So I decided to make a guide to newcomers on D2 Ladder!

1. But game isnt dead? Mate 18 years, Diablo 2 its still a teenager!
2. Aren't u too old to play games? Gaming Addiction happens only if gaming cause impact on your social, professional life. Besides that its totally fine

First of all, imagine that u dont have fgs and wants to play diablo II right?
When u start to play ladder u need to do some money, find itens (magic find) to make your character stronger, so basically Sorcerer and Paladin are the best vocations do that, so i will split this guide in two.

Step 1: Get yourselft to Hell difficulty and/or get some level:
1) You can get into hell doing a grush (thats around 10fg on forum) but also u can find free if u look ingame for games called grush
2) You can level your character into level 40 on normal difficulty doing tristam runs on level 1-12, tomb runs into 12-20, cows 20-25 and them baal to 40. After that u could be a bumper (thats 20fg on forum) and get into Hell difficulty!

Step 2: Get level 80
1) That should be easy (3hours) following chaos runs until 65 then baal runs until level 80.

Spliting Guide

SORCERER GUIDE:

Skills Distribution (in order):

1 point in Frozen Armor
1 point in Warmith
1 point in Teleport
1 point in Static Field
1 point in Telekiness
20 points to lightning
20 points to lightning mastery
20 points to chain lightning
20 points to charged bolt

The rest points u will get put in Nova.

Stats

Str - Just add the necessary to equip your itens
Dex - Just add the necessary to equip your itens
Vitality - 80% of your points
Energy - 20% of your points


Equipment:

Weapon: Wizardspike or Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye
Armor: Vipermagi or Tal Armor
Helmet: Tal helmet or Shako
Shield: Spirit Monarch

But how i will be able to get that?
You can get these itens easily free on forum or following some runs.
Spirit Monarch?
Yes, just find a white monarch following chaos/baal runs and make socket quest(first quest of act5 in normal or nightmare difficulty) also search for drops of 'TalThulOrtAmn' runes.
Wait, theres missing itens in the set!!
Again, you are right, but with these u can start mfing The Countess

How do i mf The Countess and what i get there?

You can find her in the forgotten tower in black marsh(Act 1)
If u want to make money you should look for any kind of runes.
TalThulOrtAmn
ElSolDol
TalThul
AmnRal
RalTirTalSol
These are common needed on jsp forum.
Dont forget the higher runes, that will help you to build your character equipment!

How to mf The Countess

Teleport into her remember to stay away and use Lightning skill, then make a new game!

You can also look for:

Flawless, Perfect Gems
Bases (3os-4os armors and shields)
These too are common needed on jsp forum.

Hey i got some runes what should i do now?
You should look for new equipment! Here some hints:
The oculus (occy)
Magefist or Chance Guards Gloves
War Traveler Battle Boots(ravs), Sandstorm Treks Scarabhell Boots (treks)

Hint: When u drop Um runes, stock it on your tal armor, helmet to get more resists


I got all that, im done?

Well after that u can magic find other spots like Andariel, Pits, Mephisto, Duriel!

And Search for a Chains of Honor (coh runeword) Armor, Sorcerer Torch, Annihilus Small Charm, and ofc equip Another Characters!

Sorcerers dont use Mercenarys?

Yes, they do! U should get one Defensive in act 2 Nightmare When u start u can make:
Smoke Runeword on a 2 soc armor (Nef + Lum)
Insight Runeword on a 4 soc polearm ('RalTirTalSol)

After u get some money, u should look for:
Fortitude Runeword ('ElSolDolLo') on a 4 soc ETH armor
Infinity ('BerMalBerIst) Runeword on a 4 soc ETH polearm ('RalTirTalSol) With that u should prolly mf everywhere, but these are expensive
Andariel's Visage with Ral rune!

And thats it! Sorry for mistype errors, feel free to add/correct something!!
Paladin Newcomer Guide Comming Soon

Max blizz synergies farm meph andy ancient tunnels/pindle
Farm as many as u need to make 3 min games

Gg guide^^^

There's a few changes I would make here mate:

1. If you're recommending infinity on the merc - your setup should be treachery (which is cheaper than fort) and a thresher/gt base for the polearm - this takes you to the 75 IAS breakpoint to take advantage of infinity's crushing blow.
2. Hell Countess runs are generally not worth it (and can be dangerous to undergeared characters due to archer spawns) - if you want runes/gems etc., lower kurast is much more reliable and you get more runes there anyway.
3. If you can afford infinity, you an afford enigma too - CoH is never the correct armor choice on a sorc.
4. Similarly, sandstorm treks is never the correct boots to use - please get rid of those from the list - almost anything else - Aldur's, Hotspurs, Dual/Tri-Res boots etc. are better.
5. I didn't see a mention of Hoto (KoVexPulThul) anywhere - basically just a Vex Rune and is cheaper than a lot of other gear that you list here - this will probably be a higher priority vs. anything other than infinity.
6. This guide may be a bit misleading for new players since different sorc setups require very different gear. For instance - cold sorcs don't want infinity at all (and they are usually the most common type for new players to build).
7. Even if you have an infinity, you should not mf everywhere. You should be selecting only a small handful of zones with high monster density and a very low concentration of immunes vs. your element. You would also consider the treasure class of the monsters you're farming.

You misunderstood, thiis is a newcomer's guide, not a guide for newcomers

Ah, my bad.

Thanks, looking for more usefull sugestions, so i can remake it!



Well u can help me also, but i can help you about being frustated let me know!