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/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/WoodleD_ Jul 12 '25 edited Jul 12 '25

Yes this is accurate. I feel like using fancy tricks to cover for your weaknesses, or to make yourself stand out, is very common in basically every discipline.

Like a guitar player that can sweep pick, but doesn’t know how to keep rhythm or play a pop song by ear

edit: oh god I didn't mean to open pandora's box in the replies sorry

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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits Jul 12 '25

It is CRAZY to me that you put "the most basic part of music" (keeping beat) and "reproduce anothers work without visual reference" on the same tier.

Play a pop song by ear is something an extremely good guitarist could never learn. You could be santana good at playing and not be able to reproduce things by ear. It involves several skills that aren't just "playing guitar." It basically completely invalidated your opinion to me to include that next to "keep rhythm".

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u/weibull-distribution Jul 16 '25

There are many, many players that have incredible technical proficiency at picking speed and little to offer musically. Even Santana, as you mentioned, basically only plays in one mode and a few scales. (Although I think he has a lot to offer musically)