Magic Spell

Magic Spells are a magical action used by witches and wizards to perform magic. It is generally performed using a magic wand. Unless specifically mentioned by a character in some form of media, these names and the spells' classifications are unofficial.
==Description==
Spells are the primary mean by which magic users carry out their magic. To be used, a spell requires basically two things: incantation and magical energy. If a witch pronounces the spell incorrectly, the wand does not channel magical energy and if they lack the necessary power to use it, the spell will fail.
While the simplest spells can be performed almost effortlessly, the more advanced spells require a higher level of skill and experience. The higher the user's level, the spells can be used at a higher level as well, as seen with Transformation spells, which can transform a target into a higher or lower stage.
After a magic user performed a spell so many times and attained sufficient experience along the way, they can do so without verbal incantation. This also applied in casting the same spell without a focus such as wand or staves, though the feat is much more difficult to perform even for qualified witches and wizards. Only known instances of magic users performing spells without wands or staves are Miranda Holbrooke who bewitched the giant bell of Blytonbury's bell tower that reunited with its bell-ringer to ring once again during the reunion with her undead father in "Blytonbury's Undead Travelogue" and Mrs. Manbavaran who blasted Garie and Sabi Manbavaran with conjured lightning in the fourth chapter of Terio Teri manga. In the former's case, she had it easier because said bell's bell-ringer had since re-forged into a magic staff by Mr. Holbrooke prior to her enrollment at Luna Nova.
== List of magic spells ==
This is a list of magic spells used by the characters of Little Witch Academia.
=== Offensive Magic Spells ===
These magic spells are usually used for offensive maneuvers.
==== Nullification Spell ====
The Nullification Spell or is a Fusion Magic spell that can negate any kind of magic. It is an extremely complicated spell that requires absolute concentration and self-control among its users.
This spell was used in The Enchanted Parade by Diana and Professor Finnelan to get rid of the mushroom monster that Akko and Sucy accidentally created during the class. It is used again at the end of the film by Akko, Lotte, and Sucy to defeat the giant.
==== Heat Blast Spell ====
The Heat Blast Spell is a magic spell that allows the caster to project a concentrated bolt of magic strong enough to destroy weak creatures and cripple a human in one blast. Although it was originally used for medical treatment like radiation therapy, the spell now mostly applied as a basic attack spell with the bolts can be used to stun, injure, or even evaporate a target if cast with enough power.
The spell's full destructive capability was shown in the first short film as demonstrated by Diana who evaporated an insectoid monster with a single blast while exploring Luna Nova Magical Academy's dungeon located beneath the New Moon Tower.
In "Pappiliodya", Diana projected weaker bolts with this spell to destroy several Pappiliodya cocoons she confused with parasites and unintentionally injured Akko with it in the process when the Japanese tried to tell her the cocoons' true nature. In "The Road to Arcturus" on the other hand, Diana and Akko use this spell through the Shiny Rod to attack Croix's out of control Noir Dragon.
==== Counter Spell ====
Counter Spell is a spell that allows the user to absorb the enemy's magical attack and returns it to the opponent with the same power. The spell is very effective to counteract magic energy-based attacks such as magic beams.
In "Chariot of Fire", Ursula uses this spell to destroy Croix's sentinel statue.
==== Explosion Spell ====
The Explosion Spell is a spell that concentrates a large amount of magical energy before expels it in a big explosion within a medium to a wide radius around the caster. Very effective to either push the enemies away from the caster or freeing oneself from restraints.
In both "Wagandea" and "Chariot and Croix", Ursula uses this spell to free herself from Croix's Pixel Monster that devoured her. On both occasions, the great use of magic in this spell made her hair revert to its natural red, with the latter resulted in her identity revealed to her fan and student Akko.
==== Energy Serpent Spell ====
The Energy Serpent Spell is a spell that conjures a large snake-like magical energy beam from the tip of the user's wand that can home in on the target like a guided missile. While powerful, the spell is ineffective against fast-moving targets. This is both a secret spell and offensive magic of the House of Cavendish.
In "Intelligence and Sensibility", Daryl, Maril and Meril use this spell to attack Diana and Akko to stop them from reaching the ritual shrine.
