To joust or not to joust

[Muggens]

Hi, Zebraman here.

Just dinged 30 Ogre Shaman, have completed my Totemic armor so have decent AC, and got myself the Poison Wind Censer.

I've been switching between root rotting and melee'ing depending on the mobs level, I was thinking this should work for me in the future aswell. Did some testing in Paw(lvl29) and slowed Lteths vs a hasted Zebraman stood no chance, the lvl 27 Tesch was alot tougher but sure it could be done pretty nicely. But root rotting him surely is more effecient time/mana wise.... ?

So...
Is jousting really just for suckers and I've wasted a bunch of plat, or is it really badass and I'm now just more powerful than ever?