Overview: The current builds using shockwave totem are largely focused on Sanctum farmers with zhp. It's a very strong skill though, and combining totem gameplay with any degree of tankiness feels very good, particularly when bossing. Mapping is good, but not S tier. Bossing is great. Overall this approach is a very complete all-rounder that can be started on a small budget and can easily finish out a league.

The build combines aspect of current life-stackers with standard totem tricks to produce good DPS and tankiness at same time. DPS runs 25-35M at current investment, and shockwave totems stays on target extremely well which makes DPS feel higher. Defenses include massive regen, 6 endo charges, a huge health/es pool, petrified blood, a bit of block and some help from merc with kaom's binding.

Cheap PoB (~<10 div): https://pobb.in/Z0lKLpsDBuBW - crest of desire makes a much cheaper version edit: fixed

Current PoB: (~50 div): https://pobb.in/9PfMbzPUMVNP - 50%+ of the cost of this version is tied into the archdemon crown.

Videos:

T17 excerpt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXfPcvQh6-Q

Deathless Uber Shaper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8meom-cT9xM

Deathless Uber Cortex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdU6F4GPla0 -

Uber Uber Elder: https://studio.youtube.com/video/DOW4NV_hTGU/edit

Merc: I am currently not doing anything too crazy. Perquils, hatred aura, kaom's binding, and a dying breath.

Doryani's merc though?: Not for me, mostly because it makes you super dependent on your merc and I don't want to deal with it dying or not being in position. You could do this if you wanted.

Doryani's Timeless?: No. Because you sacrifice large portions of your life frequently, I found it better to just skip it and use traditional regen. Damage going through ES hurts this version of things imo.

Is this better than "insert other life stacker": I can't answer that because I haven't played the others. Its a good build that requires relatively few button presses.