Not to mention that Snape was a master of occlumancy, at a grade that not even Voldemort himself could read his mind. That alone tells us how talented he was.
@@samfall9388 not in the books. In the books, he took a look into the memory through Penseive. The movie scene doesn't make sense considering Snape is one of the best Occulmencer to the point where even Voldemort can't look into his mind and Harry did it on his first try.
@@ulquiorraschiffer1956 I'm the third movie when harry I'd the expecto patronum charm snap said who ever did that was a very powerful wizard I dont see why harry couldn't look into shapes mind
You missed the fact that snape purposely deflected mc gonagalls spell too knock out the two death eaters behind him then took their wands when flying out the window. What a move.
It’s just the movies. In the books she is in a full on duel when Flitwick and Sprout show up, and he jumps out the window as she is screaming “Coward! COWARD!”
Professor Minerva Mcgonagall has always been and will always be my favourite Harry Potter character, and Dame Maggie Smith justified the role, but the fact that she didn't get a lot of screentime is disappointing.🙁
I feel that not only did Snape not want to blow his cover in that duel with McGonagall, but he truly did not want to duel her because of the respect he had for her as a witch and as a person. To me, the look on his face is one of regret, of disliking that things had come to this point.
I honestly believe that Snape considered her a friend deep down and he definitely had respect for her as a duelist and as a teacher, but he had to keep up appearances to protect his cover so we never really got to see that side of Snape.
But that is implying that McGonagall did want this duel...and wanted to really beat her colleague of years...I am not at all convinced of this. Every spell she casts comes from a quivering hand...
Severus Snape Dark arts His understanding as a student is so great that he made multiple hexes and even curses while still in school. And his knowledge as an adult, was so great that even Albus Dumbledore came to him for help on the subject multiple times. Potions Schooled the potions book of hogwarts itself while he was still a student. He also created a resistance potion to a curse invented and cast by Voldemort himself, keeping it at bay for an extraordinarily long time, given that it was such an extremely powerful curse. He was even able to give private lessons in alchemy, something not even taught at hogwarts for its difficulty and required knowledge. Spell creation Created numerous powerful spells and curses while in school Flight Speaks for itself Occlumency His occlumency was so strong he kept Voldemort believing his loyalty for 17 years, Voldemort was considered the most powerful legilimence in history. The only people able to recreate this feat are gellert grindelwald and albus dumbledore. Legilimency Harry states multiple times that it was like snape could read his mind and during his departure of the astronomy tower he used legilimency to read Harry's attempted moves and countered them all before they could be cast. He could even use memory extraction by just eye contact, no want or incantation needed. Transfiguration He was seen transfiguring the whirlwind-shaped fire that McGonagall launched at him into a great black snake. Using his transfiguration, a very difficult form of magic, in the midst of combat. Snape even took it a step further, being a master at conjuration and vanishment. Conjuring ropes so fast with the incarcerous spell that neither Remus lupin or Sirius black could respond. Defense against the dark arts His encyclopaedic understanding of the dark arts made so that Snape taught the class at N.E.W.T level to such an effect that even Harry Potter could not help but be enchanted by his knowledge. His knowledge in healing was so great that Dumbledore once quoted to Harry that Snape was more experience in healing against Dark magic than poppy pomfrey was. Keeping albus alive for over a year while cursed, saving Katie bell form a cursed neck less and healing draco Malfoy with ease after being hit by sectumsempra, al though it should be noted snape himself created the spell so he had a full knowledge and understanding of it. Minerva is a fucking badass but not in the way snape is. Keep in mind snape was way way younger so if we would have compared them at the same age I don’t even think this would have been fair. Minerva was the top student because she knew the books beter than anyone, but snape improved the books while he was still a child. Minerva learned from albus, but albus came to snape for help. It’s like Minerva was the best student when she was young, but snape was already the master.
Minerva is one of only 7 known animagi alive (11 total with the marauders plus rita skeeter), literally summoned all the statues to be defenders of hogwarts (which was definitely one of a couple of difference makers in that battle) and she actually was not supposed to be as old as Maggie is, she just played mcgonagall so amazingly well she made the character hers literally. She was the deputy headmistress (I agree that this is in large part because of her relationship with dumbledore but even still), she held her own against Snape in a duel and forced his retreat. All that said, I do think its clear that Snape is probably the dumbledore to minervas grindelwald in that he is probably a shade more talented. They both were far and away the greatest at their subjects (transfiguration and potions) and were exceptional duelist with expertise in multiple disciplines, not just the one they teach. Awesome comment though, you really highlighted Snapes case extremely well. I just feel its an insult to Minerva to act like Snape was far and away superior. They were on the same level. At the highest level, you have Dumbledore, Tom Riddle and Grindelwald. Those 3 are so far above the rest, they could duel multiple opponents of elite caliber at one time. Then on the next tier, you have mcgonagall, snape, Sirius, James, Lily, Moody, Bellatrix and possibly Dolohov and Kingsley. Another possible person in this tier is actually Scrimgeour, I think its clear he was a powerful wizard as Voldemort clearly did not underestimate him by moving as quick as he possibly could have against him (evidenced by wanting multiple people around him before striking). Then after that level, its people like Lupin, Flitwick, Barty Crouch jr (and sr probably, he was called powerful magically), Aurors like Tonks, Frank and Alice Longbottom, Dawlish (dumbledore makes him look bad but he clearly was a gifted and intelligent wizard), and death eaters like Malfoy, Regulus Black (considered gifted and talented like Sirius in school) etc. And i think in that 3rd tier, Harry and Hermione have joined them by the end of the 7th book. Ron is probably in the 4th tier, but I think he would ultimately be on Hermiones level. I think Harry was on the path to greatness like Dumbledore, his difficult start in life and lack of a normal childhood just kept him from shining as bright as he could have if he had grown up with lily and james without the burdens he did. He was extraordinary. Also, the weasleys are hard to place for me but i think most are 4th tier right below the people ive mentioned, Arthur might get the bump to 3rd tier. Fabian and Gideon Prewett (mollys brothers) were probably 3rd tier though!
Collin Wood I mean well yes she was on the same level, but just in accomplishments and talent (because keep in mind she was way olde than snape) she just didn’t make it. I would still have her high in my rankings for sure. Your list is kinda the same, I don’t have lily and James that high, James has literally no feats other than being a marauder. Which is impressive because they were stated to be incredibly talented but I put him next to lupin, above most aurors but not on that even close to that snape level. Not on Sirius’s level either, who clearly liked dueling more than James. And lily has even less feats, her sacrificial magic is only viable in very very uniek circumstances and probably even by accident. Flitwick beat dolohov so let’s place him higher don’t you think. Also also yaxley stalemated Flitwick so yeah. I’m not gonna debate every single ranking with you because we are more or less on the same page. You did forget some people, like the founders, peverell brothers, merlin, herpo the foul, morgana, the real Percival Graves, credence, aberforth, Amelia Bones and probably also Gunnar Grimmson.
Well, consider people like Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, and Elon Musk compared to your average politician-or even the most "successful" politicians who find themselves in presidencies and prime ministerships.
Snape definitely held back during that moment when he duelled Mcgonagall, the film further elaborates Snape's skill by showing him subtly deflecting and redirecting Mcgonagall's spells at the death eaters beside him before retreating. But I love how Lockhart was a made a fool out of by Snape in Chamber of Secrets during the dueling club.
The movies are non-canon. As such they don't count for the argument who is more powerful. Minerva is clearly, since 1v1 vs Snape, she gets the upperhand so much to the point he needs to hide behind a statue because he can't deflect her spells anymore.
@@nickdentoom1173 Correct. As much as that scene in the movies made my heart so happy. It isn't the original material. In the books she makes him look like a scrub.
@@nickdentoom1173 he literally is just deflecting them while not firing a single spell back at her lmao yeah he really tried and and was still a double agent, and had no intentions of harming anyone at hogwarts especially the dozens of students standing behind her that couldve been harmed had she deflected any spells he threw at her or anyone for that matter unless it meant blowing his cover he would do what he had to do.
@@ThatKidTrixuh Thats in the movie, not in the books. In the books, Minerva made Snape cower behind a statue. The HP moves are non-canon, as they aren't the source material.
A Marauders would greatly involve Snape no matter what. He #1 on they’re kids-to-mess-with list. Snape is almost like the Draco of the Marauders timeline in the eyes of the Marauders. No matter what, we’re gonna learn more about Snape, just like we were bound to learn about Draco
Ikr! And Hermione became Minister for Magic right after she finished her 7th year (for the first time since they were occupied trying to destroy lord noseless)
@@lexilovesjesus9129 , where does that come from? What did Harry do then? How powerful did they become as they got older? Never knew this info was out there. Now I'm really curious.
@@jasomkovac9115 if you look It up it says it. And I'm pretty sure Rowling confirmed. Harry became an Auror, Ginny became a professional Quidditch star, Ron worked with George in the joke shop and was an Auror with Harry:).
Before I even watch... I love McGonagall, probably one of my favorite characters overall. But Snape is probably the stronger of the two, dude created his own spells and bested the books... he was a prodigy.
I agree all the way but Mcgonagall made spells to only one she made is Locomotor Wibbly it made you trip over if you got hit by it and she increased power in Transfiguration spells so she made transfiguration more powerful as well she made Deletrius which deletes things from the earth
@@ahmedayaat2727 No , what Rowling said is she would support McGonagall if there was a duel not that she would win. In an interview, J.k.Rowling answered a question on why there wasn’t any duel between Snape and Voldemort in DH. She said that their duel would overshadow the legendary duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, which she obviously didn’t want.
While it's true that in potion and dark charms (like sectumsempra), Snape probably beat her, but Snape will never in par with her in term of transfiguration, which is one of the most complex branch of magic.
Even though Mcgonagall is a very powerful witch, I just think that working with Voldemort and all, Snape would me stronger. Edit: thanks for all the likes, lol.
@@dorol6375 but Voldemort was focused on becoming the strongest and most powerful, and he shared knowledge with his closest death eaters. Dumbledore was always more mysterious.
17_Khazinie Akid My oh my, oh liege! How superior and indubitably benevolent your knowledge of this universe is! My seething and untempered soul is filled to the brim with your mind’s limitless grasp of the English vernacular. How may I repay your smart ass?
@@zetton7273 No Snape was Loyal to Dumbledore so first off Snape did not really fight back only in the books Because in the books mcgonagall fought more furiously and he never intended to kill mcgonagall
I love how people tend to think he "Invented" potions+ curses. He didn't "invent" jack sh*t. He _Modified_ spells/potions that _already existed_ . The wiazrds that _actually invented things from scratch_ were geniuses like Voldemort/Merlin/Grindewald/ect. Snape was _brilliant_ but he was _far_ from being a _true prodigy_ .
Take "Levicorpus" for instance. It just hang up people by their ankles . But levitation spells already existed. Muffliato merely made humming/buzzing noises instead of creating a field of silence like Silencio.
