I love how there are many, references to the games/books/and movies in legacy. Even to single quotes like how Ron complains about always having to follow spiders and not butterflies in the second movie, and in legacy you actually have to follow butterflies into the forbidden forest. I was so happy to do this simple quest only because of this tiny reference.
The thing about this game is that it takes place far enough in the past that the incantations could have changed/been improved between then and the main series
I think basic cast is similar to Harry’s first spell When he got his first wand, Harry was instructed by Olivander to “give it a wave” and without a single word spoken, magic was performed, I think that’s what can be compared to basic cast
@@BenjaminSnowI think Basic cast is some kind of punch spell that is very simple and for which you don't need a formular. Like If you just hit Somebody in the face. Nothing special, not that powerful, almost everyone can cast it without problems and its very versitile.
In books Supefy was described as red jet of light and in order of the phoenix it was described as a “bread and butter”, so I’m pretty sure basic cast was meant to be Stunning Spell
I personally find it to be very debatable because it doesn't occur the corresponding effect which is stunning But there are implications that your basic cast might be "Red Sparks", also known as Vermillious, which students learn in their first year to use as a flare in cases of emergencies (it was replaced by Periculum in the fourth movie). And apparently it can be used as a minor damaging spell for duelling
It's described as "bread and butter" in the sense that it's a quintessential combat spell. The game turned Stupefy into a counter-attack because otherwise it would render an autowin, working much like the Killing Curse in that regard. "Basic cast" is a concept created exclusively to work as a game mechanic and shouldn't otherwise be looked too deep into.
You know what would have been cool? The ability to cast a Maxima version of each spell (like Umbridge casting Bombarda Maxima) which would result in an amplified effect from the spell but at the cost of a longer cooldown
@@BenjaminSnow And just to clarify, I don't mean like an amplified effect from using the Maxima potion, I mean like say you hold the button to cast, say, incendio Maxima
@@MegaPepsimax I understand that but like we see spells being Maxima'd as early as Prisoner of Azkaban, implying that students start learning this in at least their third year, so they totally could have put this ability in Hogwarts Legacy
Even though we don’t get to cast it, the Patronus charm is my favorite spell in Harry Potter and it was cool to see it in the game. Especially since I’m a Hufflepuff and got to witness it myself in that quest.
BTW the basic cast's red lightning effect is very similar to Stupefy effect in Harry Potter 4. Right after deatheaters leave the quidditch camp (near the beginning of the movie) Harry, Ron and Hermione are ambushed by Aurors who all yell "stupefy" and shoot red beams of light very similar to the basic cast from the game.
@@BenjaminSnow my guess is that game devs saw this effect in the movie but didn't want the MC to shout "stupefy" with every basic attack, so they just called it "basic cast" and made actual stupefy a counter attack. Let's hope they make another HP game and include more spells. It would be cool to play as a 7th year.
@@BenjaminSnow there's a cool PC mod that adds a bunch of spells to your aresenal, including fire tornado, reducto, expulso, confundo and a few others.
On a slight note Imperio only had one other on screen effect in the movies other than when Ron did it. In the Goblet of Fire, when Krum was under it's effects his eyes had gone completely white. In the games it seems this was expanded upon by adding the glowing effect
Very good video! It's a shame that people are already forgetting about this game because it's pretty interesting and there are still so many cool videos that can be made!
@@BenjaminSnow game cycles on RUclips always annoy me for 2 reasons: 1. Most modern games run like crap on launch, which makes it very annoying to record. This is the reason why I refused to make any Jedi: Survivor videos. I'm waiting until the game is patched and runs well. 2. I'm a PC player and I love using mods to make unique videos, but all the good mods come out when the game is no longer popular on RUclips. So there's this annoying choice: Make generic cookie-cutter videos at launch like everyone else and try to ride the wave of game's popularity or wait and make quality videos with cool mods later but risk low views. I hate that.
@@CinematicSeriesGaming I hear ya.. HL was technically my first game I covered throughout its entire cycle and its launch so far was the biggest lesson for me. It just gets brutal haha
@@BenjaminSnow but then old games randomly get traction on RUclips out of the blue. Recently I've been seeing a sh1t ton on Red Dead videos in my recommendations even though I don't even watch RDR content and I don't subscribe to channels that focus on this game.
@@CinematicSeriesGaming interesting 🤔 well maybe the holiday season will make people think of Hogwarts more and bring them back replaying! A DLC could help too!
I just wish that crucio wouldve workedore simularly to the books where you can just hold it on an enemy maybe use the spell icon as a meter that drains as you hold it. Also i was so stoked to see expelliarmus work in game the way it works in the books and movies.
The biggest issue I had with the protego spell was that you couldn’t cast it the way it was cast in the books. Which is a shield bubble charm that can be cast at your desired location. IE in deathly hallows when Ron finally returns to Harry and Hermione and Harry has to cast protego to protect Ron from Hermione physically attacking him.
@@danielschmaderer no thats just cuz Sirius has achieved what is essentially mastery of those spells which are mostly likely expelliarmus, stupify, depulso. The basic cast is a made up thing for the games combat to feel more fast paced and resemble that of the movies
My favorite spells to use in Hogwarts Legacy are the ones featured in the Dark Arts talent tree. Flipendo as a force spell, Arresto Momentum as a control spell, Expelliarmus as a damage spell, and then Crucio to close the set.
My personal favourite set is crutio, confringi, diffendo, bombarda, then switch over for an accico paired with decendo then the ring of fire then depluso to launch them into a wall
I think Basic Cast was supposed to be Stupefy, but later in development was changed to Basic Cast, because of many reasons that we not know of. I mean, Stupefy in the books looked like a red spark that staggers and knocks people out. Which is what Basic Cast actually does. My personal theory is that devs could not find any good speels for counterattack and made a switch-aroo. But I hope that in the sequel we would have couple of spells that we can equip to the counterattck slot, like the spell that ties people up, or trips them (which is not Flipendo) or that could simply distract the enemy for couple of seconds and bring Stupefy as the Basic Cast.
