which class should i get for a great tanking char with decent dmg also which types of weps should i get along with which stats should i focus on my gear and my chars stats also andthing else that might help will be greatfully appreciated if someone helps me decide when i get som fg here in a min i may donate some fg depepnding on how useful your help was thxs again
~Bungi3

To begin with, feel free to ask my anything at all! just PM me.

I notice currently you have SC and HC characters, unless you're getting a LOT more FG than i would expect, i'd suggest you stick to one or the other, otherwise it really isn't very focused. Laby does have a few HC slashers but generally we're SC.

Either way i'd suggest a barb, especially if you go for HC.

If you take up the barb, lets consider which weapons:
Sword: These are the most expensive, but for good reason, if you pass, you're not going to need a new weapon set. Should you pass to a monk, staffs are cheap to buy.
Club: These "should" be the cheapest and can be used on the pally. So we'll need swords or daggers for the sammy should you pass though.
Axe: Generally unless you're buying 110 ee+ for most of these, they are similar cost to clubs. I would say it helps with HH, but really, don't plan on getting one. I planned on doing so and furthest i ever got was monk!
If you pass:
Daggers: If you did not go swords, i'd suggest daggers for sammy. So then if you pass on sammy, you can use the clubs/axes for pally, pass again, we can reuse these daggers at monk.

Armor:
I'll say the choice is yours, but seeing you can use any armor you want, you should very much consider high defense armor, as people in the back row appreciate having a decent tank.

Basically for EE armors, i'd suggest cheapo ones for levels 0-20. As really, you do not need expensive armors at this stage. Later on, it's dependant on how much FG you get.

If you decide you're going to deal damage, then fair enough. If you use swords or daggers, or even axes. We're getting strength armor, as that gets us closer to the weapon ratio (ask me about this if you want, or just go "ok i buy str armor").
Something like 12-15 str at lvl 0, 25 str at level 20-25, 40-45 str at level 40+ will do fine. So there's less armors needed here.

Charms:
If you go swords/clubs, go strength charms. Something like 12-15 str at lvl 0, 25 str at level 20-25, 40-45 str at level 40+ will do fine. For clubs/swords, you need a lot higher str than you do dex.

If you go axes, i actually suggest dex charms. Something like 12-15 dex at lvl 0, 25 dex at level 20-25, 40-45 dex at level 40+ will do fine. For axes we're looking to keep the strength and dex the same. Also, if you pass to Sammy, which will be using daggers, daggers will need Dex, so if you have the charms already then great!

To be fair equipment is the main thing about Ladder Slasher, if you have equipment and can afford new equipment you can generally 1-71 easily.

I'd recommend you check out my guide to abilities, as that's currently what is making LS a cool game to play: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=52358428&f=74

Remember, any questions, feel free to ask. Seeing you're a guildy, i will even help you with buying items. Seeing you probably will not know the prices at all!
So let me know when you have a small amount of FG or what you're expecting to have (i can get you "ok" equipment for ~200. "good" equipment for 500, "pretty decent" equipment for 1k), if you go for under 200, it will be very hard grabbing some of the items, but certainly not impossible.

This post was edited by mclarke on Feb 28 2011 11:10pm