2 Different FVS 20 DC Builds: Wisdom vs. Charisma

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All I can say is wow! Favored soul is so fun to play with the recent changes. I wanted to show 2 builds here - the first is a fairly maxed out Wisdom build for high reaper, but the build can easily be modified if you don't have all the past lifes. The second is a blasting high DC Charisma build designed for low to mid skull which tries to strike a balance between DC and DPS.

Both builds are casual and new player friendly (even though the wisdom build shows a maxed out character) as the 300 hp from the level 7 Stout of Heart feat and the 5% hp bonus from falconry provide a significant boost to hp. Aasimar offers the additional 10% hp boost and both Aasimar and Dragonborn provide healing amp.

Dragonborn provides an option for +3 evocation which replaces the need to twist it in and removing the need to spell focus evocation at all as long as you are in exalted angel. You can actually have a higher evocation DC as a charisma Dragonborn caster, but that is not the goal of the Charisma build I am presenting. I am trying to have a high DC and better DPS than the wisdom version as it's intended as a solo/short man low to mid skull build.

Link to Wisdom Build: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6118252
Link to Charisma Build: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6118253

Comparison to Cleric DC Casting
In all honesty, I would only ever choose Cleric over favored soul for the special purpose of specializing as a necro cleric for the extra destruction SLA. Although I am likely to choose Wizard or Warlock over either if I want to specialize in necro. The higher light spellpower from the elemental clerics is certainly an advantage in boss fights, but that's not a strength of either build. The +3 DC in the fvs cores and +1 stat benefit over cleric is key because it means favored soul will always have better DC in secondary schools and that is key to me as the game stands today.

Wisdom Vs. Charisma - No Right Answer Only Many Opinions
The main advantage Wisdom has is a higher DC mass frog which is a very significant and versatile mass instakill, but with a lower dc potential compared to regular favored soul spells. Mass frog was much stronger a few years ago when fortitude saves were much lower. It's still a very effective spell and even with minimal wisdom investment it's useful on many undead and constructs.

The main advantage of Charisma is versatility and higher DC potential since Dragonborn gains +3 evocation DC and the magister tree supports charisma but not wisdom. Likewise the draconic incarnation tree supports charisma but not wisdom which enables a charisma build to more easily switch between DC, DPS and Straight Healing

About Healing Spec For Raids and Quests
I am going to show the spec for max dc with reasonable healing support vs. a raid healing spec. A raid healing spec will be 41 + pts in Beacon of Hope for healing wall, party buffs, etc.

One frustrating aspect of playing favored soul is that many people expect you to spec primarily for healing even though healing wall is not needed for non-raid content. If you want to play favored soul be prepared for non-sensical comments from people that don't play favored soul when they ask you throw up a healing wall and you explain your main tree is AoV. For raiding I do respec for healing wall, but not for questing.

I am going to show 2 sets of enhancements for favored soul - one is casting first/healing second and the other healing first/casting second. I tend to go casting first for quests and healing first for raids.