Complete Magicka 2 Master Spell Combination Guide

Magicka 2 is the sequel to the action-adventure game, Magicka, originally developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and released on PC in 2011.

Players will take on the role of the hero in this epic tale to rid the world of evil, but to do so you’ll need to master the offbeat spell-casting system. 

What are Spell Combinations?

Spell combinations are the base of all fighting in Magicka 2. Everyone begins with a Spell bar which can contain up to 5 elements at a time.

By adding different spells to your Spell Bar in various combinations, you can cast a variety of spells. 

Advanced Elements

There are 7 elements including:

1. Shield
2. Earth
3. Arcane
4. Life
5. Water
6. Fire
7. Lightning
8. Frost

After the most recent update Ice is now an achievable element. There are now 3 combination elements, which are produced by combining two of the normal elements:

• Steam = Water + Fire
• Ice = Water + Frost
• Poison = Water + Arcane (New)

These combination elements are created with the last element in your Spell bar that can be combined. For example, if your Spell bar reads Water-Water-Water and you add a Fire, it will now read Water-Water-Steam.

Opposites Cancel

One fact to remember is that if players add two opposite elements to his/her Spell bar at once, those elements will cancel each other out. For example, if you place an Ice and Water element together in your Spell bar, they won’t work.

All spells have an opposite:

• Earth / Lightning
• Arcane / Life
• Ice / Fire
• Steam / Ice
• Water / Lightning
• Frost / Fire
• Poison / Life
• Shield / Shield (Players cannot cast more than 1 Shield element at once)

However, it is possible to cast a spell using two elements that would have normally cancelled each other out as long as it’s done in the correct order. 

As long as you cast the combination first, the element after it will not cancel any previous elements. 

How Do I Cast Spells?

There are four types of spells to cast in Magicka 2:

• Self Cast
• Area Cast
• Staff Cast
• Weapon Cast

Depending on how you want to cast the spells, you can target many different things. If you Self Cast a spell, you can heal yourself, shield yourself, etc. Area Casts are damage across a larger area, Staff Casts casts spells directly in front of you and are what players will use the majority of the time. Weapon Casts will imbue your weapon and cast a spell during your next attack. 

Spell Combinations List

Force/Beam Effect Spells

A Force, or Beam, Effect is performed by right-clicking your mouse. 

Projectile Bombs

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Earth	Can be charged which will increase the projectile’s range. It will also increase the direct hit damage (maxed at x4.4), although the damage can be mitigated by gravity and ricochets off other objects.	Lightning

 

ELEMENT	ADDED DAMAGE	BASIC EFFECTS	EXTRA EFFECTS
Shield	See Wall section below	See Wall section below
Earth	75	225 / 450 / 750 / 1125 damage and increased weight
Ice	137.5	550 / 1237.5 / 2200 damage and increased weight	Converts all Earth damage to Ice damage and inhibits the effect of other elements
Arcane	425	Increased radius of explosion	Increases Fire x2, Ice x2, and Steam x9/7 damage and the explosion has no falloff
Life	360	Increased radius of explosion	Mimics Arcane effects minus life healing
Steam	280	396 / 485 / 560 and increased explosion radius	Wets opponent
Water	0	Increased radius of explosion	Wets opponent
Fire	60	85 / 104 / 120 and increased explosion radius	Ignites Opponent
Cold	25	35.3 / 43.3 / 50 and increased explosion radius	Chills Opponent

Spell Examples

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	A Boulder	1125, 4950 fully charged	D-D-D-D-D
	A Fireball that can be cast quickly	75  and 60	D-F
	Blazing Arcane Steamball	75  425  509  and 120	D-S-QF-QF-F
	Nightmare Hailstone. This attack does the most damage.	2275. 5070-10010 fully charged	D-QR-QR-QR-QR

 

Beams

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Arcane	Beams are long-distance rays that can be merged to create more powerful beams. Opposite elements cannot be merged. Arcane rays do contain life healing.	Life

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Life	Beams are long-distance rays that can be merged to create more powerful beams. Opposite elements cannot be merged. Life rays do not contain life healing.	Arcane

 

ELEMENT	ADDED DAMAGE	BASIC EFFECTS	EXTRA EFFECTS
Shield	See Mines section below	See Mines section below
Lightning	51.25	72.5 / 88.8 / 102.5	Doubles damage to wet enemies, shocks
Arcane	106.25	Increases beam duration by 8 hits	A beam with one Arcane lasts for 11 hits
Life	89	Increases beam duration by 8 hits	Life beam
Steam	90	127.28/156/180	Wets opponent
Water	0	Knockback	Wets opponent
Fire	30	42.4 / 52 / 60	Ignites Opponent
Cold	12.5	17.7 / 21.7 / 25	Chills Opponent

