I have not tried blind but petrification works nicely as well to disable an enemy.
All the touch disabling spells (shock, frozen, petrify) are amazing, especially with far out man. Their high chance to work and cheap AP became very valuable later in the game for me when I could cast two or three of these and still do something else.
One thing that bugs me: Petrify doesn't reduce damage taken, but frozen does. I guess petrify leaves an air hole where you can poke in your sword? Lol.
