Gear 1-15 lvl (Melee)

Items are equippable on character level 1-15 (the highest item may require lvl 15 but most are for around lvl 6).
Leveling gear will allow you to kill monsters quickly without dying, even if you play alone (without party). Equipment is composed of all kinds of items: set, unique and possibly runewords, rare and magic.

For the easiest leveling we recommend bringing alt BO Barb with you (using second D2) to get 200% more Life/Mana and 600% Defense and/or Enchantress Sorc to get around 5000 fire damage on each attack and 450% Attack Rating.

You may also purchase appropriate LLD gear instead, for even quicker leveling but as it is created for PvP, it will be an overkill (one-shotting most of the monsters).
60 Strength may be required to equip the first items: full Sigon set (level 6-10 depending on your class, if you put all points in str).
You may optionally purchase Grand Charm(s) with 3-4 Strength to equip starting gear on the lowest level possible (this GC has no level requirement).
You may receive more than one item for some slots - if there are two equally great items with significant difference of level required but still equippable within pack's requirements (so you can upgrade as you lvl up).

Example Equipment:
ARMOR: Sigon
WEAPON: Death's Touch or Crushflange
SHIELD: Sigon
AMULET: Angelic
RING 1: Angelic
RING 2: Angelic
HELM: Sigon
BELT: Death
GLOVES: Death
BOOTS: Sigon

Recommended setups:
Ama Bow: Magic Arrow + Inner Sight (Critical Strike + Dodge)
Ama Java: Jab + Inner Sight (Critical Strike + Dodge)
Assa: Tiger Strike + Dragon Talon (Burst of Speed)
Barb: Bash + Leap (Shout)
Druid: Werewolf (Lycanthropy + Oak Sage)
Pala: Sacrifice/Zeal/Charge + Might

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