Spell Examples

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	Overpower Beam of Entropy. Hits 43 times	106.25, Hits 43 times up to 4569	S-S-S-S-S
	Ray of Ice. Chills	106.25  and 12.5	S-R
	Arcane Tempest Beam. Wets	106.25  90  and 51.25	S-Q-F-A
	Beam with highest damage in the game. Wets	106.25  156   and 51.25  417 per tick resulting in ~4500	QFQFQFAS

 

Projectile Barrages

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Ice	These spells can be charged. The longer players charge these spells, the more narrow the target becomes. It increases speed and physical damage as well. Damage is based on ricochets and gravity.	Fire

 

ELEMENT	ADDED DAMAGE	BASIC EFFECTS	EXTRA EFFECTS
Shield	See Wall section below	See Wall section below
Lightning	40-45	Increased damage	Shocks
Ice	40-80	+3 shards per	Damage varies significantly
Arcane	40-45	Increased  damage
Life	60	Increased heal	Heals
Water	0		Wets
Cold	0		Chills

Spell Examples

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	Charged Ice Barrage	60, Up to 2100 fully charged	Q-R-Q-R-Q-R-Q-R-Q-R
	Arcane Barrage	60  40 , Up to 1700 damage fully charged	Q-R-S
	Shower of White Fire	60  and 45	Q-R-Q-R-Q-R-Q-R-A-f

 

Elemental Sprays

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Steam	Sprays last up to 16 hits in increments of 2 hits.	Cold

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Fire	Sprays last up to 16 hits in increments of 2 hits.	Cold

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Cold	Sprays last up to 16 hits in increments of 2 hits.	Fire

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Water	Sprays last up to 16 hits in increments of 2 hits.	Lightning

ELEMENT	ADDED DAMAGE	BASIC EFFECTS	EXTRA EFFECTS
Shield	See Storms section below	See Storm section below
Lightning	0	Doubles damage	Shocks
Steam	70	99 / 121.2 / 140 / 156.5	Increased range and velocity, Wets
Fire	15	21.2 / 26 / 30 / 33.5	Increased range and velocity, Ignites, Cancels out Lightning
Water	0	Increased range and velocity	Knockback

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Lightning	Lightning jumps between targets and damages multiple enemies and allies. Hits up to 8 times.	Water

ELEMENT	ADDED DAMAGE	BASIC EFFECTS	EXTRA EFFECTS
Shield	See Storms section below	See Storm section below
Lightning	31.25	44.2 / 54.1 / 62.5 / 69.9	Shocks
Fire	0	Increases burn strength	Ignites
Cold	0		Chills

Spell Examples

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	Charged Steam Burst	156.5, Up to 2504 total damage	Q-F-Q-F-Q-F-Q-F-Q-F
	Tempest Wrath Lightning Blast	280 , Up to 4480 total damage	Q-F-Q-F-Q-F-Q-F-A
	Blazing Blast of Destructive Storms	70  15	Q-F-A-F
=	Charged Hailstorm	31.25 , Hits twice, Chills, Wets, Lightning damage, Freezes	Q-F-A-R
	Crushing Tides	0 damage, Knockback, Freeze	Q-Q-Q-Q-Q
	Unforgiving Torrent	198 , Knockback, Wets, Shocks	Q-F-Q-F-Q-F-Q-F-A-R-R

 

Area of Effect Spells

To cast AoE spells, hold shift while right-clicking.

