You'll be on your enemies before they even know you're in the room.
This means picking up Euphie's Shawl, Calcifying Bonemail, and Armor of Resolve to take with you. Your relic choices should focus on increasing your armor as much as possible. If you feel like you're taking on too much pressure, use your Flame Breath to char your foes while still keeping them in range of your other arcana. Make use of your dash arcana to hunt down ranged targets who have kept their distance from you, and save your standard ability for the melee-based foes. It only takes a few well-placed hits for enemies to take down your health, regardless of how much armor you're stacking. With the robe Grit equipped, you'll find yourself shrugging off more damage from enemies, despite being in the middle of all of them. After you've gotten their attention, use Gust Burst to target the nearest one, and start pummeling them with Earth Knuckles. Right at the start of a fight, you can introduce yourself to your enemies with Seismic Entry or Blazing Onslaught.
This build was designed for those who relish being in the middle of every encounter.