When it comes to power fantasies in virtual reality, no game comes as close as Blade And Sorcery. This fantasy combat sim is as brutal as it is not for kids. Players can challenge themselves with waves of enemies or give themselves all the power in the world and slash through armies like they're nothing. Even if friends can't play together, just watching someone play is a blast.
Swinging swords and shooting arrows is all good fun, but the true potential for power in Blade And Sorcery comes from the game's spells. By default, Fire, Lightning & Gravity are available for use in the game, but the modding scene has taken things far beyond that. There are some truly incredible spells out there that players must enter into their spellbook. What are the best spell mods for Blade and Sorcery?
Updated on February 7, 2022 by Ritwik Mitra: VR gaming has been all the rage in modern titles, with certain titles absolutely exploding in popularity due to the innovative manner in which they use the limited gaming mechanics present in this genre. Blade and Sorcery is one such game that is immensely popular, with its modding scene also being fairly impressive in its own right. Given the emphasis on spellcasting in this game, players can check out the following mods to enhance their collection of elemental attacks.
15 Elemental Firearms – Weaponized Magic
While not a spell per se, the Elemental Firearms mod for Blade and Sorcery is a pretty great way to turn magical attacks into something highly entertaining. The idea of using guns with elemental bullets is pretty tempting.
Of course, these firearms aren't limited to the players — NPCs can also wield this powerful weapon. It's a great way to spice up the gameplay of Blade and Sorcery for players who have seen all the tricks up this title's sleeve.
14 Magic Weapon Effects – Attacks That Pack A Punch
This mod technically doesn't do anything by itself, but it allows other modders to easily add magical effects to their weapons. From the classical elemental attack to a life drain system that sucks the HP out of enemies, the sheer number of effects at play here are genuinely impressive.
Suffice to say, the Magic Weapon Effects mod is something that fans of unique weapon attack effects should check out. It is a great foundation to build upon, allowing other mods to flourish.
13 Shatterblade – One Of The Coolest Magic-Imbued Weapons
The Shatterblade isn't a spell by itself; rather, it's a cool weapon that has been integrated expertly into Blade and Sorcery.
This Shatterblade is augmented by the player's currently-selected spell. Gravity, Lightning, and Fire have an appropriate effect on this weapon, allowing players to make this detachable weapon even more fun to use!
12 Electrical – Shock The System!
Players who want to use other elements to damage their enemies in Blade and Sorcery should check out the Electrical mod. True to its name, it adds electricity-based spells in the game to make things way more entertaining.
Shocking some sense into enemies might not work in this game, but that doesn't mean players can fry the life out of these NPCs. It's a fun element that players will have a blast playing around with in the game.
11 Blood Spell – Borderline Necromancy
The concept of bloodbending is something that was pretty haunting in Avatar: The Last Airbender. To use this technique firsthand through the use of mods in Blade and Sorcery is even freakier!
This Blood Magic allows players to use both offensive and defensive abilities, making for a diverse and engaging branch of magic to experiment around with. Players who want to enhance their spellcasting abilities in the game can do the same with this mod!
10 Spell Wheel Enhancer – Keeping Things Organized
This mod is not a spell itself but will be vital for players who intend to install as many spells as possible to play around with. While the developers of Blade And Sorcery support the game's modding scene, it's not a priority, and this means some problems may occur if too many are installed at once.
In the Spell Wheel's case, if there are too many spells to chose from, some may overlap, and it can be annoying for players to deal with. This mod deals with that with a quick fix. Every new spell now just expands the size of the wheel, meaning players can install as many spells as they like without worry.
9 Scale – This Enemy Is Small, That Enemy Is Far Away
While the environments available in the game aren't massive, they are filled with many props and small details. These props can be used as weapons and shields, but there are more fun ways to play around with them.
The Scale spell allows players to make anything bigger or smaller with a swipe of their hands. This can range from anything to props, weapons, items or even enemies. Want to fight a giant in an experience that feels more like it's out of a horror game? No problem. Want to shrink enemies and fit them into the palm of your hand? Perfectly doable.
8 Titan Spell – My, How You've Grown!
Messing with the proportions of objects and enemies is all well and good, but what about if the player wants to do that to themselves? This is where the Titan mod comes in. This is a simple spell that players cast on themselves.