@Ludimeel Sorbo I don't think so i know Snape was holding back but she also toke down both off the carros but Bellatrix (i know was so of fooling around) couldn't take offf molly Weasley so McGonagall is the greater witch in duels too
probably bellatrix cuz she says that she has been trained by Lord Voldemort himself .There is an age difference bellatrix is more younger than mcgonagall. So ı'd say bellatrix wins
@@masterskywa1425 younger is not the answer, REMEMBER witches and wizards bcomes more powerful as they age and 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).
The fact that both Severus and Minerva are such good roasters gives me a reason to literally love them. Although harsh,you can't deny Snape roasted Harry with such elegance and wise use of words and same goes for Minerva too. She roasted Umbridge so well in OoP.
People severely underestimate the power of transfiguration. Minerva is the master of it, she can use her surroundings to fight if it comes to it. Snape obviously has the upper hand in terms of dark- offensive spells, but that's not always what decides the outcome of a fight. I always viewed the two of them as equally formidable combatants and it would be hard to tell who wins.
See this is where I disagree. While I do think Snape accomplished more forms of magical mastery (which doesn’t mean he is more powerful, it just means he is more versatile), I don’t think he’d beat McGonagall in a duel and here is why. As far as the books go Snape only has two main demonstrations of dueling. One against an emotional unstable Harry, and the other against McGonagall. The problem with their duel is that it didn’t go on long enough to see a true outcome. The only thing we got as that McGonagall was making Snape fight for dear life. She almost killed him by transfiguring a swarm of daggers from a cobra he made, he only survived by jumping behind a bewitched suit of armour at the last second. While I don’t think he was actively trying to harm her, he is also a very defensive duelist and was trying his hardest to defend against her attacks. The fact she was nearly overwhelming him shows how tough McGonagal is duel wise. Now to McGonagall. McGonagall has more feats with dueling than Snape, no question about it. She easily defeated Alecto Carrow in the Battle of the Astronomy tower and held her own against Voldemort along side Slughorn and Shacklebolt with the dark lord even getting frustrated at his inability to defeat any of them. This is on top of the fact that she survived two wizarding wars. Even against the aurors Pomfrey said that none of them would dare take McGonagall solo and if McGonagall was intending to fight instead of defending Hagrid the outcome would of have been different. Snape always struck more as a magical academic than an actual duelist, which is why I think in a duel McGongall has the edge. I think people see magical mastery as the be all and end off all to the capability of being a duelist and that’s why people back Snape, but when you really look at it in my opinion McGonagall will have more of a shot of coming out on top. This is also supported by the fact that transfiguration is one of the most useful abilities in a duel because it allows you to manipulate the environment around you.
I'm with Snape. His ability to hide thoughts from Voldemort for years, his own devastating attacks, his will, and his heart. Not putting down Minerva though. In the movie, Shape used/deflected Minerva's attacks to take out the bad guys on either side of him.
McGonagall was also holding back in during her Snape’s fight. She was still fighting inside with her feelings towards one she called a colleague/friend for so many years, a student she once teached to and I do believe she may have felt a bit of shame at the Idea that she could have helped him in his formative years that maybe if she did so this wouldn’t be happening. You can see her holding back after her first spell trying to see if he would answer then again by not pursuing him to keep the fight going. She might have not been winning either way but she wasn’t all out.
Ever since I first finished reading the series, I've always assumed Snape to be the most powerful wizard in the canon. I also think we were told this regularly. What is the most powerful and complex form of magic in the Harry Potter world? Love. Who is the one character with actions and motions completely driven by Love in the series? Snape. Snape was extremely powerful at school and before he became a double agent. Imagine how powerful he would be when he was motivated by absolute love in all his actions following Lily's death? People consider Voldemort to be tier 1 powerful, the only time Snape used his powers against Voldemort in a comparable way was Snape's occlumency vs Voldemort's legilimency - Snape's powers won out, the power of love lead to him to be more powerful to protect Lily, and in turn Harry. They knew there was no value in Snape trying to kill Voldemort. He couldn't without destroying the Horcruxes, upon which his cover would be blown and his value would be less to the Order. But, as Molly Weasley demonstrated with her defeat of Bellatrix driven by pure love for her family in spite of her lesser "traditional" magic abilities, in a fair fight with a 1 souled Voldemort vs extremely powerful, love-driven Snape... I'm going for Snape.
No, Snape was the third strongest wizard of his era. And we shouldn’t look at that as a slight. Because the number one guy is Dumbledore. He defeated Grindewald and Voldermort (a draw technically but Voldie fled). Dumbledore’s character is even still being built upon in the prequel series. Second would be Voldemort. Who killed Snape… So the first two are infamous and Snape woulda been the lesser known one…
lol even narcissa was able to successfully lie to old voldy. using that feat as proof of his power is just silly. he gets wrecked by dumbledore and voldemort. probably flitwick too.
Dont disrespect Molly Weasley like that. Very little is as terrifying as being strangled to death by your own clothes then getting wombo combo'd by a bombarda maxima at point blank range. Molly is a savage.
I agree. McG is my fave, but i agree that snape had explored more of magic in general. He was never into potions until lilly (who was a very gifted potioneer) started taking advanced potions. He joined it to be close to her again, and ended up excelling above all others. Note, james was the son of a gifted potion maker (sleekeazy hair formula) and he was not even better than Lilly. Slughorn even said she was probably the most gifted student he had ever had. He also described her fish, transfigured from a lilly, and how it lasted her entire lifetime. This is insanely powerful level magic that is always overlooked. She was immensely gifted, yet still.... Severus was better. That says a lot. He didn't ever jut excell in one form of magic, but actually had a knack for pretty much ALL forms or schools of magic. Spoken and unspoken, spell creation.... I think he even knew a fair bit of wand lore since Dumbledore (who also knew a ton of wandlore) confided in him about the elder wand and how it truly worked, and why snape must kill Dumbledore and voldie must kill harry, and that harry must be willing to die, since the wand would recognize harry's intact soul (plus something extra) and compare it to voldie's weakened, shredded soul. As powerful as voldie was, he was still not that gifted... Just powerful. If he was smart, he would have known there is more power to be had by exploring ALL magic and not JUST the dark side. Voldie, notably, was the one who sought out snape, going in-person. He knew snape had an extreme amount of both power AND proficiency. Again, Minerva is my fave... But snape was definitely one of the most powerful, most knowledgeable, most gifted of any magic user ever. Remember, spell creation is not just hard, it is very dangerous. . . it is pointed out in the books by Hermione, and she goes on to say that is the reason why most spells in the wizarding world are actually very old. . . . so snape did something else many could not, and wouldn't even dare to attempt.... MANY TIMES, SUCCESSFULLY. Also, his abilities with occlumency/ligillimency, so good that Dumbledore sent Harry to learn it from him, rather than train harry himself. Another area snape surpassed both voldie and Dumbledore.
But potions aren’t very useful for fights. I think that Minerva’s animagi, Snapes Potions and the oclumeny and legilimenty aren’t a big point, cause their are useless in a fight like we have seen in year 7
Well Dumbledore sent Harry to Snape because every time dumbledore was around Harry Voldie was there lying in his mind. Hence teaching him occlumency was not going to be very effective.
I agree but Severus has always liked potions. He was good at potions even as a child. Even before he knew Lily. His mother taught Potions to him. And Severus taught Potions to Lily. He was also much better than Lily at Potions. (Slughorn confirmed this.)
I think that McGonagall didn’t really want to hurt Snape when they duelled in the deathly hallows, after all they’d become close colleague (and possibly friendly rivals) in the years they’d worked together, but she had to do something to protect Harry and the other students from Voldemort and the death eaters. This may have held her back a tiny bit but Snape is also a extremely powerful wizard and I see them as equally powerful. I honestly don’t know that’s just my train of thought going off a bridge again
I do not believe that anybody became close with Snape. He was too well installed in his role of being an ass with everybody. That's what made it believable when he joined Voldemort after his come back. As long as Dumbledore was alive, people tried to believe Snape was on their side, because if Dumbledore says so, it must be true. But once he killed Dumbledore, it was over. I'm sure Minerva hated him in that last year, but she had to deal with it for the students. She knew if she opposed him, she would be thrown out (or worse) and couldn't be there to try helping to protect the students from the Carrows. Once Harry came back, it was a sign for battle. It was time to do something. And she let her fury go out. To no avail. Let's face it, being a legilimens is I believe helpful in duels if you face someone who's not an occlumens (or not really skilled).
Maybe it's a different take on what "power" means, but I think the fact that McGonagall never had to turn to the dark arts to achieve her power, whereas Snape did, says something about her power.
Perhaps, but most of the youtubers that upload this videos of this fantastic world of harry potter say that snape was a littlebit more powerfull than mcgonagall, because snape was teach by lord voldemort in the dark arts and possibly it´s a plus for him, but rowlling not say anything, so this is my theory :D
Professor McGonagall was never tormented and bullied in school. Snape also had a terrible home life, with a brutish father and a mother who was neglectful at best. Hogwarts should have been more of a haven for him but the Marauders really did torment him. Kids can be so unthinkingly mean and it speaks well of him that Remus Lupin acknowledged regretting his participation in it. Severus had nowhere else to turn but to fellow Slytherins as companions and the dark arts must have seemed like a way for him to feel powerful. Minerva was well liked, lauded by others for her brilliance, and came from a home where she had a mother who applauded her achievements. She was friendly and charming in addition to being brilliant which made her popular.
@@kushagranarayan6384 yes because he turned to the dark arts. What the creator of the first comment said. If Prof. G turned to the dark arts she would have killed Voldemort himself! But since she didn’t and still fought and survived 2 wars prior to (whereas Severus didn’t, had the dark arts, and still died in one war *cough cough*) it goes to show if they were placed on the same battle field with dark arts excluded, she would paint the floor with his deformed blood.....
I guarantee Snape would beat Mcgonagall . She's very powerful and would give Snape a difficult time but Snape just knows too many spells even the dark ones I also believe he is much faster and has better reflexes than the aging Mcgonagall . He was holding back against her due to respect and her attacking spell was so easy for Snape to handle that he even redirected it to the death eaters behind him. Judging by feats there's actually no one who can beat the 38 year old prime Snape except Voldemort Grindelwald and Dumbledore.
I always believed magical duelling was exactly like fencing. And IN fencing, you NEVER go all out in the first few clashes. You're just sort of "testing" the opponent before the actual match begins. It's my belief that Snape disengaged the fight before it truly began (also because there was the entire student body present). I severely doubt that we saw/read the full capabilities from either combatant. But that's just me 😊
I agree. Both of them have insane feats and projected capabilities. I think McGonagall has more experience and is a better specialist. I think Snape has more magical output and versatility.
Cmon guys, Snape would most likely wipe the floor with McGonagall, as amazing as she is, Snape is most likely only 3rd to Voldemort and Dumbledore when they were around.
