In this guide, we're going to be breaking down three new budget character builds that we think would make for excellent choices to play at the start of a D2R ladder to progress and just obtain wealth.
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Budget Build 1 - Fire Druid
Elemental skill - almost all of your points into the elemental skill tree
Fissure
Volcano
Armageddon
Molten Boulder
Firestorm
You are only level 81 so as you get more skill points, you can continue to synergize armageddon with molten boulder and firestorm, but you have about 1500 fire damage from fisher,362 fizz damage, and 700 firearms from the volcano, and then you have 2750 fire damage and then about 1500 fizz damage from armageddon with 500 fire damage per second, so it actually ends up being quite a bit of cumulative fire damage as you continue to get more levels you could put a point into summoning grizzly, you have one point at oak's age but it doesn't really have too good of survivability.
Budget Fire Druid Build Gear
Weapon: Crystal Sword
Crystal Sword
1H damage: 5-15
Base speed: [0]
Class speed: Ama, Asn, B, D, P, N - Fast
S - Normal
Adds range: 1
Durability: 20
Req Strength: 43
Quality level: 11
Treasure class: 12
Max sockets: 6Weapon Runeword: Spirit
Helm: Griffon Headdress
Helm Runeword: Lore
Amulet: Prismatic
Shield: Large Shield
Shield Runeword: Rhyme
Armor: Quilted Armor
Armor Runeword: Smoke
Belt: Fiend Cord Heavy Belt
Ring 1: Chaos Knot Ring
Ring 2: Corruption Eye Ring
Gloves: Coral Chain Gloves of Wealth
Boots: Fiend Nails Light Plated Boots
Budget Build 2 - Hydra Sorceress
Cold Skill - One point to Frozen Armor.
Lightning Skill -One point to Static Field, Teleport.
Fire Skill
Hydra – maxed out
Fire Ball, Fire Bolt, Fire Mastery, Warmth – two synergies
Budget Hydra Sorceress Build Gear
Weapon: Crystal Sword
Weapon Runeword: Spirit
Armor: Quilted Armor
Armor Runeword: Smoke
Amulet: Rune Beads Amulet
Shield: Large Shield
Shield Runeword: Rhyme
Boots: Fiend Nails Light Plated Boots
Ring 1: Wraith Coil Ring
Ring 2: Rune Grip Ring
Belt: Fiend Cord Heavy Belt
Gloves: Magefist Light Gauntlets
Budget Build 3 – Fohdin
Skill
Budget Fohdin Build Gear
Weapon: Crystal Sword
Weapon Runeword: Spirit
Armor: Dusk Shroud
Armor Runeword: Smoke
Amulets: Rune Beads Amulet
Shield: Targe
Shield Runeword: Spirit
Ring 1: Wraith Coil Ring
Ring 2: Rune Grip Ring
Belt: Fiend Cord Heavy Belt
Boots: Fiend Nails Light Plated Boots
Gloves: Magefist Light Gauntlets
Mercenary Gear
Weapon: Thresher
Weapon Runeword: Insight
Armor: Wyrmhide
Armor Runeword: Treachery
Helmet: Tal Rasha’s Horadric Crest