User blog comment:BeastMan14/DFederal Homeless Initiative: Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) vs Sabrina Spellman (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)/@comment-32516697-20200116054658

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Right off the bat, I can see that some of Sabrina's unique spells are going to be mostly useless in a fight. Astral Projection has little application to combat, being used mostly for communication, and it leaves her body vulnerable. Memory Manipulation requires close contact, which is unlikely since both witches are strongly range-based. Her illusions are a less potent version of Hermione's transfiguration spells, and with Hermione's experience with magical phenomena, I'm sure she'll see right through them. Containment requires a lot of setup, and Hermione is certainly powerful enough to break through her wards.

What will be useful is her pyrokinesis, atomikinesis, and Salem. However, Hermione's seen similar spells to the conjuring of hellfire and has even mastered one of them in the form of the Bluebell Flames, and likely has more powerful damaging spells amongst her Dark Arts spells. While it would certainly make for a difficult ability to deal with, Sabrina is too inexperienced with weather control to use it effectively. Salem is one thing Hermione doesn't have an obvious counter to, and he can surprisingly quick and brutal; he'll make things difficult for Hermione early on, but with the huge variety of spells she knows, she can definitely come up with something.

If it wasn't obvious, I'll be jumping on the bandwagon for Hermione at the last minute. I've already pointed out that the most potent of Sabrina's spells have clear counters amongst Hermione's arsenal, the main reason the British witch takes this is the fact that she's far more experienced and skilled; Sabrina is still learning, but Hermione's already finished her magical education and fought in a war during it to boot. She might not as creative as Sabrina is, but she's seen just about everything her opponent has to offer and will have no problem adapting and adjusting to her tricks. Winner: Hermione Granger!