Basic cast was used in the movie when Sirius and Harry were fighting Lucius in Order of the Phoenix. If I’m not mistaken, the basic cast in the game sounds the same in that battle.
@@inspector_beyond the speed and succession of each cast reminded me of the basic cast. That was my thought. Could be wrong on my end, but figured it was worth noting.
One thing to point out, in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, when Gunnar Grimmson kills Irma and Credence releases the obscurus on him, Grimmson makes a protego bubble around him, just like the one in Hogwarts Legacy.
The basic cast is vermilous, the spell used to shoot red sparks. The hp wiki specifically states “vermilous was a charm that precipitated a jet of red sparks from the tip of the wand, something that might be useful to signal an emergency and call for help. It could also be used offensively as a minor duelling spell, but it was not effective against armoured or metallic opponents.”
I’m sad Reducto is exclusive to enemies, because it was one of the absolute staples in the LEGO games, along with Wingardium Leviosa and X button. Also for anyone 100% the second game, there is a character token you would return to in free play in the level in deathly hallows when you are going to blow up a bridge, you might THINK you need the wall climbing from the Weasley box in free play… but you can just jump off of a bit next to it and get the token immediately…
I also thought that Basic Spell is Stupefy because of its red color. But, I think the developers decided to make Basic Spell without casting it, because of technical perspective. Just like an RPG-Range Combat, it needs a basic attack and special attacks that have a cooldown system to make the game more interesting.
I thought Basic Cast was just Basic Cast, which was kind of in the films, when Harry just waves his wand at Ollivander’s without saying anything and it shoots out force.
Sectumsempra was created by snape many years after hogwarts legacy and arania exime its so useless there are better and more effective ways to kill spiders
Sectum Sempra wouldn’t make sense for the time period it’s set it, The spell was created by Snape and this game is set like a 100 years before Snapes time and Spiders aren’t really that hard if you cast fire spells over and over or use the unforgivables on them
Missed evanesco. The vanishing spell Snape used to make the snake that Draco summoned in Chamber of Secrets disappear. It’s also used in Hogwarts Legacy to remove objects from the room of requirement. 🤓
I believe that basic attack spell is Flipendo, essentially a knockback jinx that delivers a force or a blow on the target. It was taught to first year students at the beginning of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Basic cast can be what harry was doing to the locket in the woods when he just kept flicking his wand in Deathly hallows, he got upset and didn't verbalize any spell.
@GM5609 Yeah, I suspect you could think of it as legitimately just being, well, basic magic. Nothing special, just raw magical intents with no added effects. No incantations, just the sort of magic one expects to be discharged when a wand is waved.
The vanishing spell actually did have an incantation which was “evanesco” and although i don’t recall the conjugating incantation you can find it during Harry potters court hearing in the 5th book
Basic cast is Jinx Just like a whip crack like attack, that is shown in almost every movie and is only explained in some games released before the series was completed. I believe 4 or 5 explained it.
Hermione also used Aresto Momentum in the movies, in OoTP when they were falling inside the ministry after the door to the area of Siriu's death as well as in Gringots when they fell from the cart due to the thieves downfall
The animation for Arresto Momentum in the game looks more like Immobulus imo. Hermione used this spell in the Chamber of Secrets, in the DADA classroom to stop the Cornish Pixies (freshly caught Cornish Pixies!). Levioso should have been Levicorpus. I think the red flash with the Basic Cast might be Vermillious, another spell that was only used in Harry Potter games (like Flipendo). I might be wrong on this. My favorite spell, as a true Harry Potter fan, is Expelliarmus. I wish we could cast the Patronus charm though.. hopefully in a sequel or DLC.
But levicorpus didn’t exist then (unless you watch Supercarlin brothers in which case you could use their argument that Snape only invented liberecorpus
Some of my favorite spell combinations are: -Using Levioso on a dugbog to suspend them by their tongue, followed by a Diffindo, which usually kills them instantly, -When fighting a troll, wait for them to slam their club down onto the ground and use Flipendo, making said club hit them in the face, -Use expelliarmus on one of Ranrok's loyalists to make them drop their weapon, followed by ancient magic to yeet it back at them
Actually Evanesco is the encantation to make objects disappear. Like when Snape casts Vipera Evanesca on that snake Draco conjured in chamber. As for Descendo, it has been changed, before it was spelled "descendio", used to pull things down. This spell is used to open the passage to the candy store on the one-eyed witch statue. Love the analysis
honestly, the basic cast used in Hogwarts legacy reminds me a lot of the form of stupify seen in goblet of fire, when the wizards mistook Harry and his friends for voldemort's loyalist after the death eater attack. A simple burst of red energy emanating from the tip of the wand as a sort of small beam projectile
Excellent video! It really tickled my fan boy fancy, thank you! My notes because I'm a Potterhead. Aresto momentum is also cast in the film the Deathly Hallows Part 2 by Hermione in Gringotts at the thieves downfall sequence (you could also argue we see a similar moment when the group fall down to the Archway area in OOTP film - not sure if it's an official cast however). Finite is also used in the game (when Medusa's portrait turns you to stone it is heard being used in the game and Hermione uses it in the film on the rogue bludger in Chamber of Secrets, however they add incantatum. Levicorpus (made by Snape), Wingardium Leviosa, Levioso AND mobiliarus (used in the Prisoner of Azkaban book to move a Christmas tree) are all very similar levitation related spells, it's strange. Evanesco is used by Snape in the Chamber of Secrets film to vanish the snake. I love that the original game created Flipendo, the Philosopher's stone created Lacarnum inflamare, Chamber of Secrets created Finite incantatum. I wonder if there are more I've missed.
Always love to meet a fellow Potterhead! And yeah it’s interesting how there’s a few versions of a levitation spell. It’s almost as if there’s a standard ones that are taught at school, but then there are those that people create on their own
I love that this game gave a name to the basic cast. In the movies there’s so many moments where characters fight and just fling their wands in the direction of their opponent without saying anything, which results in some damage to the nearby setting or a block by the opponent. I always thought, what spells are they casting? So I love that this game clarifies what they were doing. It also adds a little more to the art of dueling, that you have to contend with blocking and sending out basic casts between more specific spells that could help you win the duel.