Novas

ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	EFFECTS	DAMAGE	ADDITIONAL EFFECTS	KEYBOARD CODE
Water	Tsunami Explosion	Wets, Knockback	0	Extra   expands AOE and knockback	Q
Earth	Earthquake	Knockback	0	Extra   expands AOE and radius	D
Ice	Ice Nova		275, 615 x5	Extra   expands AOE and damage	Q-R
Arcane	Arcane Nova		425	Extra   expands AOE and radius	S
Life	Weaving Life		Heals 359	Extra   expands AOE and radius	W
Steam	Vaporous Blast	Wets	138-280, 160-626 x5	Extra   expands AOE damage and radius	Q-F
Lightning	Storm Spiral	Shocks	250, 559 x5	Extra   expands AOE damage and radius. Can be cast twice if held.	A
Fire	Flame Explosion	Ignites	50-60 x1 50-134 x5	Extra   expands AOE damage and radius	F
Cold	Chilling Nova	Chills	11-25 x1 12-56 x5	Extra   expands AOE damage and radius	R
	Magma Eruption	Ignites, Knockdown	60, 120 x4	Extra   expands AOE radius, Extra     increases damage	D-F
	Chilling Core	Chills, Knockdown, Wets	25 / 0	Extra   expands AOE radius, Extra  increases damage	D-R
	Frozen Fissures	Knockdown	275, 550 x4	Extra   expands AOE radius, Extra  expands AOE radius and damage	D-Q-R
	Geyser	Knockdown	280, 560 x4	Extra   expands AOE radius, Extra  expands AOE radius and damage	S-D
	Entropic Eruption	Knockdown	225, 450 x4	Extra   expands AOE radius, Extra  increases damage	S-D
	Frost Entropic Nova	Chills, Wets	475 / 1425, 525 / 1575 x4	Extra   expands AOE radius, Extra  increases damage	S-F
	Igniter’s Arcane Wrath	Sets on Fire	545, 665 x4	Extra   expands AOE radius. Extra  increases damage	S-F
	Vile Volts	Shocks	775, 1085 x4	Extra   expands AOE radius, Extra  increases damage	S-A
	Arcane Iceberg		500, 775 x4	Extra  and  expands AOE radius and damage	S-Q-R
	Vaporous Magic	Wets	785, 1145 x4	Extra  expands AOE radius, Extra  increases damage	S-Q-F
	Fury of the Wizard	Chills, Shocks	805 / 2415 if wet, 1047 / 3140 if wet (x3)	Extra  expands AOE radius, Extra  increases damage	S-R-A
	Destructive Magic	Wets, Shocks, Clears small pets	1260	Extra  and  expands AOE radius and damage	S-QF-A

Self-Cast Effect Spells

To cast spells on yourself, players will have to click the middle mouse button, or the scroll wheel.

ELEMENT	ADDED DAMAGE
Shield	Gives your wizard a protective shield. This inhibits any effects such as being wet, chilled, poisoned, frozen, ignited, and will reduce the amount of force required to lift your wizard off the ground. These shields decay slowly but can be replenished by standing still. However while standing still players cannot be healed and will be interrupted if any damage is taken.
Earth	Hits your wizard in the head with a boulder which will deal damage. If this spell is cast with all 5 elements on your Skill Belt will kill your wizard which is helpful if you need to restart. Players can use this offensively if an enemy is above him/her.
Life	Heals your wizard for 179 hp and will also cure poison. The more Life elements you use, the longer the healing effect.
Water	Makes your wizard wet which will remove any fire that may have ignited on your wizard. However, if players are wet and cast a lightning spell, he/she will take 250 damage.
Fire	Ignites your wizard which will fix any wet, chilled, or frozen status.
Cold	Chills your wizard which will slow your character down. If your wizard is wet it will freeze him/her.

 

Imbue Weapon Spells

These spells imbue your weapon with an element that attacks when you swing with it.

Elemental Blades

ELEMENT	ADDED DAMAGE
Shield	Places a wall in front of the castor as a shield
Earth	Sends out a vertical fissure in front of your wizard
Ice	Casts a vertical ice slash that moves downward
Arcane	Casts a horizontal swing dealing damage
Life	Casts a horizontal swing dealing damage
Steam	Casts a burst of steam
Water	Casts a burst of water
Fire	Casts a burst of fire
Cold	Casts a burst of cold

 

Enchanted Blades

ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	EFFECTS	DAMAGE	ADDITIONAL DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	Entropic Sword of Magma	Burns	545, 665 x4		S-F
	Arcane Blade of Coral	Wets	425		S-Q
	Arcane Cold Blade	Chills	475 / 1425 if wet	525 / 1575 if wet x4	S-R
	Arcane Lightning Blade		755	1084 x4	S-A
	Arcane Steam Blade	Wets	785	1145 x4	S-Q-F
	Blade of the Summoner	Burns	875		S-F-A
	Chilled Blade of Thor	Chills	805 / 2415 if wet	1047 / 3140 if wet	S-R-A
	Blade of the Arcane Storms	Wets	2230		S-Q-F-A
	Secret Blade of the Charged Entropy	Wets	2802		S-Q-F-Q-F-A-A
	Blade of Enchanted Ice	Chills	1800+800		QR-QR-S-E-D
	Blade of Exploding Electric Ice Wall				QR-QR-S-A-E

