Hello, I'm looking for some advice on what to upgrade first for getting into Vanaduke runs, and 5* in general. I'm trying to do this cheaply, I have bought CE but I don't want to waste it, so I'm sticking with 3 weap slots, probably no trinkets, let alone bomb modules etc. I have mostly sword and bomb gear, and I tend to play very cautiously with lots of kiting.

I'm not sure whether to go swords or bombs at the moment...I'm guessing that splitting between them would not be as effective as concentrating armor bonuses on one or the other. Would one path (bomb or sword) be better for getting into Vana runs to start?

I currently have:
19497 CE
Wise Owlite Shield (shadow med)
Heavy Demo Helm (shock med)
Ash Tail Coat (ele low, curse low, poison med)
(These are the armor and shield I use on most runs.)

Dusker Cap (shock med)
Fused Demo Suit (shadow low)
Scary Skelly Mask
Scarry Skelly Suit
Elemental Cloak and Hood, got for some earlier missions when I needed the resistances
Mighty Honor Guard shield
Sinister Skelly shield (fire low, stun med)
Swirftstrike Buckler
Twisted Targe (I have the Dark Thorn Shield recipe)

Avenger
Dark Thorn Blade
Ascended Honor Blade (unheated)
Fireburst Brandish
Silent Nightblade (attack speed low)

Antigua (I have Silversix recipe, but I hear the shadow variant might be better, and I'm a couple runs Twins runs away from a pulsar)
Prismatech Alchemer mkII (charge time low, undead low)
Shadowtech Alchemer mkII (charge low)
Toxic Catalyzer
Pulsar--soon, I want the troll gun. :D

Fiery Atmomizer (gremlin low)
Lightning Capacitor (Waiting to upgrade until I get the recipe from missions.)
Dark Reprisal MKII
Freezing Atomizer (Just have one in case I want to do the Shiver line)
Graviton Charge (I don't play much lockdown/BN, so electron isn't really an option)
Rock Salt Bomb
Sun Shards
Super Blast Bomb

I also have a few misc recipes--Faust, Icebusrt Brandish, Needleshot.

Thanks!
-Hareth