What about the spell Harry accidentally used in Olivander’s in the first movie? The one that pulled the shelves out was probably accio but what about the one that broke the flower vase? Bombarda? The basic cast in the game has certainly proved useful for breaking many vases in my play through lol.
I think the basic cast is just like a slash. A quick wand flip that can be weak or very strong. Easy to block as well so that's why other more powerful soells are thrown around in major combat.
Hogwarts Legacy 2's endgame could feature more powerful spells like Protego Diabolica and Fiendfyre, alongside advanced potion-making challenges. These additions would make mastering late-game magic feel more authentic and rewarding.
Actually Imperio works as it was supposed to in the films when cast on the Goblins in the bank. It was supposed to be used in conjunction with the cloak of invisibility. As the spell was made by the creator of the cloak, who was also Harry's ancestor - Hence why he had the cloak. So the spell was meant to be used to bring blissful thoughts to the recipient. Not caring what happens around them. As we see in the films. But it also had an unintended side effect - Mind control. It was the side effect that made it unforgivable.
I think the “basic cast” is similar to what Mcgonagall casts in DH, although I’m uncertain, it’s a wordless spell, that shoots out a single projectile and can be fired in quick succession. Only thing is, that it isn’t a fireball and it doesn’t send the person flying.
If the sequel to this game has you play as your same character but moving into their next year then I do really hope that we are able to not only get more spells but hopefully more powerful versions of the spells we already know. For example, it would be cool if you could unlock a higher level of spells that requires you to maybe hold the spell for a few seconds to charge it before it unleashes something really massive similar to spells cast by enemies that we fight in the game.
i really hope the next game is more expansive, its an amazing game and experience but i felt underwhelmed by the spells power and how soon you can pretty much get to full power early on without gear, i feel you should be able to upgrade them past what they offer and after finishing the game imagine going into a bigger world after graduating from hogwarts, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING
I feel like the "basic cast" just refers to random bits of magic, and it's seen in the books, especially I think in the Weasley household. There's lots of references to Molly flicking her wand at houshold items like dishes or laundry to get chores done. It's also important to remember that magic doesn't come from wands or spells; it comes from the witch or wizard themself, so it makes sense there would be some magic that doesn't fit nearly into a specific spell.
When Harry initially tries to destroy the Locket Horcrux, after saying some spells, he stops saying any spells but is still casting something. That is the Basic Cast. And we saw multiple times in the Battle of Hogwarts spells being fired without saying anything. All were Basic Casts.
@@danyelpeter1376 From my understanding, you have to be quite the experienced wizard to be able to cast without incantations. Dumbledore and Voldemort show this in their duel. Basic cast is, like others have explained, a jinx that likely has no incantation. It's a basic spell that just about anyone can do. That's what we would see in the movies when characters were fighting without saying anything. They were very "basic" spells that didn't seem to have any additional effects like other incantations.
I always just pictured the basic cast as a simpy light damage attack that can be casted non verbally and is one of the first “spells” as student can learn. The only requirement being a bit of focus and intention while flicking the wand at an opponent.
basic cast is the one in deathy hallows in the woods when ron and harry start fighting notice how they just fling there wands and dont say anything also difindo is thr games equivalent of scetum sepmra (yes i know its spelled wrong)
The ring of fire thing that dumbledore does, and the dark wizards of the game do, isnt quite a spell rather an ability. Its actually extremely rare and impressive. Drawing a blank as to what its called, in the books i believe dumbledore and voldemort were the only living people with that ability. Possibly grindelwald too.
I wish in the game arresto momentum was immobulus because in my eyes arresto momentum is very complex magic that can slow down the entire scene, not a spell that freezes the motion of the target
The visual effect of Crucio in Hogwarts: Legacy made it my favorite spell, and I never had one before. The lightning is so incredibly violent looking, which fits the spell perfectly. I love it so much. The film version was lame.
For those that want to try howarst legacy and havent yet or want to do a 2nd play, I recommend 2 mods, higher lvl enemies, this give the enemies from 7 to 15 levers more than you, and the mod called healthier enemies, this give enemies a lot more HP, this make the battles last longer and your spells wont feel broken as in the base game :D ofc play max difficulty to enjoy more
I think that basic cast is supposed to be a nonverbal version of Vermillious, which is the red sparks charm. Ofc there’s no way to know this but it would make sense
You forgot Alohomora.....! Also I think "Basic Cast" is supposed to be the Tickling Charm used once in the movies, and commonly in the games: Rictosempra. I think because it's such a simple spell, some advanced wizards can cast this spell without saying the incantation, which is exactly what's happening here.
they rlly need to add the patronus charm as an interchangeable spell for all houses, not just hufflepuff. it would make so many more questlines and it would add dementors. you can choose the patronus form. how cool would that be?
In Deathly Hallows Part 1, when the trio is escaping the Ministry of Magic, the character Yaxley shoots off a spell that I think could be the basic spell in the game. Both are nonverbal, both cause a decent amount of damage when they hit a solid object, and both are used for battle. The only difference is Hogwarts Legacy colors it red while it’s more of a golden color in the film
Imagine a hard mode of the game where spells actually have a 1:1 effect from books to game. Even stupefy would end up making you lose a fight, BUT if you cast it first, that person is out of the fight. It'd also be exhilarating having to dodge the unforgivables
I've read a least half of comments and so suprised that nobody thinks about Rictusempra as a basic cast. It is really simple charm, that is known from the first year in Hogwarts. And if we base on movies and games - there it is a red-purple-light spell that can make a bit of disturbe for an enemy. Rhight like a basic cast.
