Offensive FVS

[pie2655]

I dont like playing a healer, but the divine offensive spells are awesome so i made a FVS build designed more for offensive casting then healing. It does have some healing capability but mostly as a backup. So here it is! Please comment with suggestions, ideas, and CONSTRUCTIVR ciriticism.

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Level 20 Lawful Good Human Male
(20 Favored Soul) 
Hit Points: 282
Spell Points: 2096 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 13
Reflex: 11
Will: 20

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats         Base Stats         Modified Stats
(28 Point)       (Level 1)          (Level 20)           (Level 20)
Strength             10                 10                   10
Dexterity             8                  8                    8
Constitution         12                 12                   12
Intelligence          8                  8                    8
Wisdom               18                 23                   26
Charisma             14                 14                   19

                  Starting            Ending          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills        Base Skills        Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)          (Level 20)          (Level 20)
Balance              -1                 -1                   -1
Bluff                 2                  4                    4
Concentration         5                 24                   28
Diplomacy             2                  4                    4
Disable Device       n/a               n/a                   n/a
Haggle                2                  4                    4
Heal                  4                  8                   10
Hide                 -1                 -1                   -1
Intimidate            2                  4                    6
Jump                  4                 23                   27
Listen                4                  8                    8
Move Silently        -1                 -1                   -1
Open Lock            n/a               n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a               n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                 -1                   -1
Search               -1                 -1                   -1
Spot                  4                  8                    8
Swim                  0                  0                    0
Tumble               n/a               n/a                   n/a
Use Magic Device      n/a               n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+4)
Skill: Jump (+4)
Feat: (Diety) Favored by the Silver Flame
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell
Feat: (Human Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Automatic) Attack
Feat: (Automatic) Heroic Durability
Feat: (Automatic) Light Armor Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Magical Training
Feat: (Automatic) Medium Armor Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Shield Proficiency (General)
Feat: (Automatic) Simple Weapon Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Sneak
Spell (1): Nimbus of Light
Spell (1): Cure Light Wounds
Enhancement: Improved Jump I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Smiting I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness I


Level 2 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Automatic) Defensive Fighting
Feat: (Automatic) Sunder
Feat: (Automatic) Trip
Spell (1): Bless
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Charisma I


Level 3 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Feat: (Automatic) Child of the Silver Flame
Spell (1): Command
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Prayer of Smiting I


Level 4 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: WIS
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (2): Deific Vengance
Enhancement: Improved Jump II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Wisdom I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness II


Level 5 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Fire
Spell (2): Hold Person
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Wisdom I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion II


Level 6 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Selected) Mental Toughness
Spell (3): Searing Light
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery II


Level 7 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (2): Cure Moderate Wounds
Spell (3): Protection From Energy
Enhancement: Favored Soul Prayer of Incredible Smiting I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness III


Level 8 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: WIS
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (4): Chaos Hammer
Enhancement: Silver Flame Exorcism


Level 9 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Selected) Heighten Spell
Spell (2): Soundburst
Spell (3): Cure Serious Wounds
Spell (4): Freedom of Movement
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Improved Jump III


Level 10 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Cold
Spell (5): Slay Living
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness IV


Level 11 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (3): Mass Aid
Spell (4): Deathward
Spell (5): Raise Dead
Enhancement: Favored Soul Wisdom II


Level 12 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: WIS
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Selected) Empower Spell
Feat: (Automatic) Beloved of the Silver Flame
Spell (6): Blade Barrier
Enhancement: Favored Soul Charisma II


Level 13 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (4): Unholy Blight
Spell (5): Greater Command
Spell (6): Cometfall
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion III


Level 14 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (7): Destruction
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery III


Level 15 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Electricity
Feat: (Selected) Quicken Spell
Spell (5): Stalwart Pact
Spell (6): Heal
Spell (7): Mass Protection From Elements
Enhancement: Favored Soul Improved Empowering I
Enhancement: Improved Jump IV


Level 16 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: WIS
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (8): Death Pact
Enhancement: Favored Soul Improved Empowering II


Level 17 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Feat: (Automatic) Leap Of Faith
Spell (7): Resurrection
Spell (8): Mass Cure Critical Wounds
Enhancement: Improved Concentration II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Energy of the Scion IV


Level 18 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (9): Implosion
Enhancement: Human Greater Adaptability Charisma I


Level 19 (Favored Soul)
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (8): Mass Inflict Critical Wounds
Spell (9): True Resurrection
Enhancement: Improved Concentration III
Enhancement: Improved Concentration IV
Enhancement: Favored Soul Prayer of Incredible Smiting II


Level 20 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: WIS
Skill: Concentration (+1)
Skill: Jump (+1)
Spell (9): Mass Heal
Enhancement: Favored Soul Ascendency: Silver Flame
Enhancement: Favored Soul Longbow Specialization I
Enhancement: Human Versatility I

[twix]

I personally wouldnt take mental toughness. as a fvs you should wind up with more then enough spellpoints.I would replace it with spell penn or evocation focus.

[pie2655]

I personally wouldnt take mental toughness. as a fvs you should wind up with more then enough spellpoints.I would replace it with spell penn or evocation focus.

Yeah wasnt sure if the offensive spells were evocation or not. But ill swap mental toughness with evocation focus.

