wedrifid comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 15, chapter 84 - Less Wrong
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In particular, how difficult are they compared to a reliable AOE destructive spell cast on the same area? (Skipping straight to the killer instinct!)
I'm buying Apparate high. AK is great and all but easily acquired in the form of hired or otherwise accessible muscle. Firepower is a commodity, the life and safety of the general less so.
I'm curious as to your reasoning. A location spell and a little effort can handle this use case. (ie. If you can already cast apparate twice and know which direction to cast it you've got most of that use case handled.)
Operating under the assumption that you don't have your wand because you've been ambushed or disarmed, the ability to get your wand back seems marginally more useful than the ability to slam your head against an anti-disapparation jinx.