 

Fissure Blades

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	Earth Fissure, Knockdown	0	D
	Fire Fissure, Knockback, Ignites	0, Additional elements increases strength	D-F
	Water Fissure, Knockback, Wets	0, Additional elements increases strength	D-Q
	Cold Fissure, Knockdown, Chills	0	D-R
	Arcane Fissure, Knockdown	0, Additional elements increases strength	D-S
	Steam Fissure, Wets	0	D-Q-F

 

Ice Blades

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	Ice Blade	180	Q-R
	Fissuring Ice Blade	180, Summons fissure	Q-R-D
	Ice Blade	180, Wets	Q-R-Q
	Ice Blade	180, Chills	Q-R-R
	Enormous Ice Blade	402	Q-R-Q-R-Q-R-Q-R-Q-R
	Exploding Wall Blade of Death	Kills Opponent	E-Q-R-Q-R-A-S

 

Shield Spells 

BASE ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	COUNTER
Shield	Beams are long-distance rays that can be merged to create more powerful beams. Opposite elements cannot be merged. Arcane rays do contain life healing.	Shield

 

Shield spells are used to form protection or defense for your wizard or your team. There are four total types of Shield casts, which all provide some sort of protection to your wizard:

1. Self-Cast – Summons a personal barrier or immunity to certain elements
2. Force Cast – Summons a rounded shield in front of your wizard
3. Area Cast – Summons a full circular shield around your wizard
4. Imbued Weapon – Summons a linear wall in front of your wizard

Self-Cast Armor

To cast a spell on yourself, you must use the middle mouse button, or the scrolling wheel.

It’s important to remember that Self-Cast spells do not stack, and therefore will replace one another instead. When players cast an Armor Self-Cast spell, it’s one Shield element with one other element which absorbs physical damage, make wizards immune to that element, and slows your wizard down.

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	EFFECTS	KEYBOARD CODE
	Barrier	500 health barrier, deflects all beam casts. Loses 10 health per second and can be boosted with the Space bar. You will be knocked down after receiving damage.	E
	Ice Armor	Enemies near you are damaged when cast, additional elements increase effects.	E-QR
	Rock Armor	Additional elements increase effects.	E-D
	Ice-spiked Rock Armor	Combines Ice and Rock Armor together, Additional elements increase effects, additional Ice increases speed.	E-QR-D

 

Players can add additional elements for resistance when casting Armor spells. It’s important to note that Lightning is only available for Ice Armor, while Fire is only available for Rock Armor.

Since these spells make your wizard slower, players can cast Haste as a counter, or equip the Rogue Robe. 

Self-Cast Resistance Aura

Players who cast Resistance Auras will grant immunity to a particular element to all players and monsters within one area. All auras last for 15 seconds and, like other elements, opposite auras cancel each other out. 

When players add elements it increases the radius and time it lasts by 5 seconds. These are incredibly vital for high-damage spells, as there is no limit to how much damage it absorbs. 

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	KEYBOARD CODE
	Water Resistance Aura, prevents wet, soaked, and frozen	E-Q
	Life Resistance Aura, prevents healing	E-W
	Cold Resistance Aura, prevents chilling (not freezing)	E-R
	Lightning Resistance Aura, prevents stunning	E-A
	Arcane Resistance Aura	E-S
	Fire Resistance Aura, prevents burning	E-F
	Steam Resistance Aura, prevents steam (not wet)	E-Q-F
	SAFE Resistance Aura, prevents damage from most dangerous elements	S-A-F-E
	Super-SAFE Resistance Aura	QF-S-A-F-E
	Arcane-Cold Resistance Aura	A-S-E-R
	Water/Electric Immunity. Cast Fire last	E-RQ-A-S-F
	Super-Dry Aura. Cast Cold last	QF-QF-A-S-E-R

 

Force, Area, and Weapon Cast Spells

These spells can be cast 3 different ways:

