In later levels (10+ or so) I had way more fun without shocking grasp. I also made use of frost bite frigid touch, and vampiric touch. Force punch is also a great one that wasn't mentioned. I actually found that the greatest part of magus was the mobility that I had over the other frontliners while still being able to put out comparable damage. Once I saw it Bladed dash was my bread and butter, thanks to spell combat you get another attack at your highest BAB+INT, add in hasted assault and i had 3 attacks at or above my highest BAB and another at -5. I'd also grabbed dimensional agility so I can DDoor into flank, or other optimal positions. The item Jaunt boots let's you turn a 5-foot step into a 15 3 times a day, which I felt were made for the magus (not to mention they came out in the same book) And when you get higher level monstrous physiques you can really wreck things with the extra size and natural attack (I chose Thrae queen for the sting). By this time crits and arcane strike with lead blades, and the bonus from the arcane pool my damage was just fine without a spellstrike, no to mention it bypassed most DR for being +5. I wasn't even optimized as I spent a feat to get a katana, adn was strength based, but I still had a TON of fun, Maguns is definitely one of if not my all time favorite class. What they lack in damage (not much even without shocking grasp) they make up for in extreme versatility and mobility, which also makes the SUPER fun. I don't even know if that's all the tricks I had up my sleeve.
