Sorcerer Spell Selection Guide

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Sorcerers have plenty of options for spell selection. The first thing you need to decide is what kind of sorcerer you want to be.
Note: Since the last update Reverse Gravity has become significantly less useful due to not functioning underwater and that levitating creatures take significantly less damage from it. Therefore you may want to consider other level 7 spells for builds stating a mandatory requirement for it.

Contents 1 Spell selection for level 1-40 2 Balanced Sorcerer 3 Damage focused Sorcerer 4 Instant-Kill focused sorcerer 5 Utility Sorcerer

Spell selection for level 1-40

• Purpose: Ease Tagging in areas for level 1-40 players. Taking Isaac's Greater Missile Storm (combined with at least one Metatmagic Feat) is pretty much mandatory as there are only a very limited selection of creatures in low level areas that are immune to this spell. Drop it when taking level 41 as it is severely underpowered in LL areas and the kickback it can give due to multiple hits can be fatal to the unprepared caster (or party if it is AoE kickback).
• Recommended Schools: Necromancy, Illusion and Evocation

Level	Mandatory Spells	Optional Spells
1	Grease Endure Elements Mage Armor	Negative Energy Ray Magic Missile
2	Flame Weapon Shock Weapon Invisibility Ghostly Visage	Death Armor Melf's Acid Arrow
3	Keen Edge Greater Magic Weapon Displacement	Gust of Wind Negative Energy Burst
4	Evard's Black Tentacles Ice Storm	Elemental Shield Bestow Curse
5	Energy Buffer Lesser Spell Mantle	Freezing Fog Flensing Bigby's Interposing Hand
6	Ethereal Visage Circle of Death Isaac's Greater Missile Storm	Undeath to Death placeholder
7	Finger of Death Bigby's Grasping Hand	Rebuke Delayed Blast Fireball
8	Premonition Sunburst	Greater Sanctuary Horrid Wilting
9	Time Stop Weird Meteor Swarm	Wail of the Banshee Mordenkainen's Disjunction

Balanced Sorcerer

• Purpose: Highly effective in all areas of the module (Recommended for new players after they become immortal)
• Recommended Schools: Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy and Transmutation

Level	Mandatory Spells	Optional Spells
1	Endure Elements Expeditious Retreat Protection from Alignment Mage Armor	Ray of Enfeeblement Negative Energy Ray Shelgarn's Persistent Blade
2	Flame Weapon Shock Weapon Ghostly Visage Melf's Acid Arrow Combust	Cloud of Bewilderment Darkness
3	Keen Edge Displacement Gust of Wind Clarity	Slow Negative Energy Burst
4	Enervation Evard's Black Tentacles Bestow Curse Elemental Shield	Remove Curse
5	Energy Buffer Lesser Spell Mantle Vitriolic Sphere Flensing	Break Enchantment Freezing Fog
6	Ethereal Visage Disintegrate Circle of Death Freezing Sphere	Chain Lightning Undeath to Death
7	Reverse Gravity Delayed Blast Fireball Great Thunderclap	Finger of Death Banishment
8	Premonition Sunburst Horrid Wilting	Bigby's Clenched Fist Incendiary Cloud
9	Weird Energy Drain Mordenkainen's Disjunction	Power Word, Kill Meteor Swarm Bigby's Crushing Hand

Damage focused Sorcerer

• Purpose: Have a high damage spell for every enemy
• Focus on a few Orbs for studier targets/bosses and several area damage spells for regular enemies.
• Recommended Schools: Conjuration, Evocation and Transmutation

Level	Mandatory Spells	Optional Spells
1	Expeditious Retreat Grease	Ice Dagger Choice of Orb Spells
2	Flame Weapon Shock Weapon	Cloud of Bewilderment Combust Melf's Acid Arrow Vocalize
3	Keen Edge Greater Magic Weapon Gust of Wind	Fireball Flame Arrow Lightning Bolt Scintillating Sphere
4	Evard's Black Tentacles	Ice Storm Choice of Orb Spell Viscid Glob Vortex of Teeth Wall of Fire
5	Flensing	Vitriolic Sphere Shout Galvanic Cone Freezing Fog
6	Ethereal Visage Tenser's Transformation	Chain Lightning Disintegrate Freezing Sphere Isaac's Greater Missile Storm Legend Lore
7	Reverse Gravity Great Thunderclap	Delayed Blast Fireball Prismatic Spray Static Field Your choice of Greater Orb Spell
8	Premonition Greater Sanctuary	Polar Ray Incendiary Cloud Sunburst Temporal Stasis
9	Meteor Swarm	Detonate Mordenkainen's Disjunction Gate

Instant-Kill focused sorcerer

• Purpose: Have a high instant kill spell for almost every enemy
• Recommended Schools: Necromancy, Transmutation, Illusion and Enchantment/Divination

Level	Mandatory Spells	Optional Spells
1	Endure Elements Expeditious Retreat	Grease Protection from Alignment Mage Armor Sleep Scare
2	Flame Weapon Shock Weapon Ghostly Visage	Darkness Vocalize Combust
3	Keen Edge Greater Magic Weapon	Gust of Wind Negative Energy Burst Slow
4	Bestow Curse Vortex of Teeth	Remove Curse Enervation Fear Rainbow Pattern
5	Flensing Energy Buffer	Mind Fog Lesser Spell Mantle Break Enchantment Wrack
6	Ethereal Visage Disintegrate Circle of Death	Undeath to Death
7	Reverse Gravity	Rebuke Finger of Death Banishment
8	Premonition Horrid Wilting Greater Sanctuary	Mass Blindness/Deafness Antipathy
9	Weird Energy Drain	Dominate Monster Bigby's Crushing Hand Mordenkainen's Disjunction Power Word, Kill Detonate Wail of the Banshee

Utility Sorcerer

• Recommended Schools: Abjuration and Enchantment

Level	Mandatory Spells	Optional Spells
1	Mage Armor Protection from Alignment	placeholder
2	Flame Weapon Shock Weapon	placeholder
3	Keen Edge Greater Magic Weapon	placeholder
4	Break Enchantment	Charm Monster
5	Bigby's Interposing Hand Energy Buffer	Mind Fog Dismissal
6	Ethereal Visage Energy Immunity	placeholder
7	Rebuke Banishment	Power Word, Stun
8	Premonition	Antipathy
9	Bigby's Crushing Hand Power Word, Kill Mordenkainen's Disjunction	Black Blade of Disaster Greater Spell Mantle Dominate Monster