Basic cast is like when they use the wand like a gun in the movies (i.e. when Harry and co were being chased by the enemies in the forest in the Deathly Hallows Part 1, and they're just slinging energy at eachother)
Never understood how developers make animations, particle effects and attacks into a game, but make them only available for the enemies. Why not make that fire tornado a final version of incendio ? They have the animation, they have the particle effects, they have a skill system to incorporate it. A spell like this looks cool and gives the player a feeling if being a badass wizzard. Not adding it as an available thing for the own character seems a bit out of place if its in the game
@@reeno1357 I think they’re just teasing of what’s yet to come.. but also it’s possible that that is a more advanced magic and we are to young to fully learn it 🤷🏻♂️
Really? I thought finite cancels previous spells 🤔 And I think it actually is featured in the game whenever we want to break out of Petrificus Totalus. Though I totally forgot to include it in the video 😑
Wow. I hadn’t noticed that. I believe that since on Harry Potter wiki and general wiki it is described as a general counter-spell, I thought it might be basic cast. As another viewer mentioned it is important to realise that Hogwarts Legacy takes place over 100 years before the books, so it may have changed.
there was a scence where voldemort used ancient magic but it was shards that was being thrown down from the banners in the ministry of magic when the fighting was going on and harry was in pain because of voldemort being in his mind after he got out of his body they fought and i saw some shards going towards doubledore when they fought a i made nothing of it until seeing a few times in the future now it was clear that it was ancient magic
Correction, from what I remember we dont see Avada Kedavra in the Chamber of Secrets. Lucius Malfoy starts with "Avadaaa -" before hes thrown down the corridor by a recently freed Dobby.
What’s your favorite spell(s) to use in Hogwarts Legacy?
Arania Exumai would have been cool to see in Hogwarts, especially the forbidden forest and Spider places, like how fire spells only worked for Inferi
@@Linkornx03 I know! That would’ve been perfect!
Avada Kedavra with the Mastery talent and a group of cursed enemies.
unforgivable curses
Transfiguration Bomb
I love how there are many, references to the games/books/and movies in legacy. Even to single quotes like how Ron complains about always having to follow spiders and not butterflies in the second movie, and in legacy you actually have to follow butterflies into the forbidden forest. I was so happy to do this simple quest only because of this tiny reference.
I know! I was so happy when it accrued to me that that’s like a mini Easter egg
It was obvious they did their research as they made the game. It made it so much more immersive.
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“Why can’t it be, follow the butterflies.”
@@scouttf2244Jokes on those butterflies! I stumbled into that troll on my own and it’s dead as are several other trolls that I’ve stumbled across.
The thing about this game is that it takes place far enough in the past that the incantations could have changed/been improved between then and the main series
That’s true
HG L takes place 100 years before potter events,
I think basic cast is similar to Harry’s first spell
When he got his first wand, Harry was instructed by Olivander to “give it a wave” and without a single word spoken, magic was performed, I think that’s what can be compared to basic cast
Hmm that’s a theory 🤔
Yeah I've always thought of it as a quick slash. It can be weak or strong. It's easily blocked though so stronger spells are used in most combat
@@BenjaminSnowI think Basic cast is some kind of punch spell that is very simple and for which you don't need a formular. Like If you just hit Somebody in the face. Nothing special, not that powerful, almost everyone can cast it without problems and its very versitile.
You see it in the half blood prince when theyre in that room full of those blue orbs, and when they battle the death eaters some use that spell.
yes its just more refined and precise. Which makes perfect sense given we’re already 5th years
In books Supefy was described as red jet of light and in order of the phoenix it was described as a “bread and butter”, so I’m pretty sure basic cast was meant to be Stunning Spell
Hmm that makes sense!
I personally find it to be very debatable because it doesn't occur the corresponding effect which is stunning
But there are implications that your basic cast might be "Red Sparks", also known as Vermillious, which students learn in their first year to use as a flare in cases of emergencies (it was replaced by Periculum in the fourth movie). And apparently it can be used as a minor damaging spell for duelling
@@sylvyboi yeah, that’s the one I was referring to.. and in the game the damage is relatively small compared to all other spells
It's described as "bread and butter" in the sense that it's a quintessential combat spell.
The game turned Stupefy into a counter-attack because otherwise it would render an autowin, working much like the Killing Curse in that regard.
"Basic cast" is a concept created exclusively to work as a game mechanic and shouldn't otherwise be looked too deep into.
You know what would have been cool? The ability to cast a Maxima version of each spell (like Umbridge casting Bombarda Maxima) which would result in an amplified effect from the spell but at the cost of a longer cooldown
Yes! And we did get those effects for a couple of them like Incendio and Depulso
@@BenjaminSnow And just to clarify, I don't mean like an amplified effect from using the Maxima potion, I mean like say you hold the button to cast, say, incendio Maxima
@@firehedgehog1446 I think that's what the Maxima potion is for, but true it would of been nice to cast an upgraded version of spells
@@MegaPepsimax I understand that but like we see spells being Maxima'd as early as Prisoner of Azkaban, implying that students start learning this in at least their third year, so they totally could have put this ability in Hogwarts Legacy
A small skill tree for each spell would’ve been cool
Even though we don’t get to cast it, the Patronus charm is my favorite spell in Harry Potter and it was cool to see it in the game. Especially since I’m a Hufflepuff and got to witness it myself in that quest.
I love patronus charm myself! It’s origin and what it takes to actually cast it is.. special!
They really should consider adding that spell along with dementors in LEGACY as a DLC. I’m getting the switch version when it comes in the holidays
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I wish I knew that when choosing my house because I really wanted to witness this quest but now I have to create a new character to do the quest
If we do get it in a second game, I hope we get ours that's connected to our accounts.
BTW the basic cast's red lightning effect is very similar to Stupefy effect in Harry Potter 4. Right after deatheaters leave the quidditch camp (near the beginning of the movie) Harry, Ron and Hermione are ambushed by Aurors who all yell "stupefy" and shoot red beams of light very similar to the basic cast from the game.
Oh you’re right! Even the sound effect is somewhat similar
@@BenjaminSnow my guess is that game devs saw this effect in the movie but didn't want the MC to shout "stupefy" with every basic attack, so they just called it "basic cast" and made actual stupefy a counter attack. Let's hope they make another HP game and include more spells. It would be cool to play as a 7th year.
