Spell list suggestions for my savant?

[zenguitar]

Hey all, pretty new to DDO. My main guy I have been playing is a level 6 wizard. But I realized the build is pretty generic, and isn't really a good damage build, so after doing some research I decided to go with a sorcerer savant build. After reading bits and pieces here and there I decided to go with an Earth Savant. I know their dps is not tops, but it seems like they are a little more self sufficient, and good for soloing. My plan is to go 7/5/5 acid, 7/0/0 ice, 7/0/0 fire, since I read that having 3 elements as a savant is very handy. My main question is what would be the opitmal spell list for my build? And my second question is, does my build seem sound? I did tons of research and redos to get the build below, I know its not perfect, but it seems to achieve what I want, strong solo caster with good dps. I used a ddo wiki build as a general guidline, I dropped a racial toughness enhance and swapped in two spell pene enhancements. I felt sacrificing like 10 hps for 2 spell pene enhances was a good swap. Anyways, build is:

Character Generated Using: DDO Character Generator
Direct Link to Build: http://www.ddochargen.com/home.aspx?build=16785

Sorcerer 20
Male Warforged - True Neutral
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LEVEL 1:
Race Selected: Male Warforged
Alignment Selected: True Neutral
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 1)
Abilities Raised: STR: 10, CON: 16, INT: 12, CHA: 16
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +4 (4), Diplomacy +2 (2),
UMD +2 (2)
Feats Selected: Empower Spell
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded I,
Acid Manipulation I, Repair Manipulation I, Flame Manipulation I
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LEVEL 2:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 2)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (5), Diplomacy +0.5 (2.5),
UMD +0.5 (2.5)
Enhancements Selected: Warforged Inscribed Armor I,
Corrosive Spellcasting I, Sorcerer Charisma I
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LEVEL 3:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 3)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (6), Diplomacy +0.5 (3),
UMD +0.5 (3)
Feats Selected: Toughness
Enhancements Selected: Acid Manipulation II,
Deadly Acid I, Sorcerer Wand and Scroll Mastery I,
Frost Manipulation I
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LEVEL 4:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 4)
Abilities Raised: CHA: 18
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (7), Diplomacy +0.5 (3.5),
UMD +0.5 (3.5)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Improved Empowering I
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LEVEL 5:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 5)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (8), Diplomacy +0.5 (4),
UMD +0.5 (4)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded II,
Acid Manipulation III
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LEVEL 6:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 6)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (9), Diplomacy +0.5 (4.5),
UMD +0.5 (4.5)
Feats Selected: Spell Focus (Conjuration)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Earth Savant I,
Deadly Acid II, Frost Manipulation II, Flame Manipulation II
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LEVEL 7:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 7)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (10),
Diplomacy +0.5 (5), UMD +0.5 (5)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Improved Spell Penetration I,
Acid Manipulation IV, Corrosive Spellcasting II
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LEVEL 8:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 8)
Abilities Raised: CHA: 19
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (11),
Diplomacy +0.5 (5.5), UMD +0.5 (5.5)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Charisma II
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LEVEL 9:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 9)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (12),
Diplomacy +0.5 (6), UMD +0.5 (6)
Feats Selected: Maximize Spell
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Improved Spell Penetration II
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LEVEL 10:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 10)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (13),
Diplomacy +0.5 (6.5), UMD +0.5 (6.5)
Enhancements Selected: Corrosive Spellcasting III,
Deadly Acid III, Acid Manipulation V, Frost Manipulation III
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LEVEL 11:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 11)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (14),
Diplomacy +0.5 (7), UMD +0.5 (7)
Enhancements Selected: Flame Manipulation III,
Acid Manipulation VI
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LEVEL 12:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 12)
Abilities Raised: CHA: 21
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (15),
Diplomacy +0.5 (7.5), UMD +0.5 (7.5)
Feats Selected: Heighten Spell
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Earth Savant II,
Deadly Acid IV, Corrosive Spellcasting IV, Flame Manipulation IV,
Frost Manipulation IV
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LEVEL 13:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 13)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (16),
Diplomacy +0.5 (8), UMD +0.5 (8)
Enhancements Selected: Acid Manipulation VII,
Flame Manipulation V, Frost Manipulation V
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LEVEL 14:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 14)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (17),
Diplomacy +0.5 (8.5), UMD +0.5 (8.5)
Enhancements Selected: Corrosive Spellcasting V,
Sorcerer Improved Empowering II
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LEVEL 15:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 15)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (18),
Diplomacy +0.5 (9), UMD +0.5 (9)
Feats Selected: Greater Spell Focus (Conjuration)
Enhancements Selected: Deadly Acid V, Sorcerer Improved Maximizing I
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LEVEL 16:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 16)
Abilities Raised: CHA: 22
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (19),
Diplomacy +0.5 (9.5), UMD +0.5 (9.5)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Improved Maximizing II
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LEVEL 17:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 17)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (20),
Diplomacy +0.5 (10), UMD +0.5 (10)
Enhancements Selected: Frost Manipulation VI,
Flame Manipulation VI, Frost Manipulation VII
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LEVEL 18:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 18)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (21),
Diplomacy +0.5 (10.5), UMD +0.5 (10.5)
Feats Selected: Spell Penetration
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Earth Savant III
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LEVEL 19:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 19)
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (22),
Diplomacy +0.5 (11), UMD +0.5 (11)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Charisma III,
Racial Toughness I
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LEVEL 20:
Class Selected: Sorcerer (Sorcerer 20)
Abilities Raised: CHA: 24
Skills Ranks Raised: Concentration +1 (23),
Diplomacy +0.5 (11.5), UMD +0.5 (11.5)
Enhancements Selected: Sorcerer Bloodline of Power,
Racial Toughness II, Flame Manipulation VII
Stats at End of Level 20:
HP:202 SP:2003 AC:11 FORT:9 REFL:5 WILL:10 BAB:+10/+10/+15/+20
STR:10(0) DEX:8(-1) CON:16(+3) INT:12(+1) WIS:6(-2) CHA:24(+7)
Balance:5, Bluff:7, Concentration:26, Diplomacy:18.5,
Disable Device: n/a, Haggle:7, Heal:-2, Hide:-1, Intimidate:7,
Jump:0, Listen:-2, Move Silently:-1, Open Lock: n/a,
Perform: n/a, Repair:1, Search:1, Spot:-2, Swim:0,
Tumble: n/a, UMD:18.5

