[Patch 0.3] HulkSmash - Armour Stacking Titan

1. Weapons - I didn't bother with a shield and pretty much immediately started dual wielding in the beggining of act I. Early on you can also use a 2h weapon, depending on what you're gonna find, but overall i think that dual wielding 2 1h weapons is going to be the best since you are much faster, making your animations way less clunky. It's just gonna feel better.

As for what stats you're looking for - you basically want to get as much damage as possible on your weapons (elemental is fine too). Later on you can start looking for + level of all melee skills modifier as well

2. Body armour - Amount of armour here is important, as this will be your main source of armour early on thanks to Sturdy Metal. This is important, because in the campaign majority of your deaths will come from physical damage, being overwhelmed by fast monsters. Getting decent amount of armour will completely negate that.

Apart from that you're looking for additional life and resistances, if you can get them.

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ARMOUR APPLIES TO ELEMENTAL DAMAGE MODIFIER UNTIL AT LEAST LEVEL ~40-50, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT USEFUL AT LOW INVESTMENT

3. Helmet, boots and gloves - I'm going to put them together since they are basically identical. You are looking for armour, life and resistances here (strength is fine), once again, do not bother with armour applies to elemental damage stat until later on

Additionally you should try to get movement speed on your boots early on, you are going to Leap Slam a lot so it's going to lose some efficiency but it's still useful during the campaign

4. Belt, rings and amulet - Ring slots are insanely good for capping your resistances, focus on that. If you can get life and/or some flat damage on top of that, that's even better.
Amulet is similar, but you can find some other useful stats here like % increased armour or + to level of melee skills
As for belts once again, life and resistances, you can also find some armour there that will help early on, especially if you use Plate Belt

5. Charms - Grounding Charm and Thawing Charm are the most important ones in my opinion, after that you can get for example Silver Charm or Antidote Charm