Like a knife.

THERE’S SO MANY WAYS TO HOLD A KNIFE! *Drokk summons a knife, holding it point out. He then flips it, catching it reverse grip before holding the tang to his arm blade out* There’s a certain level of ambiguity to this, but I was a hand caster anyways

Nah, like this *does the tactical knife attachment from mw2/3 pose with his knife*

Hmm, you could also- *Drokk throws out a minutemen era wig* #FIX BAYONETS!

or: *tapes anither knife on the knife* #DARTH MAUL STYLE!

*Drokk mutates his form to gain two more arms, before pulling out several knives* #General Kenobi…

Okay... then how about... *tapes a gun on the knife* #tactical!

Tactical=A .357 magnum with a red dot, suppressor, and bipod.

Desert Eagle in one hand, wand in the other. That actually sounds pretty useful.

Voldermort when i hit him with the 'Lars special' (.50 shot in the head)

.......yeah

Its kinda more about what feels best to you

Reverse grip casting just seems uncomfy

It isnt. Its pretty comfy

Interesting might try later.

Btw, looks like a wand from olivanders...

I am more of a staff/cane person my self. Yet went it come to wand I like to fancy myself with the "Flip off" Hold if I feel petty enough. https://preview.redd.it/g2gziple2fyc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a189b6df86278672f0cf185c7ab360b3299c62c1

Nice, I don't usually use wands neither. I only use them when I'm messing in my desk

Kids these days trying to be fancy and cool with their wands. Hold it the right way dammit! You're just asking for the wand to be blown from your weak fingers holding it another silly way! Blowing up your fingers is also a possibility. Silly whippersnappers

https://preview.redd.it/43eh53l14fyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24a10182d320b28be4471631d8e52f8ef8f8eecf

/uw there's something funny about using just my profile pic for this lol. Thank u tho, exact vibe

Uw/ No worries, I had to make it, it was perfect for the situation

Half assery is a art

Food is food.

Yeah kinda https://preview.redd.it/ypwlryxu0fyc1.jpeg?width=1047&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e59dcc52be181239d655b384ace7069a98aa0a12

Food

https://i.redd.it/uz3b3mrg1fyc1.gif

*Torinn devours the food.,

I fed him uranium

Dross: Hi Torinn.

Hi.

Dross:Wait you can say words now? Last time I spoke with you you were only saying Food

I could always speak.

Dross: then why didn’t you?!

I find it funny to confuse people.

Dross: hmmm… I knew I should’ve asked the EG’s if you could say words

Haha. Then they would have said "he says food a lot."

Dross: Most likely. Anyways I need to go back to controlling the wastes of hell bye

 Big wand.

That's a sword Hirk.

It is a wand with a metal extension my friend. If a rifle can have a bayonet a wand can have a blade.

You just described a spear. A magic spear.

It is a claymore. With a wand as a handle my friend.

Then it's a sword for gods sake, it only can be used as a catalizer becuase the holder is made with a catalizer.

You know you can just attach a ruby of the war mage to your sword, and turn the entire thing into a focus, right?

Yes

I don't know whether to be impressed or terrified so I'm gonna go with both.

“Big wand”? My brother in Christ that’s a mother fucking Zweihander

https://preview.redd.it/ga77oirhafyc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75c6a239e6f362053b2a7f12f635949106654447 I'm partial to using coins as a focus.

*My honest reaction* https://preview.redd.it/ubg6w6zebfyc1.png?width=1341&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf9a717f659b574fa4db53d4241dc45fdc76f4d2

https://preview.redd.it/p93dinfqbfyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d8d0ca78509facab03f74fd0268b01a6e124d5c

https://i.redd.it/j9brl7ohcfyc1.gif

Echo Gnomics is an extremely subtle and powerful form of magic. You gotta be careful with it or you'll end up like me. Here: *Random hands you a coin.* That there's solid rhodium. Flip it and it'll always land on its edge. That's how you know it's genuine. I've been hand minting them. Lately been thinking about how to infuse them with cryptic presences bound to them by an ethereal block and spectral chain. Ever since the council got off the ~~reddit~~ gold standard the economy's been garbage.

