[MaxWilson]

Tyrant said:
There's a pretty short list of big AE blasto spells- Falling Frost, Falling Fire, Shadow Blast, Acid Rain, Blade Wind, Nether Darts, Magma Eruption and Astral Fire. Acid Rain is clearly superior, but rare's the mage that can do it. Among the rest it just depends on what you are fighting. Shadow Blast has some advantages- it works underwater, it does not work v undead, and it's AN damage.

The paralyze effect is also potentially nice.

Cloud of Death belongs on this list, too. Sauromancers love Cloud of Death.

-Max