Righteous Fire + Spell Totem build?

[GoorolinaPumpkin.TTV]

doing hardcore mode with a totem marauder and just wondering if I should build around using my spell totem with the righteous fire I found?

currently I have the passive from the tree that allows me to place another totem but can only do damage from them so after placing a searing bond, I just go crazy placing the righteous fire totems because they cost no mana. they have a short life span and the aoe is small due to no area buffs but they can still punch a hole through everything that enters its ring.

is this a workable build?
Should I work my character around it by grabbing the increase area passives?
Or should I just find another spell to work with?

[Paroe]

Originally posted by PumpkinMusic:

doing hardcore mode with a totem marauder and just wondering if I should build around using my spell totem with the righteous fire I found?

currently I have the passive from the tree that allows me to place another totem but can only do damage from them so after placing a searing bond, I just go crazy placing the righteous fire totems because they cost no mana. they have a short life span and the aoe is small due to no area buffs but they can still punch a hole through everything that enters its ring.

is this a workable build?
Should I work my character around it by grabbing the increase area passives?
Or should I just find another spell to work with?

Yes. RF spell totems are not only viable - but extremely powerful.
you want totem life and duartion nodes, though. Area nodes are also very useful, but not as important.

[Neku]

Perfectly Viable. You can get the Cheiftan Ascendancy which makes your totems immune to all fire dmg.

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/pathofexile.gamepedia.com/thumb/5/56/Chieftain_%28Marauder%29.jpg/800px-Chieftain_%28Marauder%29.jpg?version=129e6a67f8e006a896ce3628d5502b2f

To get the most dmg you will want to scale Totem life > Burning dmg > Dmg over time > Fire dmg. Easy 4 link would be Spell totem - RF - Inc. Burn - Conc Effect. Add Inc. Aoe on a 5l. Rapid decay on 6L

You should be fine with the aoe nodes from the templar tree since rf radius got buff.

[Shone]

here is one of the build i try, all i can say is put down totems and watch everything die :)
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1510181

[K0rkki]

The RF totems used to be a viable build even before the ascendancy update. I don't have first hand experience on them but I know for sure that they kill stuff pretty fast.

Btw, at first the fire immunity sounds like the best thing for RF totems but actually it is even more amazing with something that needs to deal with reflect damage (RF damage doesn't get reflected). Now, eventhough it's nice to have the totems not lose life from the RF they can easily kill stuff faster than they burn out if they are not fire immune. And against bosses, no big deal since they are just totems and can be summoned again. Not sure if you have already noticed it but RF damage from different sources like multiple totems doesn't actually stack even if the areas overlap so the main benefit of having the RF totems fire immune is the ability to spread out the totems and have the "death zones" last the whole totem duration without the need to resummon after lets say 2-3 seconds.

A question. Does anyone know if Vaal RF can be used with a spell totem? Would be awesome :D

[Drake]

Vaal RF isn't compatible with skill type changers (spell totem, trap and mine supports). If you do that you will still blow up your life and ES.