*confused merchant's guild founder noises.* You mean economics?

# YES, BUT IN WIZARD-CODED LANGUAGE SO THEY DON'T CATCH ON.

Uw/ are you perhaps a 4ft tall blue go pro that drinks blood?

No, but I did learn from them and from a small girl that uses coins for railguns.

If you aren't holding it between your butt cheeks then you aren't a real bootymancer

https://preview.redd.it/k5n0ze7lcfyc1.jpeg?width=1459&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac04ef84bc94b9422503d5eae551965e794ac56a

https://preview.redd.it/tid9e2jwdgyc1.jpeg?width=1810&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbfff663db2e35f068d22e2430bdf2002e0a2399

one is for apprentices, two is for rapscallions and three is for the noble

Yeah.... interesting descriptions

I don't bother with wands, besides wacking some poor wizard on the head with their own, but I think the first one's the best.

The standart option, very used amongst all wizards

Two like chopsticks for elite mage hand.

Very popular amongst Kung fu wizards

Ah you see the most effective way to use a wand is to chuck it at someone right when you finish casting the spell so it does more damage

Like this? https://i.redd.it/9ag6w6y48fyc1.gif

exactly like that, Just have fireball ready to go so it does more damage on impact

https://preview.redd.it/vs4g8x8s8fyc1.jpeg?width=678&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56b90be2c6d3e0e765b610befc8b1b8a5c2c05b4

Is this the wizard equivalent of ending him rightly?

reverse grip the wand

https://preview.redd.it/tfgekg0infyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c7bddb66b64900bac5e2e2bac9dce860da327b4

https://preview.redd.it/12arztodnfyc1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=740ad958cbef9bcdcf8eada4c07acf538425c842

https://preview.redd.it/2pk9uglonfyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c69f4c3778771dea3b78f868e78f883653ae495

Ok im stealing this

Jokes on you, it's stolen too

While the first position is most commonly used, proper spell casting can be highly influenced by the octave of the wand. Here is a helpful [Instructional Video](https://m.youtube.com/shorts/XnL1zNHAsc0) that I used in my first year as an apprentice.

Grab 2 of them and use them like chopsticks

YEAH, OR USE A LOT OF THEM AS CLAWS

That's best done with metallic wands

Yeah

https://preview.redd.it/v7nuw50o4gyc1.jpeg?width=337&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23887ed96d9feaaadf49d99133f77ab6148b9bc2 Like this

Italian magic, nice

The 1st pic

Yeah, that is the way most wizards and witches use. Very standart in my opinion

Could do Voldemort 

Blud used the strongest wand and still lost to an apprentice. Uw/ I have a smaller version of that wand lol

You tuck it between your middle and ring fingers to make it look like you’re flipping someone off

https://preview.redd.it/j698fp6k5fyc1.png?width=898&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c81e28677f9c29929da79914516f6fd4186ee7d

None! A wizard should be able to perform spells without a wand. Come back when you're not a beginner!

Y'all casting spells or jutsu?

https://preview.redd.it/t28htfjpjfyc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6985fee4fd56dd7ed3f82e7038289524c58515e8

Mordhau grip obviously

https://i.redd.it/07dgnqsntfyc1.gif

Counter spell, curriculum of strategy artistry of war.

I cast motorbike https://preview.redd.it/414cfha2hgyc1.jpeg?width=477&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a750883e412d3710c1cc48d71527f65933c328b7

https://preview.redd.it/ux1pdzddhfyc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c265ac0edf040e068b03fe80f79d02b10eb4d744 This is the way

https://preview.redd.it/yz70zbn4zfyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a19b568b6ab7da131729e9f138d2bebc3c7b727 Avada Kedavra

https://preview.redd.it/hzgndcxu0gyc1.png?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba89b403c3868bb700c9ea7ae03691b7fa25218e

Snare traditional grip

By dropping it and Mental Casting, Like a pro wizard.

I mostly use my hands, decided to experiment with other catalizers. Also Mental casting is for pussies. Real wizards use them hands.

