You could easily beast D2 on hell difficulty without resorting to that, google for "d2 build hell cheap" See: fishymancer, summonmancer, lightning sorc, windy d

You could easily beast D2 on hell difficulty without resorting to that, google for "d2 build hell cheap" See: fishymancer, summonmancer, lightning sorc, windy druid, any barb, etc. And yes, in D3 you cannot progress past inferno a2 without ah gear or exploit farming (goblins)