Looking for a good starting build.

Hello to everyone. I'm new to this game and I have some experience in Diablo 2 (favourite classes: Paladin, Amazon and Assassin; there was also Necromancer, but I wasn't too good with him) and Torchlight 2 (favourite classes: Outlander and Engineer). I'm looking for a good build for beginner and checked out available classes and their ascendancy version so that I could specify which are the most appealing to me.

Duelist -> Slayer / Gladiator.

I like the premise of both of those classes and there is an interesting build with the skill called Flicker Strike. As for Gladiator I haven't seen similar build. The reason why those classes are interesting to me is because I like 2h weapons and dual wielding. Other than that Gladiator class reminds me of one of my favourite movies which is, well, Gladiator.

Shadow -> Assassin / Saboteur.

I like the idea of being an Assassin that can use daggers or knives or some other stuff to take down enemies. As for Saboteur I've seen him with fire traps in action and it look really great, as I realy like to use fire based skills.

Ranger -> Deadeye

This class reminds me of Amazon from D2 and the fun bow action that I had during that game.

Witch -> Necromancer

While playing Diablo 2 I really liked the Necromancer, however, I my friend was way better with him than I ever was. Still the idea of having a small army of skeletons or blowing up corpses (if this is possible in PoE) would be nice and I would like to do better with this type of class than I used to in the past so I also consider it as the one to go as a starting one.

I'll be grateful for any suggestions as to which one of those I should pick for my first run and which build would help me in getting started. Thanks in advance for your help.

I think Necromancers are one of the best starter builds, because they have almost about as low gear dependance for damage dealing capability as any build in the game. That said, the summoner playstyle isn't for everyone, but it probably gets the most milage out of the least gear of anything.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2114607

Here’s a decent looking skeleton/zombie build. Should be pretty close to what you remember from d2. Biggest difference is going to be that skeletons only last a duration instead of til death. The zombies however will last until death.