@@CinematicSeriesGaming all I want is to cast Fire Tornado in the sequel!
@@BenjaminSnow there's a cool PC mod that adds a bunch of spells to your aresenal, including fire tornado, reducto, expulso, confundo and a few others.
@@CinematicSeriesGaming omg that’s awesome! I need to check out those mods! Where do you get ‘em?
On a slight note Imperio only had one other on screen effect in the movies other than when Ron did it.
In the Goblet of Fire, when Krum was under it's effects his eyes had gone completely white.
In the games it seems this was expanded upon by adding the glowing effect
Ohh you are right! Good call
Very good video! It's a shame that people are already forgetting about this game because it's pretty interesting and there are still so many cool videos that can be made!
I know! Though I think there will be a second wave of it when people will decide to go back replaying it
@@BenjaminSnow game cycles on RUclips always annoy me for 2 reasons:
1. Most modern games run like crap on launch, which makes it very annoying to record. This is the reason why I refused to make any Jedi: Survivor videos. I'm waiting until the game is patched and runs well.
2. I'm a PC player and I love using mods to make unique videos, but all the good mods come out when the game is no longer popular on RUclips.
So there's this annoying choice: Make generic cookie-cutter videos at launch like everyone else and try to ride the wave of game's popularity or wait and make quality videos with cool mods later but risk low views. I hate that.
@@CinematicSeriesGaming I hear ya.. HL was technically my first game I covered throughout its entire cycle and its launch so far was the biggest lesson for me. It just gets brutal haha
@@BenjaminSnow but then old games randomly get traction on RUclips out of the blue. Recently I've been seeing a sh1t ton on Red Dead videos in my recommendations even though I don't even watch RDR content and I don't subscribe to channels that focus on this game.
@@CinematicSeriesGaming interesting 🤔 well maybe the holiday season will make people think of Hogwarts more and bring them back replaying! A DLC could help too!
0:10 20. Lumos
0:48 19. Revelio
1:05 18 Stuppefy
1:38 17. Expecto Patronum
2:06 16. Bombarda
2:26 15. Protego
2:55 14. Avada Kedavra
3:11 13. Basic Cast
3:40 12. Reducto+Reparo
3:56 11. Diffindo
4:22 10. Arresto Momentum
4:43 09. Wingardium Leviosa
5:12 08. Accio
5:31 07. Petrificus Totalus
5:46 06. Cofringo & Expulso
6:05 05. Incendio
6:32 04. Disillusionment Charm
6:55 03. Crucio
7:22 02. Imperio
8:42 01. Expelliarmus
Appreciate for the time stamps!
I just wish that crucio wouldve workedore simularly to the books where you can just hold it on an enemy maybe use the spell icon as a meter that drains as you hold it. Also i was so stoked to see expelliarmus work in game the way it works in the books and movies.
That would have been awesome. It'd be like Force Lightning in the Force Unleashed games.
The biggest issue I had with the protego spell was that you couldn’t cast it the way it was cast in the books. Which is a shield bubble charm that can be cast at your desired location. IE in deathly hallows when Ron finally returns to Harry and Hermione and Harry has to cast protego to protect Ron from Hermione physically attacking him.
Yeah, that would be great to have that option
I thought Basic Cast was just supposed to be Stupefy, until the game introduced Stupefy as a counter bonus for a timed block.
Hmm maybe 🤔
Basic cast was done when Sirius and Harry were fighting Lucius at the end of Order of the Phoenix.
@@danielschmaderer no thats just cuz Sirius has achieved what is essentially mastery of those spells which are mostly likely expelliarmus, stupify, depulso. The basic cast is a made up thing for the games combat to feel more fast paced and resemble that of the movies
My favorite spells to use in Hogwarts Legacy are the ones featured in the Dark Arts talent tree. Flipendo as a force spell, Arresto Momentum as a control spell, Expelliarmus as a damage spell, and then Crucio to close the set.
Oh interesting! I found myself rarely using Aresto Momentum and/or Flipendo. Might have to adjust my spells to switch it up a bit
My personal favourite set is crutio, confringi, diffendo, bombarda, then switch over for an accico paired with decendo then the ring of fire then depluso to launch them into a wall
I think Basic Cast was supposed to be Stupefy, but later in development was changed to Basic Cast, because of many reasons that we not know of.
I mean, Stupefy in the books looked like a red spark that staggers and knocks people out. Which is what Basic Cast actually does.
My personal theory is that devs could not find any good speels for counterattack and made a switch-aroo. But I hope that in the sequel we would have couple of spells that we can equip to the counterattck slot, like the spell that ties people up, or trips them (which is not Flipendo) or that could simply distract the enemy for couple of seconds and bring Stupefy as the Basic Cast.
Maybe basic cast is Stupefy just a weaker version of it
Basic cast was used in the movie when Sirius and Harry were fighting Lucius in Order of the Phoenix. If I’m not mistaken, the basic cast in the game sounds the same in that battle.
@@danielschmaderer in the movies they were using Stupefy as basic cast. Visuals and sounds are identical.
@@inspector_beyond the speed and succession of each cast reminded me of the basic cast. That was my thought. Could be wrong on my end, but figured it was worth noting.
One thing to point out, in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, when Gunnar Grimmson kills Irma and Credence releases the obscurus on him, Grimmson makes a protego bubble around him, just like the one in Hogwarts Legacy.
Ohhh you’re 100% right! I forgot about that
The basic cast is vermilous, the spell used to shoot red sparks. The hp wiki specifically states “vermilous was a charm that precipitated a jet of red sparks from the tip of the wand, something that might be useful to signal an emergency and call for help. It could also be used offensively as a minor duelling spell, but it was not effective against armoured or metallic opponents.”
There you go!
I’m sad Reducto is exclusive to enemies, because it was one of the absolute staples in the LEGO games, along with Wingardium Leviosa and X button. Also for anyone 100% the second game, there is a character token you would return to in free play in the level in deathly hallows when you are going to blow up a bridge, you might THINK you need the wall climbing from the Weasley box in free play… but you can just jump off of a bit next to it and get the token immediately…
I also thought that Basic Spell is Stupefy because of its red color. But, I think the developers decided to make Basic Spell without casting it, because of technical perspective. Just like an RPG-Range Combat, it needs a basic attack and special attacks that have a cooldown system to make the game more interesting.
