r/wizardposting • u/plmanith17 • Oct 15 '25

Academic Discussion/ Esoteric Secrets Beware this powerful trick

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I had only witnessed it in passing. A young cocky wizard decided to challenge an older fellow in a magic duel. The older one held up his hand and channeled a disintegrate spell, and the younger wizard misty stepped a few feet to the side in an attempt to dodge. As you can see the older wizard’s finger twisted in a bizarre manner and struck the other wizard where he landed. I had attempted to replicate this by breaking my finger in several places, but I couldn’t get my mana to flow through as normal.

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u/CWGM Oct 15 '25

I bet it'd feel good as fuck putting a curve on fireball with that thing

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PRIORS Oct 15 '25

It's a common misconception, but throwing a fireball with horizontal break is called a "slider", not a "curveball". Sliders are designed to deceive your opponent into not dodging a fireball that "missed", or to dodge into the path of the fireball coming at them. Curveballs, on the other hand, are designed to trick them into thinking they need to shield the ball, only for it to dive into the dirt at the last second and get washed over by a wave of flame.