The parameters can be set to scale themselves up technically infinitely, although the limit really depends on the capabilities of the user's PC. Either way, grow big, stomp enemies. This mod even adds the ability to eat enemies that are small enough compared to the player. The true titan experience.
7 Cosmic – Harness The Stars Themselves
Cosmic is a mod that adds several spells, all space-themed in nature, and some of them have the power to destroy the world. Starting at the simple end, players can suspend objects in the air and collect them together. For example, players could create a massive ball of daggers and axes. Then, they could use Impulse to fire them at some poor soul with great force.
Moving into the more powerful, there's the Savage Star spell, which...well...summons a star in the player's hands. Fire it at an enemy, and they'll be incinerated in moments. There are some advanced Gravity spells that can be used to float about or drag enemies to the ground, but the most powerful are The Twins. To put it in simple terms: Summon a Black Hole.
6 Daggerbending – Wield Blades As An Extension Of The Self
Blade And Sorcery can prove difficult for players who enjoy being rogues. Basic enemies are easy enough to catch with a dagger in the throat, but it becomes significantly more difficult as soon as they start holding shields.
For those players, behold Daggerbending. This spell allows players to manipulate these small blades as any other element mages can control. Summon a wall of daggers to use as a shield before firing several of the blades into an enemy's chest at once. They can even be imbued with power that makes them explode once they hit someone.
5 Mystic Hands – Hand To Hand Combat
The old Black & White games had a very interesting control system. Players controlled a giant God-hand, which they could use to crush their enemies. Anyone who played those games likely wished they could use these powerful tools in other environments, and now they can!
The Mystic Hands spell allows players to summon two magical hands as big as a person that they can wield to crush their enemies...and flip them off if they are so inclined. They're not just good for crushing either, they can pick up a person with ease allowing players to throw their enemies into space.
4 Earthbending – Weaponise The Earth
Pretty much what it says on the tin, Earthbending adds a bunch of new spells all themed around using the ground as a weapon. Players can pull chunks of the ground out from under their enemies and throw them around or use them as shields.
Players can also merge the Earth spell with the default spells to create awesome effects such as meteor strikes, lightning storms & firing bullets. On top of that, players can imbue weapons with the effects of Earth, so their strikes can petrify their enemies as well as send out shockwaves when striking the ground.
3 Ice Spell – Like Fire, But Cold
Many fantasy games over the years have conditioned players to believe that the standard trinity of elemental magic is Fire, Ice & Lightning. Unfortunately, Blade And Sorcery decided to forgo Ice in favor of Gravity.
This mod adds Ice spells into the game with all the elements players would expect. Shoot icicles, imbue weapons with a freezing effect, and combine it with other spells to get cool effects. This gives it some powerful functions such as firing out a big beam of ice when combined with fire; or firing shurikens when combined with lightning.
2 Dark Chains – Telekinesis
A relatively simple idea, but one that adds so much potential fun to any scenario. This spell allows players to manipulate objects and enemies with ridiculous ease. Grab a sword from 10 meters away and impale it into an enemy's skull-like never before.
The real fun from this mod comes from how easily enemies can be thrown about. Players can lock their limbs in place or use their Telekinesis to throw them around the arena. It even gives players the ability to Force-Choke enemies, so the fun never has to end! For the player, at least.
1 Time Stop – Let's Do The Time Warp Again
This mod is plenty cool to play around with, but it's also great for a breather once players have worked up a sweat. Quite simply, this gives players a spell that stops time, freezing everything except the player and anything they're holding. It's a bit of a cheaty way to win a fight, but this is a mod for those who want to mess around, not be challenged.
It allows players to wreak all the havoc they can imagine. Fire 50 arrows at someone while time is stopped, then start time again and they'll all hit the enemy at once. Steal someone's weapon whilst time is frozen and watch them panic when time starts again and they're harmless. There's even a second version of the spell that carries momentum, so stop time on someone, punch them several hundred times in the chest and watch them fly off into the stratosphere when time starts again. It's almost relaxing in a slightly messed-up way.
Blade & Sorcery was released on December 11th, 2018 and is available for PC.