The topic was created in 2008, yet most of the advice is like, 2006ish.
First thing's first, if you don't have the money to go for +6 or +7, just stick with +4, there's only like 8 def difference from all gear being +4 and +7, you shouldn't even be killed by most Melee attacks.
Recommended gear:
-Heagear: Feather beret
-Middle Headgear: Angel/Devil wing ears/Welding mask (For precasts, it could be nice)
-Armor: Valkyrie Armour/Meteor Plate/Lord's clothes with Marc/ED (Switch to ED when there are HW/Prof, Marc for precast)
-Garment: Immune Wool Scarf/Anti-Sniping Wool scarf (Raydric for normal, Noxious for precast, once you're past precast, switch back to Ray)
-Shoes: Tidal Shoes with Green Ferus Card or Matyr/Verit or +9 Tidals Shoes with Firelock card
-Accessories: Ring of Mantis, Vesper Core 03, or Ring of Flame Lord, and Bison Horn of Mantis. Ring of Mantis is nice for builds, Vesper Core 3 adds a nice ATK bonus and decent Str, Ring of Flame Lord has a good ATK boost, Fire resistance, Vit increase, but a little too low Str and random skills. Bison Horn of Mantis+Thorny shield is your best bet but you still have to choose your 2nd Accessory.
-Cranial Thorny Shield/Cranial Valkyrja's Shield (Thorny shield is amazing with Horn of Buffalo/Bison horn combo, Valkyjra's Shield is the best for Precasts)
-Weapon: Your Main weapon would be a Combat Knife, Piercing Defence, 10% Demi-Human reduction, beautiful. Works wonders with link, even if you don't have link, it probably has a higher DPS than most other weapons you can use link-less, anyway. Your 2nd weapon should be a +8-+10 Quad Diligent Orcish Axe, it has the highest DPS out of other one handed weapons and doesn't need link. If you have link access and no CK, a +7 - +10 Tripple Diligent Mes would be a better weapon than Orcish Axe.
Stat foods: I personally never WoE without any, all my builds revolve around stat foods, once you start re-building your WS build, you'll see how helpful they are.
+8 Str (Most of the stuff is NPC bought, including Jack O' Pumpkins), 8 Agi, 7 Vit, 8 Dex are all easy to get, if you can't get +8 Str, +5 Str is way easier as well.
Converters: Wind and Earth tend to be the best for bypassing Valk shield and Ray.
Resistance pots: I personally like using Earth, I hardly see any fire. Wind is nice for Precasts.
Aloevera/Box of Resentment/other ATK boosters: They're pretty heavy, but they provide excellent ATK boost.
Just my 2 cents. Hope I helped.