By far the worst unique yet, not because it's weak but because it's 100% in the wrong direction

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Kiss_Me_Quick wrote:

Vaal Warchief now gives 80% more damage with Panopticon and stays up for 20 seconds in boss fights or just have permanent 50% more attack speed.

This is the complete opposite of what has been overwhelmingly asked by melee players for so long - removing totem buffs and compensating for it elsewhere. It is not fun to just press 1 button before every rare+ fight, every time, with no strategy, just as a "more damage" button.
Now on top of that, you are automatically locked out of boots for every build as well.

Melee totems with these boots are mandatory for every melee build for maximum DPS, and not mandatory as in "Woohoo BBQ time wif my giga size rare buffs" but "Okay, I got the mandatory numerical BIS item for every melee build in the game for a dogshit mechanic that I hate but I have to use for DPS - what's next?"

Even Mageblood which is borderline God mode is swapped out by Headhunter on some endgame builds. These boots will not be swapped out with anything.

SMH (Shaking My Headhunter)

EDIT: I just remembered that I even wrote about it in August
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3293745

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COGS8 wrote:

There is the one Generals Cry, Berserker build that already uses the Forbidden Flame/Flesh Jewel that gives 100% increased buff from Ancestor totems, that might stack nicely with these boots, but the tradeoff I know I will be losing from my crafted boots is additional onslaught effect, tailwind, etc... on the offensive side, and elusive, resistance etc.. on the defensive side.

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Johny_Snow wrote:

They cost like a single chaos orb. The forum once again getting aneurysm for nothing.