The Leg-Locker Curse is a curse that binds the target's legs together. It has an unknown counter-curse that Hermione Granger used to help Neville Longbottom when he was cursed. It first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
About[]
In 1992, Neville Longbottom was cursed using the Leg-Locker Curse. Draco wanted to try using the curse and found Neville by the Hogwarts library. Neville had to bunny-hop until he found a friend that could undo the effect. Hermione Granger used an unknown counter-curse. Hermione and Ronald Weasley learned the curse prior to Harry's next Quidditch game to curse whomever they needed just in case he was jinxed for a second time.[1]
In 1997, Harry Potter used the curse to try and subdue Draco Malfoy when they had a duel in their sixth year but he missed.[2]
Notes and sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 13
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 24