Decoy Totem does not work when it should.

Hey, how come that mobs want to attack me instead of the totem? It is within range to taunt so why doesnt they attack the totem instead? Is it a chance to get taunted or what?

This was pissing me off so much, that i now run a spark+gmp+blind totem.

I'm not sure, but could it be that these monsters were already attacking you when you cast the totem? I gather that in this case they'll keep moving towards the target, but of course I am not sure.

With my firetrap shadow I'm using decoy extensively and it mostly works. Sure, sometimes monsters go after me for some reason, but usually they're fascinated with my totem :D.

Spark + GMP + Blind - what a great idea. Might try this next time instead of decoy.

Flickers attack you first after putting a decoy totem even offscreen fror a simple reason - you use a skill - you generate the agro. Monsters attack you - totem uses its taunt after they decided to use flicker on the caster of the totem. Monsters with high aspd do this.

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Basically, if the totem is a mile away and you are right next to monsters dealing damage, don't expect it to ever work.

When I was playing my LA crit shadow, and therefore kiting a lot, I would use Decoy totem like this:

Mobs---------->Me--------->Totem

Then I'd run past the totem, like this:

Mobs-->Totem-->Me

This had about a 100% success rate on capturing/aggroing the mobs.

There's also an art to timing the placement of the totem. There is a slight delay in its aggro. So if you are approaching mobs that are going to turn at you, you need a bit of distance.

Decoy Totem works 100% perfectly whenever I use it.

The taunts only proc when the red ring hits them. They attack me if I start attacking them and the next red ring hasn't arrived yet.

Flicker strikers are perfectly taunted when I use the totem at the appropriate distance, i.e. they can see the totem, but not me.

If you have reviewed those conditions, and that's consistent with your experience, then Decoy Totem is probably working as intended.

If you have reviewed those conditions and there is something inconsistent going on (like the red ring hits the enemy and you haven't attacked them in that period, but they still attack you afterwards), then you may have encountered a bug, in which case apparently there is a bug forum? http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-forum/bug-reports