yea im new to ladder slasher. i was wondering if anyone could help me out by telling me how to build a sword fighter.

For a sword fighter, you'll want to focus having gear with Strength.

As a new player, put your first 10 stats into Vitality so late on, you won't have to worry about dying as much.
The main stat in the weapon you want to be looking for is Enhanced Effect. The more EE on the weapon, the more damage you'll be doing.
However, keep in mind, the higher level you are, the less effect a lower level item will have. (i.e A level 20 sword with 60 ee would be about 24 ee by the time you reach level 30) http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=25037040&f=272

The armor and charm main stat you will want to be looking for is Strength.
The more strength, the more crit's your sword will be doing when looking at the ratio for swords (75/25) http://ladderslasher.d2jsp.org/index.php?g=3
This means that swords are most effective when your stats are equivalent to 75str/25dex. However, many players simply invest all their points into STR and I suggest to do the same.

with 0 fg you'll find it rough going.

if i find you online i'll see if i can get you started with lvl 1-10 equip.

Basically:
All stats into strength,
For attributes read this: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=52358428&f=74
Or put points into bottomsup and powerstrike.

Try and get the highest Tier of item you can, you can tell the tier from the top right hand corner.

The higher the tier, the higher the damage/defense it will have.
Also when you eventually get FG, get weapons with EE, armor with strength or EE and charms with EE.

I agree with all of this except the charm part, you will want melee-based charms, not "EE" or Enhanced Effect. Something with some +STR on it would be beneficial to your sword damage.

Just to confirm, go for str charms, just a typo really before for charms with EE.