@@thesurvivlist5440 and...you forgeting bout his leglimency at that age after being banished from wizarding world and being alone w/o magic for about four decades...pretty good not to mention he was wandless, and didn't give a crap at that point and laughed at Tom Riddle's face not to mention, Snape as killed by the same guy lol, was he not
I think we have to refer to the books when talking about the fight between McGonnigal and Snape. In the books he was fighting Sprout, McGonnigal and Flitwick at the same time. Due to the fact that both Flitwick and McGonnigal were two of the most powerful teachers at Hogwarts and he didn't put the most effort in the fight and still being able to fight on their level shows that Snape is clearly more powerful (even than both Flitwick and McGonnigal together). So although 3 Powerful wizards tried to probably kill him it was his decision to leave cause he didn't want to hurt them.
With all due respect to the Snape fans, I do agree, Snape could defeat McGonagal in duel, but that's because as we read in book 2 Snape was an excellent duelist. When it comes to power, it's s tricky thing, of what we have to handle with care. Bringing an army of half sentient clay soldiers to fight literal giants, vampires and dark wizards without visible hardship or strain, is a feat of power for sure, but wouldn't really be useful in a 1v1 duel, where the target is clear. I root for McGonagal in terms of power tho just very slightly, she was the second in command in the school after Dumbledore, which decision was made by him, considering what happens when he is gone, and Voldemort is still alive. He considered McGonagal to be the right pick. But again, they are very close the each other, excel in different fields which are hard to compare, and tho I think Snape would defeat McGonagal in a duel, it would definitely cost him.
McGonagall hands down winner. Her feats are just more impressive. Snape was very powerful, but was fighting for his life against McGonagall, and was forced to hide behind a suit of armour when she non-verbally sent daggers after him. Just a few points I'd like to make: McGonagall was an extremely accomplished witch in almost every area of magic. She was the only person ever seen to produce more than one Patronus at once - which she did non-verbally! She disintegrated Snape's fiery serpent nonverbally with a wave of her wand, and instantly turned them into a swarm of pursuing daggers. If Snape was more powerful or skilled than she was, he should have been able to magically neutralize them; he couldn't. Without the suit of armour to hide behind, he'd be dead. With a single spell usage, she animated, brought to life and controlled all the thousands of suits of armour, desks, chairs and statues to lead them into battle against Voldemort. She became an Animagus at 17 - meaning she had to brew the extremely advanced Animagus potion, which means she is no Potions slouch either, and it's disastrous if brewed incorrectly. She took no less than 4 stunners to the chest when rogue Aurors stunned her without warning in the dark. It takes 7 to knockout a dragon. Madam Pomfrey testifies they'd not have won if she'd duelled them, which is perhaps why they stunned her. Snape was knocked out by Ron, Hermione and Harry casting Expelliarmus. She duelled and easily defeated Amycus and Alecto Carrow at the same time - they retreated with their arms over their heads. Remus Lupin was having problems with his Death Eater opponent in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower; whilst McGonagall had no problem defeating two of them at once. She even duelled Voldemort himself with aid, likely leading the attack with her outstanding Transfiguration skills, which as can be seen from the two most impressive duels (Snape vs McGonagall, Dumbledore vs Voldemort) - are a very useful and powerful tool in the hands of a master. She even cast an effective Imperius Curse on Amycus Carrow, and easily reversed and then recast the Dark Charm Ocausi, the latter non verbally. She also could produce wandless magic. Do not get me wrong - Snape is a very powerful wizard in his own right, with considerable skills in his own right. But in my opinion, he doesn't match McGonagall.
I think he also overstates Snape's prowess as a student. McGonagall was the clear best of her time at Hogwarts. Snape was overshadowed by the potential of at least to other students.
That's a tough call... on one hand, I'm sure that Snape wasn't trying to give it his all in his duel against McGonnagal (being Dumbeldore's double agent), but on the other, he was so surprised by her aggressive and powerful attacks that he was immediately on the back foot... so, honestly, I can't say who's more powerful. One thing is clear, however, they both strike me as extremely close in power levels.
Charline Thom Yeah he did. He conjured a black snake and McGonagall transfigured it into a swarm of daggers and sent it at Snape which would have killed him if he didn’t jump behind the bewitched armour at the last second.
My favorite so far. I love them both, but agree that Snape was more powerful due both to the hardships he endured and his brutal determination. The duel scene is one of my favorites, knowing he had to exercise restraint while giving the impression of fighting back (and cleverly taking out the death eaters behind him). Well done, thank you❤️
I would say Snape... Snape effectively trained himself to be a deadly combatant, poised to go for the throat. He literally invented a spell that - judging by the Latin - could leave infinite or permanent lacerations on a victim's body, had he not developed a counter-curse for it. However, Snape had long-since been humbled in life, and realized the danger of using such spells frivolously. So he practiced a great deal of restraint. Snape strikes me as the kind of guy who - although perfectly willing to verbally abuse children - avoids a straight fight, because he knows he's going to win.
The strongest difference between Snape and McGonagall as students at Hogwarts is that one was celebrated for her magical prowess, and one was bullied and vilified, his innate talents cast as a sign of his innate evil. I think their divergent outcomes were wholly predictable.
And I thought Snape's introduction in the movies and his speech about "brewing glory and putting stopper at death" was just a dialogue. Your inference is valid. I support the conclusion in the video and it's reason too. Thank you
I'm with you, and another thing to drive the point home, he is so good that he didn't only put the minimum effort to seem as he was fighting, he did it while redirecting the curses to the twin deathwater teachers killing them before leaving, striking them with McGonagall's spells without even looking back at them.
Before watching. It's Snape. There's the scene in the 7th book when McGonagall ambushes Snape with Flitwick and Sprout's help (the scene is quite different in the movie). Snape fights through all 3 of them and manages to escape.
@@rakdar1714 It's the getting to the window I'm talking about. McGonagall attacked him in the corridors and Flitwick and Sprout joined in. He had to fight them off to get into a classroom where there was a window he could jump out of. Pretty impressive considering who the three people attacking him were
This is so much better than the usual clips on that subject. The presenting is sound and easily to understand. Extra points to the speaker, who speaks beautifully and has a pleasant voice. The pacing differs agreeably from the mostly too hectic presentations of American origin. Well done!
I agree with almost everything you said. Snape was definitely holding back, that act alone also kept Mcgonagal from going all out. She was trying to beat him, but i don't think she was truly trying to destroy him. I don't think either one of them showed what they were truly capable of. Snape holding back doesn't mean he is more powerful, it just means she didn't truly defeat him. Don't get me wrong, I think Snape is more powerful, but your reasoning doesn't truly lend to certainty. I don't think he could have easily bested her if they were both going all out.
In the books she had the Upperhand so much Snape needed to hide behind a statue because he couldn't deflect her spells anymore. So yeah, books proof McGonagall is the more powerfull of the 2.
I thought that the line about knowing more curses than 7th years was a bit of a dig at Bellatrix who might have been one of those 7th years. I also wondered if he might not have been doing some form of mediwizard training at St Mungo's. He certainly had the skill to be a healer, it would be useful to both the Order and the Death Eaters.
@@MasterOfTheElements according to the Black Family Tree, yes. However, assuming that Sirius has a grasp of people who were actually at Hogwarts during his time, he did say that "the Lestranges" were at school with Snape. A Bellatrix born after the first of September 1953 would be a seventh year when Snape was a first year. If Andromeda is only one year younger, then Nymphadora could still just about squeeze through her time at Hogwarts and Auror training without Andromeda being an underage teen mother. To me, that makes more sense based on what we're actually told in the books, than the secondary source material from JKR who really isn't great at maths. I doubt even the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black would be too fond of the 13 and 14 year old fathers that tree shows (including Sirius' own maternal grandfather)
I still think that McGonagall knew more about what was going on than it seems. The duel was a perfect enactment of a duel, performed by two of the most powerful witches and wizards of their time.
I don't believe McGonagall was trying her hardest when she attacked snape. Not at all. You could see it in her eyes that she was holding back but still trying to harm him. She was saying "how dare you". That engine was definitely just warming up.
McGonagall went 1v1 against Snape. He needed to hide behind a statue since he couldn't deflect her spells anymore. It was never 1v2, since the moment Flitwick arrived, Snape fled (He knew that if it was Flitwick and McGonagall against him toegther, he would have died before he even could have fired off a spell).
I think they are extremely close, McGonagall surviving a fight against Voldemort himself is absolutely insane. But Snape was an incredible duelist in his own right. I think in a duel between them in which Snape is actually trying probably results in a Snape win, but I would not be surprised if McGonagall won either.
Snape was more powerful and skilled than McGonagall in many aspects. His mastery of potions making, spell knowledge, defense against the dark arts and occlumency were almost unrivalled, and he was wery competent in other branches of magic and knowledge too. I think that McGonagall truly exceed him only in transfiguration, while being equal or weaker in other aspects than Snape. And while she is very powerful witch, she is probably pretty old too, so I think she achieved everything she could. Snape was far younger and If he had lived longer he could achieve even more, I believe approaching even the level of Dumbledore, Grindelwald or Voldemort.
I agree, yet I do think McGonagall's jockey powers in sports and her successes in interpersonal relationships should count to her being stronger in other aspects, precisely those where Snape completely failed. She's an animagus to boot.
Age makes no difference here. McGonagall moves at speeds that even shocked Harry in the books and defeated a death eater much younger than her with ease. In the their book duel McGonagall was making Snape fight for dear life.
@@TheJayden3977 Snape didn't want to hurt McGonagall, because he still was a "good guy". He fought with her for his life for sure, for McGonagall duelled him as well as she could while Snape was in defence, not willing to attack and kill McGonagall. I'm not saying that McGonagall was weak or something, she was very powerful, but Snape at the time was at least as powerful as she was.
Matthaeus de Cuiavia He was still trying his hardest to defend against her attacks and Snape has been more of a defensive duelist. The fact that she nearly overwhelmed him shows how tough McGonagall is dueling wise. On top of that McGongall has more dueling feats than Snape does. Snape only ever went against an emotional unstable Harry and McGonagall herself (which didn’t go on long enough to see who would win).
I don’t know about destroying McGonogal because there was no indication that McGonogal was on full tilt, because the fight was fairly short and unresolved, and she wasn’t physically exhausted. Also, her confidence could be attributed to the fact that she was surrounded by allies. She might’ve fought very different in a one on one. I’m basing this off the movie and the subtext I get from the acting choices.
To a certain extent I believe she was also holding back since they were dueling between a bunch of children so although she was attacking likely it was held back
Severus Snape is more powerful but Minerva Mcgonagall is also quite powerful in her own right. Severus Snape: Skills ans Abilities: Potions Master Mind Arts Master Master Spell Crafter Defence Expert Duelling Expert Minerva Mcgonagall: Skills and Abilities: Transfiguration Mistress Defence Expert Duelling Expert Charms Expert Severus Snape is my Favourite Character but Mcgonagall is also quite Powerful. Love this video!!!