1. Beam Cast – Right Click – A semi-circle in front of you
2. Area Cast – Shift + Right Click – A full circle around you
   
3. Weapon Imbue Cast – Shift + Left Click – A line in front of your wizard
   

Walls

ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	EFFECTS	DAMAGE	ADDITIONAL EFFECTS	KEYBOARD CODE
	Barrier	Wets, Deflects		Press Space bar to recharge	E
	Stone Wall	Knockdown		Additional elements increase length and damage	E-QR
	Ice Wall	Knockdown	275-550, 550-1100 x4	Additional elements increase length and damage	E-D
	Combination Wall	Knockdown	275-550, 476-952 x3	The Ice explodes before the Stone	E-QR-D
	Ice Spout Wall	Wets	275-550		E-QR-Q
	Life Crystals of Redemption	Knockdown, Heals, Explodes	95-245	Additional elements increase length and damage, 149 Healing per cast and detonation, 0-559 healing spray	E-QR-W
	Chilly Ice Wall	Knockdown, Chills	300-600, 318-637 x3	Additional elements increase length and damage	E-QR-R
	Tesla Coils	Knockdown, AOE Shocks	557-1083, 0-130 765-1473, 0-675 x3	Additional elements increase length and damage	E-QR-A
	Arcane Ice Wall	Knockdown, Explodes	500-1000 / ~0-113 / 225 600-1200 / ~0-113 / 225 x3	Additional elements increase length and damage	E-QR-S
	Chilly Exploding Electric Ice Wall	Knockdown, Chills, Shocks, Explodes	775-1639, 0-355, 89-355		E-QR-S-A-R
	Energy Crystals of Doom	Knockdown, Shocks, Explodes	775-1817, 0-710, 89-355		E-QR-QR-S-A
	Geyser Wall	Knockdown, Wets		Additional elements increase length and damage	E-D-Q
	Life-Giving Stone Wall	Knockdown, Heals, Explodes		149 Healing while cast and again at detonation, Heals other walls	E-D-W
	Chilly Geyser Wall	Knockdown, Chills	25-50, 43-87 x3	Additional elements increase length and damage	E-D-R
	Arcane Stone Wall	Knockdown, Explodes	225-450, 43-87 x3	Additional elements increase length and damage, Possible return damage when attacked	E-D-S
	Volcano Wall	Knockdown, Ignites	130, 30	Extra  increases damage, increases burning	E-D-F
	Steam Geyser Wall	Knockdown, Wets	280-560, 485-970 x3	Extra   increases length	E-D-Q-F

 

Mines

Mines are a spell that lays bombs on the ground, rather than shooting a spell. Mines will blow up whenever they are passed over, which includes your wizard, so be careful! 

ELEMENT	DESCRIPTION	BASIC EFFECTS	KEYBOARD CODE
	Healing Mines	Knockback, Shield boost, 599 Healing	E-W
	Arcane Mines	225, Large Knockback	E-S
	Water Mines	225, Wets, Knockback	E-S-Q
	Frost Mines	225, Wets, Knockback	E-S-R
	Lightning Mines	335, 450 x3, Shocks, Knockback	E-S-A
	Fire Mines	225, Sets on Fire, Knockback	E-S-F
	Steam Mines	225, Wets, Knockback	E-S-Q-F
	Fire Lightning Mines (SAFE Mines)	335, Ignites, Shocks, Knockback	S-A-F-E
	Super Fire Lightning Mines	485, Ignites, Increasing DoT, Knockback, Shocks	E-S-F-F-A
	Cold Lightning Mines (ARSE Mines)	335, Chills, Shocks, Large Knockback	A-R-S-E
	Steam Lightning Mines	485, Wets, Shocks, Knockback	E-S-Q-F-A

Storms

Additional Elements increase duration and damage.

ELEMENTS	DESCRIPTION	DAMAGE	KEYBOARD CODE
	Rain Storm	Wets	E-Q
	Snow Storm	Chills	E-R
	Lightning Storm	Shocks 32.5 (16 ticks), 60 (40 ticks) x4	E-A
	Fire Storm	6-174, 40-357 x4	E-F
	Steam Storm	Wets	E-Q-F
	Safety Storm	Cures Wet, Chills, Freeze, and Fire	E-Q-F-F
	Fire Lightning Storm	Ignites 32.5 (24 Ticks + Fire)	E-F-A
	Frost Lightning Storm	Chills 32.5 (24 Ticks)	E-R-A
	Steam Lightning Storm	Wets 65 (24 Ticks)	E-Q-F-A

 

Now You’re Ready for Battle!

Now that you have a a spell guide on your side, your journey through Magicka 2 will be easier than ever. 

You can purchase the Standard or Deluxe edition of Magicka 2 on its website here, on Steam for $15, or for PS4.

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