New general guide on Grim Dawn from Reddit user Divisnn

[tqFan]

GRIM CONSPECTUS v1.0 July 2020

I’ve found out about it from Rhykker who used the term Magnum Opus which got me interested. Supposedly 6 months of work. My opinion after skimming over it: useful for new players but I prefer a combination of more in-depth guides from multiple people like we have here instead of one guide on everything. It would need 10 times more pages to cover everything properly. For example a chapter on Resistance Reduction:

Resistance Reduction (RR)
In Cairn, you will quickly learn that you aren’t the only one with resistances. Monsters of all types have resistance values, and some monsters are so resistant to certain damage types that it can make killing them near impossible if not agonizingly slow. (Try clearing the Burrwitch portal with only Fire damage, and you’ll see what I mean!) So, how are you supposed to deal with monsters that can resist the majority of your damage?

The answer is utilizing skills that give Resistance Reduction, also known as RR. An example of a skill with Resistance Reduction is the early Occultist skill Curse of Frailty. This skill, and other skills like it, give negative resistance modifiers to their target. For example, casting a rank one Curse of Frailty not only reduces your target’s movement speed and physical damage, but also their resistance to Bleeding damage. You will find that different Masteries have skills that focus on reducing different resistances that align with that Mastery’s damage type. Do not neglect to invest in some resistance reduction. Failure to do so will make higher difficulties of the game extremely slow and punishing. Investing in RR can be the difference between a 30 second boss fight and a 10 minute boss fight.

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[MikeHeydon]

Nice and easy to read.
I did not know that fact about BELTS adding its armour to ALL the 6 slots - Live and learn every day

[eisprinzessin]

The same is true for any flat armor on non armor slots - like bonus armor on juwelry or Resilient Plating on your off-hand.

[Ungoliath]

The same is true for any flat armor on non armor slots - like bonus armor on juwelry or Resilient Plating on your off-hand.

This

And that a basic +20 armor component (Antivenom Salve, etc) on girdle will be also then global. But you already knew that i bet.