Talk:Shocking Grasp/@comment-80.135.31.209-20150106220744/@comment-25870309-20150107033013

meh. maybe vs. low level, poor AC foes it may work ok, but it's a touch attack so must succeed an attack roll to land, even with the save by-passed.

Typically, a mage/thief melee THAC0 is pretty lean so it will miss most of the time (figuring a touch THAC0 of no higher than 12 for this particular class combo for most of its career). With lots of melee THAC0-boosting items (forget about Gauntlets of Ogre Power, though), it may become more effective.

I'd still stick with lots of MM which is the same slot level, near irresistible and guaranteed to hit every cast at 7-17.5 magical damage for wiz4-10. Or just backstab with an enchanted weapon to gain the THAC0 boost from the weapon and its proficiency with a whole lot more damage than the 8-15 (4.5 + wiz 4-10) or so electrical which does not multiply on a crit roll and can be resisted.