At first I was like "Hey, that's my username!" then I was like "right... That's a spell :/" I have a stupid username, right

by Anonymous 12 years ago

disarming someone is basically automatic win. like if you were in a gun fight and somehow managed to get your opponents gun away from them, don't you have the upper hand?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There's a couple different spells that seem to be automatic wins. Petrificus Totalus comes to mind.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Avada Kedavra

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I thought of that one too, but I decided to go the less murderous route.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes, but then you have to cast another offensive spell to prevent them from getting their wand. For that reason, it would be more much more efficient to just hit them with a more powerful offensive spell the first time around, just like how in a gun fight it's better to kill them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

it's used to cause the victims wand to fly OUT of reach, which leaves them vulnerable and buys time to kill them; but casting a harmful spell has the possibility of missing or being deflected, and will surely provoke them to try to kill you faster

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Is Expelliarmus unable to miss or be deflected? It has all the downsides of other offensive spells without the upsides.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

well its the easiest to cast, so in a stressful situation you could cast quicker and with less chance of screwing up, especially with non-verbal spells.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"Kill us FASTER? Oh, NOW I can relax!"

by Anonymous 12 years ago