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Blizzard: With the right synergies, the highest damage inflicting spell in the game, and area affect to boot. But damage occurs over time, and has a fairly long casting delay, making it tricky to use effectively. Really need a good tank to make this work, but damn awesome if you can arrange it.
Frozen Orbs: This spell seems to be the dominate one these days - I saw a L74 frozen orb sorceress solo'ing the cows without breaking a sweat. Damn sweet spell - lots of damage over a wide area and the casting delay isn't too bad. But mostly just useful for mowing down large mobs in a hurry. Against one or two individual monsters, or a cold immune monster, useless.
Chain Lightning: Minimal casting delay, can do crazy amounts of damage in a big hurry, barely need to aim - hit one monster and the rest is automatic. Damage is, however, highly variable - it is possible for any given bolt to do a whopping one point of damage, or, with the right synergies and equipment, thousands of points of damage. Fast cast rate helps compensate for this damage irregularity.
Charged Bolt: Negligible casting time, minimal mana use. Damage may seem low at first glance, but with the right equipment and lightning mastery at max, it can be surprisingly effective. But for maximum effectiveness, requires casting at close range, thus can be dangerous to cast.
Basically, the cold spells are more oriented to group play where tanks are important, while the lightning spells can work well in solo play. Can't decide....
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