Gear 1-60 lvl (Melee)

Gear Pack (1-60 lvl) that will make leveling fast and easy (around 35 items in total). You can wear it on a brand new character and it will last you all the way up to 60+ level (at which point you can equip endgame gear).
Items 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, runewords and possibly rare + magic, it includes a low lvl Insight and other merc gear (infinite mana).

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.

60 Strength may be required to equip the first items: full Sigon set (level 6-9 depending on your class, if you put all points in str), otherwise you will not have enough room for all of the items and will need a second character to hold extra items. Normally items will fill every slot of your inventory, stash and character.
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).

Example Melee Equipment:
ARMOR: Sigon > Stealth or Spirit Shroud or Twitchthroe > Peace or Smoke or Eth Prudence Dusk
WEAPON: Death's Touch or Crushflange > Honor > Eth Oath
SHIELD: Sigon > Whitstan's Guard or Rhyme > Sanctuary
AMULET: Angelic > Crescent Moon or Cat's Eye
RING 1: Angelic > Raven
RING 2: Angelic > Raven
HELM: Sigon > Guillaume's Face > Gaze
BELT: Sigon or Death > Immortal King
GLOVES: Sigon or Death > Immortal King
BOOTS: Sigon > Immortal King

Act 2 Merc items may be ethereal as they won't break:
Insight Partizan > Obedience Thresher
Face of Horror or Duskdeep > Gaze
Twitchthroe or Spirit Shroud > Shaftstop or Duriel

Gear is powerful enough to let you experiment and kill monsters fast with almost any skill build but below are listed the most efficient setups. If you want to try different builds, you should buy Token(s), which will reset all your skills and stat points.

Recommended setups (1-15 lvl):
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

Recommended setups (15-30 lvl):
Ama Bow: Guided Arrow + Multiple Shot (Critical Strike + Dodge/Avoid/Evade/Penetrate/Pierce)
Ama Java: Charged Strike + Lightning Bolt (Valkyrie)
Assa: Dragon Talon + Mind Blast (Burst of Speed + Shadow Warrior)
Barb: Concentrate + Leap Attack (Weapon Mastery + BO)
Druid: Fury + Feral Rage (Werewolf + Heart of Wolverine)
Pala: Zeal/Charge/Smite + Concentration (Holy Shield)
Pala: Charge + Might (Holy Shield)

Recommended setups (30-45 lvl):
Ama Bow: Guided Arrow + Multiple Shot (Critical Strike + Dodge/Avoid/Evade/Penetrate/Pierce + Valkyrie)
Ama Java: Charged Strike + Lightning Fury (Valkyrie)
Assa: Dragon Talon + Mind Blast (Venom + Burst of Speed + Shadow Warrior)
Barb: Concentrate/Whirlwind + Leap Attack (Weapon Mastery + BO)
Druid: Fury + Feral Rage (Werewolf + Heart of Wolverine)
Pala: Zeal/Charge/Smite + Fanaticism (Redemption + Holy Shield)
Pala: Charge + Concentration (Redemption + Holy Shield)

Recommended setups (45-60+ lvl):
Ama Bow: Guided Arrow + Multiple Shot (Critical Strike + Dodge/Avoid/Evade/Penetrate/Pierce + Valkyrie)
Ama Java: Charged Strike + Lightning Fury (Valkyrie)
Assa: Dragon Talon + Mind Blast (Venom + Burst of Speed + Shadow Warrior)
Barb: Concentrate/Whirlwind + Leap Attack (Weapon Mastery + BO)
Druid: Fury + Feral Rage (Werewolf + Heart of Wolverine)
Pala: Zeal/Charge/Smite + Fanaticism (Redemption + Holy Shield)

Diablo 2 Classic (no LOD) gear will not contain any runewords, mercenary items or exceptional/elite unique/set.

	Obedience grants 30% chance to cast level 21 Enchant when you kill an enemy (Sorc buff usable by any class). It gives 200% Attack Rating (AR) for over 10 minutes. It will have 100% uptime.
	Peace grants +2 to Critical Strike (Amazon passive usable by any class). It gives 25% chance to deal double physical damage (56-63% at level 10-15). It will not stack with Deadly Strike (DS) as only one of those effects can trigger but having high % of both, gives you a higher chance of dealing double damage most of the time.
	Peace grants 2% chance to cast level 15 Valkyrie on striking (Amazon minion usable by any class). This tank will get 1760 life, 350% damage, 600% Attack Rating (AR) and 140% defense.
	Smoke grants 18 charges of level 6 Weaken (Necromancer curse usable by any class). It lasts for 6-26 seconds over 9 yards area and reduces enemy's physical damage by -33%.

You can learn more about game mechanics behind those abilities in our game guide.

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