Advice on what to do now.

[Miothan]

Hey all, i am currently playing a Trap Rat druid on Realm and have done some of the charm stuff, probably half i think, i am missing these currently:

Dungeon
Startled Witch
Uldyssian
The Void

Summoning
Judgement Day (Only bonus quest missing)
Zorun Tzin
Brother Laz
MacroNecroX

Uberlevels
The Unformed Land
Kingdom of Shadow (tried it a few times, don't run fast enough i think )
Yshari Sanctum
Wretched Hive

Heroic
Bull Prince Rodeo (tried it, but not sure how to avoid exploding cows even when using a 90 degree wall, still got hit my those cows it seems)
Belial
Athulua (is this something a non bow user should do?)
Astrogha
Kabraxis

The Only Trophy i have is from Legacy of Blood


My current defensive stats when buffed are:
26% DR, 400k Armor, 23k Hp 85% resists (95% fire) and 34% chance to block (still got about 200-300 more sigils to eat tho :O)

Current gear
Weapon: Gehenna Runeword ( in a Sacred Kriss, double MO'd 444% enhanced dmg in total)
Chest: TU Jitan's Kamon (having trouble finding anything at all that may replace this, seems like there isnt anything to replace it?)
Gloves: Kali Runeword
Helm: TU Skyguard (Druid helm)
Belt: TU Deadfall
Shield: Wall of Fire Runeword (in a Sacred Large shield , haven't found a better shield as base yet X_x)
Boots: Honorific (non sacred so i get more MO's , not sure what would be a good replacement)
Amulet: Teganze Pendant (with moon of the spider +5% max All res on it)
Ring1: Empyrean Band (with an extra +10% spell dmg from upgrade )
Ring2: Random Yellow with +1 all skills and some -resistances, 5% CtC lvl 49 Supernova on kill (not sure how useful that is tho)

I would like some advice on what would be good for me to do now, such as, gear upgrades, doing any of the missing charm stuff? i wouldn't mind gearing up for Elemental or Bow druid if that would help me with anything but i do not know what gear those specs would be using and the guides for them are out of date.

I can farm Faust quite ok, takes some time to kill Necrobots but it's not slow, just not sure what runeword would be good as an upgrade since when i look over the stats on the documentation i just get confused and wouldn't want to waste a rune from faust on something that may not be an upgrade after all ^^, oh and should i farm cycles until i find some awesome ones? the mobs in that place dies really easy but doesn't seem to drop cycles all that often so wondering if its worth the time investment at this point for me.

Any advice/tip is appreciated, Thankyou for reading

P.S: What would end-game gear for a trap rat be? just fun to know even if i won't get it this ladder reset

[ChuckNoRis]

- untill you can eat all extra signets/find strong SU's/ Great Runes :
- you can replace the boots and gloves with dexterity crafts , the helm with Groove RW or Witchhunter's hood (set item) .it will get you closer to max block .
- the weapon doesn't help you much . it just increses your hp and a small boost to the elemental damage to weapon . i would replace with Rattus RW (nice damage , CB , LoS) - good item for staying alive ... or a craft with high damage and proc
- replace ring 1 with another one with ctc Supernova -> 2x chance to proc . or replace both of them with 2x Bloodbond rings to boost your damage ( burning veil)
- also replace the amulet . you're not a caster . try a rare with flat life and ctc banish on striking / ctc doom

go for the Unformed land and farm some better runes

there is a (bit outdated) miniguide here http://www.medianxl.com/t1568-trap-rat-guide-by-mike maby you'll find some more usefull tips there

[Miothan]

- untill you can eat all extra signets/find strong SU's/ Great Runes :
- you can replace the boots and gloves with dexterity crafts , the helm with Groove RW or Witchhunter's hood (set item) .it will get you closer to max block .
- the weapon doesn't help you much . it just increses your hp and a small boost to the elemental damage to weapon . i would replace with Rattus RW (nice damage , CB , LoS) - good item for staying alive ... or a craft with high damage and proc
- replace ring 1 with another one with ctc Supernova -> 2x chance to proc . or replace both of them with 2x Bloodbond rings to boost your damage ( burning veil)
- also replace the amulet . you're not a caster . try a rare with flat life and ctc banish on striking / ctc doom

go for the Unformed land and farm some better runes

there is a (bit outdated) miniguide here http://www.medianxl.com/t1568-trap-rat-guide-by-mike maby you'll find some more usefull tips there

Ok, will certainly try out those runewords since they are easy to make, thanks for the info

[GregMXL]

If you can achieve max block I'd recommend Natha runeword in a Sacred Spirit Mask. Try using jewels with 2% to dexterity and other useful mods in 3 of those slots. My cheap helm preference.

[Fumbles]

Even if you can't achieve max block,

Natha

Natha
Druid Helms
'GulEl'
Runeword Level: 65
4% Chance to cast level 2 Arrow on Striking
20% Attack Speed
50% Hit Recovery
(31 to 50)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(58 to 86)% Enhanced Defense
+5 to all Attributes
Physical Resist 10%

is still the way to go. Aside from dex% on jewels, other desirable modifiers are faster hit recovery and uninterruptable attack. If you can farm Fauztinville,

Triune

is a great mid-game weapon that can be made with a Qor rune. If you have a couple of them,

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Shields
'IgnFulGla'
Runeword Level: 100
+1 to All Skills
45% Cast Speed
45% Hit Recovery
-(27 to 30)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(27 to 30)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-(27 to 30)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
(16 to 25)% Magic Find
Requirements +25%

is a great shield to use with Triune, a bone/spiked shield are recommended as they have 6 sockets.

I personally think empyrean bands are the way to go for rings, + % life/stats with room for lots of orbs make these great even for end game. They are cheap enough that you find/trade for more as you progress and orb them to suit your current needs.

I posted on the old forum(link below) an end-game setup for rat that focuses on tri-ele damage (expensive items), there are other options for end-game but it lists some key points that are useful for all rats.

http://www.medianxl.com/t7004p20-improving-on-trap-rat-druid