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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7716151" data-attributes="member: 29398">In 5e wouldn't (in theory anyway) the fastest spell be Counterspell, as in order to counter any other spell it has to resolve before the spell being countered, whatever it may be?Expecto Patronus is almost more like a ritual in D&D terms.  Most of the spells they use in the Potterverse seem to be very fast: one or two words at most and a quick swish and flick.  A few (e.g. Wingardium Leviosa) seem to need concentration to keep them going, but even those are in the minority.Then again, while there's lots of spell-vs.-spell combat in HP there isn't very much of what we'd call melee or even conventional ranged combat, so maybe it's not the best example in the first place to help any of us state our case here...?Lan-"mischief managed"-efan</blockquote>