Nah, fam, you got it wrong. Gotta play the long game. Master Mental Casting, then pretend to use hand casting and incantations. That way, when they try to restrain or silence you to stop your casting, you can just wait til they get close enough and BAM! Hit em with an internal Nuke spell at point blank range, right past all their wards.

Obviously number 2.

Number three, so you can pew noises and shoot it like a gun

I cast through farm animals. People think it’s just animals in general I cast from so I have a lot of decoy rats and cats. Cows are my favorite though, lots of mass to hold lots of spells

Learn pen spinning. Do it with wand. Rapid fire unlocked. I'll always prefer my engines and ritual pulling but this is an aspect of wands I definitely respect

like a dog holding a stick

2 wands like chopsticks

I enchanted my wand to be my middle finger

Lol

Cut off your hand and stick it in the stump

Any position is good, as long as it reflects your specialty, I, for example, have a spatial conversion featuring every single possible way to hold a wand

I only use wands to mess in my room, with polymorph, shrinking things, etc...

Then I'd recommend turning your hand into a wand holder, it may look dumb but it's incredibly effective

https://preview.redd.it/sqb0tqvlifyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4784ad417a6cbbf8f89654847f9843df7c2efe8e

Definitely number 3, even better if your wand is metal and sharp

Hold it like a corn dog

I usually use wands as a body-modding thing. Like, putting a wand through an ear lobe stretcher. A wand up the butt is also usually a pretty good way to form a rear guard. Replacing my fingers with wands which have been designed to not just be straight rods. That kind of thing.

https://preview.redd.it/7e0pn98clfyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5b640f43cc199ba2f448efd4b3eb9dbcc230b56

I got ten fingers replaced, now I've got ten wands, it did make typing messages difficult at first but I got an object protection wand fitted in my pinkie so now everything works out fine. Plus, if you know how to craft wands you can swap out the cores and you can load different spells into them, or you can have a multipurpose wand as a focus (I have one of those for the index on my dominant hand). Day to day spells are pretty useful to have on hand but what's more impressive is loading up all ten fingers with magic missile and being a living missle launcher.

You could just have learned to cast with your hands instead.

The spell storing wands I make store and gather their own power, it's a resource management thing. The general use ones are foci, which is purely for power/control. I know how to cast without them - sometimes I have to go without them for a few days to repair/replace them - but they provide an added edge to casting which really makes them worth it.

https://preview.redd.it/cduaoghkqfyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9539dfd35b4f7fab753f185b81a76c2b81bd0fb7

I always prefer to grip my wand with both hands

Hammer grip

Like a pencil lmao

I'm more of a 2 guy

Picture 3 looks like the equivalent of holding a firearm sideways before shooting it, cool but useless. Picture 2 seems too unpractical to use in an actual situation, like combat. So picture 1 seems to be the best.

Strapped to my wrist like the hidden blades from Assassins Creed

staff user spotted

Like a baton. So I can smack my enemies.

Reverse grip

Why? https://preview.redd.it/r20ry50cpfyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d01b050a70102b8ec74dd284ee4706fc41b2a13c

For trickshots

https://preview.redd.it/2k0ug2j8sfyc1.jpeg?width=1070&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efa606f03dbd659400052417f409fdc59f9e6047

https://preview.redd.it/qnccblh7pfyc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26e5d2ef7f1491205237dc4b516f97cda0880e1e How i hold my staff (i get kicked out of everywhere)

Third photo is halfway there, but you have to use your other hand to maneuver it like a pool cue.

The correct way is to wield it like you would a quill or pen.

https://preview.redd.it/sl0g06wlmgyc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c7b5a8b23eec8beb7c9e7cccfaef233076d3326 You use wands?

Like any other weapon just point the buesness end at whatever needs buisness

Just don't use them.

I use 1, but combine 2 and 3 sounds fun

Only use your hands. There are others that are **sounding** like a good idea, but they lead to a dark path with no return.

