Amazon can go a long way with a very cheap (but quick) bow and freezing/explosive arrow, but in hell difficulty that's just not enough damage output and until you find great Javelins, you'll likely get stuck. Barb needs an excellent weapon and that's often impossible to find. So is Trapsin, combining the best of sorceress (lightnings) and necro (corpse explosion).ĭruid, Amazon, Barb are characters that hit the wall the hardest when entering hell difficulty. Necromancer/summoner is also a popular starter, pushing fairly safely forward with minions and corpse explosions. Basically, he can go anywhere without fear - though hell Chaos Sanctuary is the best hunting ground for him.Ī lot of people create a cold/blizz sorceress first, because she's mobile and able to quickly farm bosses and lower kurast to fill the stash with items/runes you need to create other builds (infinity, enigma, grief.). He has no trouble fighting dclone (one guy on youtube killed dclone with lvl 18 pal) or farming ubers with cheapest items. He runs fast with Vigor (which is important until you've got enigma), he's got block, he's got resistances, he is able to carry a lot of magic find without reducing damage and very few monsters in the game are immune to his attacks. Without expensive runewords (infinity, enigma) and to actually have fun without getting killed all the time, Hammerdin is likely your best bet.