Great video! But I was irked by the notion that Snape learned the dark arts because he was bullied. He was already started down that path before he even went to school, which is why you later say he showed up knowing more curses in his first year than most in their seventh.
I wanna thank you not only for the great content, but for the clear and slow way you`re speaking english. It`s really easy to understand you as a non native english speaker. :)
I remember the scene from the half blood Prince book.......when death eaters blocked the way to the astronomy tower by an unknown strong spell amid battle and no one could go through the way(not even any order of the phoenix members including Mcgonnagal).....but Snape passed it like a free way.
@@mrdark9916 can u tell me the chapter and page number where it is mentioned that one need a dark mark to pass that invisible barrier.....bcz i never saw it mentioned in the book.
For me it’s Mcgonogall. She was more trusted and was closer to dumbledor than Snape. She was more wiser. Just because snape hold back on that fighting scene that doesn’t mean she is automatically defeated. She is really actually brave for standing up for the school.
guysss, yes snape held back when mcgonagall attacked to him BUT so does mcgonagall. what i’m trying to say is, mcgonagall DIDN’T attacked him for his life. i mean, she had to protect harry from snape but she definitely didn’t want to hurt/kill snape. mcgonagall wasn’t showing her all wizarding skills. both of them were the greatest student in their school years. both of them are so powerful.
She said this just to satisfy some ... Everything is infront you Snape was able to dodge her attack very easily he know better attacking and defensing spells than her , he can defeat her easily but he don't want to even fight with her
I agree with you bro even when I saw them duel in deathly Hallows it's pretty obvious during there duel he was holding back so his cover wouldn't be blown . The fact that some people didn't notice that 😂😂 like how can you call yourself a Harry Potter fan and not Notice him holding back on purpose 🤔🤔🤔🤔.
Snape was a wizard of such magical knowledge that even Dumbledore deferred to him. He spied against someone who could literally read minds. For him it was extremely easy to block everything Harry threw at him (just almost lazy waves of his hand), when even Death Eaters had issues holding off Harry and other DA members. Just because he's not flashy like Voldie or Dumbledore doesn't mean he's not powerful. He was also much younger than them.
Hey @Harry Potter Theory , I don't know if you already do it or not, but I really recommend doing some voice overs or reading for Audible books. You have an amazingly soothing voice, very fit for background listening. I actually doze off while listening to this video without ever missing a word, and that's some insanely good vocal qualities. I could relive scenes from the movies in my head guided by your narration. Specially the duel between McGonagall and Snape, even remembering how he knocks the two death eaters behind him. You have talent mate, please use it more often if possible.
While I agree that snape was definitely more powerful than mcgonagall she definitely is a boss but snape could have turned up the heat if he so chose but he was definitely hurt that mcgonagal never knew of his true identity that he was in fact a double agent and the simple fact that he fooled Voldemort all those years and that’s no easy feat not to mention creating his own spells 🪄 I truly hated snape at first but the night harry discovered the truth I actually gained so much respect and admiration for him especially when he openly admitted to dumbledore his affection for harry I actually shed a tear 😢 thank you for this video I can’t believe I considered myself a Harry Potter fan when there was so much I didn’t know and I learned it all from you I thoroughly enjoy your content and look forward to every single video… p.s. sorry for butchering the spelling errors and lack of punctuation laying in bed 🛌 tired and wanting to watch another video of yours hehe 😉 can’t get enough
Snape had an amazing talent for learning. He served under Voldemort and later under Dumbledore. With an aptitude for learning and spending time with the two most powerful wizards of the time, what do you think the results would be? Michael Jordan doesn't go around claiming to be the best of all time. We all know the answer to that question 😉.
I may not remember correctly, but I think Professor McGonagall defeated the Carrows before confronting Snape. In the movie we see Snape deflect McGonagall's attacks into the Carrows, thus eliminating them. This shows a high degree of control and precision from Snape, at least in the movie. But I completely agree that Snape could have defeated McGonagall, with some effort. Also, I don't know why but I still firmly believe that Snape discovered unassisted flight before Voldemort.
J. K. Rowling said in an interview that McGonagall could have defeated Snape if he hadn't escaped. In my opinion, Rowling's statements should not be contradicted.
@Jay P You know exactly what I mean, smartass. And in case you really are that insufferably obstinate, "phobe" refers to both fear _and_ revulsion, aka *prejudice.* You're just grasping at straws so you can dodge responsibility for being such a bigot.
Didn't Rowling say that McGonagall would have killed Snape in that duel? I also take to the adage: "Old age and trickery beat youth and skill." McGonagall was more experienced, and her areas of focus seem far more suited to creative thinking in a fight than Mr. I shoot swords at people. Snape is pretty great, yes, but transfiguration seems much better at getting tricky with. Snape also seems generally competent defensively, but creative fighting is what is more likely to get past a strong defense. McGonagall is also more likely to be able to take advantage of the terrain and their surroundings, since transfiguration allows for that sort of thing. Dumbledore did the same vs Baldy with making things get in the way of the killing curse. Essentially, a blunt direct method against a nuanced skilled creative method will lose unless there is a great power differential in the blunt's favour.
Idk how often these get looked at, but great video idea. “Who is More Powerful, Neville Longbottom or Ron Wesley?” Both have “defected” wands for a while, never really had much encouragement and was in Harry’s shadow
I hate the use of department head with Hogwarts because we never see multiple teachers in the same subject matter working full time until Firenze arrived in book 5. The staff table doesn’t contain any teachers other than those that teach Harry and he has the same teachers every year. Other students in a variety of years only ever mention the exact same teachers as Harry and we never have any reference to any other teachers at Hogwarts.
Of all time?? Merlin, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Peverells, Herpo the foul, Illvermorny, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Dumbledore, Nicolas flamel, Grindlewald, Voldemort, Credence Barebone, possibly Aberforth Dumbledore and Newt Scammander You sure about fourth But in case you were saying at that time,yeah maybe
@@harmanjotsingh4230 And then you haven't even mentioned the Prewetts and Prime Moody (And by extension Evan Rosier, who went 1v1 vs Moody and nearly killed him).
@Voldemort beat Grindelwald and Dumbledore Lol that your argument is: Voldemorts green spell was longer than Dumbledores red spell, so Voldemort Beat Dumbledore i suggest you watch back Goblet of Fire, where Harry destroys Voldemort because Harrys wand spell pushes away Voldemort spell and made it non-existent (So Harry is more powerful than Voldemort if we use your argument).
@Voldemort beat Grindelwald and Dumbledore And Since Harry's spell eat up Voldemorts, Harry is more powerful than any of them (Except thats not how it works, so your argument is invalid).
I don't know who would be more powerful. It was said in the video that McGonagall was going all out against Snape, but that Snape was using the bare minimum needed to counter her. We don't know that. What Minerva did could have just been the opening salvo and she could have been capable of much more. My impression from the video is that Snape indeed was not applying himself fully to the duel because he was only pretending to be the villain, but also that he was doing more than just using "bare minimum".... he looked like he was trying pretty darn hard to counter those curses flying at him. I also got the impression that McGonagall was just starting and was capable of a lot more. Snape does know more of the Dark Arts, so he'd have that advantage, but Minerva also has a lot of experience, and that counts for a lot.
Also we can see that in Half Blood Prince, Snape is the first person who analyzed the cursed necklace even though Harry bring it straight to McGonagall.
I don't think he created it, rather he encountered it and created the counter curse for it. Remember in the Deathly Hallows and the accident with the ear (unsure exact words) Lupin mentions Snape was always proficient at using Sectumsempra but if Snape had invented it then how was it recognized. Also the Half-Blood Prince potions book didn't have the crossing outs like the other spells written in it. So I think Snape simply encountered it in some other book perhaps from the Restricted Section or mentioned in a Defense Against the Dark Arts class and copied it down. But cause Molly and none of the rest could restore/heal the missing ear yet when Harry used it against Malfoy and Snape healed him, I think maybe Snape figured out/created the counter curse. Though why it wasn't written next to it maybe either it's length was too much to write down or he invented it later in life either way Sectumsempra wasn't invented by Snape. Though I agree it is my favorite curse.
In the fan film "Severus Snape and the Marauders" Snape uses Sectumsempra on Lupin. He would have recognized that curse. Molly probably recognized it because Lupin told her.
@@ravenclawbabygirl6815 fan film isn't canon therefore can't be counted the books are the official canon. (Not counting the trash that shouldn't exist known as Cursed Child)
@@morrigankasa570 Harry Potter wiki say it is cannon that Snape invented it during his time at Hogwarts. Maybe Lupin learnt about it then? Or during the war before Snape turned spy for Dumbledore. Could have become famous due to him using it a lot. So I am pretty sure he created it. Which is crazy for a school kid... Kinda scary that a school kid invented such a brutal curse
@@pheonix_coalition7216 is the wiki officially written by JK Rowling? If so then may be canon though since wasn't explicitly stated in the books I am unsure. Still no clear explanation why that one was written full on without crossing outs/rewrites in the potion book is weird. Also how Lupin and Molly recognized it and exact explanation of the words that counter it. Also I like the spell so much and wonder if Harry hadn't panicked in the cave if he had aimed it could behead the Inferi and see if that could counter them.
Bellatrix- Dueled a 1v3 against 3 of the best students at hogwarts without her original wand. She defeated Tonks, killed Sirius, defeated Kingsley, blocked a spell from Dumbledore all in the same fight, and destroyed 4 snatchers before Harry could react. By dueling feats specifically Bella is far better than and of the professors. Additionally Flitwick is also above the other professors due to defeating Dolohov who stalemated Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and he was considered a “dueling champion”. Flitwick is extremely underrated. Snape is smart, and stronger than most, but he’s severely overrated. Also before anyone says anything Minerva only did so well against Voldemort because she had help and she was protected by Harry’s sacrificial protection. 1) Dumbledore 2) Grindelwald 3) Voldemort 4) Bellatrix 5) Flitwick 6) Snape 7) McGonagall
It doesn't make sense to argue that McGonagall was attacking Snape while Snape was defending; therefore Snape was more powerful. Snape was not trying to counterattack; therefore, he could focus all his energy on defending. McGonagall, by contrast, was focusing on attacking, and, not knowing that Snape had no intention of hurting her, still had to be prepared to defend. You could argue that McGonagall was more powerful, since she was prepared to both attack and defend, while Snape did nothing more than defend.
I will have to disagree. McGonagall was rated as one of the most powerful students to attend Hogwarts. Snape was also, but not as highly. He was never invited to The Slug Club. I also disagree because your point about him being able to destroy McGonagall doesn’t show enough evidence. How do we know that he could have destroyed her. While he may have been only holding her off, I believe that McGonagall could’ve gone much harder if she wanted to. But er priority at that point was not to be hunted by an army of death eaters for killing Snape, but to protect her students (meaning that she had to stay alive). And her powers are not shown at all throughout the series (but are later justified by J.K. Rowling herself. She also fought Voldemort (holding him off successfully). I love your videos, but I will have to disagree with this one.
