#1 - Mace and Shield Glasses
#2 - See #1
You need, NEED hit lower defense.
RBC is nice, but I like more DCI so I go with HotL and Fey's. I like having 70 DCI so I'm HLD proof. Some bosses have a HLD attack.
My Swammy... your whammy doesn't need as much fire resist. I need it cause I go sampire a lot.
Mace N Shield Glasses
Mempo - 12/24/5/23/3, LMC7
HotL (Faction L4)
Fey Leggings (Faction L1)
Hiro Sode 9/23/20/23/4, MR2
StormGrip (Faction L1)
Ring (Imbued) Dex 7, DCI 15, LMC 7, DI 22, Poison 15%
Bracelet (Imbued) Dex 7, DCI 15, LMC 7, DI 22, Fire 15%
Crimmy (Faction L4)
70/70/70/70/72 while in Vamp with Protection cast.
91/102/78/93/72 are the actual resists.