5 Spells SO EVIL Even Dark Wizards FEAR Them - Harry Potter Explained 

#1 must be "Eat Slugs!"

I think the fact that Snape is probably the only one to know the counter curse for sectum sempra makes it even more dangerous

Harry vs Voldemort : Expelliarmus! Harry vs Draco: SECTUMSEMPRA!

They feared Rons broken wand the most because it will send Dark Wizards to the hospital wing in a match box.

What about the spell that creates inferi? Dying is terrifying enough, but imagine having your body reanimated to be used against your will as someone else's thrall, who can make your corpse do harm onto others? That's terrible for both the living and the dead.

I think harry gets a lot of heat for using sectum sempra on Draco. I feel like harry only used it because it was quoted “for enemies”. At that point harry had already suspected Draco being a death eater which was the very group who served the man bent on killing him. It may have been out of character for harry to use the curse but at least his logic makes sense

Love the list. The horocrux creation spell is also like a form of self torture. Leaving your soul behind is evil not just for the murder and suffering you inflict on others but also the pain you inflict on yourself by losing a part of your soul. Casting this spell indicates to me that the caster doesn't love themselves just as much as it indicates they hate other people.

“Fiend fire can’t be used righteously” really because destroying horcrux seems pretty righteous to me!

Here are some arguments as to why most of these spells are not inherently evil, and can actually be used for good in certain circumstances: 5. *Sectumsempra* can be used as a surgical cutting spell, as well as for cutting up dead animals for meat. Also, as the counter-curse only heals flesh wounds, you can cut regular objects beyond magical repair, something which may prove useful in certain situations. 4. *Fiendfyre* is a cursebreaker's best friend, as it effectively disenchants any magical object it touches - it can take out dangerous traps in tombs, and destroy wardstones from a safe distance. 3. *Imperio* is a great tool for Mind Healers who want to prevent their patients from harming themselves or others. Aurors could also cast it at criminals to prevent them from fighting or fleeing. A farmer could use it as an alternative to a sheepdog. 2. *Crucio* could be used to try curing paralysis victims by stimulating the nerve endings. That's just conjecture though, otherwise I can't really defend it. 1. I can't really defend the creation of Horcruxes, but I would argue that it's much more likely to be a ritual than a spell, and therefore has no place on this list. Some spells I would argue are equally (if not more) deserving of being in this list are: 1. The Transmogrifian Torture curse, assuming it does what it says on the tin - twisting and permanently altering the shape of the victim to inflict pain upon them. Then again, it follows suit that the counter to this curse would also be the same curse, and therefore it could be used for good. 2. The Entrail-Expelling curse, assuming it actually expels the entrails, and not what's contained within them. However, this curse could be used for processing dead animals, and it may actually just be a bowel-clearing spell (which would make sense, given its inventor was a Healer). 3. Legilimency literally allows you to tear through someone's mind and discover their darkest secrets and their deepest desires. While I do admit it could be used to communicate with mutes, if you need to see someone's memories, just use a pensieve! 4. Obliviation removes memories. Memories make a person who they are. Therefore, obliviation is bad. Super bad. Like, 'should be an Unforgivable curse' bad. Don't use it, not even on Muggles - just teach witches and wizards how to not be idiots in the Muggle world.

Fun fact about the unforgivable curses in harry potter harry used 2 out of 3 of them that being the torture curse and the mind control curse

I always found the term "Evil spell" funny. Because while some spells can be considered terrible due to their effect, in the wrong hand even some of the simplest of spells can be disgustingly evil. There is the Dark Arts... and then there are the "dark arts" of using normal spells for terrible deeds. James Potter used that cleaning charm or what to almost choke Snape. The fire starting spell can be used to raze homes. Which is more painful, the one shot kill Avada Kedavra or getting wrecked by blasting charm, I wonder... I think most spells are only as evil as the person who uses them. And we also judge spells based on who they are targeted at.

Harry used the spell as a result of instinct, he was reading Half Blood Prince's book everyday and he came across the spell a lot. He wanted to try it out, but wasn't able to. Then when Draco was dueling with Harry, Draco was about to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry. therefore he, Harry, used the spell.

The only one I disagree with is the imperius curse. Because you have control over someone doesn't mean you must command them to do something to their own detriment. I can't see it as intrinsically evil just because people use it for evil purposes. One could argue it's amoral, but evil seems a stretch to me. Great content though 👍🏾

Your Hp videos are the best out there! Really! Your voice paired with how you organize each topic - top tier!!