He made multiple spells and corrected the potion books also he was in the slug club and on top of all this he was much younger if snape had 20 so years too get better at magic then he would be as if not then more powerful then Voldemort also snape wasn’t trying as hard as he could if he wanted in the duel
LogicalHalt - Gaming But in terms of dueling Snape doesn’t have the feats that McGonagall has. Snape was more of a magical academic than an actual duelist, and only has feats with McGonagall (which didn’t go on long enough to see a true outcome) and against Harry who was emotional unstable at the time. McGonagall has feats through easily defeated Alecto in the half blood prince and holding off Voldemort with Slughorn and Shacklebolt, with the Voldy getting mad that he couldn’t defeat them.
While that is true, she was probably the strongest and most effective of the three, as she fought alongside Horace Slughorn and Kingsley Shacklebolt, and while both of them are extraordinarily powerful, I don’t think it’s a contest who is the most powerful. She has also been stated much stronger than Harry, so I don’t know how much his protection really means.
People give too much to Snape because they want him to be a secret hero. When Mcgongall stepped forward it was fear on his face not hurt. He deflected because she didn’t give him the chance to attack and he fled because he knew that he needed to die at Voldermorts hands to complete his task, he didn’t flee because he didn’t want to hurt Mcgongall.
He didn't NEED to die. I don't think he even considered it a possibility, that is until Voldemort started reflecting on how the Elder Wand didn't appear to be working for him as he felt it should. He drew his wand, but Voldemort was able to attack him first. His last task was informing Harry what he needed to do to defeat Voldemort, something that nearly failed since he was dying and Harry and friends just HAPPENED to be there.
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Not to mention that Snape was a master of occlumancy, at a grade that not even Voldemort himself could read his mind. That alone tells us how talented he was.
But harry could in order of the pheonox
@@samfall9388 not in the books. In the books, he took a look into the memory through Penseive. The movie scene doesn't make sense considering Snape is one of the best Occulmencer to the point where even Voldemort can't look into his mind and Harry did it on his first try.
@@ulquiorraschiffer1956 yep, that’s it pretty much.
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@@ulquiorraschiffer1956 I'm the third movie when harry I'd the expecto patronum charm snap said who ever did that was a very powerful wizard I dont see why harry couldn't look into shapes mind
You missed the fact that snape purposely deflected mc gonagalls spell too knock out the two death eaters behind him then took their wands when flying out the window. What a move.
i think that’s just in the movies
@@kiter. still
Just in the movie. In the book he duels flitwick, sprout and McGonagall while trying not to hurt them
@@jiryaC nope it’s not canon at all
It’s just the movies. In the books she is in a full on duel when Flitwick and Sprout show up, and he jumps out the window as she is screaming “Coward! COWARD!”
Professor Minerva Mcgonagall has always been and will always be my favourite Harry Potter character, and Dame Maggie Smith justified the role, but the fact that she didn't get a lot of screentime is disappointing.🙁
I confess myself*laugh*... disappointed. Not one of you tried to find me
her and Luna are my favorites
Ditto
@@AngstyAnon 😂That is Voldy's line, isn't it?
"Have a biscuit, Potter."
I feel that not only did Snape not want to blow his cover in that duel with McGonagall, but he truly did not want to duel her because of the respect he had for her as a witch and as a person. To me, the look on his face is one of regret, of disliking that things had come to this point.
U are true
I honestly believe that Snape considered her a friend deep down and he definitely had respect for her as a duelist and as a teacher, but he had to keep up appearances to protect his cover so we never really got to see that side of Snape.
Snape didn't kill her because she a real G
Nailed it!
But that is implying that McGonagall did want this duel...and wanted to really beat her colleague of years...I am not at all convinced of this. Every spell she casts comes from a quivering hand...
Severus Snape
Dark arts
His understanding as a student is so great that he made multiple hexes and even curses while still in school. And his knowledge as an adult, was so great that even Albus Dumbledore came to him for help on the subject multiple times.
Potions
Schooled the potions book of hogwarts itself while he was still a student. He also created a resistance potion to a curse invented and cast by Voldemort himself, keeping it at bay for an extraordinarily long time, given that it was such an extremely powerful curse. He was even able to give private lessons in alchemy, something not even taught at hogwarts for its difficulty and required knowledge.
Spell creation
Created numerous powerful spells and curses while in school
Flight
Speaks for itself
Occlumency
His occlumency was so strong he kept Voldemort believing his loyalty for 17 years, Voldemort was considered the most powerful legilimence in history. The only people able to recreate this feat are gellert grindelwald and albus dumbledore.
Legilimency
Harry states multiple times that it was like snape could read his mind and during his departure of the astronomy tower he used legilimency to read Harry's attempted moves and countered them all before they could be cast. He could even use memory extraction by just eye contact, no want or incantation needed.
Transfiguration
He was seen transfiguring the whirlwind-shaped fire that McGonagall launched at him into a great black snake. Using his transfiguration, a very difficult form of magic, in the midst of combat. Snape even took it a step further, being a master at conjuration and vanishment. Conjuring ropes so fast with the incarcerous spell that neither Remus lupin or Sirius black could respond.
Defense against the dark arts
His encyclopaedic understanding of the dark arts made so that Snape taught the class at N.E.W.T level to such an effect that even Harry Potter could not help but be enchanted by his knowledge. His knowledge in healing was so great that Dumbledore once quoted to Harry that Snape was more experience in healing against Dark magic than poppy pomfrey was. Keeping albus alive for over a year while cursed, saving Katie bell form a cursed neck less and healing draco Malfoy with ease after being hit by sectumsempra, al though it should be noted snape himself created the spell so he had a full knowledge and understanding of it.
Minerva is a fucking badass but not in the way snape is. Keep in mind snape was way way younger so if we would have compared them at the same age I don’t even think this would have been fair. Minerva was the top student because she knew the books beter than anyone, but snape improved the books while he was still a child. Minerva learned from albus, but albus came to snape for help. It’s like Minerva was the best student when she was young, but snape was already the master.
I AGREE
@_ Sparr0w _ the part where snape killed the death eaters was only in the movie but I still think snape is more powerful
Minerva is one of only 7 known animagi alive (11 total with the marauders plus rita skeeter), literally summoned all the statues to be defenders of hogwarts (which was definitely one of a couple of difference makers in that battle) and she actually was not supposed to be as old as Maggie is, she just played mcgonagall so amazingly well she made the character hers literally. She was the deputy headmistress (I agree that this is in large part because of her relationship with dumbledore but even still), she held her own against Snape in a duel and forced his retreat. All that said, I do think its clear that Snape is probably the dumbledore to minervas grindelwald in that he is probably a shade more talented. They both were far and away the greatest at their subjects (transfiguration and potions) and were exceptional duelist with expertise in multiple disciplines, not just the one they teach. Awesome comment though, you really highlighted Snapes case extremely well. I just feel its an insult to Minerva to act like Snape was far and away superior. They were on the same level. At the highest level, you have Dumbledore, Tom Riddle and Grindelwald. Those 3 are so far above the rest, they could duel multiple opponents of elite caliber at one time. Then on the next tier, you have mcgonagall, snape, Sirius, James, Lily, Moody, Bellatrix and possibly Dolohov and Kingsley. Another possible person in this tier is actually Scrimgeour, I think its clear he was a powerful wizard as Voldemort clearly did not underestimate him by moving as quick as he possibly could have against him (evidenced by wanting multiple people around him before striking). Then after that level, its people like Lupin, Flitwick, Barty Crouch jr (and sr probably, he was called powerful magically), Aurors like Tonks, Frank and Alice Longbottom, Dawlish (dumbledore makes him look bad but he clearly was a gifted and intelligent wizard), and death eaters like Malfoy, Regulus Black (considered gifted and talented like Sirius in school) etc. And i think in that 3rd tier, Harry and Hermione have joined them by the end of the 7th book. Ron is probably in the 4th tier, but I think he would ultimately be on Hermiones level. I think Harry was on the path to greatness like Dumbledore, his difficult start in life and lack of a normal childhood just kept him from shining as bright as he could have if he had grown up with lily and james without the burdens he did. He was extraordinary. Also, the weasleys are hard to place for me but i think most are 4th tier right below the people ive mentioned, Arthur might get the bump to 3rd tier. Fabian and Gideon Prewett (mollys brothers) were probably 3rd tier though!
Sorry for the rant lol just really enjoyed reading your comment and wanted to respond!
Collin Wood I mean well yes she was on the same level, but just in accomplishments and talent (because keep in mind she was way olde than snape) she just didn’t make it. I would still have her high in my rankings for sure.
Your list is kinda the same, I don’t have lily and James that high, James has literally no feats other than being a marauder. Which is impressive because they were stated to be incredibly talented but I put him next to lupin, above most aurors but not on that even close to that snape level. Not on Sirius’s level either, who clearly liked dueling more than James. And lily has even less feats, her sacrificial magic is only viable in very very uniek circumstances and probably even by accident. Flitwick beat dolohov so let’s place him higher don’t you think. Also also yaxley stalemated Flitwick so yeah.
I’m not gonna debate every single ranking with you because we are more or less on the same page. You did forget some people, like the founders, peverell brothers, merlin, herpo the foul, morgana, the real Percival Graves, credence, aberforth, Amelia Bones and probably also Gunnar Grimmson.
The most weird and fascinating thing according to me about Hp is that professors are more powerful than ministers.
I wish this was true today.
Yea, like, wtf, right? These professors were also completely overqualified. They were PhDs teaching 11 year-olds...
D Z hogwarts is chalked up to be an elite school though, i’m sure there are some shitty inner city schools of magic
@@drewwolf5939 and some private tutions too
there were ministers that where strong and they had aurors for protection.
Well, consider people like Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, and Elon Musk compared to your average politician-or even the most "successful" politicians who find themselves in presidencies and prime ministerships.
Snape definitely held back during that moment when he duelled Mcgonagall, the film further elaborates Snape's skill by showing him subtly deflecting and redirecting Mcgonagall's spells at the death eaters beside him before retreating.
But I love how Lockhart was a made a fool out of by Snape in Chamber of Secrets during the dueling club.
The movies are non-canon. As such they don't count for the argument who is more powerful. Minerva is clearly, since 1v1 vs Snape, she gets the upperhand so much to the point he needs to hide behind a statue because he can't deflect her spells anymore.
@@nickdentoom1173 Correct. As much as that scene in the movies made my heart so happy. It isn't the original material. In the books she makes him look like a scrub.
@adamheighton2536 only because, again he isn't actually trying to fight. He's doing the bare minimum in order to keep up appearances
@@nickdentoom1173 he literally is just deflecting them while not firing a single spell back at her lmao yeah he really tried and and was still a double agent, and had no intentions of harming anyone at hogwarts especially the dozens of students standing behind her that couldve been harmed had she deflected any spells he threw at her or anyone for that matter unless it meant blowing his cover he would do what he had to do.
