Notes from author
Semi-optimized pyromancy build.
The order of the spells is so you can easily hit a chaos fireball and use the stagger to chain a combustion. The bellowing ring could be swapped to a hornet if you'd prefer to focus on backstabs. You could also equip the dusk crown, but I think it looks stupid, and this fits the pyro aesthetic better.
56 poise is enough to withstand most things so you don't get sutunlocked.
The dark tracer is the main weapon for quick backstabs, the gold tracer is there to protect you against backstab fishing as R1 spam with curved swords prevents circle-backstabbing. The leather shield is only used if you notice someone who's too R1-happy, so that's an easy parry.