I’m glad Avada Kedavra didn’t make this list. Voldemort used to curse for evil but Snape used it at the request of Dumbledore. The killing curse can be used both ways.

As for Sectumsempra: Harry could have never predicted what Sectumsempra did. And as Ginny said to Hermione, Harry was defending himself from a potentially Unforgivable Curse in a duel that he didn’t start. Therefore, it’s fair game to fight fire with fire.

The love potion (though it is a potion) it did create Voldemort after all

Interesting list. I have to agree about #1, the killing curse is used for battle (evil, of course) but a horcrux creation is death to the innocent

*Godric*: Now we have built the school, we have just enough magic left to protect it from one spell. I propose Avada Kedavra. *Helga*: Oh gosh, I think I'd rather be killed than tortured with the Cruciatus curse! *Rowena*: We must consider the Imperius curse. With it comes much evil. *Salazar*:(casting) _protego disaparatium_

I also gotta mention that part "it cant be used righteosly". Well, basically there is a way. And it is to destroy a dark wizard's existing horcrux to end his tyranny. Talking about Fiendfyre

Good list, really enjoyed this. The inclusion of the Horcrux spell as #1 was a nice turn, as I felt the video was straying towards the killing curse, only to be pleasantly surprised.

When you think that Harry successfully cast 3 spells on this list (Sectumsempra, Imperio and Crucio). Fair list, however, if the criteria to make it onto the list is that the spells cannot be used in a righteous way, I'd disagree with Imperio and Fiendfyre. Imperio - We see McGonagall use Imperio to prevent the Carrows from interfering when they are preparing the castle's defences for the final battle. We also see Harry use Imperio on the Goblin (Bogrod) and Travers in order to break into a Death Eater controlled Gringotts to steal the horcurx. To me, using the spell in order to get past the defences guarding apart of Voldemort's soul required to be destroyed in order to end the war is a righteous use of the spell. Fiendfyre - In the Horcrux Creation Spell part of the video, the book calls the horcrux the "wickedest of magical inventions". Fiendfyre could be used to destroy a horcrux, and would have been if Hermione was confident that she could control it. This is a righteous use.

Love the video an always love when you use this background music

Sectum Sempra is not always dark. Like a gun, it is a tool. It may be used to murder or defend from being murdered. If you are in a fight for your life or the lives of loved ones it is certainly a valid spell to stop the threat.

Personally, I feel that their are only 3 really pure evil spells in Harry Potter: 1. Horcrux spell. You're have to commit pre-mediated, willful murder of an innocent for your own selfish interests. No defense for that. 2. Crucio. The only justifiable excuse for torture is to get information. But since Imperio exists, torture has no purpose in the HP universe other than to satisfy sadists. 3. Inferi spell: You turn your innocent victims into undead slaves for you. Not justification for that either. Avada Kadavra and Imperio can be used for moral purposes (As seen by Snape and Potter). Meanwhile, Fiendfyre could be uses to destroy a horcrux (which is something good). Sectumsempra can be healed if you want to show mercy.

Amazing job on the video as always. I was pleasantly surprised by no1.🧙‍♂️

True! I never thought of Avada Kedavra as really evil. It’s more evil to stab someone with a knife because the person would feel pain, with Avada Kedavra they just die instantly.

I don't think "Vulnera Santentur" is a specific counter-charm to Sectumsempra, as it's just Latin for "wounds are being healed". I think this just works for any cuts/wounds, including those done by Sectumsempra

I have been waiting for this

Great video!

HPT: “No-go.” Subtitles: “Go-to.” Weird for dark wizards to be scared of these curses, even though they use them constantly.

The entrails expelling curse should be on this list

For me, nothing tops Crucio. The effect on the longbottoms is genuinely stomach turning, a fate far worse than death.

Rowling added a degree of balance to the mix. Spells can have recoil, and the darker the spell the darker the effect on the caster. Also I wouldn't consider Sectum Sempra to be a "dark" spell. It doesn't require hate or dark intent nor it is particularly evil.

I have a theory that all things in magic have a balance. Specifically regarding the torture curse. If one was skilled enough one could create a pleasure curse, one so powerful that to live without its effects would be in of itself "torture". Thereby creating a means for a wizards brothel where wizards and witches could go to experience extreme pleasure muted only by a memory potion given after to prevent addiction or the adverse feeling of being tortured when not under the effects of the curse.

