re: Potter Fans (rank the top 10 wizzards/witches)

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That's the fear not Snape, and Voldemort didn't task Snape with killing Dumbledore he gave that duty to Malfoy. Snape made the unbreakable vow with Malfoy's mom that he would finish the job if Malfoy couldn't, that coupled with the plan made between him and Dumbledore is the reason he finally killed Dumbledore.

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Nope, Voldemort was counting on Dumbledore killing Draco and then Snape killing Dumbledore. He wanted to secure Hogwarts before taking over the Ministry, and needed Dumbledore dead. He merely tasked Draco with it as punishment to Lucius. Granted the reason Snape killed him was made ahead of time between Dumbledore and Snape, but Voldemort had enough confidence in Snape to kill Dumbledore. Also Snape could fly in the novels, the only other wizard which was capable of that was Voldemort.

I'm pretty sure it was just Voldemort that could fly, and it happened in the beginning of DH.

Just one of the many things the movies fricked up.

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Malfoy was given the task and expected to fail but it was the people who came in through the vanishing cabinet not necessarily Snape who was supposed to finish the task. The unbreakable vow and the plan is the reason Snape does it. It never says in the book Voldemort gave Snape the task to kill Dumbledore, I'm not even sure he fully trusted Snape until after he killed Dumbledo

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It's established in the sixth book that Snape had replaced Lucius and Bellatrix as Voldemort's most favored Death Eater. In the Deathly Hallows we find out that Voldemort did indeed instruct Snape to kill Dumbledore if and when Draco failed to do so. So yes regardless of why Snape killed Dumbledore, he had enough faith in him that Snape was capable of killing Dumbledore.

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I don't remember Snape flying in the books? Is that in 7? Regardless the point I made in my first post is that there are only 3 for sure that we can rank. After they we can only lump everyone together, and while Snape is at the top of that lump we don't know one way to another if he is number 4.

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Yes it was in the 7th book, but no we can make a safe conclusion that Snape was a more gifted wizard than almost everyone short of Voldemort, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald. Snape was probably the most feared wizard by almost everyone on both sides short of Voldemort and Dumbledore, he was widely regarded as being unmatched in the Dark Arts, it takes 5 people to defeat him in the Deathly Hallows, and made up multiple incarnations of his own. Also his legilmency and occlumency skills made him almost undroppable in a duel.

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"You mean he's dead?" Harry sprinted to the window, ignoring Flitwick's and Sprout's yells of shock at his sudden appearance. "No, he's not dead," said McGonagall bitterly. "Unlike Dumbledore, he was still carrying a wand...and he seems to have learned a few tricks from his master." With a tinge of horror, Harry saw in the distance a huge, batlike shape flying through the darkness toward the perimeter wall.

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I assumed that meant he turned into a bat. Maybe he just flew normally? Apparently you have read the books more recently me then me because I don't remember Voldemort giving him the. task. Maybe Snape is the most likely number 4, there still isn't definitive proof in the books that he is only that you can infer he is one of the stronger ones.

Dumbledore never utilized the full power of the Elder Wand.

Voldemort never intended for Snape to kill Dumbledore; there was a pact between Snape and Albus that Snape would carry it out to spare Draco's soul. But it does earn Snape Brownie Points from Voldemort.

Snape isn't an Animagus, but he's a Death Eater and the most experienced in the Dark Arts -- besides Riddle.

Dumbledore
Voldermort
Harry Potter
professor McGonnal
Mad Eye
Sirius Black
Kingsley Shcklebolt
Severus Snape
Professor Lupin
Bellatrix Lestrange

1. Voldemort
2. Dumbledore
3. Snape
4. Grindewald
5. Moody

Voldemort number one because dumbledore had the elder wand when they dueled. Snape over grindewald because dumbledore beat him while he had the elder wand.

1. Dumbledore
2. Harry Potter
3. Voldemort
4. Dobby
5. Grindewald
6. Granger
7. Snape
8. Gandolf the White
9. Lupin
10. Ron Weasley (because he's an afterthought anyways)

Didn't Harry pretty much pwn the shite out of voldemort every time they fought?

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Didn't Harry pretty much pwn the shite out of voldemort every time they fought?

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Harry had the luxery of the twin cores, which made almost any curse used against him by Voldemort. If Harry didn't have the twin cores, he would have died much sooner.