DS2 Scholar Any% route with DLC

DS2 Scholar with DLC

Start Bandit + Ascetic
Kill Maughlin with Axe
Buy firebombs, Pursuer glitch, equip RoB
#Last Giant (Axe, bombs)
Darksign back

Pop Pursuer soul, buy 2x BB + Key
Ascetic bonfire, get chunks in basement
#Pursuer (ballista)
Get Dull Ember, get lightning resin, explode wall, buy 6 Large Shards, warp to Majula

Open blacksmith, sit down, buy Rapier, Upgrade +8
Buy Cat Ring + 6 bones + 3 skulls (to verify)
Get both branches on the way to Gulch
Grab Great Magic Weapon in chest
#Giants (Rapier, BB, Lightning Resin)
Bone back, warp to Majula

Get DLC Key + Witchtree Branch in chest, bone back
Go to Woods, get RTSR, bone back, warp to Gulch
Unlock secret bonfire
#Rotten 1 (Rapier, RTSR)

DLC:
Tower of Prayer bonfire
Get Soul of a Great Hero
Soul of an Hero + 3x Boltstone in side room before drop to Flynn's ring
Flynn's Ring
Get key and bone back
(Get Lightning clutch in chest?)
Get rid of invader, grab 2x BB and 3x Ascetic in cave
Bone back and warp to Majula

LVL up 18 INT/10 ATT/23 VIG (if poison strats)/rest in END
warp to McDuff, infuse Lightning
warp to Gulch, Ascetic

#Rotten 2 (Rapier, RTSR, GMW)
#Rotten 3 (Rapier, RTSR, GMW)
#Rotten 4 (Rapier, RTSR, GMW)

Should get pretty much exactly 1M soul memory from testing
Rest is the same

Compared to current WR route:
Added:
Pursuer Glitch:		20"
Chunks Pickup:		30"
Unlock McDuff:		50"
Giants+GMW:			~1'40"
DLC run:			6'50"

Total:				11'00"

Removed (timing from WR):
Woods to Tseldora:	6'30"
Sentinels Ascetic:	2'40"

Total:				9'10"

Weapon AR:
This route: 407  (Infused bolt +8: 144+144, 10 RoB, 50 Flynn, ~57 GMW) possibly can add 15 with Lightning clutch
WR route: 300 (+10 Rapier: 230, 20 RoB, 50 Resin)

So about 2 minutes slower running but with more damage.
Tested on Rotten 2/3/4 seemed to be 15% more damage.
Still seems hard to get back the 2 minutes wasted as the fights are not too long in general (12 bosses total with better build)