Blocking

Blocking is the act of negating projectile spells that come within the near vicinity of a blocking player, impacting and dissipating them against an invisible, omnidirectional barrier.

A wand must be held in order to successfully block. The keybind for blocking is "Q," and one's avatar will assume one of several blocking animations. During the few seconds where the barrier is active, all projectile spells will be rendered ineffective if they come into contact with it. Such barrier cuts two ways: any spells that one attempts to cast while blocking will simply collide with the shield and be negated. However, it is still possible to prepare incantations while the block is active.

Blocking will not avert the effects of Infernum, Pruina Tempestatis, nor Protego Diabolica.

Notes & Trivia

 * Despite blocking behaving like a mobile Shield Charm (sharing the same impact effects), the shield-breaking Aboleo is ineffective against it.
 * It is not possible to achieve a state of invincibility by repeatedly pressing "Q," due to the presence of a very short cooldown between blocks.
 * The use of an Elder Wand shortens the blocking cooldown, however it is still possible to penetrate given proper timing.
 * It is possible to block healing spells such as Episkey, however they do not have an impact effect.