Vampirism passive question

hi all

does the :

"recover 3% of life on kill" mechanic work with totems build?

does my character recover the life when my totems kill mobs?

thanks

No.
Unless the enemy dies to dmg over time that your totems caused

to explain, totems are different entities so you cant gain buffs from totem kills or hits (unless specifically stated otherwise).

there is an ancient bug/issue though, that has became a feature. All kills from damage over time are always credited to players.

note that totems are not you but use your offensive stats, so while you cant gain anything from their hit/kills, they still can apply your on hit/kill effects to enemies (explode on death, curse on hit, exposure, etc..)

On a side-related note, Gravebind is a thing. Those gloves make sure that anything that dies because of one of your proxies, minion, or even ally will give you kill credit. This will allow you to get onKill boni even when going full totem/trap, without resorting to the whole DoT shmuck (you would still have equipped a pair of Southbound gloves in order to achieve the same effect, with a little pinch of Fire damage in order to trigger the killing Ignite)