@@ThatKidTrixuh Thats in the movie, not in the books. In the books, Minerva made Snape cower behind a statue. The HP moves are non-canon, as they aren't the source material.
Snape deserves a movie for his origin.
Edit: thanks for likes people ❤️🙋♂️🙏
You would need a kid who could truly show his heartbreak after Lilly was put in Gryfindor. That kid would have to be a tremendous actor.
No we need a Marauders series. We know most of Snapes story.
Have you seen the fan made movie Severus Snape and the marauders? It’s really good acting and nice script!
While we're at origin movies, do one of McGonnagal too, please
A Marauders would greatly involve Snape no matter what. He #1 on they’re kids-to-mess-with list. Snape is almost like the Draco of the Marauders timeline in the eyes of the Marauders. No matter what, we’re gonna learn more about Snape, just like we were bound to learn about Draco
Snapes face emotions when him and mcgonagall had to fight was such a strong scene
i never realized Hermione is so much like McGonagall
Ikr! And Hermione became Minister for Magic right after she finished her 7th year (for the first time since they were occupied trying to destroy lord noseless)
@@lexilovesjesus9129 lord noseless LOL
@@DragonyCat haha that's what I call him
@@lexilovesjesus9129 , where does that come from? What did Harry do then? How powerful did they become as they got older? Never knew this info was out there. Now I'm really curious.
@@jasomkovac9115 if you look It up it says it. And I'm pretty sure Rowling confirmed. Harry became an Auror, Ginny became a professional Quidditch star, Ron worked with George in the joke shop and was an Auror with Harry:).
Prediction before watching: snape
Result: correct
Snape: you insufferable know it all
Don't spoil XD
@@kesemstudio oh my bad bro
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Before I even watch... I love McGonagall, probably one of my favorite characters overall. But Snape is probably the stronger of the two, dude created his own spells and bested the books... he was a prodigy.
I agree all the way but Mcgonagall made spells to only one she made is Locomotor Wibbly it made you trip over if you got hit by it and she increased power in Transfiguration spells so she made transfiguration more powerful as well she made Deletrius which deletes things from the earth
Hahaha, no McGonagall is a way more powerful duellist, Rowling herself said
@@ahmedayaat2727 No , what Rowling said is she would support McGonagall if there was a duel not that she would win. In an interview, J.k.Rowling answered a question on why there wasn’t any duel between Snape and Voldemort in DH. She said that their duel would overshadow the legendary duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, which she obviously didn’t want.
While it's true that in potion and dark charms (like sectumsempra), Snape probably beat her, but Snape will never in par with her in term of transfiguration, which is one of the most complex branch of magic.
If snape was that good, he wouldn’t be bullied by James in school.
Even though Mcgonagall is a very powerful witch, I just think that working with Voldemort and all, Snape would me stronger.
Edit: thanks for all the likes, lol.
I agree, but she worked with dumbledore.
@@dorol6375 but Voldemort was focused on becoming the strongest and most powerful, and he shared knowledge with his closest death eaters. Dumbledore was always more mysterious.
"Snape would me stronger"
@@khazinieakid714 do you feel smarter now?
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Snape only fled from mcgonagol because he was truly loyal to Dumbledore not because he couldn't beat her
No actually he got away because he don’t want to kill a professor
@@zetton7273 That's... what he said.
@@kimmie6718 LOL yeah
Lol he hitted so many good guys,in the first deathly hallows,and hagrid a great guy,why would he hesitate to attack McGonagall
@@zetton7273 No Snape was Loyal to Dumbledore so first off Snape did not really fight back only in the books Because in the books mcgonagall fought more furiously and he never intended to kill mcgonagall
Alan’s performance as snape really is one of the great performances in the history of film in my opinion.
Perfectly cast for the role of snape
I think the movie version of Snape is the most heroic character in fiction
I think Snape was the more powerful wizard, he didn‘t invented his own curses and potions for nothing 🤷🏼♀️
I agree
He was up there in the top 3 it could be possible if he lived longer he could overtake dumbledore
@@Palpatine420 No way!
I love how people tend to think he "Invented" potions+ curses.
He didn't "invent" jack sh*t. He _Modified_ spells/potions that _already existed_ .
The wiazrds that _actually invented things from scratch_ were geniuses like Voldemort/Merlin/Grindewald/ect.
Snape was _brilliant_ but he was _far_ from being a _true prodigy_ .
Take "Levicorpus" for instance. It just hang up people by their ankles . But levitation spells already existed. Muffliato merely made humming/buzzing noises instead of creating a field of silence like Silencio.
Idea:Bellatrix vs McGonagall My opinion that McGonagall is stronger witch but i think its a good idea
@Ludimeel Sorbo I don't think so i know Snape was holding back but she also toke down both off the carros but Bellatrix (i know was so of fooling around) couldn't take offf molly Weasley so McGonagall is the greater witch in duels too
probably bellatrix cuz she says that she has been trained by Lord Voldemort himself .There is an age difference bellatrix is more younger than mcgonagall. So ı'd say bellatrix wins
@Ludimeel Sorbo Sirius was a really powerful wizard. He was born in the black family like Bellatrix and could easily overpower a lot of death eaters.
@@masterskywa1425 younger is not the answer, REMEMBER witches and wizards bcomes more powerful as they age and 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).
@@masterskywa1425 nah but McGonagall was trained by the greastest wizard of all time Dumbledore.
The fact that both Severus and Minerva are such good roasters gives me a reason to literally love them. Although harsh,you can't deny Snape roasted Harry with such elegance and wise use of words and same goes for Minerva too. She roasted Umbridge so well in OoP.
People severely underestimate the power of transfiguration. Minerva is the master of it, she can use her surroundings to fight if it comes to it. Snape obviously has the upper hand in terms of dark- offensive spells, but that's not always what decides the outcome of a fight. I always viewed the two of them as equally formidable combatants and it would be hard to tell who wins.
See this is where I disagree.
While I do think Snape accomplished more forms of magical mastery (which doesn’t mean he is more powerful, it just means he is more versatile), I don’t think he’d beat McGonagall in a duel and here is why.
As far as the books go Snape only has two main demonstrations of dueling. One against an emotional unstable Harry, and the other against McGonagall. The problem with their duel is that it didn’t go on long enough to see a true outcome. The only thing we got as that McGonagall was making Snape fight for dear life. She almost killed him by transfiguring a swarm of daggers from a cobra he made, he only survived by jumping behind a bewitched suit of armour at the last second. While I don’t think he was actively trying to harm her, he is also a very defensive duelist and was trying his hardest to defend against her attacks. The fact she was nearly overwhelming him shows how tough McGonagal is duel wise.
Now to McGonagall. McGonagall has more feats with dueling than Snape, no question about it. She easily defeated Alecto Carrow in the Battle of the Astronomy tower and held her own against Voldemort along side Slughorn and Shacklebolt with the dark lord even getting frustrated at his inability to defeat any of them. This is on top of the fact that she survived two wizarding wars. Even against the aurors Pomfrey said that none of them would dare take McGonagall solo and if McGonagall was intending to fight instead of defending Hagrid the outcome would of have been different.
Snape always struck more as a magical academic than an actual duelist, which is why I think in a duel McGongall has the edge.
I think people see magical mastery as the be all and end off all to the capability of being a duelist and that’s why people back Snape, but when you really look at it in my opinion McGonagall will have more of a shot of coming out on top. This is also supported by the fact that transfiguration is one of the most useful abilities in a duel because it allows you to manipulate the environment around you.
Very well written. I was thinking similarly.
Exactly! McGonnagalll rocked. You missed that Snape duelled with Gilderoy Lickhart, if that could be called a duel
Perfectly Explained..
I totally agree, look at Harry and Hermione. Harry is a better duelist although Hermione surpasses him in magical mastery and knowledge.
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I'm with Snape. His ability to hide thoughts from Voldemort for years, his own devastating attacks, his will, and his heart. Not putting down Minerva though.
In the movie, Shape used/deflected Minerva's attacks to take out the bad guys on either side of him.
Movies are non-canon.
The Half-Blood Prince is more powerful.
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McGonagall was also holding back in during her Snape’s fight. She was still fighting inside with her feelings towards one she called a colleague/friend for so many years, a student she once teached to and I do believe she may have felt a bit of shame at the Idea that she could have helped him in his formative years that maybe if she did so this wouldn’t be happening. You can see her holding back after her first spell trying to see if he would answer then again by not pursuing him to keep the fight going. She might have not been winning either way but she wasn’t all out.
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I guess you could say Snape is a tall fine drink of water 😉 💚🖤💚🖤💚🖤
Severus Snape and the Goblet of Water
Haha. Yas. I needed this.
@@yomommasofatthanoshadtosna3479 More like Severus Snape is the Goblet of Water, am I right?
@@zimonzieclown1633 exactly 🤣
Ever since I first finished reading the series, I've always assumed Snape to be the most powerful wizard in the canon. I also think we were told this regularly.
What is the most powerful and complex form of magic in the Harry Potter world? Love.
Who is the one character with actions and motions completely driven by Love in the series? Snape.
Snape was extremely powerful at school and before he became a double agent. Imagine how powerful he would be when he was motivated by absolute love in all his actions following Lily's death?
People consider Voldemort to be tier 1 powerful, the only time Snape used his powers against Voldemort in a comparable way was Snape's occlumency vs Voldemort's legilimency - Snape's powers won out, the power of love lead to him to be more powerful to protect Lily, and in turn Harry.
They knew there was no value in Snape trying to kill Voldemort. He couldn't without destroying the Horcruxes, upon which his cover would be blown and his value would be less to the Order. But, as Molly Weasley demonstrated with her defeat of Bellatrix driven by pure love for her family in spite of her lesser "traditional" magic abilities, in a fair fight with a 1 souled Voldemort vs extremely powerful, love-driven Snape... I'm going for Snape.
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How it should have ended
Snape vs 1 soul voldie oh shit
Snape is powerful but he doesn't compare to the trinity Grindelwald, Voldemort and Dumbledore he would lose hard to all 3 of them.
No, Snape was the third strongest wizard of his era. And we shouldn’t look at that as a slight. Because the number one guy is Dumbledore. He defeated Grindewald and Voldermort (a draw technically but Voldie fled). Dumbledore’s character is even still being built upon in the prequel series. Second would be Voldemort. Who killed Snape… So the first two are infamous and Snape woulda been the lesser known one…
lol even narcissa was able to successfully lie to old voldy. using that feat as proof of his power is just silly. he gets wrecked by dumbledore and voldemort. probably flitwick too.
Dont disrespect Molly Weasley like that. Very little is as terrifying as being strangled to death by your own clothes then getting wombo combo'd by a bombarda maxima at point blank range. Molly is a savage.
