Does dexterity increase weapon art speed in Elden Ring?

Question says it all really. Does increasing dexterity in Elden Ring improve the cast speed of weapon arts?

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According to Fextralife...

Dexterity also affects the cast speed of Sorceries and Incantations. Every point in Dexterity increases the cast speed slightly.

So yes, it does increase. The comments on that page claim that each point of dexterity increases casting speed by 0.5%, but this hasn't been confirmed.

Edit: I've completely misunderstood what you asked. If I'm correct, you were asking about weapon arts (which, I assume, Weapon skills), not sorcery or incantations. This answer, however, will be kept for future reference.
I don't know if Dexterity affects weapon skill's speed. In fact, I did not know that dexterity affected sorcery or incantations. However, judging from the page, it does not affect them, seeing as there is no mention of weapon skill casting/charging speed.

Plus, if it does, what would be the point of using a Strength-based build? PvE-wise, it's good, but in PvP, if weapon skills casting/charging speed are affected by dexterity, they will easily lose.

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