Notes from author
One of my long-lasting builds, featuring my favorite weapon in the game: the great scythe, which, with a bit of skill, bears it's name well.
Rapier is secondary, you might like to switch it with the gold tracer when you encounter a shield-turtle (sometimes the cheap light-attack spam is justified)
Pyromancy is tertiary, switch up your fire spells however you like.
I'll break my habits by boldly declaring that this build will only suck if you do.