| It's quite easy to get away with playing Diablo 2 the first time with 1 point in everything with extras going into skills you like. It's not a great strategy for the long term but will familiarise you with skills and what they actually do.
Personally I think the necromancer is not the best choice for a first character, but remember that he has no bussiness hitting anything personally and you'll do fine.
Amazons aren't bad, when done right they are pretty powerful. Be aware that one handed or throwing weapons will do less damage in melee than two handed weapons. The advantage of one handed weapons is having a shield though so it might be good to weight up the pros and cons of each.
A few recommendations I can give are:
Don't bother with putting points into mana, it's never really that useful. When in doubt, put points into vitality.
Gambling gives one an outlet to spend excess cash, gambling is basically buying an unidentified item. Sometimes the item is poor, sometimes the item is godly. Gheed, Elzix, Alkor, Jamella, Nilathak and Anya will let you gamble.
If a character build requires hitting things in melee, be aware of attack ratings and chance to hit. Try to keep chance to hit about 75%.
If playing online and there's more than one player character in the game, be aware that monsters will be more difficult to overcome.
Aim to get resistances as high as possible, normally resistances are capped at 75% but they can go beyond 75% with certain items.
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