Just throwing some thoughts in here for somethin to do of coures and give someone somethin to respond to. Over last 6 climbs on mage i've just been trying to figure out best/fastest way for me, using my own gear to get 1-15. The setup i have used this climb just gave me a mcc of 31, and im sure this is better than usual. I am currently not using a mana robe, so unsure whether a mana robe would make me 1-2 no regen. Ofc if i was using chris's robe, no doubt i'd no regen but i am stubborn and like to do things by myself at times..so ill post link to char atm, and you guys can let me know what i can change, within cheap range and no crazy 800 mana unspawnables :D.. link is below (also all gear is just stuff i've found, so focusing on that aspect)
http://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?c=3&i=393256&p=307627