Hey guys, I've been lurking these forums for a while and thought I'd create an account and make a walkthrough!

I've played some singleplayer before but I'm still a noob at this game. I'm wondering as my first "beat hell baal" character,
should I aim for a Sorceress or Wind Druid? And HC or no HC.

As a noob I see the following pros and cons:

HC Pros
-Makes the game more interesting and fun

HC Cons
-Eternal death

Sorceress Pros
-Fast (Both killing and moving)
-Not as gear dependent

Sorceress Cons
-As a noob and not the best D2 knowledge, a little more squishy then Wind druid?

Wind Druid Pros
-Extra grizzly tank
-Cyclone armor for surviving souls

Wind Druid Cons
-A little more gear dependent
-Slower in killing and moving

Kicksin hc

Play a HC bowa.
Physical char will make you play a little smarter if first walk thru, but bowa gives you Merc + call for safety. Just a grind to find damage.

Javazon (light, and respec with akara to poison in some situations in hell like ancients) is pretty easy, specially if you use some knockback gloves or so. Needs not a lot of gear to be ok, just good resistances.

Light Trap assassin, but specially kick/light trap assassin is other good choice, with nearly no problems with inmunes specially if u use a weapon with elemental damages like gimmershreed, baranar star, or something, to kill physical inmunes (and Venom)

Edit: was talking about HC... but in SC both are good too xD

This post was edited by Wisteria on Nov 14 2018 09:32am

Go SC for your first then try HC imo

If you start HC you may die early and lose interest in the game. I went SC for my first SP char and dropped my best item after every death as a penalty. I lost a couple of spirit swords and a vmagi this way. I learned my lesson before having to sacrifice something greater.

The game ultimately should be played how you want to play it.

I would say not to try druid first. Play a sorc to learn, or play an hdin to see how the game goes. The advice to play a bowa is fun if you are ok with moving slow. With an hc sorc dont tele like a maniac or you will die and feel stupid

Thank you all!

I've now decided.

Thread Closed!

Well, what's the verdict?

This

Wouldnt suggest this
She is squishy and has horrid damage output without hundreds of hours invested in grinding for eq
I doubt he want that as his first ever wt

Trapsin however is a good champ to start imo

Pros

Less dependant on eq
Fine clear
Can be played cc or ws and fit your playstyle depending what you like including the melee dmg if prefered
Fine damage in all fame stages and decent safety since traps are the ones killing while your merc and shadow are being the frontline
BoS allows quicker moving through levels while Fade provides greater safety since it provided resi and dr
Can mindblast her way out of tricky situations
Clears light imunes with corpse explosion from Death Sentry
Requires no keys for chests which means that with Harmony and BoS some essential grinds like LK will be pretty much work without a single concern on your mind

Cons

Fairly squishy once you missplay
Mana hungry at start
Sorc and amazon are better cum bags
Traps prioritize random targets unlike any other skill ingame

This post was edited by Alone on Nov 14 2018 03:32pm