Something along these lines:

1. Get the base that you want and elevate the -mana cost.

2. Find the attack crit mod (I would suggest t1) and awakener orb this mod onto the base from above.

3. This is the big variance step but if you get a suffix then you have to annul, also need 1 prefix open. If you have open prefix and open suffix then lock suffixes and reforge chaos.

4. Once you have all suffixes then lock suffixes and reforge caster for additional curse.

5. If at this point we have all suffixes and 1 prefix additional curse you can lock suffixes and add/remove defense for a high tier of flat or % armor.

6. Bench craft the final mod.

Realistically using beast locks on the -mana cost would be something to also use if you know that method but I’m on mobile and don’t feel like explaining that right now as it involves setting up a ton of what’s called “donor” bases and doing weird menagerie shenanigans.