So, school is out and I have been working on this guy - Gold find barb, horker, and shopper. - This is in hell
He still needs better gear, more ist/lems, charms, and merc gear but it has been going well. - He is stat'ed to be able to swap to endgame gear without sacrifice.
I have been farming hell leo with two characters, one to wear him down, and the barb whose merc is able to deliver the final blow. - I currently use a pz/bone merc, will try fire as i feel that meteor will do wonders. I have found many faucets, unique rings and ammys, charms, and gems. Of course I have also found a ton of gold, some runs being 6 million ( lvl 95 character holds 1.9 million and lower level barb holds ~1.6 ) This equates to two MS gems with current gear on - I do not have any wirts jewels at this time.
I feel that the benefits of hell leo outweigh norm and nm and I would not recommend running normal/nm leo.
I have Azurwrath, need to level up to wear, and searching for dracs.
TLDR: Its going well.