I’d be surprised if Quirrell isn’t competent enough to be able to judge effectively if his opponent is going to be able to dodge his attack, and Bahry thought he was going to be able to dodge it. Killing a guard would be a bad idea (if he’s still alive he can be obliviated without blowing a hole in their security,) so if the spell travels through walls it seems like a dumb move whether it hits or not.
We don’t know for a fact that Moody doesn’t snipe dark wizards through buildings, but if he did I’d think it would have been mentioned even with the small amount of stage time Moody’s had so far.
Well, we don’t know just how close they were, but if it were all that slow people wouldn’t even bother using it in combat. I tend to assume that fired spells are somewhere in the ballpark of fastball speed.
A spell that can be dodged with difficulty when fired by an opponent you’re dueling should be more than a little more difficult to dodge if it comes without warning out of a wall behind you though.
“When” he dodges it? This seems like strong evidence that Q knew he wouldn’t.
An interesting point. Do we know that he doesn’t, in cases where he wants them dead as an end in itself?
I’d be surprised if Quirrell isn’t competent enough to be able to judge effectively if his opponent is going to be able to dodge his attack, and Bahry thought he was going to be able to dodge it. Killing a guard would be a bad idea (if he’s still alive he can be obliviated without blowing a hole in their security,) so if the spell travels through walls it seems like a dumb move whether it hits or not.
We don’t know for a fact that Moody doesn’t snipe dark wizards through buildings, but if he did I’d think it would have been mentioned even with the small amount of stage time Moody’s had so far.
Could be that the bolt just doesn’t move that fast. If it’s possible to dodge at close range (like Bahry?) then it would have to move fairly slow.
Well, we don’t know just how close they were, but if it were all that slow people wouldn’t even bother using it in combat. I tend to assume that fired spells are somewhere in the ballpark of fastball speed.
A spell that can be dodged with difficulty when fired by an opponent you’re dueling should be more than a little more difficult to dodge if it comes without warning out of a wall behind you though.