Elphais

The attempted hex was well aimed, but Elphais's training in his Auror skills - as well as his overriding need to not be caught - kept him in good stead and he managed to leap out of the way of the hex. His leap landed him almost against the bar, his feet almost tangling up into the downed barstools. Managing to get his balance just enough, he pointed his wand again.

"Suffoco!" he yelled out, intending to down his victim with a bit of suffocation.

In the same instant, he aimed his wand at one of the bar stools and, with a flick of his wand he sent the object through the air directly at Slughorn followed by yet another as he rolled back onto his feet and plastered himself up against a wall out of sight of the other.