Advice for someone who just started the game

So I'm pretty into rouge-lite genre (I play too much Hades, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells, and Monster Train), meaning I do know the basics of the genre. I'm just wondering if there are some pieces of gear or unlocks that I should gun for asap.

Early on I discovered not to neglect using traps against enemies because if you have a few good ones around, you can do a lot of damage pretty quickly on groups of enemies.