[pie2655]

Other than that.....is the build solid?

[twix]

Other than that.....is the build solid?

Yeah .If all you changed was your con and your cha the build would still work well.Just giving you my personal preferences on how i would do it

[twix]

If you really want to focus on blade barrier i would even drop extend for greater evo focus.

[pie2655]

In your opinion which would be better?

[twix]

Ive been running my cleric, now a true reincarnated into a fvs , offensively for the better part of 4 years and i like to have the highest dc possible on my bb and other spells. I run with max,empower,heighten,evo focus,greater evo focus,and toughness i think.And quicken of course :O

Seems to work well havent changed feats on him for 3 years or so and took the same ones when i reincarnated.

[pie2655]

Awesome! Thanks!

[taurean430]

You will need to focus on Evocation, and get some Spell Penetration.

[nicnivyn]

If you're anywhere even close, grind out the favor to get 32 pt build first. Otherwise drop CHA 2 points ( you lose 29 sp) and raise CON 2 points.

[twix]

If you're anywhere even close, grind out the favor to get 32 pt build first. Otherwise drop CHA 2 points ( you lose 29 sp) and raise CON 2 points.

^^ Would agree with that as well.

[pie2655]

Okay, wasnt to sure about char vs. con.

[sweez]

IMHO, blade barrier is, by far, the most potent offensive divine spell in the game. Sure, destruction is nice, implosion can be fun, cometfall has its uses, but BB works on almost everything - from mid-level trash mobs, through Amrath red-names, to melee epic mobs. Keyword for any other offensive divine spell is: situational.

So, you should try to max it out as much as you can. Starting with metas, you'll want maximize, empower, heighten, quicken and extend. Sure, you could theoretically live without extend, but it hugely increases bladebarrier damage/sp as soon as mobs start having enough HP not to be one shotted by 1 pass through the BB. Plus, it's great for utility buffs like recitation and holy aura.

Also, you'll want the two spell focus: evocation feats. Sure, you could live without them as well, but as you reach a certain threshold getting your DCs up gets progressively harder, and +2 from feats becomes very very important. Side note, be sure to wear evocation focus items as soon as you can get them - Anathema ring has +100 SP and +1 to evocation spells, it's ML 11 and drops in Cursed Crypt (necro4 finale). It's a pretty rare drop, but they pop up on the AH from time to time, usually at around 300k. Robe of Fire drops in the Sands, is ML 8 and also gives +1 to evocation - you can probably buy it off the AH for as little as 5k. At higher levels, be sure to upgrade the Regalia from Mindsunder, it gives +2 to evo spells. You can also wear the Napkin from Reaver's Fate, +1 to all DCs.

So that's 7 feats, toughness makes it 8 and you're done. Be sure to take some enhancement based spell pen, spending feats on spell pen on a divine just isn't worth it IMHO. Mental toughness is useless for a class that can easily hit 2800-2900 SP with 14 starting CHA and a +2 tome (Cunning trinket from the birthday event stacks with all other SP sources and gives 100 extra SP to a FvS/sorc).

Anyway, be sure to check out this thread: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=199266.

[Keylon]

U want offensive casting consider this: Wizards and sorcerers can easily out dps a favored soul: I have a lvl 14 wizard that can hit 540 on his disintegrate (non crit) and the highest I've been hit by cometfall (non crit) has been 382. Wizards have free offensive spells called SLAs no other class has them. Sorcerers have a capstone that grants them +20% damage. What I'm saying is that an offensive favored soul is possible to build but can never measure up to arcane dps.

My advice would be to dump the idea of a favored soul offensive caster and build either a generalist built which is capable of both melee and spell dps (I have one such idea take a look for yourself: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=303932) or the more popular built which is the soul surivivor which is an extremely capable tank built with great melee dps and healing ability (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=268346)

[Mellkor]

In general, this kind of build works well if you mostly solo. In a group and in raids no one wants to chase mobs kiting through a BB when it would be much faster to let your melee's beat them down, (this applies mostly and engame and especially epics). Epic mobs are only tickled by Blade Barriers in epics, and for me, at end game BB kiting went from being fun to way too monotonus. IMO many other tactics (such as hold and beat) work a lot better and a lot faster than the old kite and BB in endgame.

[pie2655]

U want offensive casting consider this: Wizards and sorcerers can easily out dps a favored soul: I have a lvl 14 wizard that can hit 540 on his disintegrate (non crit) and the highest I've been hit by cometfall (non crit) has been 382. Wizards have free offensive spells called SLAs no other class has them. Sorcerers have a capstone that grants them +20% damage. What I'm saying is that an offensive favored soul is possible to build but can never measure up to arcane dps.

My advice would be to dump the idea of a favored soul offensive caster and build either a generalist built which is capable of both melee and spell dps (I have one such idea take a look for yourself: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=303932) or the more popular built which is the soul surivivor which is an extremely capable tank built with great melee dps and healing ability (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=268346)

I have a wizard as well, the divine spells are cool fun, and pretty good, so want to try them. Also ive seen cometfalsl int eh 400s iirc and BB is a great spell.FVS Captsone is a SLA.

[Bodic]

just understand a dump stat AoV WF can solo heal Raids so you can 2 if you are good enough.

also you must farm DQ until you have a Green blade if you want crit BB and CF or GH Blue Scale