I agree. McG is my fave, but i agree that snape had explored more of magic in general. He was never into potions until lilly (who was a very gifted potioneer) started taking advanced potions. He joined it to be close to her again, and ended up excelling above all others. Note, james was the son of a gifted potion maker (sleekeazy hair formula) and he was not even better than Lilly. Slughorn even said she was probably the most gifted student he had ever had. He also described her fish, transfigured from a lilly, and how it lasted her entire lifetime. This is insanely powerful level magic that is always overlooked. She was immensely gifted, yet still.... Severus was better. That says a lot. He didn't ever jut excell in one form of magic, but actually had a knack for pretty much ALL forms or schools of magic. Spoken and unspoken, spell creation.... I think he even knew a fair bit of wand lore since Dumbledore (who also knew a ton of wandlore) confided in him about the elder wand and how it truly worked, and why snape must kill Dumbledore and voldie must kill harry, and that harry must be willing to die, since the wand would recognize harry's intact soul (plus something extra) and compare it to voldie's weakened, shredded soul. As powerful as voldie was, he was still not that gifted... Just powerful. If he was smart, he would have known there is more power to be had by exploring ALL magic and not JUST the dark side. Voldie, notably, was the one who sought out snape, going in-person. He knew snape had an extreme amount of both power AND proficiency. Again, Minerva is my fave... But snape was definitely one of the most powerful, most knowledgeable, most gifted of any magic user ever. Remember, spell creation is not just hard, it is very dangerous. . . it is pointed out in the books by Hermione, and she goes on to say that is the reason why most spells in the wizarding world are actually very old. . . . so snape did something else many could not, and wouldn't even dare to attempt.... MANY TIMES, SUCCESSFULLY. Also, his abilities with occlumency/ligillimency, so good that Dumbledore sent Harry to learn it from him, rather than train harry himself. Another area snape surpassed both voldie and Dumbledore.
But potions aren’t very useful for fights. I think that Minerva’s animagi, Snapes Potions and the oclumeny and legilimenty aren’t a big point, cause their are useless in a fight like we have seen in year 7
Well Dumbledore sent Harry to Snape because every time dumbledore was around Harry Voldie was there lying in his mind. Hence teaching him occlumency was not going to be very effective.
I agree but Severus has always liked potions.
He was good at potions even as a child.
Even before he knew Lily.
His mother taught Potions to him.
And Severus taught Potions to Lily.
He was also much better than Lily at Potions.
(Slughorn confirmed this.)
No he didn't surpass Dumbledore and voldemort. And flitwick surpassed them in charms
I think that McGonagall didn’t really want to hurt Snape when they duelled in the deathly hallows, after all they’d become close colleague (and possibly friendly rivals) in the years they’d worked together, but she had to do something to protect Harry and the other students from Voldemort and the death eaters. This may have held her back a tiny bit but Snape is also a extremely powerful wizard and I see them as equally powerful. I honestly don’t know that’s just my train of thought going off a bridge again
No she was definitely dueling to hurt Snape. If you read the books you can tell Mcgonagall and Snape didn’t like each other.
I appreciate this comment and I agree.
I do not believe that anybody became close with Snape. He was too well installed in his role of being an ass with everybody.
That's what made it believable when he joined Voldemort after his come back.
As long as Dumbledore was alive, people tried to believe Snape was on their side, because if Dumbledore says so, it must be true. But once he killed Dumbledore, it was over.
I'm sure Minerva hated him in that last year, but she had to deal with it for the students. She knew if she opposed him, she would be thrown out (or worse) and couldn't be there to try helping to protect the students from the Carrows.
Once Harry came back, it was a sign for battle. It was time to do something. And she let her fury go out. To no avail.
Let's face it, being a legilimens is I believe helpful in duels if you face someone who's not an occlumens (or not really skilled).
That’s the movie in the books she casted. A spell that through daggers at him
She was dueling to kill. Snape was not.
Maybe it's a different take on what "power" means, but I think the fact that McGonagall never had to turn to the dark arts to achieve her power, whereas Snape did, says something about her power.
Perhaps, but most of the youtubers that upload this videos of this fantastic world of harry potter say that snape was a littlebit more powerfull than mcgonagall, because snape was teach by lord voldemort in the dark arts and possibly it´s a plus for him, but rowlling not say anything, so this is my theory :D
Professor McGonagall was never tormented and bullied in school. Snape also had a terrible home life, with a brutish father and a mother who was neglectful at best. Hogwarts should have been more of a haven for him but the Marauders really did torment him. Kids can be so unthinkingly mean and it speaks well of him that Remus Lupin acknowledged regretting his participation in it. Severus had nowhere else to turn but to fellow Slytherins as companions and the dark arts must have seemed like a way for him to feel powerful. Minerva was well liked, lauded by others for her brilliance, and came from a home where she had a mother who applauded her achievements. She was friendly and charming in addition to being brilliant which made her popular.
🤣🤣😂😂what an excuse 🤣, he was still powerful than gongall as serius said the quote ...
@@kushagranarayan6384 yes because he turned to the dark arts. What the creator of the first comment said. If Prof. G turned to the dark arts she would have killed Voldemort himself! But since she didn’t and still fought and survived 2 wars prior to (whereas Severus didn’t, had the dark arts, and still died in one war *cough cough*) it goes to show if they were placed on the same battle field with dark arts excluded, she would paint the floor with his deformed blood.....
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Snape never used dark arts against McGonagall he used transfiguration and charms.
I guarantee Snape would beat Mcgonagall . She's very powerful and would give Snape a difficult time but Snape just knows too many spells even the dark ones I also believe he is much faster and has better reflexes than the aging Mcgonagall . He was holding back against her due to respect and her attacking spell was so easy for Snape to handle that he even redirected it to the death eaters behind him. Judging by feats there's actually no one who can beat the 38 year old prime Snape except Voldemort Grindelwald and Dumbledore.
Exactly , the abilities were unmatchable, and that the Snape was bit more cunning
I feel like Bellatrix would be a great opponent! :)
Nah, before Snape could lift his wand he would be a Water Goblet.
Would say that Mcgonagall wins high diff. Btw on speed level, if we follow the films, they are equal. Both can fly.
I always believed magical duelling was exactly like fencing. And IN fencing, you NEVER go all out in the first few clashes. You're just sort of "testing" the opponent before the actual match begins. It's my belief that Snape disengaged the fight before it truly began (also because there was the entire student body present). I severely doubt that we saw/read the full capabilities from either combatant. But that's just me 😊
I agree. Both of them have insane feats and projected capabilities. I think McGonagall has more experience and is a better specialist. I think Snape has more magical output and versatility.
Cmon guys, Snape would most likely wipe the floor with McGonagall, as amazing as she is, Snape is most likely only 3rd to Voldemort and Dumbledore when they were around.
I agree
Dont forget Grindlewald was still alive and Abeeforth might have been as powerful as snape as well
@@harmanjotsingh4230 nah, Grindelwald was killed by Voldemort when he ask him where to get the elder wand.
@@thesurvivlist5440 and...you forgeting bout his leglimency at that age after being banished from wizarding world and being alone w/o magic for about four decades...pretty good
not to mention he was wandless, and didn't give a crap at that point and laughed at Tom Riddle's face
not to mention, Snape as killed by the same guy lol, was he not
@@harmanjotsingh4230 Grindelwald got beaten by dumbledore having the elder wand in his possesion though.
I think we have to refer to the books when talking about the fight between McGonnigal and Snape. In the books he was fighting Sprout, McGonnigal and Flitwick at the same time. Due to the fact that both Flitwick and McGonnigal were two of the most powerful teachers at Hogwarts and he didn't put the most effort in the fight and still being able to fight on their level shows that Snape is clearly more powerful (even than both Flitwick and McGonnigal together). So although 3 Powerful wizards tried to probably kill him it was his decision to leave cause he didn't want to hurt them.
I think u should read books again XD He was figthing Mcgonagall and fleed when Flitwick And Sprout came
With all due respect to the Snape fans, I do agree, Snape could defeat McGonagal in duel, but that's because as we read in book 2 Snape was an excellent duelist. When it comes to power, it's s tricky thing, of what we have to handle with care. Bringing an army of half sentient clay soldiers to fight literal giants, vampires and dark wizards without visible hardship or strain, is a feat of power for sure, but wouldn't really be useful in a 1v1 duel, where the target is clear. I root for McGonagal in terms of power tho just very slightly, she was the second in command in the school after Dumbledore, which decision was made by him, considering what happens when he is gone, and Voldemort is still alive. He considered McGonagal to be the right pick. But again, they are very close the each other, excel in different fields which are hard to compare, and tho I think Snape would defeat McGonagal in a duel, it would definitely cost him.
Nah, in the first part he fight’s only with Mcgonagall alone.
McGonagall hands down winner. Her feats are just more impressive. Snape was very powerful, but was fighting for his life against McGonagall, and was forced to hide behind a suit of armour when she non-verbally sent daggers after him. Just a few points I'd like to make:
McGonagall was an extremely accomplished witch in almost every area of magic. She was the only person ever seen to produce more than one Patronus at once - which she did non-verbally! She disintegrated Snape's fiery serpent nonverbally with a wave of her wand, and instantly turned them into a swarm of pursuing daggers. If Snape was more powerful or skilled than she was, he should have been able to magically neutralize them; he couldn't. Without the suit of armour to hide behind, he'd be dead.
With a single spell usage, she animated, brought to life and controlled all the thousands of suits of armour, desks, chairs and statues to lead them into battle against Voldemort.
She became an Animagus at 17 - meaning she had to brew the extremely advanced Animagus potion, which means she is no Potions slouch either, and it's disastrous if brewed incorrectly.
She took no less than 4 stunners to the chest when rogue Aurors stunned her without warning in the dark. It takes 7 to knockout a dragon. Madam Pomfrey testifies they'd not have won if she'd duelled them, which is perhaps why they stunned her. Snape was knocked out by Ron, Hermione and Harry casting Expelliarmus.
She duelled and easily defeated Amycus and Alecto Carrow at the same time - they retreated with their arms over their heads. Remus Lupin was having problems with his Death Eater opponent in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower; whilst McGonagall had no problem defeating two of them at once.
She even duelled Voldemort himself with aid, likely leading the attack with her outstanding Transfiguration skills, which as can be seen from the two most impressive duels (Snape vs McGonagall, Dumbledore vs Voldemort) - are a very useful and powerful tool in the hands of a master.
She even cast an effective Imperius Curse on Amycus Carrow, and easily reversed and then recast the Dark Charm Ocausi, the latter non verbally. She also could produce wandless magic.
Do not get me wrong - Snape is a very powerful wizard in his own right, with considerable skills in his own right. But in my opinion, he doesn't match McGonagall.
I think he also overstates Snape's prowess as a student. McGonagall was the clear best of her time at Hogwarts. Snape was overshadowed by the potential of at least to other students.
No
@@markbott7753 no
I agree Minerva for the win hands down.
If you watch the movie closely, he actually deflects McGonagalls spells into the siblings.