If there are any glaring problems with this selection, please comment. My main question is really the spell list in order to have the optimal acid / fire / ice spells, as well as other necessary spells. Thanks in advance for any help.

[WielderofGigantus]

Most people agree it's worth it to get at least 1 point in crit chance and crit damage, rather than putting everything into damage.

[zenguitar]

Most people agree it's worth it to get at least 1 point in crit chance and crit damage, rather than putting everything into damage.

Yeah I like that idea, I actually wanted to do that but was having trouble squeezing it in. One thing I could do is drop the improved empowering II, or improved maximizing II, and that would give me 4 more AP to spend on the 1st level of crit enhancments for both fire and ice. I actually didn't plan to purchase improved empowering II anyways....the online character generator forced me to choose it in order to choose earth savant III. The online character generator seems to think that you are required to have both improved empowering II and improved maximizing II, in order to choose earth savant III. According to the DDO wiki, you only need ONE or the other, but not both. Can anyone confirm that the DDO wiki is correct? Before I get to level 18 and discover you infact need both ;o)

[Cardtrick]

Yeah I like that idea, I actually wanted to do that but was having trouble squeezing it in. One thing I could do is drop the improved empowering II, or improved maximizing II, and that would give me 4 more AP to spend on the 1st level of crit enhancments for both fire and ice. I actually didn't plan to purchase improved empowering II anyways....the online character generator forced me to choose it in order to choose earth savant III. The online character generator seems to think that you are required to have both improved empowering II and improved maximizing II, in order to choose earth savant III. According to the DDO wiki, you only need ONE or the other, but not both. Can anyone confirm that the DDO wiki is correct? Before I get to level 18 and discover you infact need both ;o)

You definitely don't need both Improved Empower II and Improved Maximizing II. But you do need to have spent a certain number of APs (not sure how may offhand). Most likely, adding Improved Empower II brought you up over that AP threshold. Putting that same investment into the crit lines instead should still let you take Earth Savant III (and will be much better).

[Isharah]

You're spreading yourself a bit too thin.

While leveling up, go fire savant with secondary on acid. No need for a third focus. Once you reach Vale, swap out to acid primary with ice secondary. No need for a third focus. Once you reach cap, try to determine for yourself if you really need a heavy third focus (usually just putting 1 tier each on the force lines is enough to cover everything, then you can use your AP for stuff like spell pen/scroll mastery/racial toughness).

This progression will allow you to perform efficiently at all levels.

Cheers.

Skills, feats, enhancements
Savant and Spell Selection

[zenguitar]

You're spreading yourself a bit too thin.

While leveling up, go fire savant with secondary on acid. No need for a third focus. Once you reach Vale, swap out to acid primary with ice secondary. No need for a third focus. Once you reach cap, try to determine for yourself if you really need a heavy third focus (usually just putting 1 tier each on the force lines is enough to cover everything, then you can use your AP for stuff like spell pen/scroll mastery/racial toughness).

This progression will allow you to perform efficiently at all levels.

Cheers.

Ah ok, I didn't realize it was so easy to swap enhancements around. Thanks for the advice. I was thinking fire was probably better in lower levels, but didn't realize I could swap around later with ease.