Grim Dawn | Retaliation Explained | New-Player Friendly | July 2024

Basic, straightforward explanation of Retaliation Damage - how it works, how to buff it and convert it, in-game demonstrations.
New-Player friendly - level 6/7 character with basic (shop-farmed) gear used in demonstration.

Timestamps
Intro (probably worth watching) 0:01
Vendor farming for early retaliation gear explained 1:15
Where Retaliation damages stats are shown for the character 2:15
Equipping gear to add retaliation damage 2:39
Retaliation in action (first fights) 3:32
Defensive ability and your chance to be hit 4:15
Retaliation damage does not scale with any attribute 4:45
Offensive ability briefly discussed 5:50
Damage conversion affects retaliation damage 6:07
Devotions 7:08
Mastery skills that add retaliation damage into other attacks 9:00
Location of rare (green) shoulders with retaliation damage (always there ONCE in each difficulty) 10:05
Resistance reduction 12:12
More fights with plenty of retaliation gear equipped 13:05
Health regen is important! 13:20
Casters (no melee attack) don't trigger your retaliation damage 13:43

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