Can I Beat Diablo 2 With Only Gear From Vendors?

Can you beat diablo 2 with only gear bought from charsi, gheed, and the other vendors of sanctuary? It didn't seem too bad at first, but the deeper I got into the game, the more obvious it got that the NPCs are selling some pretty crappy stuff in D2R.
And to make things worse, I decided to go with a melee barbarian as my hero of choice...

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Links to item information resources I used when making this video:
A good overview to shopping in Diablo 2:   / the_complete_overview_guide_to_shopping_in...  

A deepdive into affixes (stats) in diablo 2: https://planetdiablo.eu/diablo2/itemd...

A compelte list of affixes (affixes are divided into prefixes and suffixes):
https://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp...
https://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp...

How to determine an items affix level based on the item level and quality level:
https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/i...

The affix calculator tool that I ended up using 99% of the time:
https://tools.harrogath.com/affixcalc...

Tools for seeing what items can be bought from what vendor:
https://web.archive.org/web/201705031...

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