Again, I know what Harry said. What I don't know is at what level it affected his performance. That could mean anything from "your spells are weaker" to "your spells are useless". Clearly, his spells weren't useless at all since they were stalemating, therefore he could fight at the very least at a basic level, it's clear that he wasn't just defending.
The thing is, his spells were far less effective than they should have been. Neville was able to break free from the binding spell Voldemort placed on him, and his numerous attempts to silence the crowd that had gathered after Harry's supposed death were met with failure, only holding for about a minute at a time.
As for the quote about them being unable to defeat him, this is a statement about them being unable to finish him for the time being. We don't know how things would have turned out later (I think it's clear the team wouldn't have won regardless but you're forgetting that this is not Slughorn and Kingsley here).
No, it's not. However, I am personally of the believe that should you substitute in Flitwick and Snape, it would make very little difference. The only showing they have against Voldemort is against an iteration of the character who (apologies for the repetition) possessed a wand that did not owe him its allegiance while he fought against the same blood magic that caused his downfall the first time by reflecting his own killing curses back at him. Without that edge, I doubt that even Mcgonagall, Flitwick and Snape would be able to hold their own against him for long.
I personally believe that Severus, Minerva, Fillius and Bellatrix are potentially the most powerful wizards under the Albus/Tom/Gellert trio, and you have 3 of them here.
I'm inclined to agree, though I don't think being a tier or two below them does not mean that they would not get stomped by Albus, Tom or Gellert.
Off-topic a little, but I'd probably put Albus and Gellert in a tier of their own, simply because they were often portrayed as equals whereas Voldemort is constantly said to be scared of Dumbledore, and was relatively quickly defeated in their duel in the Ministry of Magic.
Also, lack of mastery over the Elder Wand is next to nothing compared to the sheer power the wand grants to the user the way I see it. It's been repeatedly stated that it is the most powerful wand, which is why Tom wanted this one more than anything.
Yes, it is said to be the most powerful wand ever created. However, just possessing it doesn't mean you can effectively use it, otherwise Voldemort wouldn't have kept complaining about it.
It was an emotional outburst, the team didn't have one. If Tom could just blast them away consistently, he would have done it from the beggining instead of wasting his time with them.
Fair enough. I still think that his inability to defeat them is down to the aforementioned circumstances, but I'll drop this for now.
Yes of course they would get stomped by him 1 on 1, I already stated my opinion on this logic below.
Sorry, wasn't trying to question your stance on that.
Which is why I stated whatever the emotion was. Regardless, it's emotion. He needed an outburst to blast them away.
Fair enough.
Harry, Ron and Hermione (a trio most likely superior to the girls) got apprehended by the Snatchers that Bellatrix stomped in seconds. And I'm only refering to the Deathly Hallows because if we include her having Harry on the run in OOTP it could be called "outdated".
I feel like this is somewhat lowballing the trio, to be honest. They were only caught because Harry was a twit and said Voldemort's name after a sort of locating charm had been placed on it, and they only chose not to fight back because they were caught off-guard. Besides, Harry was jinxed by Hermione before he could do anything.
I think it's been made pretty clear that she was leagues above any of them.
Honestly, none of the Snatchers were that impressive magically. The only one of them I'd acknowledge as being somewhat powerful is Greyback, and he is often shown to prefer fighting hand to hand than with a wand.
Yes, but why would Bellatrix waste her time with these children? It is of my opinion that, with the line about Ginny almost getting killed, Lestrange was winning the duel at some point, but it was clear that she couldn't just defeat them the whole time, let alone stomp them.
You forget that Bellatrix is outright barmy at this point. Considering her power levels and her rather arrogant nature, I don't think she ever doubted that she'd lose the duel, a fact emphasised by her expression of shock when she's later struck down by a bloodlusted Molly Weasley, who I personally don't believe is even comparable to Lestrange in power. Therefore, I'm forced to put it down to her insanity and arrogance getting the better of her.
On a sidenote, I don't think Luna was ever cosidered one of the most witches of her generation.
Eh, I'm using that loosely simply due to her feats as a member of Dumbledore's Army, etc.
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