====Fiery Barrage Spell====
Fiery Barrage Spell is an offensive spell which enables the user to summon floating magical swords coated in golden sparks which then hurled towards the enemy, dealing devastating damage. It is another secret spell of House of Cavendish.
====Mushroom Poison Bomb Spell====
A spell invented by Sucy Manbavaran herself, Mushroom Poison Bomb Spell allows the caster to conjure a mushroom-shaped magic projectile which, upon hitting a target or obstacle, will explode and transform into chemical substance that instantly evaporate into a mist of deadly poison. As this spell combines magic, chemistry, and medical knowledge, using it require fine mastery over magic and advance knowledge in potion & poisons.
====Earth Buster Spell====
Earth Buster Spell is an offensive spell which allows the caster to create a damaging shockwave around her by channeling a concussive force to the ground with her wand. The radius and damage inflicted by the destructive shockwave depends on the caster's skill with it.
=== Defensive Magic Spells ===
These magic spells are usually used for defense and support, such as healing.
==== Defensive Spells ====
Magic Spells that used for defensive maneuvers.
=====Emphatic Shield Spell=====
Emphatic Shield Spell is a spell that when used, magically shields the caster's emotion from influences of emotion manipulating forces such as Noir Fuel Spirit, preventing it from being exploited by the enemy.
In The Road to Arcturus, Chariot used this spell to disperse Croix's pixels, preventing them from feeding upon her magic through her emotions.
=====Curse Shield Spell=====
Curse Shield Spell is a spell that when used, creates a protective barrier around user's body which protect her from debuffing effects from enemy's spells. The duration of the spell, as well as the chance of debuffing effects from enemy's spells bypassing the barrier depends on one's own skill with it.
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=====Magical Barrier Spell=====
Magical Barrier Spell is a spell that creates a powerful barrier of magic energy around the user as a means of protection against attacks, be it physical, magical, or even gas attacks. The strength and duration of the barrier is dependent on the skill of its caster as well as amount of magic energy used to sustain it.
In Little Witch Academia, this spell was used by Diana to protect herself, Hannah and Barbara from the Minotaur. It was also used by Sucy to shield herself from the Ancient Dragon. This spell was used again in The Enchanted Parade by Diana and Professor Finnelan to protect themselves from the poison of the mushroom monster that Akko and Sucy accidentally created during the class.
In "Samhain Magic", this spell was used by Dorlin to avoid the residue of the explosion caused by the potion of some students during the Samhain Festival. In "Chariot of Fire", Ursula uses this spell to protect herself from the energy beam of the sentinel statue guarding Croix's lab in the New Moon Tower. In creation of such powerful barrier, her hair reverts to its original red color.
=====Reflecting Armor Spell=====
Reflecting Armor Spell is a spell that when used, forms protective barrier around target's body which make them less suspectible to both magical and physical punishments. How good the barrier protects the target from damage, as well as its effect's duration, depends on caster's mastery with it.
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==== Revitalization Spells ====
Revitalization Spells refers to spells that are applied to revitalize and heal living beings as well as removing the target of its ailments from minor debuffs to curses.
==== Mending Magic Spells ====
Mending Spells refers to spells that are applied to repair inanimate objects.
=== Metamorphosis Magic Spells ===
These spells are used to transform humans, animals, or objects.
=== Communication Magic Spells ===
Communication Magic refers to spells that are applied to invoke and contact Spirits (non-corporeal beings that also known as Faeries and born from objects that went past a hundred of years) from simply gaining information to synchronizing her magic with that of a willing spirit to access more powerful spells.
=== Elemental Spells ===
Spells which involves elemental manipulation. The elements in question are fire, water, earth, air, and electricity.
====Water Spells====
====Earth Spell====
====Wind Spells====
====Fire Spells====
===Lightning Spells===
=== Time Magic Spells ===
=== Summoning Magic Spells ===
=== Gravity Magic Spells ===
Magic spells that are applied in manipulation of gravitational force.
=== Puppet Magic Spells ===
Magic spells which consists of animating non-living objects.
