Bolt of Flame

In a one-on-one battle, this is one of the most devastating spell available to the mage.

Pointing a hand at the foe and than chanting this spell turns said hand into a literal flamethrower, engulfing the foe into a sea of flames that at the same time pushes it away from the mage. Should a foe survive this, it must be a strong one. Note that the caster can't move whie doing this, so the spell is useless when fighting more than one foe.