For pure damage I find Ego Whip to be very good. Most non-intelligent creatures have a failry low Mental resistance and the only drawback is that it's a cone spell.
I don't often use spells purely for damage because it's too inefficient. Tsunami is great against the Rapax and I also like Earthquake. Psionic Blast is good against large groups too. I find that most late-game enemies have resistances that are too high to justify casting damage spells at them.
For instant death Quicksand is probably the best spell. It seems to be more effective than any other death spell except Death Cloud, but that tends to take too long to get the job done.
I honestly think a much better approach is to go for the status ailment spells. Toxic Cloud is easily the best, but Pandemonium is good too. The reason I prefer Toxic Cloud is because it doesn't frighten people and cause them to run away.
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