[Dar'tanian]

MI might be the only thing that can save a mage from time stop

and since i usually only play with two or one person parties thats why i find it the most effective

in IWD if an attacker rolls the right amount (not sure how attack rolls work really but...) he can still do damage on you while the mirror image is still up

but in BG why it is so effective is because the attacker must kill every image of your (barring magic) untill he can do physical non magical damage on your mage

as far as protection spells go mirror image, stoneskin, fire resistance blue all together are deadly, unfortunately this woudl be the wrong forum to discuss thoose defenses