this build in my opinion is like oroboro on crack you get 3 buffs with the crystal catalyst a good 1750 hp and decent poise i recommend switching to a rapier for honor dueling because people seem to get upset when you try to "spam" them with r1s. Now the reason i chose pyro over dark bead is because it its very good at keeping enemies at bay and when they see your buff wear of people tend to get more comfortable but combustion and fireballs seem to keep the pressure. In my opinion when your invading the forest keep fire tempest but when in the burg or township just take great combustion instead of tempest also you can use the crown of dusk intsead of mother mask if you want. And no this build is not optimized to have max possible poise but its up to you. enjoy slaying gankers and hmu on xbl my gamertag is ForgottenLeader!