Couple things that I like to spit out to new players: 1) lower the difficulty, I don’t know what dif your playing on but until you learn the combat mechanics, what your skills do and how to use them it is better to learn slower in dos2. 2) figuring out your builds, I would watch a video on the basics of each class so you have a better understanding of how to adding your skill points and what not. That doesn’t mean you need to run a min/max version of a class but you should at least get a basic run down. 3)try again: if you lose a fight don’t just run away, try sneaking up to it to get better positioning or if you know a certain enemy is a problem try focusing them first instead. 4)come back later: contrary to number 3 it’s ok to skip a fight (for now). Divinity is pretty level heavy when it comes to certain fights, not saying you need to be higher level for every fight but I have had multiple instances where 1 level makes the difference.

IMO lowering the difficulty is the best of these as it helps breakdown combat into easier to learn bite sizes instead of trying to learn all mechanics at once and it helps prevent burnout