Emmagoldman wrote: »

With jewelry, and 2h counting as two pieces, you should be able to craft sets. As a general rule, you want to go for the five bonus. Not necessarily a mechanic build essential build practice. Even with all blue, you will be fine.

I suggest
Julianos, all infused
Seducer
Mechanical acuity
Shacklebreaker
Sloads

Front bar, inferno, back bar lightning.
Also, 2 pieces of willpower as a monster set won’t be important

Farm treasure chests in Rivenspire for Necromancer sets, if you want to have active, fighting pets.
Farm treasure chests in Deshaan for Mother's Sorrow to increase your magicka.

Focus more on getting five pieces of the same set, rather than getting all the same level. Worry about replacing your low-level gear after you build the initial set.
You can build two full sets and get the the full 5-item bonus from both, using a mix of armour, jewellery and weapons.
You can also buy Epic (purple) and higher level green/blue pieces from Guild traders.

Once you see how the sets and bonuses work, you can then focus on what sets will meet your needs better.

Then you can start looking at how the various traits impact. Eg. poster here has suggested "Julianos, all infused"
Infused trait will increase the stats of each piece that has the trait.