On your first day of classes as a student in Hogwarts Legacy, you unlock the Crossed Wands duels. You’ll receive a sidequest that requires you to speak with Lucan Brattleby once you’ve obtained Accio and Levioso.
If you want to find him, you can do so near a fast travel point in the Clock Tower area (just make sure you’re monitoring the sidequest). The minigame consists of three rounds, each of which is harder than the previous one.
Essentially, you aim to outlast and beat your rivals. This is the tricky part.
How to Win Duelling Club Duels in Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Legacy’s Dueling Club requires a combination of skill, strategy, and experience to win battles. It’s crucial to become familiar with the spells offered by the game and comprehend each one’s distinctive effects.
You should be able to decide during battle which spells to cast based on your opponent’s moves and actions and make intelligent selections.
Timing is essential in duels as well, and using spells when your opponent is most vulnerable might give you the upper hand.
Here’s a more comprehensive guide to assist you in your duels.
Dodging, Blocking, and Countering
To avoid damage, you can do one of the two following things- Use the ‘dodge’ button to roll out of the way or perform the protection spell Protego to wrap yourself in a damage-blocking sphere.
Protego, however, only lasts for about a second and cannot be avoided by rolling. If you time it incorrectly, you’ll be exposed to receiving additional damage. Evading might seem like the better choice, but casting Protego will definitely give you an upper hand and might even serve as a counterattack if your casting is well-timed. Watch out for the yellow ring when the opponent is going to attack.
Casting Spells
Basic attack spells and assignable ability spells that require recharging after use are the two methods to injure your opponents. It is advised to utilise various sorts of spells in addition to having a variety of spells equipped to swiftly breach shields thus increasing your alternatives.
You need to keep in mind to use proper combos to damage your opponent or make them incapacitated and disarmed so that they are susceptible to damage.
A certain combo would be to use Accio to bring your opponent up close and then use Incendio to cast flames and damage them.
Another combo is, if your opponent throws an exploding barrel at you, use Depulso and increase the distance, thus saving yourself from the explosion. This will come in handy in the first rounds of Crossed Wands, for instance, you’ll have numerous chances to use your desire to throw barrels at your rival pupils to increase the harm you cause to them and knock them back.
The final tip would be to use the training dummy to get acquainted with the various aspects of duels in Hogwarts Legacy and then once you are well used to the spells and combos that you can use in your way of playstyle, you are good to go.