Yeah, that makes sense
I thought Basic Cast was just Basic Cast, which was kind of in the films, when Harry just waves his wand at Ollivander’s without saying anything and it shoots out force.
0:16 It works like a . . . . . "Flashlight"
got my ass immediately
Fleshlight???
I don't get it
Spells they should add if there is a dlc should be: sectum sempra, arania exime, and protego diabolica
Sectumsempra was created by snape many years after hogwarts legacy and arania exime its so useless there are better and more effective ways to kill spiders
Sectum Sempra wouldn’t make sense for the time period it’s set it, The spell was created by Snape and this game is set like a 100 years before Snapes time and Spiders aren’t really that hard if you cast fire spells over and over or use the unforgivables on them
This video is so well curated!! Thank 🔥🔥
Thank you!
Loved the video! exactly what i was looking for 💗💗
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
In any case, "Bombarda" remains my favorite spell throughout the game, and in movies that is simple but an amazing - "Reparo".
Bombarda is so satisfying to cast!
Missed evanesco. The vanishing spell Snape used to make the snake that Draco summoned in Chamber of Secrets disappear. It’s also used in Hogwarts Legacy to remove objects from the room of requirement. 🤓
@@Icehawk41 oh yea 👀
In the Fantastic Beasts trilogy, Protego is used numerous times throughout the films. When it’s used, the caster has a bubble surrounding them.
0:16 like a WHAT now?
Lmao immediately went to the comments after I heard that
@@MhartisBalls yo me too lmfao
Luna Lovegood's patronus was a hare instead of a bunny. Just a correction.
The parts in 4:50, where was that again in the game?
Dear Benjamin I was literally SO confused and thought that sound was the Moaning Myrthe and not the LUMOS XDDDDD
I believe that basic attack spell is Flipendo, essentially a knockback jinx that delivers a force or a blow on the target. It was taught to first year students at the beginning of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
I would think so too, but Flipendo is already in the game
Basic cast can be what harry was doing to the locket in the woods when he just kept flicking his wand in Deathly hallows, he got upset and didn't verbalize any spell.
@GM5609 Yeah, I suspect you could think of it as legitimately just being, well, basic magic. Nothing special, just raw magical intents with no added effects. No incantations, just the sort of magic one expects to be discharged when a wand is waved.
The vanishing spell actually did have an incantation which was “evanesco” and although i don’t recall the conjugating incantation you can find it during Harry potters court hearing in the 5th book
Basic cast is Jinx
Just like a whip crack like attack, that is shown in almost every movie and is only explained in some games released before the series was completed. I believe 4 or 5 explained it.
When Harry duels Malfoy in the second movie and casts "Serpensortia" Snape uses a form of evanesco to make the snake dissappear.
@@florianhuybrechts3862 oh yeah, it was definitely a version of it 🤔
Hermione also used Aresto Momentum in the movies, in OoTP when they were falling inside the ministry after the door to the area of Siriu's death as well as in Gringots when they fell from the cart due to the thieves downfall
That too
The animation for Arresto Momentum in the game looks more like Immobulus imo. Hermione used this spell in the Chamber of Secrets, in the DADA classroom to stop the Cornish Pixies (freshly caught Cornish Pixies!).
Levioso should have been Levicorpus.
I think the red flash with the Basic Cast might be Vermillious, another spell that was only used in Harry Potter games (like Flipendo). I might be wrong on this.
My favorite spell, as a true Harry Potter fan, is Expelliarmus. I wish we could cast the Patronus charm though.. hopefully in a sequel or DLC.
Oh that’s true! Immobulus does look similar to arresto momentum
But levicorpus didn’t exist then (unless you watch Supercarlin brothers in which case you could use their argument that Snape only invented liberecorpus
Some of my favorite spell combinations are:
-Using Levioso on a dugbog to suspend them by their tongue, followed by a Diffindo, which usually kills them instantly,
-When fighting a troll, wait for them to slam their club down onto the ground and use Flipendo, making said club hit them in the face,
-Use expelliarmus on one of Ranrok's loyalists to make them drop their weapon, followed by ancient magic to yeet it back at them
Actually Evanesco is the encantation to make objects disappear. Like when Snape casts Vipera Evanesca on that snake Draco conjured in chamber. As for Descendo, it has been changed, before it was spelled "descendio", used to pull things down. This spell is used to open the passage to the candy store on the one-eyed witch statue.
Love the analysis
I believe the spell for opening the passage was dissendium
@@east5763 oh, you are right haha
honestly, the basic cast used in Hogwarts legacy reminds me a lot of the form of stupify seen in goblet of fire, when the wizards mistook Harry and his friends for voldemort's loyalist after the death eater attack.
A simple burst of red energy emanating from the tip of the wand as a sort of small beam projectile
Yeah, it does look similar
Excellent video! It really tickled my fan boy fancy, thank you!
My notes because I'm a Potterhead.
Aresto momentum is also cast in the film the Deathly Hallows Part 2 by Hermione in Gringotts at the thieves downfall sequence (you could also argue we see a similar moment when the group fall down to the Archway area in OOTP film - not sure if it's an official cast however).
Finite is also used in the game (when Medusa's portrait turns you to stone it is heard being used in the game and Hermione uses it in the film on the rogue bludger in Chamber of Secrets, however they add incantatum.
Levicorpus (made by Snape), Wingardium Leviosa, Levioso AND mobiliarus (used in the Prisoner of Azkaban book to move a Christmas tree) are all very similar levitation related spells, it's strange.
Evanesco is used by Snape in the Chamber of Secrets film to vanish the snake.
I love that the original game created Flipendo, the Philosopher's stone created Lacarnum inflamare, Chamber of Secrets created Finite incantatum. I wonder if there are more I've missed.
