Wave of Conviction Brands 3.17 || Path of Exile

Hello and welcome back to Path of Exile This is another iteration of a previous build that I did, the Expositor. This build is based on exposures, ignite and inital hit of Wave of Conviction. These are Wave of Conviction Brands. Previously versions of this build, were hand-casted, but using brands I've got better overall damage and better range. While damage is not high initally, it does ramp up with the five brands.
First Hydrosphere is cast to curse enemies on hit with Elemental Weakness. Any enemy that goes near the Hydrosphere also gets cursed, as Hydrosphere also hits whilst stationary. Afterwards I cast up to five brands of Wave of Conviction,but usually it only takes two to clear packs. In any map below the red tiers, Hydrosphere itself can clear, even though it's also my curse on hit. For uniques and strong rares I use my Holy flame totem with knock back, along with Tornado. This is mainly for some additonal damage, and as a defensive measure. Holy flame totem constantly knocks back any enemy that isn't immune. When Tornado gets cast in front of Holy Flame Totem, it turns into a fire tornado, as Holy Flame Totem uses projectiles. You could also use flame wall, but flame wall is stationary and Tornado isn't. I chose to play with Wave of Conviction again due to its big increase in effective damage this league. Overall, this build, while technically just over 1.5 mil damage counting all five brands, just doesn't feel very strong and clear is slow to moderate. Almost 5k life, just over 300 life regen, 215k EHP, with heal on block from the staff mastery, 17k armour, and 71% chaos resistance. Even with all of these defenses, it still feels somewhat squishy. PoB: https://pastebin.com/wSVqPCLi