=== Object Control Magic Spells ===
Magic spells that allows the user to move objects without touching them.
=== Taste Magic Spells ===
Magic spells which used to alter the taste of food.
=== Flight Magic Spells ===
=== Body Strengthening Magic Spells ===
=== Sleep Magic Spells ===
=== Miscellaneous ===
Other magic spells that aren't necessarily offensive or defensive.
==== Rope Cage Spell ====
The Rope Cage Spell is a spell which allows the caster to bewitch a rope into a spherical cage and enclose target (s) within. This spell requires potion to work.
Sucy uses it in "A New Beginning" to trap Lotte and Akko and use them as "sacrifices" to the Cockatrice in a bid to claim one of its feathers.
==== Plant Control Spell ====
The Plant Control Spell is a Communication Magic spell that allows the user to control the plants in their vicinity. The spell's duration, along with extent of the caster's influence over enchanted plants, depends on his/her mastery as well as amount of his/her magic energy reserves.
In "Blytonbury's Undead Travelogue", Lotte uses this spell to control nearby vines in her and Akko's attempt to stop the running Mr. Holbrooke whom the latter unintentionally resurrected, but her wand ran out of power before the vines caught him, causing the spell to fail.
==== Suspension Spell ====
The Suspension Spell is a magic spell that captures the target in a orb of magical energy suspended in the air, either to immobilize them or protect them. In "The Fountain of Polaris", Ursula uses this spell to save Akko, Andrew and Arcas from falling off the bridge of the North Building that collapsed. Neither Akko nor Andrew noticed, but Arcas was conscious in his barrier. This implies that the caster can choose whether or not the subject is suspended completely or partially.
====Passionate Dance Spell====
Passionate Dance Spell is spell which allow the caster to magically boosts nearby allies' attack for a limited amount of time. True to its namesake, the spell needs to be casted while performing a brief dance movement instead of a simple gesture to make it work, which suits Amanda very well.
==== Spirit Realm Transportation Spell ====
Spirit Realm Transportation Spell is a spell which allow the caster to send a volunteer into the inner spiritual world of another person, where all the attributes of his/her personality are found. When used, a club of solid magic energy forms around the caster's wand before being smacked against the volunteer's head, knocking him/her unconscious and thus sending his/her consciousness inside the desired person. This spell is used to cure the sleeping witch disease.
In "Sleeping Sucy", when Sucy falls victim to the sleeping witch's disease as result of one of her experimental potion, Lotte consulted with her magical medicine book in which she found the info about sleeping witch disease and Spirit Realm Transportation Spell. She then uses the spell to send Akko into Sucy's spiritual world to wake her up.
Lotte casts Spirit Realm Transportation Spell to send Akko into Sucy's inner realm LWA 08.jpg
==== Bell-Ringing Spell ====
The Bell-Ringing Spell is a spell which allows the caster to bewitch a bell so it rings as long as they desire. If the targeted bell happened to be removed from wherever it originally placed at, the caster can alternatively have it floating in the air while ringing.
In "Blytonbury's Undead Travelogue", Miranda Holbrooke casts this spell on the disembodied bell of Blytonbury's clock tower that Akko reunited with its clapper which had since modified into her staff so the giant bell rings in the way it did back during Golden Magic Age, providing her father a closure before returning to the afterlife.
==== Amnesia Spell ====
Amnesia SpellLittle Witch Academia Chronicles, Chapter 5, page 163 is a magic spell that allows the user to wipe others' memories of certain events.
In "Yesterday", Croix used this spell to erase memories of Chariot's audiences after she scarred the moon with Shiny Arc.
====Weapon-Wand Fusion Spell====
Weapon-Wand Fusion Spell is a spell that when used, allow the user to combine her wand with a weapon to upgrade the said weapon into better version of it. The spell can also be used to combine the user's wand with other items to form a similarly magically improved items in question, though certain improved items require multiple wand and base items such as Diana's Diana Three Wand Fusion Broom that consisted of 3 wands each with a Floating Brush attached on it's point.
In the first film, Diana uses this spell to combine her wand with that of Hannah and Barbara's each with a floating bruch attached on its point to form an ornate broom to chase the lone Briton Red Dragon she unwittingly released deep within the labyrinth.
