Offensive magic is used to attack another witch or wizard, while defensive magic repels or blocks a magical attack. A wide variety of spells can be used as attacks, depending on the caster’s creativity. The Killing Curse is the most evil spell, killing the target instantly with a jet of green light. Legilimency is an intrusive spell, and counter-curses are designed to remove the effects of a curse or other dark charm.
This list contains all known Harry Potter spells A to Z, with known and clear incantations. Avada Kedavra is the last of the three Unforgivable Curses, outlawed under wizarding law. It kills the victim on impact, instantaneously and painlessly, usually with a blinding flash of green light. Protego is a commonly used defensive spell that casts a magical forcefield around the user, repelling spells cast at it. Stupefy stuns an opponent, rendering them unconscious.
Some of the darkest spells in Harry Potter include Sectumsempra, Fiendfyre, Horcrux Curse, Calvorio (Hair Loss Curse), Cantis Capacious extremis (Extension Charm), Carpe Retractum (Seize and Pull Charm), Cascading Jinx (Caterwauling Charm), and Expelliarmus (One of the most famous spells in the entire series).
In summary, the Harry Potter universe is filled with a wide array of spells, charms, hexes, curses, and jinxes. Offensive magic is used to attack another witch or wizard, while defensive magic repels or blocks a magical attack.
📹 Every Single Spell in Harry Potter (A-Z) – Over 300 Spells!
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Can you block Avada Kedavra with a spell?
Avada Kedavra is one of the three Unforgivable Curses, outlawed under wizarding law, which kills victims instantly and painlessly with a blinding flash of green light. Harry Potter is the only known survivor, protected by Lily Potter’s sacrifice. The spell rebounded upon Lord Voldemort, leaving a victim’s body unmarked and their final expression frozen on their face. This can confuse Muggles who discover anyone killed this way, as seen in the case of the Riddle family.
Is sectumsempra an unforgivable curse?
The Sectumsempra is not an unforgivable curse due to its creator, Professor Severus Snape, who kept it secret and used it in the book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The spell causes brutal lacerations on the target’s body, as if they’ve been slashed with an invisible blade. Snape invented the curse for retaliation against his bullies at school, including Harry’s father, James. The curse works by causing great damage to the target’s chest, hands, and feet, leaving them mortally scarred and injured.
Any body part lost to the curse will never grow back. This was particularly deadly when George Weasley lost an ear to the curse. When Harry Potter learned the spell and cast it at Draco Malfoy, he could have died if not for Snape saving him. The Sectumsempra’s use in the book suggests that the curse only existed to hurt people, as it is not widely known or used.
Can Expelliarmus block Avada Kedavra?
Expelliarmus is a spell used in the wizarding world, particularly by Harry Potter, who used it in duels with Lord Voldemort and Draco Malfoy. The non-lethal nature of the charm led to the rare Priori Incantatem effect. A skilled witch or wizard can counter or block Expelliarmus using spells like Protego or evading it. However, misusing Expelliarmus or casting it with too much force can lead to unintended consequences, such as causing an opponent to be thrown off balance or even harm. In heated duels, unexpected disarming can give adversaries an edge, making it crucial for the caster to be mindful of the situation.
What is the repelling spell in Harry Potter?
The Muggle-Repelling Charm (Repello Muggletum) is a magical charm that prevents Muggles from entering or seeing certain areas. It is used by non-magic individuals to remind them of urgent tasks and leave. For example, the Quidditch Trillenium Stadium was covered in Muggle-Repelling Charms for the 1994 Quidditch World Cup in Dartmoor. Additionally, Hogwarts Castle and Durmstrang Castle are protected by these charms.
What is the spell to remove curses in Harry Potter?
A counter-curse is a counter-spell designed to remove the effects of a curse or dark charm. It requires maintaining eye contact with the target, similar to casting dark charms. James Potter used the counter-curse for the Full Body-Bind Curse, which Sirius Black had cast on Severus Snape. Harry Potter was interested in buying Curses and Counter-Curses during his first trip to Diagon Alley in 1991. Vindictus Viridian’s book, Curses and Counter-Curses, covered various jinxes and curses, as well as their counter spells.
What spell beat Voldemort?
Expelliarmus, or the Disarming Charm, is a spell that drives out a weapon, often a wand, and is often seen in duels. Harry, a skilled combatant, was deeply enamored with the spell and used it to defeat Lord Voldemort. Professor Snape, a former follower of Voldemort, taught Harry the spell during Professor Lockhart’s Duelling Club. Despite initially struggling with the Summoning Charm, Harry quickly developed an aptitude for Expelliarmus, which allowed him to use it in challenging situations.
