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Skeleton seems to be the spell to have.

I tend to keep a bow and a few arrows (< 60) with me at all times just in case. There were a few places like that temple in the dessert where I could shoot magic users over 1/2 walls before I walked into them, making my single player experience a bit easier. I find when you have a pack of 5 (or more) magic users their resurrect ability makes it really hard to get rid of them all.

As far as the cleric goes, I found the weapon limitation a bit rough. The weapon I upgraded in Act 1 could not be beat by any I found or could buy until Act 5 when 2 dropped that were better. That is a long time in between upgrades. My wife's ranger on the other hand had changed weapons at least a dozen times in that time.