Verac Brassard has low stats, worse than rune. Maybe you could buy the rest of the verac set and also get a Fighter Torso, FoC with a strength bonus, or if you would rather have the defence bonus you could buy a Torag Platebody, although this degrades. You should probably rid yourself of your Dragon Square and replace it with a rune defender, much better stats for general melee, IMO. Do you have Dragon Boots? If not, get some. If you still have spare cash, an Obsidian Cape is always a good way to spend some money. That's about all I can think of right now :P...