With catacombs 3, switch to healer, and get full heavy armour and a fel sword. This will help you stay alive, and get milestones on higher floors. Then, you want to grind out cata-9 by doing floor 3's, make sure you are getting your milestones. After you hit cata-9, it's time for your first big switch. More @Wikipedia
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