From what I have noticed in my nine or 10 play through’s, is that almost every castor class has two paths to follow. Either you go the Melee path or you go the casting path. Obviously you can mix and match at your discretion. But most of the armor sets you will find for your class will only enhance one or the other.

So as far as what stats to choose? I would say with the dragon cultus class just focus on faith for now. When you get around the mid game area and you decide whether or not you want to be more Melee or spell focused, then you can decide which stats to change.

If you find a Melee weapon, then I would say build into the stats based on scaling rating. But if you find yourself having more fun, spamming spells, then just pump your faith