60 Mind Fth/Arc Full Caster or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Blasting
(the Poison Dane's Footwork has The Poison Flower Blooms Twice on it)
... admittedly this is something of a guilty pleasure build, because I don't think going up to the soft cap of 60 Mind is something generally advised? Neither, I assume, is slapping Seppuku on my melee backup purely so I can supercharge my spellcasting with the combined buff from both Lord of Blood's Insignia and the White Mask - while taking Bestial Vitality to offset the self-damage somewhat.
However, big number make brain happy. Doubly so when big number also does big stagger.
(Eh, maybe I'd be better off with smth like FGMS or Golden Vow rather than Bestial Vitality to really double down on Dragonmaw's physical damage, but I think the buffs from the blood proc/dual DC seal/Deenh when I do use him should be more than enough.
And besides, I'm avoiding Erdtree incants on this build for thematic reasons, so may as well.)