Within months of learning it, Harry used it to retrieve Riddle’s diary from Malfoy and disarm Lockhart. He spent the final hours of the second year practicing Expelliarmus, becoming very good in the process. This relationship between Harry and Expelliarmus has both positive and negative aspects.
What spell counters Avada Kedavra in Harry Potter?
The Killing Curse is a spell that causes instantaneous death and is one of the three Unforgivable Curses. Its incantation is Avada Kedavra. The only known counter-spell is sacrificial protection, which uses love magic. The curse cannot be intercepted by another spell, except in Priori Incantatem situations where the caster and opponent’s wands and spells are locked together. An explosion or green fire may result if the spell hits something other than a living target.
Only two wizards have survived the curse: Harry Potter and Tom Riddle. Harry survived two direct attacks in 1981 and 1998, thanks to his mother’s self-sacrificing love and Voldemort’s blood protection. Voldemort was notorious for using the curse regularly and indiscriminately. The Killing Curse was invented during the early middle ages by Dark witches or wizards to quickly and efficiently kill opponents in duels.
Why is Snape’s Avada Kedavra blue?
Snape unleashes the Avada Kedavra curse, which, due to the necessity of technical proficiency and a particular intention in the casting of the three Unforgivable Curses, exhibits a distinct hue that deviates from the typical intense green.
What is the scariest Harry Potter spell?
“Avada Kedavra,” one of the three “Unforgivable Curses” in the Harry Potter series, is the most dangerous spell, resulting in the immediate demise of the victim.
What can stop Avada Kedavra?
Avada Kedavra is one of the three Unforgivable Curses, outlawed under wizarding law, which kills victims instantly and painlessly with a blinding flash of green light. Harry Potter is the only known survivor, protected by Lily Potter’s sacrifice. The spell rebounded upon Lord Voldemort, leaving a victim’s body unmarked and their final expression frozen on their face. This can confuse Muggles who discover anyone killed this way, as seen in the case of the Riddle family.
📹 What Is Antonin Dolohov’s PURPLE Curse? – Harry Potter Theory
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It’s hard to say for sure because we know so much less about dark arts spells from the books. It kept Hermione in the hospital wing for days though so it definitely did some damage. I remember before the Order of the Phoenix was released that Rowling had hyped up that a character was going to be killed off in the book. And with the purple curse scene being pretty late in the book it was pretty jarring when you knew a character would die going in, although she had already teased with killing Arthur Weasley earlier in the book.
The incantation isn’t anywhere in either books or movies, but I know why it sort of broke through Harry’s Shield Charm. That charm is only meant to repel low-to mid level jinxes and hexes, but it worked for Harry the way it did because Dolohov had to cast the curse nonverbally, which weakened it, and because Harry is an outstandingly powerful and talented duelist. In order to fully stop a high-level Dark curse, you need a much stronger counterspell, preferably one that is specific to that curse. In regards to its effects, it is safe to assume the curse causes some sort of internal damage, which I suspect is a burn rather than a cut.
I’m nearly 100 % sure it’s simply a spell of blunt trauma, while verbalised probably could break spine/neck of adversary, cast whithout incantation resultet in fractured ribs and internal bleeding. This would also be why even after casting Protego the impact could still be felt. It appears the perfect protection against it would be some kind of cushioning / impact absorbtion spell, maybe something similar to what Dumbledore used to cushion Harry’s fall in PoA. The Purple flames in Philosopher’s Stone would simply be a wall to stop one from passing through the door – it’s like a difference between a standing truck that blocks Your way in a narrow street versus a truck speeding right at You.
I personally think that Dolohov created that spell,because if such a powerful spell is not used by any other death Eater that probably means it’s from his personal arsenal just like Snape’s Sectumsempra. It’s after effects were so bad that Hermoine had to take 10 different Potions in a day. I think it does damage something internally and not externally as all of it’s victims, including Lupin, were not physically affected.
Dolohov was one of my favourite Death Eaters and one of the most underrated ones as well he is one 5 Death Eaters to kill Ron uncles Mrs Weasley brothers he nearly killed Hermione and Mad Eye Moody and he killed Lupin he is also one of Voldemort most dangerous and one of his longest severing Death Eaters severing him since at least 1959
Dolohov weakness is Full Body Bind Curse, he always defeated by it. First in Department of Mistery by Harry, the second in Lucchino Cafe by Hermione, and the last time in Battle of Hogwarts by Dean Thomas. Lupin and Moody was a high level duelist and often forgot how the simple cast sometime effective for defence.
