 'boring' totems. :)

Isn't pressing m2 to use your skill to kill enemies boring ?

If no then why would totems be more boring that what you guys call """"""active""""" playstyle ?

What's boring in throwing 2-3 totems and watch from behind a pillar how stuff dies?
I'm a happy camper in EHC and it feels so good.

As melee build ancestral warchief is absolute must on bosses. Totem that deals 20k dps is great. You can just put the totem and whirling blades around the boss.

Multiple totems are insanely safe. Just plant a decoy it has 100% chance now to aggro bosses making it super broken.

Not for me. Currently playing a Glacial Cascade Totemer. I cast Frostbite and Frost Bomb on packs and mobs and when I can keep the totems up long enough I also cast Glacial Cascade myself for extra DPS I also am casting Enduring Cry Constantly and Walking around tondodge to dodge or readjust me and/or my totems positions.

Its not as exciting for some people but for me its way more fun when I have an army or a plethora of contraptions that deal damage for me.

Dont care. Like evey build in this game is so boring i juat play the ones that are good. You pretty much have to play totems these days to avoid the insane boss damage in the highest tier of maps.

They are safe. You do DPS on the move. Means smooth sailing into maps where game starts for many then you can switch build. I use totems in over half my level ups. Simply drop totem(s)and run past content. ez exp leveling and boss fights.