A peer (and love interest) of Dumbledore, the pair were described as nearly equally brilliant and talented wizards. After falling out with Dumbledore, he became the master of the most powerful Elder Wand and led a years-long crusade against the Wizarding World.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort ever feared and the only one who could have defeated him in a duel. Albus Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard in the Harry Potter.
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Fantastic Beasts 3: Every Wizard in Dumbledore’s Army, Ranked by Power
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Additionally, Snape is more skilled in potions than Dumbledore, making him a powerful contender for Albus’s spot on the list. Albus, however, edges out Snape thanks to the former’s greater base power, and deeper understanding of the complexities of “old” magic.
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Even when battling Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore never uses lethal magic. In the duel, Dumbledore is definitely on par with Voldemort, and Voldemort is seen to be annoyed that he can’t overpower Dumbledore.
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Gandalf is greater than Dumbledore, although (or perhaps because) he had less power. He rallied all the free peoples of Middle-Earth to the cause, gave them heart, and sacrificed himself to save his friends and the quest in Moria. He worked tirelessly for centuries.
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Merlin. Documents in the wizarding world suggest that Merlin was one of the most powerful wizards in Harry Potter and human history in general. Merlin was a Slytherin at Hogwarts and demonstrated an amazing understanding of the magical arts. Some argue him to be the most powerful wizard of all time.
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Godrick Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, and the owner of the legendary Sword of Gryffindor, was absolutely more powerful than Dumbledore— and it’s a good thing he was, too, because Dumbledore wasn’t around in Hogwarts’ early days to keep Godrick’s fellow founder Salazar Slytherin in check.
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Dumbledore and Grindelwald took a blood oath to not fight each other. “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” the second film in the series, reveals that as teenagers Dumbledore and Grindelwald undertook a blood pact that wouldn’t allow them to move against each other.
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Dumbledore is extremely powerful even in his weakened state he could easily defeat Bellatrix no matter how wicked or evil Bellatrix is acting. Bellatrix would run away the second she sees Dumbledore and if she was tempted to fight she would be destroyed in under a second.
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For example, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Snape was reluctant to fight McGonagall when the latter took him to a duel in front of Hogwarts students. Both characters had their strengths, but the last Harry Potter movie proved Snape was the strongest Hogwarts professor.
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Minerva is the most powerful after Dumbledore and Voldemort. Madam Pomfrey said even 4 aurors wouldn’t stand a chance against Minerva. I’ve read J.K. rowling herself said that she would have defeated Snape (altough it would have been close).
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One of Hagrid’s main strengths is that he is a half-Giant. This means that his tough skin protects him against many spells and physical injuries. He is also immensely strong physically. Although a half-Giant might be expected to be fierce, Hagrid is one of the most soft-hearted people Harry knows.
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Lord Voldemort
Tom Marvolo Riddle started both Wizarding Wars, created the Death Eaters and killed Harry Potter’s parents. We could go on – he was the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time – but we won’t. His horrific achievements are well known.
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Considered the most powerful dark wizard of all time, Voldemort was obsessed with his own half-blood ancestry and his search for power and immortality. To achieve the latter, he used his enemies’ murders to fracture his soul into six and create his own set of Horcruxes.
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Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. However, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 at the time of his death.
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Albus Dumbledore is the most obvious person who can defeat Voldemort, and the Dark Lord seemed to realize it. Rowling herself has explicitly stated in the books that Dumbledore is the only person Voldemort fears and recognizes as a genuine threat to his own power.
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More importantly, Dumbledore, regardless of power, can’t actually kill Voldemort because his soul is spread out among the horcruxes. Dumbledore is an inconvenience to Voldemort, not a genuine threat. But Voldemort is still scared of him.
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Natural magical talent, brilliance, obsessive practice, ANCIENT LORE, and dangerous and unethical sacrificial rituals. The last two being absolutely op in the universe. Dumbledore has natural talent, some amount of intelligence, practiced a lot (maybe to obsessive levels as well) and has the elder wand but that’s it.
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Towards the end of Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore reveals he refused the post of Minister for Magic on several occasions. Power, he explains, was his weakness and temptation.
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In his prime, Dumbledore truly had no equal who could best him in a one-on-one wizarding duel. Even though he might seem like an old man, his wizarding power is on a completely different level. Gandalf is probably the most powerful opponent he’d ever face, but Dumbledore wouldn’t go down without a fight.
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With the infinity gauntlet, Thanos easily. Without it, it depends if Dumbledore is willing to instantly resort to lethal means. The man is a master of transfiguration and incredibly knowledgeable. He’d simply need to vanish all of Thanos’ internal organs and his eyeballs to win.
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Voldemort feared Dumbledore because he had known him since childhood. It was Dumbledore who had visited Tom Riddle in the orphanage and told him he was a wizard. The orphanage owner had told Dumbledore about Tom’s wicked streak. He had killed the rabbit of a fellow orphan after a fight.
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The acclaimed author explained that Harry paid tribute to Snape because of “forgiveness and gratitude.” Though Snape bullied Harry, he also saved him.
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