What spells do you go for as a wizard?

[Archenteron]

staff of lazarus

Wizards need a Staff of Lazarus that has some sort of soulguard or zombie-raising function.

As Wizard, I like to go with Fireball, backup Teleport (for I am A Bad Wizard, you see), and then some combination of EI NATH, knock, soulguard, golems, cluwne, or warp (Warp saved my ass once as I ran into a guy with a taser, he shot me as I magic missiled him, the missle caused him to skid a few squares away from his gun. He recovered first, and as he started to move, I was able to fireball and Warp him off and recover in time)