PoE Hierophant builds without The Ivory Tower

Hi, i would like to try for the first time to make a build my self. I have make 3 variant of Exsanguinate and i would like what you guys think. Arcanist Brand : Self Cast : Totem :

OVERVIEW!!! Exsanguinate Hierophant !!! OVERVIEW Idea: - Spell Damage and Physical Damage scales BOTH Damage on Hit and Damage over Time from Exsanguinate. - BIG MoM - (Almost) No Mana Usage - High Mana Regeneration Defensive Layers: - Mind over Matter + Divine Guidance + Shaper Chest - Staff Block Nodes + Rumi's Concoction + Glancing Blows - Stun Immune (Unwavering Stance) - Immune to Elemental Ailments (Illuminated Devotion) - Lots of Spell Life Leech (Illuminated Devotion + Disintegrator) - Lots of Mana Regeneration - Lots of Life Recovery (The Agnostic + Life Regeneration per

Been kicking around the idea Hierophants a lot in the past few months, but haven't really had anything spark yet. I'm liking this idea, and certainly have the funds to make it (the cluster jewels don't look like they'll be too pricey, and I've got most of the gear sorted). I look forward to when my connection to the servers isn't being shite, so I can get this character rolling (That AoE is going to feel juicy)

I'm currently running frost bolt/ice nova, and the damage is good enough (deathless a5 sirus was easy peasy), but the clear is mediocre despite huge AoE because the spell combo requires a significant amount of standing in place. Additionally when things get hectic it's really easy to miss casting a frost bolt which can end up with me either casting ice nova with no frost bolts (which is much lower dps) or casting ice nova on frost bolts that are already really far from me (frequently resulting in dying). I'm getting kinda tired of the gameplay being so clunky leading to enough deaths to have

POB: Looking into playing dark pact totem as a starter that can scale into end game. With trash gear, lv17 gems, and a 5 link this should do 500K dps. Which can scale to 5.5m dps with investment. Defense is MoM, HP, ES, and the totem play style. Debating between swapping out zealotry for vaal discipline if I feel squishy. Anyone have experience with DP totems? Main thing is I am sure the build will feel very clunky until getting astral projector. Hopefully not unplayble clunky.