Bah, for a starter, the best is a fighter or a barb

Fighter = ee swords, stats or ee armor (dex) , charm = str stats.

Barb = idk lol

The gear dont disappear after the MQ, ull restart at lvl 1, and ur gear will be in stash

For the stats, at lvl 55, u should have ~110 dex, with gears (Fighter) and the rest into str

For a barb, all in str.

Maybe its will help u

No like u get ur stuff first, and u got with him. like if u got a 45 dex armor for lvl 55, try to get enought dex to get ~110 at lvl 55 ^.^
When u think u got enought dex, put all in str (for fighter)

For barb, each point u got, u put in str

Cheapest = rogue

But I think that the best starter character is a fighter.


For gear to use, you always want EE on your weapon, EE or stats (str/dex) on your armour, and stats on your main charm (str/dex)

At level 1 try to get tier III items with 40+ ee and 10+ of either stat then work up incrementally from there.


Something like this would be a good starter set:

Weapons:
Level 0: 40 ee
Level 5: 50 ee
Level 10: 60 ee
Level 15: 70 ee
Level 20: 75 ee
Level 25: 80 ee
Level 30: 85 ee
Level 35: 90 ee
Level 45: 95 ee
Level 50: 100 ee
Level 55+: 100+ee

Charm:
Level 0: 10 str/dex
Level 10: 15 str/dex
Level 20: 20 str/dex
and so on

Armour:
if using ee armour then follow the same as weapons
if using stat armour, follow the same as charms


Those numbers are by no means set in stone or anything, but should be though of more as a rough guideline. You could easily get by with significantly lower gear, and you would be able to kill better with higher statted gear.



Nothing is reset when you attempt the MQ except for your character level. You keep all items, objects, proficiencies, kills, deaths, etc.


The easiest way to stat a melee character is to just put every point into strength when you get it. Another viable way is to balance your points between strength and dexterity keeping your strength ~20 points higher, but I think that all strength is not only easier but also more effective.


Hope that helps a bit

Idk never played them lol

hmm, i just find all this stating to confusing so i make baba, and just bang it all in str.

Weapon choice doesn't matter, just say with the same weapon type (ex: if you pick axes then stick with axes), and all you need on weapons is high EE.

There's no way I can just show you a charm and say "get a charm like that" because it's not as simple as that. Since there are 14 different tiers of items then a "good" item at level 25 won't be so good anymore at level 55.

Here is an example of some super good gear at level 15: http://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?c=3&i=372825&p=55830
Here is an example of godly gear at level 30: http://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?c=3&i=257923&p=156011
And here is an example of some decent gear at level 50: http://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?c=3&i=581507&p=248994 (actually his armour sucks, but you get the idea I hope)

Just aim for 25+ stats and you'll be chillin'. But this game isn't really specific where you have to have certain numbers to attain certain results, you'll figure a lot of this junk out from just playing and learning from your mistakes and triumphs

Axe = all str
Sword = 110dex rest str
Dagger = same as sword