Evoker/CC Favored Soul in Plate?

[KoobTheProud]

I'm thinking about taking enough enhancements in Warpriest to get to Divine Power at T5 (32 pt investment) for the full BAB for Plate. That means I won't be getting any of the T5's in Angel of Vengeance. I'm running full Wisdom build with Charisma 12, Strength 8 and Dex 8 as the dump stats at this point.

Feats planned atm are Maximise, SF: Evo, Empower, Heavy Armor, Spell Pen, Quicken and Heighten. The FvS is a Drow for RP reasons and will ultimately be a Sun Elf in the last life whenever that is. At Epic levels I'm planning to take 21 Arcane Insight, 24 Embolden Spell, 26 Epic Spell Power (Force), 27 Ruin, 28 Epic Spell Power (Light or Positive), 29 Deific Warding or Arcane Pulse, 30 Greater Ruin, Scion of the Plane of Air or Scion of Celestia. If I go SP Positive on 28 I will probably go Celestia on 30 otherwise PoA for the Evo DC's.

I'll be in Exalted Angel with twists to get as much Spell Pen and Evo Focus as possible. I'll also have Empyrean Magic in the mix with an extra 1st level twist mixed in also, although I'm not sure which one.

Is this going to work for Epic CC with Soundburst and Greater Command? Will Implosion function ok? I'm planning to solo most of the time so scaling will be minimal.

[Tlorrd]

If you are going to be a caster ... AoV T5 is way better than WP T5 just for the divine power.

AoV T5
- all three enhancements are $$ ... spell resistance debuff to mobs, evo dc bonus, and increased caster levels for DPS on your stunned/commanded mobs.

These seem must have for FVS caster rather than warpriest.

Divine power can be cast for > 2min duration right before you go into battle and you'll receive its benefits.

[KoobTheProud]

That sounds like the best solution. I'm used to scrolling buffs like that and the duration would be a problem but I think Divine Favor actually might be in the best 4 spells at 4th level for the build I'm doing.

[KoobTheProud]

OMG, level 11 is driving me nuts. No Blade Barrier yet and Holy Smite is a mana hog given the damage it does and I hate working with a hireling in active combat because they keep blocking targets as I move around.

I'm doing the Evoker T5 build instead of Warpriest but I took Heavy Armor anyway and am using it plus a Tower Shield with Master's Touch for defenses. That part is not so bad but the DPS is just terrible right now.

Ok, rant off- I'll get to Blade Barrier at some point but I'm thinking the rest of heroics are going to really suck because all it will be is Blade Barrier kiting if I want to do Elite instances. Hopefully Exalted Angel will make this all worthwhile in Epics because I can see real options there.

[Atremus]

Prior to Blade Barrier, leveling is real rough. You have no real options for SLA's and the damage/sp ratio is excruciatingly horrible. I haven't done a heroic Divine life since SunElf so I can't even give you a suggestion for work arounds.

Did you farm out ShadowCrypt to cut down on the pain in Heroics? I sort of miss that quest and xp.

Did you estimate your EVO DC? I am at 82 EVO currently (Potting) and my Implosion isn't as reliable as I want for R1/Elites. I am thinking about TRing my SunElf over to DG to get my EVO up near 90 to get better reliability out of Divine Wrath and Imp. Drawback is I lose a lot of Light Spell power and Spell Pen.

[KoobTheProud]

Prior to Blade Barrier, leveling is real rough. You have no real options for SLA's and the damage/sp ratio is excruciatingly horrible. I haven't done a heroic Divine life since SunElf so I can't even give you a suggestion for work arounds.

The methods I'm using for DPS right now are Searing Light + Nimbus of Light against ranged mobs, cutting down archers and casters fairly quickly, that part is ok. It's the packs of melee mobs where the choice is either autoattack + Holy Smite + circle kite or Greater Command + Searing Light/Nimbus of Light the ones that resisted and then melee whack-whack-whack on the sitting mobs after that which takes forever.

I'm actually ok with the overall setup but it is very slow compared to the process once Blade Barrier comes into play and it's been slow since about level 9 or so.

Did you farm out ShadowCrypt to cut down on the pain in Heroics? I sort of miss that quest and xp.

I did Shadow Guard and then went and did other quests until I hit 11. I'm not all that big on running stuff that the bravery bonus won't apply too so maybe next life. I switched off onto the Laughing Knives chain this time around and just never got back to the Shadow Crypt series. I might pause bravery bonus and go back to it if I start to feel really hung up on the stuff opening up now.

Did you estimate your EVO DC? I am at 82 EVO currently (Potting) and my Implosion isn't as reliable as I want for R1/Elites. I am thinking about TRing my SunElf over to DG to get my EVO up near 90 to get better reliability out of Divine Wrath and Imp. Drawback is I lose a lot of Light Spell power and Spell Pen.

This is going to be a work in progress for the next couple of lives. I have trouble getting DC up above mid to high 70's at endgame because Cannith Crafting is not maxed yet and I have no guild buffs and I hate relying on things like pots to make up the difference. I suspect I will work it out this time and get to a reasonable stopping point. I still have 3 Sorc lives to go for the +3 Evo DC's also.

I'm fairly sure I am going to go past 20 before I TR this time around. I've never had an Exalted Angel Favored Soul and I want to play around with that some. I might even make it to cap for an ETR/TR.

The other thing that's interesting is that I took Maximize and Empower early on but I haven't used either of them yet for anything. I think next life I will take something really useful for the early lives, like Improved Crit - Slashing, and then swap it out with the free swap from Lockania when I hit 12 for Blade Barrier. Carrying around 2 useless feats for 11 and 8 levels hasn't helped things any from the DPS perspective.