Crossed Wands round 3 is IMPOSSIBLE!

[Lesley]

That stupid Crossed Wanda round 3 is bloody well IMPOSSIBLE! Plus it’s not fair that it’s 4 against 2!

[Snobby Hobo]

You can solo it without a single spell but your basic cast and Protego (perfect breaks shield). And it's not even that difficult.

The main mechanic you want to get accustomed to is Protego animation canceling. You cannot use your parry when already parrying, so don't always go for the follow up. Once you get familiar with this the fight becomes really easy.

[returnUndefined]

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

You can solo it without a single spell but your basic cast and Protego (perfect breaks shield). And it's not even that difficult.

The main mechanic you want to get accustomed to is Protego animation canceling. You cannot use your parry when already parrying, so don't always go for the follow up. Once you get familiar with this the fight becomes really easy.

Unless you play it on hard, where Stupefy won't break the shield.

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

You can solo it without a single spell but your basic cast and Protego (perfect breaks shield). And it's not even that difficult.

The main mechanic you want to get accustomed to is Protego animation canceling. You cannot use your parry when already parrying, so don't always go for the follow up. Once you get familiar with this the fight becomes really easy.

Unless you play it on hard, where Stupefy won't break the shield.

Of course I play on Hard - but perhaps it's a talent then? In that case my bad.

[ShockedHearts]

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

You can solo it without a single spell but your basic cast and Protego (perfect breaks shield). And it's not even that difficult.

The main mechanic you want to get accustomed to is Protego animation canceling. You cannot use your parry when already parrying, so don't always go for the follow up. Once you get familiar with this the fight becomes really easy.

Unless you play it on hard, where Stupefy won't break the shield.

its not pssoble to solo on hard but with an ally your ally can break the shields.

[Drake Ravenwolf]

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Unless you play it on hard, where Stupefy won't break the shield.

Of course I play on Hard - but perhaps it's a talent then? In that case my bad.

The perfect block breaking shields is a talent but their bubbles only stop you from damaging THEM - as long as the player is timing their protegos right you can just sit there infinitely without taking any damage. To whittle them down you do need to pop their bubbles but there is enough time to do so between their attacks

[Drake Ravenwolf]

Originally posted by ShockedHearts:

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Unless you play it on hard, where Stupefy won't break the shield.

its not pssoble to solo on hard but with an ally your ally can break the shields.

HA, guess I did the impossible then :-P

[returnUndefined]

Originally posted by ShockedHearts:

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Unless you play it on hard, where Stupefy won't break the shield.

its not pssoble to solo on hard but with an ally your ally can break the shields.

It's definitely possible to solo on hard, but hard requires skill.

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by ShockedHearts:

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Unless you play it on hard, where Stupefy won't break the shield.

its not pssoble to solo on hard but with an ally your ally can break the shields.

Just checked it to make sure, he's talking out of his ass. Perfect parry breaks shields on Hard without a talent needed.

[ShockedHearts]

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

Originally posted by ShockedHearts:

its not pssoble to solo on hard but with an ally your ally can break the shields.

Just checked it to make sure, he's talking out of his ass. Perfect parry breaks shields on Hard without a talent needed.

perfect parry does but not stupefy.

[returnUndefined]

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

Originally posted by ShockedHearts:

its not pssoble to solo on hard but with an ally your ally can break the shields.

Just checked it to make sure, he's talking out of his ass. Perfect parry breaks shields on Hard without a talent needed.

bye

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[ShockedHearts]

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

Just checked it to make sure, he's talking out of his ass. Perfect parry breaks shields on Hard without a talent needed.

bye

https://deltiasgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hogwarts-Legacy-Stupefy.png

a difference between normal and hard difiiculty. is that stupefy does not break shields on hard. instead you have to throw an item at it, or instead use the corresponding color. yellow spells for yellow shields etc. or as mentioned by average perfect protego blast does the job as well

I would know I only play on hard.

[Sneakimus]

Crossed Wands was pretty easy. I remember blowing through it and thinking 'that was it'?

The trick I've found to fighting multiple opponents in Hogwarts is to tap rather than hold Protego. This is because for some reason, holding Protego to cast Stupify can make some of the warning markers for incoming attacks disappear. I don't know if this is a bug or intended, but it can make Stupify a hidden death trap when facing 3+ enemies.

If I tapped Protego, I could easily block 4-5 consecutive attacks. But if I held Protego to cast stupify, I'd sometimes not get a warning and be sidelined by an 'invisible' attack.

Positioning isn't that important in Hogwarts combat as it is in other games, and thinking about it can distract you from the three main mechanics, which are
* Blocking yellow attacks.
* Dodging red attacks
* Dodging AoE effects

I spend most of the combats looking at my character's head or feet. I only spend a small time looking at the actual enemy, and I only move around if I want to feel fancy.

Focus on those 3, and you can solo the whole population of bandit camps with ease all at once. If you get hit, it usually means you got distracted and weren't focused on those 3.

[returnUndefined]

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

bye

https://deltiasgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hogwarts-Legacy-Stupefy.png

You really are a peanutbrain ain't ya champ? Go in game and go to Protego. Look at the description. A PERFECT PARRY BREAKS SHIELDS. It literally says it right there.

I never mentioned perfect parry. I only said that Stupefy doesn't break the shield.

[Celest]

Someone clearly didn't watch the Asmond stream.

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by returnUndefined:

Originally posted by Incredibly average:

You really are a peanutbrain ain't ya champ? Go in game and go to Protego. Look at the description. A PERFECT PARRY BREAKS SHIELDS. It literally says it right there.

I never mentioned perfect parry. I only said that Stupefy doesn't break the shield.

Which was a reply to me explicitly claiming perfect Protego breaks shields. You're not squirming out of this one you clown.