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I always liked Manifestation. Assassination spells are powerful when used at the right time, and the ashen angel can take out most commanders even if they have bodyguards (and she's kind of cute).

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That LA atlantis assasination spell tupilak or whatever its called is nasty. The MA agartha spells from sentinal and upwards are very good (and with weapons of sharpness later on..) and, from the limited use ive made of it the blood 9 horror seed spell is quite good.

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Dreams of R'lyeh sounds wicked, but I have yet to use it.

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Hmmm... Astral Corruption?

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I have yet to use dreams of rlyeh aswell (although i planned to) but their void spectre thing is ok (25 pearls, has S4, ethereal, stealth, spreads insanity, has lifedrain)

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I have always been partial to swarm. It is a nice little spell that can make a big difference. It is especially fun to use against knights.

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Swarm + Haunted Forest was an evil, evil thing to do in Dom 2, but I haven't checked to see whether HF still exists or whether this combo still works.

Oh sure, they're just insects... but when killed in the caster's dominion, they turned to human-sized mannikins :p ...

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Yah, HF was (and still would be) a beauty, but it'll be tough to find a caster for it now without designing a pretender specifically for it (used to be 2-3 Jade Sorceresses with the right randoms could team up to forge boosters and there you go. Now, the JS features what, WN and 50% <FWDN>... no way to bootstrap the booster machine with that!)
Next favorite: Nether Darts (evoc 6? 7? /S1D1) . Plant an Ether Lord (if Jotunheim Utgard, a Norna) at crucial bottlenecks and watch massive invasions come to nothing.... it's just ridiculous when an S7D3 gets rolling with that spell.
Honorable Mention: the Acid series (low Evoc, W2F1) Unlike the other bolt-type spells, there is no such thing as acid resistance. In the early game, it's the Sultan of SPLAT.

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I also like life for a life. 40 an is pretty awesome.

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Regarding Haunted Forest - Animal Horde is nice. 100 beasts of the wild for 30 gems.
Creeping Doom is also nice. It's like Swarm, but with Giant Ants. Lots and lots of giant ants!