Expertise is only important for: Ring, Amulet, Jewelry. Buypass this with crafting if you can.
Amulet: Health + Protection / Stam req
Ring: Hearty + Invigorated punishment
Earring: Refreshing Toast + Purifying toast
Expertise cheat (Gear that doesn’t scale down to your Expertise).
Weapons:
Event patterns from the winter event.
Armor:
Event patterns from the current event.
Light: Resilience + Elemental Aversion.
Medium: Resilience + Elemental Aversion.
Heavy: Resilience + Shirking fortification.