Even with a melee focused build that handles spires well I don’t like 'em. I always seemingly have chains on cool down when I need it.
Generally speaking I can run to the far side of the spire dropping an earthquake and then chain everything in. When it works I’ll pop the spire instantly, but when it DOESN’T work it’s now a game of “don’t do anything till enough stuff gets close enough” which is annoying since the timer is ticking down.
It wouldn’t bother me much at all if I could just make another compass and go again but I’ve got the worst luck finding them.