It’s most likely that the purple flame curse was invented by Snape and copied by fellow deatheater Dollohow (maybe as an exchange for other dark secrets). It would make sense because he invented several spells already in his school days (Levicorpus, Sectum Sempra etc… ). Furthermore as the inventor he probably knew how to undo the effects of the spell. This could have been an antidot in form of a potion as Hermione drank a potion to not get harmed by the purple flames in the first year. Furthermore she might have recognised the feeling of the purple flames as she already experienced it once (without the harm of course) and the “Oh” was the expression of that.
I thought it was the entrail expelling curse. Because it was cited earlier in the same book. Was it told just as a sidenote? I don’t know. The effect also points to that, I think.. without the incantation, probably only half the work was done, as was said, there were some internal injuries inflicted. Harry felt a knife slice after his shield charm blunted it. This shows that a good part of the spell was directed ar cutting open the skin. Again supporting it.
1:25 you have all them extras in this shot but there is always that one that looks right at the camera (the female on Voldemort’s left) some of them may be actors but on a set with that meny there normally extras, their told stand there look menacing and don’t look at the camera, I suppose we should be thankful it’s only one looking at the camera, my brother has a General hatred for extras for all the times that have forced new takes as they try to get in shot so they can be seen.
I think this spell is supposed to weaken the opponent – make him completely / partially incapable of fighting without causing him wounds or leading to his death. It is supposed to cause the opponent a pain similar to receiving a fatal wound and, just like the spell that kills, cannot be fully blocked. This means that either the spell will hit with full power and immobilize the opponent, or it will only weaken him (not necessarily physically) if he tries to block the spell. The effect, however, will always occur.
I think he could easily be a contender for the 3rd most powerful Death Eater after Snape and Bellatrix. He’s got some pretty impressive feats. Killed Lupin, bested Moody in the Ministry, and it took the champion duelist Flitwick to bring him down in the Battle of Hogwarts. Yes he got defeated in the cafe duel, but his partner Rowle was taken out of the fight almost instantly by an invisibility cloak disguised Harry, leaving Dolohov to face the trio alone. It might be fun to dunk on the trio as 17 yr old dropouts, but we know they can achieve some pretty impressive stuff working together. He still manages to easily take out Ron and is only stunned by Hermione after being distracted by Harry’s cloak slipping revealing him.
Perhaps Dolohov taught the curse to Snape during the First Wizarding War. Maybe they bonded over their mutual skill in dark magic and shared hobby of inventing spells. If the Dolohov mentioned in “Lord Voldemort’s Request” was Antonin and not his father or whatever, he would’ve already been a seasoned dark wizard by the time Snape joined the Death Eaters. Dolohov could’ve been a mentor or the leader of their Death Eater cell.
What I hate that stories like Harry Potter get wrong, is that there are almost no evil groups that think they are the evil side. They almost inevitably think they are the good guys, and are willing to do evil things to achieve their goal. Being willing to do bad things in the purpose of “good” is what makes the bad guys the bad guys.
I find the way Hermiones name is pronounced pretty strange as Joan Rowling gave clear instructions on how to pronounce the name correctly in The Goblet of Fire: Her-mee-oh-nee. Why do most people ignore that? And i also do not understand that when books get translated that names are written differently or even translated. Dolohov is written Dolohow in the german books and Rita Skeeter becomes Rita Kimmkorn. So disturbing….
I think it is a mix of sectumsempra with some other incantation effect is very similar to of sectumsempra only without any outward signature when sectumsempra was used on Malfoy his body was sliced that is what I think the purple colour does liking the body from inside and if he was able to take the incantation out loud the body could have been sliced from outside to
Im pretty sure its a flamelike spell that destroys internal organs and leaves lasting damage on the inside instead of outside Thats why lupin looked completely unhurt when he was shown dead,also the repulsive spell your thinking of wouldn’t make any sense because Hermione and Harry werent moved at all by the spell,there was no knockback Hermione simply passed out and dropped to the ground where she was struck
We can’t know for sure, but if I was going to create a spell that would be considered dark magic I make it cause painful cavities and if allowed to go untreated possibly gum damage, of course there would be a counter spell for it, but I can’t really decide if it would be classified as a curse or a hex definitely not a jinx that would be far too weak to classified as a mere jinx, but anyway if he did create the spell who’s to say he wouldn’t have shared it with fellow Death Eaters?
I really don’t think that the spell on the Philosopher’s Stone was a natural curves I think it was a type of defensive spell that triggered when a person got to that area closer to the Philosopher’s Stone. The problem I have with a lot of Harry Potter theories is you’re trying to take everything from the books previously and add them to later parts of the series thinking that they’re the same when in reality they’re two different things