If you know what to buy.. you can make a cheap build and lvl 10 lvls REALLY FAST and not die or lose much life.
Basically my setup is i have gear I wear from lvl 0-5 then I change gear and use it til i hit lvl 15 then I change gear and so on..
If you get a good armor with high Defense and High Ehanced Effect they wont take much life away from you. Also helps if you have Max life Mods on it.
But you also want a weapon with highest dmg possible and with high EE. EE= Enhanced Effect
Example my lvl 5 weapon has 70Ehanced Effect and the dmg is 49-59 per hit + the EE.
Think if EE as being same as ED on D2 Enhanced Defense on Armors and Enhanced Dmg on Weapons.
For Charms stick with High Str/Dex/Max Life Mods
My char does 1-6 hit kills from lvl 1-12 so far. And I lose hardly any life with the setup I have. (Look at char named Gear)
Also if you can find those items with Experience Gain it helps you lvl faster as well

Just check market place for the gear. I found all my basic gear really cheap.
Also if you need help finding or questions just PM me.
This post was edited by SK8 on May 8 2008 05:41pm