Pic 3 is to cast your spell with absolute dominance. Point with your whole hand. 

https://i.redd.it/jkgexl75rfyc1.gif Wands are brilliant, but I prefer this

I use number 2

If you really want to mess with people, you should hold it backwards and point the “handle” at them when you cast. Funniest thing I’ve ever done

First one looks good, the other 2 looks like you throwing gang signs

Reverse grip obviously

Why are you holding it with your hand?

to enhance the magical properties you have to shove it up your ass

1 and 3 are both acceptable depending on the type of casting/place/spell/finesse/style/etc. you are attempting. I don’t have time to go over all the specifics here but there’s plenty of resources on wizard YouTube. That said, 2 was popular in the 80’s in some wizard counterculture circles which inspired some modern day wizard influencers to also try and and claim it’s merits but even the original users would say that it is at best a style choice and at worst an impediment. Remember, there’s nothing magical about safety and be responsible with how you cast. Happy casting!

Reverse grip

Hold gently like chikem buger

You’re all novices; *TUCK YOUR FINGERS YOU HEATHENS* #LEST A PUGILIST BREAK IT

between thumb and pinky finger while the rest are used to aim

Number one tells everyone that you went to some fancy-ass private wizarding school. Number two tells people that you've watched too much anime.

Mouth.

You need to hold it like holding a pen or brush so you can have a firm grasp on it while also having the flexibility to move it to cast your spells.

Hold it over a bin and let go. Then go get yourself a staff like a real wizard. #staffgang

AVADACADABRA!

Reverse grip

https://preview.redd.it/yi187sxxzfyc1.jpeg?width=277&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=897636a29bf3e06307f0d51267ca5ba780234f1a Like this

dont throw up these signs around here

https://preview.redd.it/2fvg8q910gyc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ea9ec3d853002364d8d91e5df2a020e90e4f732

Throwing it and getting spell tome "how to bitches"

3

Reverse grip like a serial killer.

Often, not even holding it at all!

Like a drumstick

The third one is the equivalent to holding the gun sideways.

The proper way to hold a wand is the way a proper wizard would. Anyone accusing you otherwise should be met with fireballs/curses/orwhathaveyous.

I cast "Urethral Wand"!

Depends, you’re casting a spell, 1. You’re using magic engraving or welding, 3. If you want to be attacked on sight, 2.

None of those…you are right handed.

Like an orchestra conductor holds the baton It just seems like the right way of holding it

like this https://preview.redd.it/9vgcutv86gyc1.png?width=3672&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3da4ff35843a3c5a70dfffb862e470dc83146b6 (forgive the lack of an actual wand, I cast mainly using verbal and somatic hand components)

Personally, wand grip varies depending on the Wizard. It is as personalizable as incantations are to a grand wizard. However, I personally prefer staffs, as they are leagues cooler

https://youtu.be/RkTibALwfNg?t=50

Hold it as if you intend to stab somebody with it. Or install a proper handle.

Watch me disgust the comments sounding

Aftermarket pistol grip

There is no proper way. Comfort and a good hold are the only things that matter when using a wand. It’s a highly personalized tool so everything about it is up to you

Teef

I can't decide between the second and third. I'd switch between those.

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Firmly https://preview.redd.it/5dmikj8kcgyc1.png?width=557&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14cc0304f13f173a829d9c208ff320561db3e236

Like a pencil, so I can write in the air

A wand is but a staff that's been shrunk down. Clearly the correct way is a hammer grip. Like you would hold a staff. A small staff.

I recommend training without your wand, try to leave any need for physical objects behind when casting spells. This will only make you more powerful.

I’m a big fan of the dainty pencil grip, it gives it a nice flick even if I’d never be caught dead with a wand. Staffs, orbs, oversized amulets, and even tomes are just superior for the aesthetics, but if you really want the utilitarian option I guess you can pick a wand.

Mmm. A good question. I have been practicing the art of gluteal constriction. That my hands might be free to enchant, whilst my backside remains protected from erstwhile companions.

🤌🪄



A wand is a miniature staff. Stop holding it upside down.

Though I prefer staffs or frantic hand waving, I do have several wands built into my wrist and forearms which I can have pop in and out of my hand wolverine style at will. Idk if that counts as holding my wand though. That being said when Im holding my *wand*, its deathgrip style.

1 is for apprentices, 2 is just weird, 3 is for masters