PoE Melding of the Flesh, Templar, Totem builds

A few weeks a go I was theorizing what I wanted to play for the next league, and I made this thread: I had a set or requirements for the build, mainly a totem playstyle, high quality of life, and zero-to-hero possibility in terms of scaling. Eventually I landed on Hierophant as an ascendancy, simply because it provides the most straightforward access to damage and totem placement speed, and because it has a good position on the passive tree. This allows me to focus more gear into defens