Always love to meet a fellow Potterhead!
And yeah it’s interesting how there’s a few versions of a levitation spell. It’s almost as if there’s a standard ones that are taught at school, but then there are those that people create on their own
I love that this game gave a name to the basic cast. In the movies there’s so many moments where characters fight and just fling their wands in the direction of their opponent without saying anything, which results in some damage to the nearby setting or a block by the opponent. I always thought, what spells are they casting? So I love that this game clarifies what they were doing. It also adds a little more to the art of dueling, that you have to contend with blocking and sending out basic casts between more specific spells that could help you win the duel.
@@AkronSkater13 yeah, it works perfectly
What about the spell Harry accidentally used in Olivander’s in the first movie? The one that pulled the shelves out was probably accio but what about the one that broke the flower vase? Bombarda? The basic cast in the game has certainly proved useful for breaking many vases in my play through lol.
Flipendo is there in the books, although the incantation is not present. It's the knockback jinx.
I think the basic cast is just like a slash. A quick wand flip that can be weak or very strong. Easy to block as well so that's why other more powerful soells are thrown around in major combat.
Yeah, something like that. I thought it was the sparks Harry once tried to make in early years..
Hogwarts Legacy 2's endgame could feature more powerful spells like Protego Diabolica and Fiendfyre, alongside advanced potion-making challenges. These additions would make mastering late-game magic feel more authentic and rewarding.
th way you struggle to say "visualization" every time is adorable lmao
😅
There's nothing more satisfying than a panic avada kedavra.
Actually Imperio works as it was supposed to in the films when cast on the Goblins in the bank. It was supposed to be used in conjunction with the cloak of invisibility. As the spell was made by the creator of the cloak, who was also Harry's ancestor - Hence why he had the cloak. So the spell was meant to be used to bring blissful thoughts to the recipient. Not caring what happens around them. As we see in the films. But it also had an unintended side effect - Mind control. It was the side effect that made it unforgivable.
I think the “basic cast” is similar to what Mcgonagall casts in DH, although I’m uncertain, it’s a wordless spell, that shoots out a single projectile and can be fired in quick succession. Only thing is, that it isn’t a fireball and it doesn’t send the person flying.
Basic cast - is similar to a basic stunning jinx in the books. They don't exactly show this in any of the films to my recollection
Yeah, that’s what I think it is too
If the sequel to this game has you play as your same character but moving into their next year then I do really hope that we are able to not only get more spells but hopefully more powerful versions of the spells we already know. For example, it would be cool if you could unlock a higher level of spells that requires you to maybe hold the spell for a few seconds to charge it before it unleashes something really massive similar to spells cast by enemies that we fight in the game.
i really hope the next game is more expansive, its an amazing game and experience but i felt underwhelmed by the spells power and how soon you can pretty much get to full power early on without gear, i feel you should be able to upgrade them past what they offer and after finishing the game imagine going into a bigger world after graduating from hogwarts, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING
They definitely will expand on everything they’ve built here in the sequel
I feel like the "basic cast" just refers to random bits of magic, and it's seen in the books, especially I think in the Weasley household. There's lots of references to Molly flicking her wand at houshold items like dishes or laundry to get chores done. It's also important to remember that magic doesn't come from wands or spells; it comes from the witch or wizard themself, so it makes sense there would be some magic that doesn't fit nearly into a specific spell.
When Harry initially tries to destroy the Locket Horcrux, after saying some spells, he stops saying any spells but is still casting something. That is the Basic Cast. And we saw multiple times in the Battle of Hogwarts spells being fired without saying anything. All were Basic Casts.
Are you sure?I thought it wasn't necessary to always say the words
@@danyelpeter1376 From my understanding, you have to be quite the experienced wizard to be able to cast without incantations. Dumbledore and Voldemort show this in their duel. Basic cast is, like others have explained, a jinx that likely has no incantation. It's a basic spell that just about anyone can do. That's what we would see in the movies when characters were fighting without saying anything. They were very "basic" spells that didn't seem to have any additional effects like other incantations.
I always just pictured the basic cast as a simpy light damage attack that can be casted non verbally and is one of the first “spells” as student can learn. The only requirement being a bit of focus and intention while flicking the wand at an opponent.
@@strixsoren6847 yeah that’s kind of it
The spell that dumbledore uses in the cave with the locket is Fiend fire
Yah know the magical combat should have been more destructive in the movies.
And the games fills that
basic cast is the one in deathy hallows in the woods when ron and harry start fighting notice how they just fling there wands and dont say anything also difindo is thr games equivalent of scetum sepmra
(yes i know its spelled wrong)
Ooo yes! That could it! I forgot about that deleted scene
@@BenjaminSnow yeaaa i was aculay watching the deleted scenes when i stumble on your vid and though i should metion it 😁
The ring of fire thing that dumbledore does, and the dark wizards of the game do, isnt quite a spell rather an ability. Its actually extremely rare and impressive. Drawing a blank as to what its called, in the books i believe dumbledore and voldemort were the only living people with that ability. Possibly grindelwald too.
Great vid! Currently playing the game!
Noice!
I think Basic cast is some kind of punch spell that is very simple and for which you don't need a formular.
I wish in the game arresto momentum was immobulus because in my eyes arresto momentum is very complex magic that can slow down the entire scene, not a spell that freezes the motion of the target
or impedimenta maybe
The visual effect of Crucio in Hogwarts: Legacy made it my favorite spell, and I never had one before. The lightning is so incredibly violent looking, which fits the spell perfectly. I love it so much. The film version was lame.
It is very satisfying to cast!
Is it so hard to add timemarks?
Awesome video!
Thank you 😊
"It simply lights the tip of the wand and works like a flashlight."
I see what you did there
honestly, i would like to enjoy to use Immobulus rather than Arresto Momentum and the spells has those same effect
Evanesco is used in "Chamber of Secrets" and in the game as vanishing spell
Oh yeah 🤔
the incantation for the disillusionment charm is Invisiblus, one of the students uses it on a book
@@nervshmrv1245 oh really? 🤔
@@BenjaminSnow yeah he shows off in front of his friend in the game and then his friend uses it on his essay
@@nervshmrv1245 that’s cool
You can perfectly see an example of the "basic cast" when professor McGonagall attacked Snape in Deathly Hallows 2.