Right when I saw the tittle of the video the first spell that came to my head was fiend fire it just a really powerful spell , and it has nearly no ways to get rid of it, and like you said I can also destroy a horcrux. Love the video!! :)

Can you do a video on what would have happened if Peter Pettigrew didn’t escape at the end of POA and was brought to Fudge? How would Fudge have handled it? Would he have complied with Dumbledore and brought Peter to justice? Would there be mass investigations on those in Azkaban during that time? Or would Peter have still gotten away en route to the Ministry and Azkaban- either on accident or on purpose on Fudge’s part? If the latter, I think Fudge would likely disguise it as an ‘accident’. As far as how it would be rewritten to make it happen(for fanfic purposes) if Peter was truly brought to justice and didn’t escape, I think the story could be reworked to have Barty Crouch Jr fighting off the Imperious Curse sooner, attaining a wand while pretending to be under the Imperious Curse (probably stealing his father’s in the middle of the night), and escaping. However I think Peter Pettigrew likely escapes due to Fudge’s incompetence or he “escapes” because Fudge wants to cover up the truth. Thus the timeline for Voldemort’s return and the Ministry’s reaction stays intact and it could intensify Fudge’s desire to discredit Dumbledore. I think Dumbledore would know what he was dealing with regarding Fudge. Thus I think he would have secured evidence of Sirius’ innocence in case if something like that happened. Dumbledore would be able to prove Sirius’ innocence in a court of law like he did with Harry in the beginning of Book 5, but Fudge would have mobilized the Daily Prophet to stir up enough propaganda about Sirius to make enough of the public doubt Dumbledore. Fudge’s denial about Voldemort at the end of Book 4 and throughout Book 5 and the subsequent propaganda about Dumbledore and Harry in Book 5 happen just like in the OG.

Harry got away with cursing Beletrix because it was done in the Minestry of Magic. Not to mention Harry could have claimed a bit of temporary insanity because the one that it was used on killed the casters last magical family member rite in front of him... Sirius... Not to mention attention at the end of that time had went from Harry & Dumbledore to the physical proof of Voldemort by the Minestry.

You are a great RU-vidr!

That was brilliant. Thanks 😊

Great video. I would love to finally hear how to create a horcrux. All acedimc Professor. 🐍

I remember Magic Awakened game feature young students dueling with another using those dark spells, it's so funny to see them use, just as hearing them saying "Avada Kedavra"

I’ve always wondered, do spells just exist and people discover them like snape with sectum sempura? Do they create that magic with feelings and emotions and then give it a name? Idk if the book ever goes into much detail about the creation of new spells. It also is confusing when it comes to non verbal magic because I’ve never seen, for instance a killing curse happen with non verbal. So is it more a feeling you go with or something already there that is just discovered by going through certain emotions?

I'd put that dark spell dolohov used on Hermione in book 5. Always thought that one was really powerful

8:55. No. Lethal injection is actually said to have the ability to be quite painful. In some cases when it fails. It’s very painful.

I know this spell wasn't used in any of the HP films but "Protego Diabolica" used in Fantastic beasts by Grindelwald was exceptionally powerful too

As Fiendfyre obviously can be controlled by a skilled witch or wizzard (it seems not only Voldemort could but the Carrows seem to be able too and they seem not to be the brightest either and Dumbledore could stopp Voldemorts) and it can destroy dangerous dark objects it might actually be a quite useful spell for an auror. But one might practice it at a remote place with somebody skilled and powerful there to help and perform Dumbledores fire extinguisher spell in case it goes wrong.

The one thing not mentioned is returning a spell back to the caster. I return this spell to thee. By the laws of 3 times 3. This is a spell that returns a curse or spell back to the caster threefold or three times as strong so depending on which spell curse or charm is used and it's returned back to the caster could probably make it worse than any of the other spells on this list. And the incantation is spoken three times it also has to include thought and intent. I'm surprised that this was never mentioned in the Harry Potter universe. This spell can be performed with or without a wand.

When this video was originally uploaded, I remember being surprised that only two of the Unforgivable Curses were on the list until the Horcrux creation spell came up.

The spell to create a living life like portrait of yourself is pretty evil,and from my understand traps the soul of someone inside of,why you think the portraits can freely move around from one portrait to another's at will.. The creation spell of the dementors who literally suck the essence from you living you with your worst terrors unimaginable

to support the avada kadabra not being on the list, i would refer to the change of color of the spell :) it can be used for evil sure, but it changes when you have "pure/harrys" use of it :)

You forgot the Transmogrifian Torture Curse, which is pretty much like the muggle rack, but magic.

Can you make a video about all the times Harry used unforgivable curses and why he was never punished?