In "Bee Commotion", Sucy uses a magic powder with similar effect to combine her wand with an ornate fly swatter head to form an enchanted fly swatter for Akko to instantly killed a Cupid Bee which she set loose earlier.
In "Amanda O'Neill and the Holy Grail", Amanda used the spell to defeat the Pixels-infested armor and saved Louis Blackwell from its control.
Forming 3 Wand Fusion Broom LWA.gif|Forming a Three-Wand Fusion Broom
Weapon Wand Fusion Powder LWA.gif|Forming an enchanted bug swatter
====Graviton Omega Spell====
Graviton Omega Spell is a spell that when used, inflates the user's body into near perfect sphere, allowing her to roll around from place to place. In addition of allowing the user to quickly cover large distances, the spell drastically increasing the user's weight, allowing her to weighted down things, crashing about, and ram through obstacles like cannonball.
In The Enchanted Parade, Jasminka uses this spell to help launching Akko towards Thomas, who held by the awakened Titan, with Constanze's catapult.
====Magic Screen Spell==== 	
Magic Screen Spell is a spell which allows the caster to conjure a fiery screen which displays things the caster intended to show to others, typically as part of lecture pertaining subjects at hand. The screen itself can be displayed either on a board or on the air.
This is among most commonly used spells by Luna Nova professors, Ursula Callistis aka. Chariot du Nord included.
====Smoke Clone Spell====
The Smoke Clone Spell is a spell that enable the caster to create multiple duplicates of herself that burst into thick smokescreen upon being struck, temporarily blinding them so she can either escape or counterattacking.
In The Road to Arcturus, Chariot used this spell to combat Croix to stop her from activating Noir Rod.
====Magical Parade Spell====
Magical Parade Spell is a fusion magic which harness the power of friendship to increase the caster's defensive and offensive attributes. As with other fusion magic, this spell requires at least two casters to perform and must be used in perfect synchronization for it to work. However, the end result of this spell, as well as its duration, are not simply depend on skill and proficiency of the participating caster alone, but also depends on their bonds. The stronger their bond, the greater its effect and duration.
====Lifesap Circle Spell====
Lifesap Circle Spell is a spell that when used, conjures magic sigil in front of the caster which then absorbs the life force of any living beings caught above it and transfers it to the caster, replenishing his/hers and slightly weaken them in the process as long as they stay on the sigil. The sigil's duration and amount of absorbed energy is relative to the caster's skill on it.
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====Spellsap Circle Spell====
Spellsap Circle Spell is a spell that worked in the same principle as Lifesap Circle Spell, except the absorbed life force is converted into magic energy and thus allows the caster to replenish his/her magic power reserves. Nevertheless, the sigil's duration and amount of absorbed energy is relative to the caster's skill on it.
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====Shooting Star Spell====
Shooting Star Spell is a spell that when casted, allows the user to bring forth a localized downfall of shooting stars across the area around the caster. It can also be casted while riding a broom to widen the spell's radius of effect.
In Little Witch Academia: The Nonsensical Witch and the Country of Fairies, Amanda attempts to summon a localized downpour of shooting stars out of mistaking it to be part of requirement to be the proper fairy king of Doras Hill as written in a stone tablet belonged to the previous fairy king.
====Invisibility Spell====
Invisibility Spell is a Transparent Magic spell that allows the user to become invisible for a sort periode of time.
==Trivia==
*The name of Diana's ultimate spell in Chamber of Time game which based on how she hurled bladed weapons against a minotaur in first short, Fiery Barrage, proved to be more fitting because the proper translation of its Japanese name, Shooting Accel, sounded rather odd even for the developers of the game.
*So far, magic spells which featured in the series (spells taught at Luna Nova, Seven Words of Arcturus, and Cavendish family-exclusive spells) are associated with Nine Olde Witches, tentatively making it Way of the Nines.
*Incantations of majorities of spells in the series appeared to be rooted in Latin and (at least in Nullification Spell) Kabbalistic term in Jewish mysticism.
==References==
Category:Magic
Category:Spells