InEffect: or you could two-shot em and never bother. Ok, maybe you couldn't. I could. You wasted like 2 minutes of your time. Congrats. And there is no point in wasting spell slots on trash mobs anyways.
Listen to this idiot at your own risk.
If you try to follow his advice, your experience will make you as miserable as he is.
I'm moving on to some other games (I'll be back to play mods of this one for years to come) so he won't have my ankles to bite anymore. RPGCodex is a good place to find much more comprehensive and insightful advice than you'll get from your resident autist here.