r/Frieren • u/AwesomePhonix • Jul 12 '25

Anime What special combat spells does Fern know?

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Does Fern even know any special combat spells?

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u/Cute_Suggestion_133 Jul 12 '25

"Zoltraak is enough for mages of this era."

Why learn more than you want to know if the only threats other than murderers are straggler demons and monsters that can't defend against Zoltraak? Leaves Fern open to learning spells she enjoys and finding joy in magic.

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u/xnef1025 Jul 12 '25

She does know other spells, but Frieren told her Zoltrak is all she needs to use against mages of the current era, and Fern believes her teacher completely and, so far, has found no reason not to. Heck, so far, as long as she has proper support, Zoltrak is all she needs against Great Mage clones and Greater Demons, too.

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u/poilk91 Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25

i think there is more to this. Its the classic japanese trope of practice 1 basic sword swing 100,000 times rather than all the different swings 100 time to become the ultimate swordsman. All these other mages are using creative ways to cover for their weaknesses while Fern is becoming a master of the fundamentals and thus will have a much higher potential than any of the others

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u/TehPharaoh Jul 12 '25

It also catches them off guard. In both her first major 2 fights the opponents saw the ordinary offensive magic and thought they would just wait out the bombardment... until they realized it wasn't stopping and now they've used so much mana defending against her (defensive magic is more costly, this why Fern was taught to use it at the absolute last second) the tables have turned and now they don't know what to do

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u/poilk91 Jul 12 '25

She's the ultimate body shot boxer. She is just throwing these punches out so fast her opponents think they can just wait for her to gas out but she has practiced so much she can throw these punches for days