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Idk if you still want more info, but I recently played a Divine Soul Sorcerer from 1st through 18th levels.

Metamagic is huge, it’s really what makes a Sorcerer. The ability to twin spells like Heal later on is super nice, and really gives you bang for your buck. Also, you can’t go wrong with chromatic orb and fire bolt. I was my party’s only healer, so I took Revivify, which I used at least five times, as well as Raise Dead a couple of times.

My favorite defensive spells are Mage Armor and Shield, because I can’t take a lot of hits, but if you don’t have great dexterity, it won’t be as helpful, especially if you have another source of AC. I really like Mirror Image because it’s fast to cast (I use Quickened Spell for that, quickened spell is so useful), and Blur can be useful, too, though I never took it.

Your best offensive Cantrip is Firebolt, it deals 1d10 fire damage and at later levels even more. If you face a lot of fire resistant enemies, I would suggest Chill Touch or Sacred Flame. I’ve never used word of radiance, I’ve always used shocking grasp to get out of melee situations. My race was a protector Aasimar so I could fly by level 3, and and fly reliably by level 14 though, so I didn’t have to get out of melee to often. Once you reach level 14, my favorite offensive strategy is to fly way out of reach and wreak havoc with twinned empowered Chromatic Orbs and Firebolts, as well as some Fireballs.

If you take feats, War Caster is a great one for taking hits and maintaining concentration if you need that. Metamagic adept is also good for having even more Metamagic options, but before you take any feats I highly recommend getting that CHA up to 20.

Hope this helps!

 Thanks for responding. That's helpful. Oh, that campaign got cancelled so now I am trying divine sorcerer again (as a yuan-ti this time) and a at level 4. I took metamagic adept, but also, this DM is letting me use a Strixhaven background, so I have strixhaven initiate and an Inkling familiar. For defense I have shield, silvery barbs, and blur, and bracers of defense. I use firebolt and guiding bolt for offense. I took quickened, twinned, careful, and transmuted (2 are from the metamagic adept feat). I do have sacred flame and from my race, poison spray but have not used them.