Warrior/Knight Help Help improving Warrior Equipment

I'm level 43 at the moment and couldn't comfortably beat "Clearing the Camps" mission nor even beat the last floor in stage 1 in ToA.
Weapons are lust, hook (A2), Archpriest (W3), and Vartija.
Armor is Sunshade, Dujgon Warrior Chestplate, Philosopher (F4), Morph-Gold
Accessories are Broken Sandust, First Steps, Vindicator, and Generator Amulet
Skills are 20, 19, 22, 21, 26 (Base: 18, 15, 20, 15, 16)
What weapons, armors, or accessories should I use? Also should I change my skills?

 

https://wynnbuilder.github.io/index.html#4_0Sz00O07z0c80cF0cF0qm00A0CL0J0O0Y0O0E0h000010008G
WynnBuilder build:
> Avalanche
> Sundown Poncho
> Chained Pixels
> Morph-Gold
> Morph-Topaz
> Morph-Topaz
> Union
> Durum's Serenity
> Karma [w4w4]

That's a pretty op build for your level (yoinked from meta gear for leveling thread), although you really should be fine with your current gear if you add karma and swap out your rings for morph topaz's. By skills I assume you mean skill points, just adjust them so that you can wear your gear and than dump the rest into int/def depending if you need more survivability or not. This is going to sound wierd but TOA is really meant to be done at around level 75, you get the quest at 40 but its not really possible until you are higher level so just wait until then.

 

Thanks for your reply, but are Sundown Poncho and Chained Pixels really a good investment of time and emeralds? I can see why both are good armor sets but by the time I do that maybe I can access better armor by then.

 

Yup your exactly right, builds arent really viable at low level because by the time you work towards the gear you want there will probably be better alternatives. Only exception to this is morph as it gets better the higher level you are, I would say slap on all the morph pieces you can wear and just use whatever legendary gear or random stuff you find.

 

For everything other than the Karma weapon (which is already given 2 w4 powders), what powders should I apply to my armor?

 

none, not worth it until endgame