Economic Gear (New Ladder)

Budget equipment for a build of your choice without character (account), jewels or charms.
If you do not want to spend much money on D2 items then this set is for you. Equipment is built using cheap (low budget) alternatives to elite items. Runewords are limited to low runes, unique/set items are usually from normal/nightmare (normal/exceptional) and there are no expensive endgame items like Enigma, Soj or HOTO.

Gear performs at 25-50% compared to standard (Bronze) gear with clean charms and merc but you should still be able to solo complete Hell difficulty without much trouble (you may need to skip immune monsters).

CASTER
Caster equipment will work with any build benefiting from +skill bonus and casting spells (Faster Cast Rate attribute), for example Sorc, Hammerdin, Necro, Ele Dru or Trap Assa (traps are affected by IAS, not FCR but damage is far more important than traps placement speed).

Example Caster Equipment:
ARMOR: Vipermagi or Smoke
WEAPON: Spirit Sword
SHIELD: Sprit Monarch or Rhyme
AMULET: +1-2 Class Skills or +2-3 Tab Skills
RING 1: Nagelring
RING 2: Nagelring
HELM: Peasant Crown or Lore
BELT: Tal Rasha or Goldwrap or TG
GLOVES: Magefist or Chance Guards
BOOTS: Waterwalk or Aldur
MERC: Insight + Gaze or Tal Rasha Helm + Shaft or Duriel or Smoke


MELEE
Budget melee gear will work with any setup benefiting from weapon's damage and performing attacks (Increased Attack Speed attribute), for example Melee Pala, Ama, Barb, Shape Druid or Melee Assa.

Example Melee Equipment:
ARMOR: Shaft or Duriel or Smoke
WEAPON: Oath in Eth Elite Weapon
SHIELD: Ancient's Pledge or Stormshield
AMULET: Highlord (HL) or Cat's Eye
RING 1: Raven
RING 2: Raven
HELM: Gaze or Tal Rasha Helm
BELT: String or TG or Verdungo
GLOVES: Bloodfist or Dracul
BOOTS: Gore or Waterwalk or Aldur
MERC: Reaper or Bonehew + Gaze or Tal Rasha Helm + Shaft or Duriel or Smoke


BO BARB (no merc)
Economic Barb support equipment (37+ Battle Order level) is just to BO your party and go AFK, you won't be able to kill anything with it.
If you can launch two Diablo 2 (e.g. with Sandboxie), then you can skip wearing CTA on your main char entirely! It's also very useful for leveling, especially on Hardcore.

40 lvl, shouts will last about 10 minutes and grant:
- 152% more Life, Mana and Endurance
- 490% more Defense
- +1 to All Skills

Equipment:
ARMOR: Myth Mage Plate (MP)
WEAPONS: 2 x Stick +3 BO
AMULET: +3 Warcries
RING 1: Empty or Bul-Kathos (BK)
RING 2: Empty or Bul-Kathos (BK)
HELM: +5-6 Battle Orders
BELT: Empty or Arachnid
GLOVES: Magefist
BOOTS: Waterwalk or Aldur


SMITER UBER (no merc)
Economic Smite Pala equipment deals about 90% damage, compared to standard (Bronze) gear with clean charms and you should be able to solo Ubers without much trouble. You will have similar offensive ability but less than half of the usual protection so you need to play well.

If you receive Black, you need to socket your gear with two 15% IAS jewels and if you get Heaven, you need 35% IAS from the gear (e.g. Shael in the weapon + one jewel in armor or helm) in order to attack with the fastest speed. You will also need to get charms with resistances (at least fire/light).

Equipment:
ARMOR: Guardian Angel
WEAPON: Heaven's Light or Black
SHIELD: Gris Shield or Spirit in Elite Shield 30+ Res
AMULET: +1-2 Pala or +2-3 PC
RING 1: Raven
RING 2: Raven
HELM: Guillaume
BELT: Thundergod (TG) or Immortal King (IK)
GLOVES: Dracul
BOOTS: Waterwalk or Aldur



ENCHANT (no merc)
Sorc equipment (35+ Enchant level) is used for enhancing damage/Attack Rating of your melee/ranged characters or for fast leveling of your alts in Act 5 or Cows etc. (by enchanting their Raven Claw bow and merc, even at level 1 your alt will one-shot most high level monsters).

At 38 lvl, Ench will last about 15 minutes and grant:
- around 2600-3100 fire damage
- 350% Attack Rating
With the best gear socketed with RBFs, it will grant over 6000 damage!

Equipment:
ARMOR: Enlightenment
WEAPON: Orb +5-6 Ench or Eschuta's Temper +3
SHIELD: Spirit
AMULET: +3 Fire Skills
RING 1: Empty or Bul-Kathos (BK)
RING 2: Empty or Bul-Kathos (BK)
HELM: +3 Fire Skills
BELT: Empty or Arachnid
GLOVES: Magefist
BOOTS: Waterwalk or Aldur