Zardnaar
Legend
How do you address the point I brought up?
That even with Bladesinging for INT to AC, you are limited to light armor so you need DEX as well if you plan on being in melee. And if you are limited to one handed weapons due to blade song and have DEX for attack, does INT bring enough to the table to be three classes levels of spells known behind?
Assuming point buy, tier 1 & 2 you haven't maxed both INT and DEX. Either way you have buffs and other non-offensive spells. If you are prioritizing INT, then your offensive spells (spell attack or save) at your best and you do not have the AC to spend a lot of time in melee. If you are prioritizing DEX, then melee works well but your offensive spells aren't as good.
Battlesmith still doesn't give you the AC to go into melee without DEX because of bladesong's limitations on armor. So you can't regularly make use of INT to weapons until you raise your DEX. Which works just as well as INT for attacks. If you can't regularly make attacks, is the three level diversion from being a primary caster worth it for the occasional attack?
Now, if you are looking to be an archer, or you're doing it for the other things artificer give you - go for it. And start Artificier for the CON saves.
You only melee when you can use bladesong. You are still a wizard not a fighter.
Other option is high rolled stats.