All the guides I'm researching recommend using things such as botd, grief, beast, and so on. What are some ideas for someone who's just starting to build their first hobby and doesn't have the money? The style of horsing you're looking for.

I build my low-cost Goldsinger (also because I enjoy to play with it).

It could start with items such as two-fold Spirit, IK helm dual Topaz (2x Lem of you going maximum gold, however it will include a high gold/mf combo in the end) Wealth armor, Chancies 2x dwarf Star, Warcries ammy, Wrap in Gold Wrap, Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder Items And InfernoStride.

You'll have to adjust your gear in real time based on what you have. To do this, you will require Fire/Lightning resistance to the maximum, which means inferno stride/dwarfs serve two purposes and not just gold, they also assist in fighting the Hydra's.

Switch to dual ali prior to Horking (in gold versions, every dual lemmed) or, as I frequently do, begin with dual Spirit and then after the council members are stuck into the field of stun switch to ali, and sing for stun and let the merc end them however, this means that the merc does a lot of damage, otherwise it will take up to a long time).

For instance, you could decide for example to substitute Gold Wrap with a resistance belt.

You require a mercenary that can handle a lot and do a significant amount of damage. So it's the choice of Act 2 might as well Act 5, Act 2 is able to use Insight, which assists with mana management. However, Act 5 is tougher and causes more damage and is able to be used to

Hexfire that helps in surviving the Hydra's as a low-cost weapon, Sazabi's too, and is cheap, but you'll lose some council members therefore if you can convince him to survive with Sazabi it will be more effective, my last weapon had Ethereal Headstriker upped/shael Ethereal Hexfire Upped and The Crown of Thieves Ias Jewel and you can be a bit more flexible in your armor if already have these most people will choose Fortitude in case they could afford it, but the damage bonus is lower than 50% and not 30 percent and Frozen Armor could result in destruction. This is an excellent armor however, there are things like Wealth to increase Gf/MF when it is able to make the kill, and treachery. It can also inflict a little poison, and get overkill with res, and higher DR% when it triggers fade and also the ability to freely wear jewelry because of the 45ias are also an excellent alternative (need to res-socket for something if you want maximum Res right away and the most deadly is fire of buy d2r ladder items, which is okay) There are several other alternatives (Guardian angel res socket using the Hexfire socket to res for instance as well as a shaftstop).

Try to ensure that the merc does enough damage in Act 5 and is tough enough to withstand. When you go to Act 2 you can sing more, and the damage it deals is useful, but not as crucial. Get used to eating pots like the madman.