User blog comment:Broman178/Should there be more Magical duels?/@comment-4190137-20120301045644/@comment-4135736-20120301125527

To me, the Kilgharrah fight (the one in Le Morte d'Arthur) was a magical duel because Kilgharrah sent fire at Merlin and Merlin used a SHIELD SPELL to block it. He actually used his magic to defend himself and shield spells are very rare in this show, I was surprised that he didn't even use that spell to defend himself from Nimueh's fireballs, although that was the best magic fight in Merlin. I also liked the fight between Merlin and the Sidhe Elder when they shot bolts of energy from their staffs, that was good and it was the only staff duel in the show. I agree about the other duels, the Merlin and Edwin Muirden duel was too short and only involved throwing objects, the Merlin and Tauren fight was also short and Tauren didn't even use his own magic to deflect Merlin's attack but the mage stone, the Merlin and Goblin duel only involved throwing objects, the Morgause, Merlin and Gaius duel only involved throwing people, same for the first Merlin and Morgana fight, and the Merlin and Lamia fight wasn't great, the beginning was fine and was a magical duel although it only involved throwing people and swords, but after that, Merlin became a coward when the Lamia became a monster, that was no doubt the worst fight in the show. I agree about Series 2, that was a dissapointment as I expected that Merlin would fight Cornelius Sigan and the troll. Hopefully in Series 5 there will be more magical duels with MORE magic and maybe show Morgana or Mordred having enemies of their own and defeating them in magical duels, as well as fight Merlin.