Crossed wands round 3

[Faded_Tony]

I can't get passed the championship round of Crossed wands. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but it's like the round ends early with no warning. And after it suddenly ends, about 5 seconds later it show the "defeated" sign. Any help would be appreciated!

[Psyringe]

Hm, is there perhaps a dedicated "battle area", and you're leaving it? The fighting definitely went on across a wider area when I played that quest, but perhaps there's a part of the room that is considered "outside of the ring", so to speak?

I guess you've not run out of health. ;)

Is the fight taking very long, so that a time limit might trigger? I haven't noticed one in this quest myself, but I think I did win the duels pretty quickly.

Does the problem appear regardless of who you choose as your partner?

[Carynara]

Hey,
I have just done this and it was a nightmare at first so I hear you. There's another thread w ppl claiming it's a piece of cake - I assume they are on console or something, I'm playing on PC and was pulling my hair out after three tries, it seemed so imbalanced. This might be helpful:
- You need to move a lot more than you'd think. Rather than focusing on doing damage, prioritize movement and defense.
- Whenever you see the target on you cast Protego immediately. You can't allow anything to hit you, they do too much damage.
- They are much higher level (at least I did it as 8, they were 10+) so that's another reason this is hard.
- Use the objects in the room to knock them down. They break the shields as well.
- I ended up winning with this strategy: (1) prioritized Dodge and Protego/Stupefy (2) tried to levitate them as often as possible (3) hit them with an object when they were up in the air (4) moved/dodged/basic attacked in between.
Hope this helps! It takes a few tries, be patient with yourself. Good luck!

[ButcherPBC]

pretty much what carynara advised. I would add, while your dodging alot, when you do stop to take a shot, focus on one. Whittle them down, dont try to hit all of them with a few shots. just try to to take them down one at a time.

[ButcherPBC]

forgot, did you do the "Practice Dummys"? This gives you a completion and also helps with your spell casting quickness.