lost in the meta
Have you tried Knight’s armor?
I suppose you are asking for the best damage while keeping a bit more defense then a full dps meta?
First go with the Meta build because this is were you get your rotation GS A/M and the damage modifier are the best DPS booster and you want them over some stats. After that you want to keep bloodlust sigil, sigil or night/force/slaying and the Superiors Runes of the Scholar, because like the build they give you huge boost. Then now its about Armor and Trinkets, where you can get the bit of defense you need.
Right now, some piece are better than other for critical damage. Trinket are in the top of the list so you want to have all berserker Trinkets and get like 1 to 3 Knight armor pieces (for dungeon SE) while the rest of your armor is berserker. But be aware, when the ferocity will be added in April/May, this will change and crit damage will be more equally distributed between each pieces so trinkets with crit damage won’t give you an advantage over armor.