Your Favorite Spells

[Zloth]

They might be spectacular, funny, or just terribly useful.

 

[Frindis]

I tend to like different types of ice spells as they open up for good crowd control and for kiting single targets. In vanilla WoW I used to play as an AoE frost mage for CCing big groups. One of the most useful spells was the blizzard spell that rained ice shards on the enemies damaging and slowing them down. The funniest spell would have to be Scroll of Icarian Flight from Morrowind, which casts a spell that increases your acrobatics by 1000 for seven seconds, making you able to jump almost over the whole map.

 

[Rensje]

This will never not be funny.

 

[Sarafan]

My favorite is probably Celestial Host from Planescape Torment. A very spectacular spell. It's worth to note that most of the high level spells from this game are spectacular. Best visual effects from all D&D based games.

A second pick would probably be Time Stop from D&D games. Third one Puppet Master from Pillars of Eternity games. I can't imagine playing without it on higher difficulty levels.

 

[IndecentLouie]

The Chicken Claw spell from Divinity: Original Sin 2, both funny and powerful,
also a great way to cure world hunger.

 

[Zloth]

I'm rather partial to tornadoes, myself.

Sacrifice had the best one, IMHO - great area of affect and, as somebody who's been on the receiving end, I can tell you that you can get some amazing altitude as well.

Dragon's Dogma had another that wasn't as big but looks a lot nastier:

Honorable mention to Virulent Walking Bomb in Dragon Age and for sheer destructive power, Sepheroth's Supernova spell

 

[I Will Haunt You]

This will never not be funny.

The oldest of Skyrim traditions: Taking Lydia with you up to High Hrothgar and Fus Ro Dah-ing her ass off the mountain.

As for me, I've always preferred two types of spells: spells that messed with the senses and spells that conjure up minions to do my the work for me. Animating dead or summoning otherwoldly creatures and illusion effects that mess with sight and sound.

 

[Mazer]

Fireball. It's always fireball. I watched eight Harry Potter movies thinking 'Okay Harry! Do it! Burn these bastards!' But nothing.

What is the point of having magic if you don't instantly use it to become a heartless force of supreme elemental destruction.

 

[PCG Chris]

I really enjoy the spells in Spellbreak (upcoming mage-based battle royale) because you can combine them so enjoyable. So if you use a spell that makes a firewall, and use a spell that throws a boulder, you get a burning boulder. Lay down an ice trail and melt it with flame, then electrify the puddle. Summon a whirlwind, then use a poison spell and you've got a toxic tornado.

The effects are really lovely, too -- there are some gifs here and here. I just really enjoy when magic interacts with magic for double magic.

 

[Pifanjr]

Creating ice patches in Dark Messiah:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS49Dazin3E

 

[McStabStab]

Always loved "corpse explosion" in the Diablo series. All you had to do was take out one minion and it was a chain reaction from there.

 

[gsurfer04]

Final Fantasy X Blizzara - Anybody want a shish kebab?

Final Fantasy XII Scathe - IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR

Waterga in Final Fantasy XIII is incredibly beautiful.

Kingdom Hearts II's Reflect is basically the "NO U" button

Tales of Vesperia - blah blah blah TIDAL WAVE

 

[DarkShine]

In Dnd, aka BG1, BG2 and Icewindale.
Probably: Web or entangle, followed by a couple of Fireballs or Cloudkill!! (even works on golems kinda.)

Somtimes, already knowing where they are located...
(Its kinda cheating in a way, but somtimes the odds are unfair anyway.)
Gets a fight in my favor often :0)

 

[Frindis]

@DarkShine Clever use of game mechanics I admit to using it a couple of times, especially at the planar prison in BG2 and when I *cough* accidentally opened a sarcophagus only to be faced by some nasty, nasty demon.