If you want to try different skills, you can try Blizzard for one. It's potentially devastating spell, especially when combined with %enhanced cold damage items. People have been able to use it successfully in 1.09, and in 1.1 it's potential damage is mugh higher then that of FO; but it's harder to aim and use.
Looking at other spells on the cold tree, Ice Blase can reach very high damage at high levels; about 7k or so. Combine it with some of the %enhanced cold damage items, and it can kill some less prepared duelers in 1 blast. You would have to ignore Glacial spike synergy, since it only increases the freeze duration.
Moving to fire tree, another spell to consider is Fireball - while hard to aim and use, it can with proper items reach 16k damage, or 400 pvp damage with max fire resists.
As was mentioned, Hydra is a good spell as well.
Another spell that I see has potential in 1.1 is lightning, since it's now affected by cast rate, and is able to get 5 to 32k damage, about the same as the fireball.
On the defensive side, improved Energy shield (higher %) with telekinesis as it's synergy (less mana per point of damage) can provide you astonishing survaivability.
As for putting a point into TS, it's not a bad idea. You can even put a point into the mastery as well, and let +skill items give you at least some damage; so if someone recognizes that your TS level is low, they won't be able to just take off all lighting resists and ignore it.
Looking at other spells on the cold tree, Ice Blase can reach very high damage at high levels; about 7k or so. Combine it with some of the %enhanced cold damage items, and it can kill some less prepared duelers in 1 blast. You would have to ignore Glacial spike synergy, since it only increases the freeze duration.
Moving to fire tree, another spell to consider is Fireball - while hard to aim and use, it can with proper items reach 16k damage, or 400 pvp damage with max fire resists.
As was mentioned, Hydra is a good spell as well.
Another spell that I see has potential in 1.1 is lightning, since it's now affected by cast rate, and is able to get 5 to 32k damage, about the same as the fireball.
On the defensive side, improved Energy shield (higher %) with telekinesis as it's synergy (less mana per point of damage) can provide you astonishing survaivability.
As for putting a point into TS, it's not a bad idea. You can even put a point into the mastery as well, and let +skill items give you at least some damage; so if someone recognizes that your TS level is low, they won't be able to just take off all lighting resists and ignore it.