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!

[✪ Wuhan Warrior 🍉🍉]

There are some settings to turn off such as camera lock on that will help immensely on your combat. Difference being night and day. Look up YouTube for vids. First time I had trouble with it, after messing with the settings, I feel like Tom Riddle in school. Ramped difficulty to hard after that too.

[Drake Ravenwolf]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2936994917
The shield break is *supposed* to only be unlocked if you have this talent - if it is active from level 1 that sounds like an unintended bug

[That_Jeff]

Oh boy.. if you think 2v4 is hard. Imagine when you have to fight a bunch of enemies solo on the map with also different types of shield and attacks.

[Lord_Reavous]

I've beat it on hard. You must prioritize defence over attack and focus down a witch/wizard at a time, sending stupifies to other targets (than your focus) to control them.

[RaikuzenJr]

you know, in hard mode it really its HARD haha, from normal and below its pretty fast and acceptable

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by MintyMonty:

Someone clearly didn't watch the Asmond stream.

The one where he never used Protego? He really made it hard on himself for no reason. But this being Asmon, I'm sure he did that on purpose for content.

Originally posted by Drake Ravenwolf:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2936994917
The shield break is *supposed* to only be unlocked if you have this talent - if it is active from level 1 that sounds like an unintended bug

Maybe it is, but I dont recall it happening for me. Since they also appear to be stating things without testing, who knows?

[Karumati]

Originally posted by Lesley:

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

git gud

[Ray64]

its easy, don't lock targets and just dodge roll most things instead of using protego. For your spells have at least one of the three colors (purple, yellow, red) to counter the shields and your set.

[Admiral Awesome]

came to see if anyone else is complaining, combat is fairly easy, but there's a few challenges in this fight that makke it somewhat unfair. More or less, I'm guessing until you're a certain level, the fight seems to be heavily luck based. No matter how much you dodge or protego, if someone is in the middle of a three shot combo, you're going to get hit no matter what. I'm guessing all the flexers and 'git gud' peeps were massively over powered when they did this challenge. I'm level 17 and I thought I was overpowered for the point I am in the game, but using different tactics, I still can't seem to get it. They even seem to get more aggressive the more people you knock out, I often can get 2 down with very little mistakes made, and the last two do me in, many times on the last person which you would think is when it's easy.

[22dragonraeg21]

Its not really that hard. I did it alone so 4/2 shouldnt be that hard. Just get some stupifies and dodge

[Dagmar]

1. Stop flailing at the left mouse button. The left mouse button will get you killed (as you have clearly learned). Almost the only time to use the left click is when your target is dangling helplessly in the air, and then only click it TWICE because for sure you're going to need to block or dodge before you can get the third cast off.
2. Do either dodge or preferably block with Q each and every time the warning reticle appears around your head. Not only do you not die if you don't get hit with a spell, you will get a free cast of Stupefy just for holding Q for a moment. If your shields are tapped out, that's when you dodge. Standing there and taking zaps to the face is how you lose. If you suck at this, drink an Edurus at the start of the fight (when there's the most potential incoming fire) but do not rely on it to save you--keep blocking and dodging.
3. Have a yellow spell, a red spell, and a purple spell handy in your bar and know by heart which you have on each key so you don't have to mess around with looking over there and then picking one.
4. Do NOT cast anything at anyone until you have first matched the spell to their shield color, which destroys their shield and you may now click your mouse button if you don't have anything better to cast on them.
5. Remember that 'Z' is also essentially a "free cast". If those little jerks wanted a fair fight it would be 2v2 not 4v2 so never be shy about smashing an loose barrel or crate into someone's smug little face.
6. Until you have whittled their numbers down, do not concern yourself with whether or not someone ran behind you--you'll still get the same warnings when they try to cast, and your shields will work just fine. However, no one should have to tell you to turn around if there are no attackers in front of you. *ahem*
7. Focus your fire. Don't go to extreme lengths about it, but whoever's shields you knocked off first, just keep nuking that person until they're out. Knock that shield down and then tap the CAPS LOCK. Making the fight 3v2 is the best possible opening strategy you can have, followed by making the fight 2v2, and you're not going to be doing that if you keep switching targets because someone got your attention.
8. If you've gone long enough to have two of each color spell, set up your second bar with the colors in the exact same order as the first one. This way you can fire off those first three spells with a mouse click or two in between, then mousewheel to the next set of sparkling fresh cooldowns, and then switch back. Which spell you cast doesn't even matter as long as it drops someone's shield so you can then burn them to the ground.
9. If you want the fight to end faster, you can switch to target the very first student your dueling partner lofts into the air and then burn them down. This is about the only time you should consider changing targets. The AI isn't great, but they do try to perform combos, which will mean two of you nuking one person which will take them out of the fight even sooner. (This does not mean to follow your dueling partner's lead through the entire fight--I tend to ignore them if I've already cast more than two spells on a student)

Honestly, if you're still taking more than a couple of spells to the face, spend some time deliberately failing the event and just practice blocking and dodging for a few rounds, or at least until you regularly live longer than your dueling buddy. Blocking and dodging don't just reduce the damage you take, they mitigate 100% of it, and you can't fail if you never get hit.

[DigiAkuma]

Git Gud

[Aahzmandias]

Originally posted by Lesley:

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

I saw somebody do it on a stream on hard mode. Three tries. Looked tough, but is possible.

[Weird Potato]

Drop Chomping Cabbage, dodge, use Protecto, use purple spell against purple shield yellow against yellow, and simply come back later if you're trying it too early.
It's not really that hard.

[さゆみ]

Im playing on hard and still avoid this duel bit till i get better spells and ears. in the nature i can also train a bit more with the combos that are really necessary on this difficulty level.

I also think this one against 4 or two against for is stupid as a sort of competition to see who is better and i my opinion a lazy gameplay decision. But i get it as a challenge and i can enjoy it cause the overall game is not so difficult, even on hard i think.