You gotta wonder how Slughorn even knows about horcruxes though...

I have a random question, in the movie version of the chamber of secrets, when jenny Weasley gets taken into the chamber, it never shows how the teachers new it was her that was taken. There was just a intercom stating that all students return to their dorm, while teachers gathered in the 2nd floor corridor or something. If they had taken head count, they would realize that Harry and Ron were not in their dorm either, so my question is in the book version does it actually explain how the teachers know it was Jenny so quickly? My theory is that some other teachers have a version of the mauraders map as well, Snape, Dumbledore, McGonagall. But I haven't read the books in so long, so maybe she explained it in writing

Never thought about it but harry all unforgivable curses used on him Avada Kedavra by Voldemort Crucio by Voldemort Imperio by madeye moody (in the books 📚)

Don't forget that "purple spell" that Dolohov uses on Hermione at the Ministry of Magic in Order of the Phoenix. I don't know if it had a name but it was supposedly his specialty and Hermione was very injured by it.

Wow love that quote at the end was that Dumbledore?

One spell that was not on the list I definitely would’ve had on my list is protego diabalica the spell grindewald used in crimes of griendwald

I’d think that transfiguration torture would be at least on the list,or the entrails expelling curse.

best and fave harry potter content/channel etc! That being said, I was thinking as i clicked the video that the final was going to be horcrux creation just for shock. It seems though the way you justify other spells on the list also works for the KILLING curse argument lol...a spell with NO counter-curse btw. Plus there's a reason the horcrux creation process requires murder. But I get it, edgy and fun videos as always, thank you!

Avada Kedavra is stated to kill instantly and completely painlessly. It's surprisingly 'kind', as far as murder weapons go. Compare it to using spells such as those mentioned above, or others like Bombarda, Confringo, Diffindo, Expulso, Reducto... or the Transmogrifian Torture curse, if it exists.

You should have had the Transmogrifian Torture curse which is worse than the Cruciatus curse as it uses elements of Transfiguration to crush the body causing pain enough to kill

Good list. How about protego diabolica?

According to an interview with J K Rowling she told her publishing agent the full Horcrux making process including the unknown most unforgivable disturbing bit she's not told many and he was almost sick.

Avatar Kedavra: Am I joke to you😂

I don't see how you can say Fiendfyre has no noble application after just explaining that it's a way to destroy horcruxes. Sounds pretty noble to me.

Can you please make a video about the pensive in dumblores office?

I feel like when Harry used Sectum Sempra on Malfoy without knowing what it even does would've made it stronger. It is reckless just to wave a wand that isn't connected to you but casting a spell you don't know is on a whole different level.

I would love to learn Fiend fire

I disagree when you suggest Harry isn't messed uo enough to use Crucio. Hed really is. Let me explain. Firstly he spent mostly all of his childhood being practically tortured and absused by his Dursley family, lived under the stairs, abused, ignored, you get the jist. He had lost his parents to brutal and cruel murder before he was even past his infant years and grew up into a strict, extreme and punishing set of rules and lifestyle. Harry was for the msot part a brillaint person with agood heart sure but good doesn't not equil the intentions to be bad in a sense. he was able to use Sectumsempra a spell virtually no one knows outside of Snape with the intentions to kill Malfoy if he could have done if he did seem worried after using it he hardly didn't not understand its nature as he had the Half Blood Princes book of spells to even learn it in the first place. He watched Bellatrix Le-Strange assassinate his last honourable family member (outside of her and him being related) in cold blood right before his eyes and chased her to fight her and ultimately kill her or torture her if he could to Crucio her. The reason I disagree is simply because. Sure he had a good natured heart, yes he wasn't a legit killer at first hand but- And but. He was a tortured soul who had been throught the depths of hell and back who genuine wanted to destroy Bellatrix there and then if he could have even in the books. It simply came down to the fact that he'd just seen some one he loves be brutally murdered and was in shock, disbelief, scardd, angry, confused- Well he had every emotion running through him at the exact same time all at once which is conflicting. He also had very little if any experience in using such a curse on anyone per say which lead to it faiiling. The fact it didn't backfire and he was albe to even cast it in the first place suggests he did mean it, his wand wasn't holding back and if he had better expoerience using Crucio and had a broarder knowledge of darker magic he'd ave done anumber on her with it if he was older and less conflicted. You should do a video ragarding meaning, spells and why some fail due to emotions rather than intent. :) I strongly believe Harry Potter is more than capible of casting a realistic Crucio under the right cirucumstances rahter than he cannot becuase he's not ill hearted.

