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- Aberto – Opens locked doors.
- Accio – Summons objects.
- Aguamenti – Summons water.
- Alohomora – Unlocks objects.
- Anapneo – Clears someone’s airway.
- Aparecium – Reveals secret, written messages.
- 8 Sectumsempra. …
- 7 Apparition. …
- 6 Expelliarmus. …
- 5 Obliviate. …
- 4 Cruciatus Curse. …
- 3 Imperius Curse. …
- 2 Avada Kedavra. …
- 1 Expecto Patronum. A defensive charm, Expecto Patronum creates a protective shield for a wizard or witch.
Inside the Harry Potter universe, spells are broken down into seven categories charm, curse, transfiguration, healing spells, jinx, hex and counter-spells.
- 1 – Expecto Patronum.
- 3 – Wingardium Leviosa. …
- 4 – Expelliarmus. …
- 5 – Lumos. …
- 6 – Alohomora. …
- 7 – Avada Kedavra. Why the hell do Harry Potter fans love a spell that kills people? …
- 8 – Sectumsempra. For use on enemies, according to the Half-Blood Prince AKA Severus Snape.
- 8 Spellotape.
- 7 Ears to Kumquats.
- 6 Remembrall.
- 5 Lacarnum Inflamari.
- 4 Mobiliarbus.
- 3 Homenum Revelio.
- 2 Waddiwasi.
- 1 Peskipiksi Pesternomi.
- 1 CRUCIO.
- 2 AVADA KEDAVRA. …
- 3 EXPECTO PATRONUM. …
- 4 IMPERIO. …
- 5 OBLIVIATE. …
- 6 BOMBARDA MAXIMA. …
- 7 EXPELLIARMUS. …
- 8 SECTUMSEMPRA. …
There is no counter curse to the Avada Kedavra (Expelliarmus only worked for Harry because his wand was twined with Voldemort’s and could not be forced to do battle with each other). Avada Kedavra can be dodged. It can be blocked physically or with spells. But once it hits you, you can’t stop yourself from dying.
And the third favorite Wingardium Leviosa, used for levitation, and known, perhaps most memorably, for Hermione Granger’s pronunciation of it in Harry Potter Sorcerer’s Stone.
She is mine!” Bellatrix then started taunting Mrs Weasley over her son’s death, proceeding to laugh at Molly’s enraged response that the Death Eater “will never touch our children again!”. This provided an opening for Molly to strike Bellatrix with a curse that hit her straight in the heart, killing her.
- 8 Confundus.
- 7 Muffliato.
- 6 Cheering Charm.
- 5 Expelliarmus.
- 4 Alohomora.
- 3 Accio.
- 2 Lumos.
- 1 Nox.
The spell became Harry’s trademark. But why did he love it so much? Roughly translated, Expelliarmus – the Disarming Charm – means ‘to drive out a weapon’ and that’s what it does: forces the subject to drop whatever they’re holding.
- 1 Accio.
- 2 Alohamora. …
- 3 Scourgify/Tergeo. …
- 4 Reparo. …
- 5 Episkey. …
- 6 Impervius. …
- 7 Lumos/Nox. …
- 8 Wingardium Leviosa. …
In the films, Sectumsempra appears as a small flash of white light launched forward like many spells, which causes a cut when it strikes the target. As a result, Harry only slashed Draco once across the chest, as opposed to the face as well.
Some would say there’s no spell worse than Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse that Voldemort used so indiscriminately.