Hmm it was a bit fiery though, more like confringo, but close nevertheless 🤔
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The basic cast is similar to how harry uses it in the movies if you are sneaking and need to distract an NPC😂
I think that basic cast is supposed to be a nonverbal version of Vermillious, which is the red sparks charm. Ofc there’s no way to know this but it would make sense
@@GodAtKZ yea, that seems to look very similar to
Protego Totalus is the accurate name of the Bubble form of Protego. For Hogwarts it was a combo
@@Yozora_Kujo oh interesting 🤔
You forgot Alohomora.....!
Also I think "Basic Cast" is supposed to be the Tickling Charm used once in the movies, and commonly in the games: Rictosempra. I think because it's such a simple spell, some advanced wizards can cast this spell without saying the incantation, which is exactly what's happening here.
That’s a theory for sure
they rlly need to add the patronus charm as an interchangeable spell for all houses, not just hufflepuff. it would make so many more questlines and it would add dementors. you can choose the patronus form. how cool would that be?
Totally agree!
In Deathly Hallows Part 1, when the trio is escaping the Ministry of Magic, the character Yaxley shoots off a spell that I think could be the basic spell in the game. Both are nonverbal, both cause a decent amount of damage when they hit a solid object, and both are used for battle. The only difference is Hogwarts Legacy colors it red while it’s more of a golden color in the film
Oh yeah, that’s a good one 🤔
3:14 for me the basic spell was always reducto because i mostly played the lego games and if i remember it was the basic spell
4:46 whats the mission with all these doors. Can't remember😮
Oh that’s Haunted Hogsmeade Shop Quest. It’s only on PlayStation right now, but will be come available to other platforms in February
Imagine a hard mode of the game where spells actually have a 1:1 effect from books to game. Even stupefy would end up making you lose a fight, BUT if you cast it first, that person is out of the fight. It'd also be exhilarating having to dodge the unforgivables
Yo I’d love that option! Maybe it could be like an alternative super high difficulty 🤔
2:58 loooool the Elden Ring music!!!!!
I love how many spells you get to shape your playstyle.
Yeah it’s a lot of fun!
I've read a least half of comments and so suprised that nobody thinks about Rictusempra as a basic cast. It is really simple charm, that is known from the first year in Hogwarts. And if we base on movies and games - there it is a red-purple-light spell that can make a bit of disturbe for an enemy. Rhight like a basic cast.
It could be it, since the effect of it in the films is very similar to
Basic cast is like when they use the wand like a gun in the movies (i.e. when Harry and co were being chased by the enemies in the forest in the Deathly Hallows Part 1, and they're just slinging energy at eachother)
Yeah, that probably the best description and example from the films
I think basic cast is supposed to be the nameless spell that you usually see the characters firing at each other during fights.
Never understood how developers make animations, particle effects and attacks into a game, but make them only available for the enemies. Why not make that fire tornado a final version of incendio ? They have the animation, they have the particle effects, they have a skill system to incorporate it.
A spell like this looks cool and gives the player a feeling if being a badass wizzard. Not adding it as an available thing for the own character seems a bit out of place if its in the game
@@reeno1357 I think they’re just teasing of what’s yet to come.. but also it’s possible that that is a more advanced magic and we are to young to fully learn it 🤷🏻♂️
btw the first time we heard lumos was in the 1st movie when hermione saves ron from devil's snore
she used the spell "lumos sonar"
The "basic cast" should be stupefy... Never understood why they choose a basic unknown spell 😭😮💨
Will always be a mystery
I believe the basic cast is supposed to be aronia exuma
When you get directions from the book in your hand, it should be your corporal patronous showing you the way. It would be awesome :D
Yeah! That would be cool!
And like with your Wand & House, the form of the Patronus could be determined by what Patronus you get in the Wizarding World website
I think basic cast is the blue nonverbal spell that they spam in combat in the Yates movies
Potentially could be a version of that
The expulso is used by professor black that work like a ancient magic the one that explodes the enemy
Guys! Basic cast isn’t stupefy, it is finite. It is a many use damage spell which is red and doesn’t require incantation.
Really? I thought finite cancels previous spells 🤔
And I think it actually is featured in the game whenever we want to break out of Petrificus Totalus. Though I totally forgot to include it in the video 😑
Wow. I hadn’t noticed that. I believe that since on Harry Potter wiki and general wiki it is described as a general counter-spell, I thought it might be basic cast. As another viewer mentioned it is important to realise that Hogwarts Legacy takes place over 100 years before the books, so it may have changed.
@@Torsofoundfootage Maybe yes. It’s gonna be a true mystery for a long time 😅 but we are gonna solve it!
there was a scence where voldemort used ancient magic but it was shards that was being thrown down from the banners in the ministry of magic when the fighting was going on and harry was in pain because of voldemort being in his mind after he got out of his body they fought and i saw some shards going towards doubledore when they fought a i made nothing of it until seeing a few times in the future now it was clear that it was ancient magic
Oh that’s interesting 🤔
2:58 wait what about the chamber of secrets?
Lumos works like a fleshlight!?
Haha!
I mean it does
That's what I heard too LOL!
Correction, from what I remember we dont see Avada Kedavra in the Chamber of Secrets. Lucius Malfoy starts with "Avadaaa -" before hes thrown down the corridor by a recently freed Dobby.
@@alfonsothegr8 that’s exactly the moment. Though I still count it as a feature, a half feature
You can basically do the fire tornado by shooting expelliarmus at the wizard who was about to produce the tornado
Yeah, that’s the only way
i think glacius was in deathly hallows part 2 where molly used it on bellatrix to freeze her before reducto-ing her
I actually noticed Bombarda and Diffindo's effects came from the Dumbledore vs Grindlewald fight in fantastic beasts.
Hmm I’ll need to rewatch that 🤔