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The first idea is my original plan and get exotic heritage(Sylvan) so i can get an animal companion and use the archtype as intended.
The other idea is to go heavy into Shikigami style and use magical staves as bludgeoning weapons while heavily investing in Use Magic Device to emulate being a sorcerer so i can charge up any staff i have with my own spell charges
Which one do you think would overall perform better?
Well, the first one shouldn't work, so there's that.
Sylvan is a bit of a weird one, different from other wildbloods, and the companion it grants is not a 1st level bloodline power. It replaces both that and the bloodline arcana (which eldritch heritage most certainly does not grant) and ultimately is probably neither of those.
Staves are quite expensive, but the Shikigami style could work. Not overly familiar with it, so I'll let better informed people answer that.
Magical Child is tricky.
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Well, the first one shouldn't work, so there's that.
Sylvan is a bit of a weird one, different from other wildbloods, and the companion it grants is not a 1st level bloodline power. It replaces both that and the bloodline arcana (which eldritch heritage most certainly does not grant) and ultimately is probably neither of those.Staves are quite expensive, but the Shikigami style could work. Not overly familiar with it, so I'll let better informed people answer that.
Magical Child is tricky.
It does actually i've read and reread ther faq's on the topic for another build i have, It works.
Eldritch heritage for a sylvan animal companion doesn't work because you don't get a bloodline arcana to trade for it, there's a FAQ about it.
Charging a staff with 6-level caster slots seems, um, inefficient at best, ineffective at worst. Shikigami style without anything resembling an attack bonus over 3/4 BAB or bonus feats seems poor. Magic staves will generally function as a quarterstaff or cudgel which rules out improvised weapon use. No idea what you're going for here but you probably want a solid base class under it to cover the bad sides of your idea rather than a marginal one - strong classes work better for weak concepts, weak classes for strong concepts.
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Eldritch heritage for a sylvan animal companion doesn't work because you don't get a bloodline arcana to trade for it, there's a FAQ about it.
Charging a staff with 6-level caster slots seems, um, inefficient at best, ineffective at worst. Shikigami style without anything resembling an attack bonus over 3/4 BAB or bonus feats seems poor. Magic staves will generally function as a quarterstaff or cudgel which rules out improvised weapon use. No idea what you're going for here but you probably want a solid base class under it to cover the bad sides of your idea rather than a marginal one - strong classes work better for weak concepts, weak classes for strong concepts.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/exotic-heritage/
You're absolutely sure this won't work?
Yes. You don't get a bloodline arcana. It doesn't work.
Eldritch heritage for a sylvan animal companion doesn't work because you don't get a bloodline arcana to trade for it, there's a FAQ about it.
Charging a staff with 6-level caster slots seems, um, inefficient at best, ineffective at worst. Shikigami style without anything resembling an attack bonus over 3/4 BAB or bonus feats seems poor. Magic staves will generally function as a quarterstaff or cudgel which rules out improvised weapon use. No idea what you're going for here but you probably want a solid base class under it to cover the bad sides of your idea rather than a marginal one - strong classes work better for weak concepts, weak classes for strong concepts.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/exotic-heritage/
You're absolutely sure this won't work?
I'm fairly certain it would not. The Sylvan bloodline says "This bloodline power counts as your bloodline arcana and also replaces laughing touch." Eldritch Heritage only gives you the 1st-level Bloodline Power and not the Bloodline Arcana, and you need to have both features to qualify for that particular power.
If you really want an Animal Companion though, you can always grab one for 2-3 feats - if you can afford that.