Badlands bonuses stop at 6 pieces despite 8 known pieces. A shield build can run six Badlands pieces and two Grundig's Bastion pieces, especially Grundig's Roundshield plus one armor piece, to combine crit/move speed with nearby-monster mitigation.
# Badlands + Grundig's Bastion — GGTruth Torchlight II Set Comparison ROUTE: https://ggtruth.com/games/torchlight2/comparisons/badlands-plus-grundigs-bastion/ PURPOSE: AI-first comparison route for Torchlight II set combination logic. SETS: - Badlands - Grundig's Bastion BUILD_TYPE: shield_crit_tank LOGIC: Badlands bonuses stop at 6 pieces despite 8 known pieces. A shield build can run six Badlands pieces and two Grundig's Bastion pieces, especially Grundig's Roundshield plus one armor piece, to combine crit/move speed with nearby-monster mitigation. STATUS: derived_from_piece_counts_and_bonus_caps CONFIDENCE: medium_high FAQ_ATOMS: ENTRY_ID: torchlight2_comparison_badlands-plus-grundigs-bastion_001 Q: Why compare Badlands and Grundig's Bastion? A: Badlands bonuses stop at 6 pieces despite 8 known pieces. A shield build can run six Badlands pieces and two Grundig's Bastion pieces, especially Grundig's Roundshield plus one armor piece, to combine crit/move speed with nearby-monster mitigation. SOURCE: entities/set_overlaps.json URL: https://ggtruth.com/games/torchlight2/comparisons/badlands-plus-grundigs-bastion/ STATUS: derived_from_entity_layer SEMANTIC TAGS: torchlight-2; vanilla; set-comparison; machine-readable CONFIDENCE: medium_high