Avada Kadavra kills instantly

I DISAGREE ABOUT SNAPE INVENTING SECTUMSEMPRA! ADDITIONALLY I DON'T THINK IT BELONGS ON THIS LIST AS EVIL!!! Also I don't think Fiendfyre deserves on this list either because it can be used for good.

Before watching: If you put Avada Kadavra on the top spot, that's kind of cheating. Besides, Crucio is worse After watching: Ok

Also wish we knew what the incantation is for the Horcrux spell.

Most be some really WICKED spells. Someone should make some songs about these evil villains

5:07 Oh cool Invisible Curses! the enemy will never see them coming!

For me the list would go like this... #1 creating the Inferi #2 making a horcrux #3 the imperius/cruciatus curse #4 Protego Diabolica #5 Fiendfyre

This is so cool

I like how Severus snape was the one who made a spell that *severs* human limbs, also isn’t sectumsempra just a buffed diffindo?

How was Harry able to cast the Sectusempra spell without knowing what it does? I thought part of the spell was saying it correctly plus visualizing it. Also, in their first casting classes they show that intonation is a huge part as well, which doesn't make sense as a foreign accent or speech impediment would make it impossible for some people to do magic at all.

Lethal Injection doesn't kill instantly. I have no idea where you got that idea.

How can Imperio be seen as worse than Avada Kedavra? I would say the opposite. You said yourself in the beginning of the clip that for a spell to enter this list it had to be entirely evil, not just that it can be used in an evil way while others use it for good. In the books imperio is used multiple times to do good, not evil, while Avada Kedavra is only used to murder. I agree that Avada Kedavra is more merciful than Crucio and Sectumsempra, since they are so much more painful. But murder still ends a life and thereby renders the victim's family and friends in grief, so it's still evil. And the spell is never used for good purposes throughout the books, only for evil.

Idk if u made a video about this or not but the Weasley twins the one who didint die was he not able to ever cast a patronus spell again after he lost his brother plzz make a video about it I'm gonna look to see if u did but I'm pretty sure u didn't

I like the list but I think you should have switched the imperio curse with dolohov's curse that he used on Hermione, it's actually worse than Snape's cause there is no way to block it!

Good video but i cant believe that you put in this list the imperius curse (which is more a magic hypnosis than a curse) and didnt put real eark magic like the inferi curse which is a kind of necromancy

Self-contradiction: fiendfyre does have at least one "righteous" use as you pointed out in the video - to destroy a horcrux. It's possibly the only means readily available to a wizard to do so, as not everyone is going to have access to basilisk venom.

Can you tell us what would happen if 2 people would make horcruxes out of each other?

So wait, I wonder if you can heal the mind of someone who has been under the cruseatus curse like Nevilles parents simply by commanding their minds to heal or for them to forget?

I'm still confused about charms vs transfiguration. I don't see how a giant wizard's chess set is an example of transfiguration when it could easily have been a normal wizard's chess set with an engorgement charm. On the other hand, I'd think a winged key would necessarily have been partially transfigured in order for it to have those keys, otherwise it could easily be a key that hovers like a broomstick.

The thing about avada kedavra is, that you can use it for self Defense

I like that Avada Kadava was not on this list. It's like there playing with a bunch of big guns when they shoot those green sparks. Hardly the evilest of things.

9:00 Arvada kedavera is actually painless. So if one were killed by it at least it would be with no Pain

I like your list.

I can’t believe u didn’t include ⭐️Protego Diabolica⭐️

Sectum sempre fights a werewolf. I bet Snape was a secret 5th of the marauders as he also created a healing for just such an instance. Fire is due to taboo from how gillert used it And the 3 aren't unforgivable when used responsibly, not unlike the deathly hallows Horcrux spell is literally the same as to become a ghost, only directed into a dormant item for a soul to rest from death

I was hoping the Unforgivables would be excluded from this list just on the principle of making the list more interesting, although I do like your actual reason for excluding the Killing Curse. Curious what the other two would be if we excluded Cruciatus and Imperius.

How about selcharmed Slug-Vomiting Charm (Slugulus Eructo), or as would Ron say: "Eat slugs!" 😂😂😂

Crucio is definitely very torturous, but to one can easily get away without a life sentence, Voldemort cast a lightning spell once he took possession of the Elder Wand. If anyone knows that spell, aurors noticed it's not Crucio in nature, but a new one called Force Lightning.

Video idea: Do you think think there is any possible alternate ending where Voldemort is redeemable? I think that's an interesting topic to explore, even if the answer is no :)