startoff by making a [summon]necro. they need no items to be diecent...and theyll help you out.
lvl the necro to lvl 80 or so, when your in nm around lvl 40-50, do pit runs (outside of dark woods somewhere) go through killign everything. while your lvln ur necro try to wear as much MF gear as you can (everytime you see an item with mf, get it, once u have alot, say u have a 12mf amy, then say u find a 20, switch to the higher mf amy, do that with all gear)
pit running will find you some good noob gear. with that create a sorc, do nm meph once you create your sorc. nm meph will be the key here. he is able to drop things like vamp gaze and believe it or not, skulllders...along w/ wizspike and multiple other items...use these items to create a better sorc, eventually doing pindle runs. pindle drops very good, but not often. you will often kill him 100 times and never find a good item, but when he DOES drop, its an elite item.
eventually youll want to make a barb or a pally, that way you can do all around runs. (ie pindle / meph / andy / tower) in one game. once you create a character that can do this you will quickly advance up the ladder