Duh everyone knows that
@Pascal Egli Alecto, I'm surprised I don't remember her name because I used to watch HP all the time.
Movie is non-canon. So doesn't count.
@@nickdentoom1173 it counts get over it.
@@tylee2358 Nope it doesn't, since its non-canon.
That's a tough call... on one hand, I'm sure that Snape wasn't trying to give it his all in his duel against McGonnagal (being Dumbeldore's double agent), but on the other, he was so surprised by her aggressive and powerful attacks that he was immediately on the back foot... so, honestly, I can't say who's more powerful. One thing is clear, however, they both strike me as extremely close in power levels.
I think in terms of dueling McGonagall is ahead, but when it comes to magical mastery and academics Snape is ahead by a nose.
Zayden
We are talking more about the book duel which plays out very differently.
@@TheJayden3977 Didn't Snape hide behind a suite of armor or something? lol
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Yeah he did. He conjured a black snake and McGonagall transfigured it into a swarm of daggers and sent it at Snape which would have killed him if he didn’t jump behind the bewitched armour at the last second.
@@TheJayden3977 Damn, McGonagall is a savage.
My favorite so far. I love them both, but agree that Snape was more powerful due both to the hardships he endured and his brutal determination. The duel scene is one of my favorites, knowing he had to exercise restraint while giving the impression of fighting back (and cleverly taking out the death eaters behind him). Well done, thank you❤️
I would say Snape...
Snape effectively trained himself to be a deadly combatant, poised to go for the throat. He literally invented a spell that - judging by the Latin - could leave infinite or permanent lacerations on a victim's body, had he not developed a counter-curse for it.
However, Snape had long-since been humbled in life, and realized the danger of using such spells frivolously. So he practiced a great deal of restraint.
Snape strikes me as the kind of guy who - although perfectly willing to verbally abuse children - avoids a straight fight, because he knows he's going to win.
The strongest difference between Snape and McGonagall as students at Hogwarts is that one was celebrated for her magical prowess, and one was bullied and vilified, his innate talents cast as a sign of his innate evil. I think their divergent outcomes were wholly predictable.
And I thought Snape's introduction in the movies and his speech about "brewing glory and putting stopper at death" was just a dialogue.
Your inference is valid. I support the conclusion in the video and it's reason too.
Thank you
Movies are non-canon. They don't count for this argument.
@@nickdentoom1173 Agreed.
I'm with you, and another thing to drive the point home, he is so good that he didn't only put the minimum effort to seem as he was fighting, he did it while redirecting the curses to the twin deathwater teachers killing them before leaving, striking them with McGonagall's spells without even looking back at them.
Before watching. It's Snape. There's the scene in the 7th book when McGonagall ambushes Snape with Flitwick and Sprout's help (the scene is quite different in the movie). Snape fights through all 3 of them and manages to escape.
I mean, he just runs away using the flying magic Voldemort taught him. That’s hardly an achievement.
@@rakdar1714 It's the getting to the window I'm talking about. McGonagall attacked him in the corridors and Flitwick and Sprout joined in. He had to fight them off to get into a classroom where there was a window he could jump out of. Pretty impressive considering who the three people attacking him were
@@crow_g1639 correct these people are just 💩💩💩
This is so much better than the usual clips on that subject. The presenting is sound and easily to understand. Extra points to the speaker, who speaks beautifully and has a pleasant voice. The pacing differs agreeably from the mostly too hectic presentations of American origin. Well done!
I agree with almost everything you said. Snape was definitely holding back, that act alone also kept Mcgonagal from going all out. She was trying to beat him, but i don't think she was truly trying to destroy him. I don't think either one of them showed what they were truly capable of. Snape holding back doesn't mean he is more powerful, it just means she didn't truly defeat him. Don't get me wrong, I think Snape is more powerful, but your reasoning doesn't truly lend to certainty. I don't think he could have easily bested her if they were both going all out.
In the books she had the Upperhand so much Snape needed to hide behind a statue because he couldn't deflect her spells anymore. So yeah, books proof McGonagall is the more powerfull of the 2.
@@nickdentoom1173 In the book isn't Snape also having to fight Professor Flitwick?
I love Maggie Smith, she turned Minerva into the best character of the entire franchise, it's sad that she didn't have more screen time :(
I thought that the line about knowing more curses than 7th years was a bit of a dig at Bellatrix who might have been one of those 7th years.
I also wondered if he might not have been doing some form of mediwizard training at St Mungo's. He certainly had the skill to be a healer, it would be useful to both the Order and the Death Eaters.
Bellatrix is 9 years older than Snape
@@MasterOfTheElements according to the Black Family Tree, yes. However, assuming that Sirius has a grasp of people who were actually at Hogwarts during his time, he did say that "the Lestranges" were at school with Snape. A Bellatrix born after the first of September 1953 would be a seventh year when Snape was a first year. If Andromeda is only one year younger, then Nymphadora could still just about squeeze through her time at Hogwarts and Auror training without Andromeda being an underage teen mother. To me, that makes more sense based on what we're actually told in the books, than the secondary source material from JKR who really isn't great at maths. I doubt even the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black would be too fond of the 13 and 14 year old fathers that tree shows (including Sirius' own maternal grandfather)
I still think that McGonagall knew more about what was going on than it seems.
The duel was a perfect enactment of a duel, performed by two of the most powerful witches and wizards of their time.
I don't believe McGonagall was trying her hardest when she attacked snape. Not at all. You could see it in her eyes that she was holding back but still trying to harm him. She was saying "how dare you". That engine was definitely just warming up.
Finally! I've been waiting for this video for ever!! Well Done Silas!
Snape fought McGonnagal and Flitwick at the same time.
Snape is the 4th more powerful character in HP Universe.
(And I'm a 'Snape hater'.)
Jajajajajjajajaja no
How could u hate Snape
McGonagall went 1v1 against Snape. He needed to hide behind a statue since he couldn't deflect her spells anymore. It was never 1v2, since the moment Flitwick arrived, Snape fled (He knew that if it was Flitwick and McGonagall against him toegther, he would have died before he even could have fired off a spell).
I think they are extremely close, McGonagall surviving a fight against Voldemort himself is absolutely insane. But Snape was an incredible duelist in his own right. I think in a duel between them in which Snape is actually trying probably results in a Snape win, but I would not be surprised if McGonagall won either.
Snape was more powerful and skilled than McGonagall in many aspects. His mastery of potions making, spell knowledge, defense against the dark arts and occlumency were almost unrivalled, and he was wery competent in other branches of magic and knowledge too. I think that McGonagall truly exceed him only in transfiguration, while being equal or weaker in other aspects than Snape. And while she is very powerful witch, she is probably pretty old too, so I think she achieved everything she could. Snape was far younger and If he had lived longer he could achieve even more, I believe approaching even the level of Dumbledore, Grindelwald or Voldemort.
I agree, yet I do think McGonagall's jockey powers in sports and her successes in interpersonal relationships should count to her being stronger in other aspects, precisely those where Snape completely failed. She's an animagus to boot.
Mcgonagall is actually only her her 60's when Harry Potter took place, she may have lived a few more decades like dumbledore
Age makes no difference here. McGonagall moves at speeds that even shocked Harry in the books and defeated a death eater much younger than her with ease. In the their book duel McGonagall was making Snape fight for dear life.
@@TheJayden3977 Snape didn't want to hurt McGonagall, because he still was a "good guy". He fought with her for his life for sure, for McGonagall duelled him as well as she could while Snape was in defence, not willing to attack and kill McGonagall. I'm not saying that McGonagall was weak or something, she was very powerful, but Snape at the time was at least as powerful as she was.
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He was still trying his hardest to defend against her attacks and Snape has been more of a defensive duelist. The fact that she nearly overwhelmed him shows how tough McGonagall is dueling wise. On top of that McGongall has more dueling feats than Snape does. Snape only ever went against an emotional unstable Harry and McGonagall herself (which didn’t go on long enough to see who would win).
I don’t know about destroying McGonogal because there was no indication that McGonogal was on full tilt, because the fight was fairly short and unresolved, and she wasn’t physically exhausted. Also, her confidence could be attributed to the fact that she was surrounded by allies. She might’ve fought very different in a one on one. I’m basing this off the movie and the subtext I get from the acting choices.
To a certain extent I believe she was also holding back since they were dueling between a bunch of children so although she was attacking likely it was held back
Severus Snape is more powerful but Minerva Mcgonagall is also quite powerful in her own right.
Severus Snape:
Skills ans Abilities:
Potions Master
Mind Arts Master
Master Spell Crafter
Defence Expert
Duelling Expert
Minerva Mcgonagall:
Skills and Abilities:
Transfiguration Mistress
Defence Expert
Duelling Expert
Charms Expert
Severus Snape is my Favourite Character but Mcgonagall is also quite Powerful.
Love this video!!!
McGonagall was working as a teacher before her birth... so: McGonagall
😂
I think that must be related to Time Turner...
Btw i think u meant his birth not her. And that only bcz she older. Speak some sense
Great video! But I was irked by the notion that Snape learned the dark arts because he was bullied. He was already started down that path before he even went to school, which is why you later say he showed up knowing more curses in his first year than most in their seventh.
It was me who started thw debate in comments section regarding Mcgonagall and Snape. But I applaud that the video maker noticed it. Thanks.
I wanna thank you not only for the great content, but for the clear and slow way you`re speaking english. It`s really easy to understand you as a non native english speaker. :)
Before watching, definitely snape.
I remember the scene from the half blood Prince book.......when death eaters blocked the way to the astronomy tower by an unknown strong spell amid battle and no one could go through the way(not even any order of the phoenix members including Mcgonnagal).....but Snape passed it like a free way.
Death Eaters think Snape is on their side so of course they allowed him to pass
That was because you needed a dark mark to pass the barrier. They actually mentioned it in the book.
And Snape had one and thus was able to pass
@@mrdark9916 can u tell me the chapter and page number where it is mentioned that one need a dark mark to pass that invisible barrier.....bcz i never saw it mentioned in the book.
For me it’s Mcgonogall. She was more trusted and was closer to dumbledor than Snape. She was more wiser. Just because snape hold back on that fighting scene that doesn’t mean she is automatically defeated. She is really actually brave for standing up for the school.
Good idea 4 a video. Im excited!
guysss, yes snape held back when mcgonagall attacked to him BUT so does mcgonagall. what i’m trying to say is, mcgonagall DIDN’T attacked him for his life. i mean, she had to protect harry from snape but she definitely didn’t want to hurt/kill snape. mcgonagall wasn’t showing her all wizarding skills. both of them were the greatest student in their school years. both of them are so powerful.
Well she attacked him with a spell that shot daggers at Snape. I mean do you throw daggers not to kill?
You haven’t read the books haven’t you?
J.K. Herself said that McGonagall is the more powerful witch/wizard.
Truly 💯.. Even in her interviews also JK stated so. Really Snape could not stand before Minerva's experience..
She is crazy nowadays
She is known to be quite 'Gaga' nowadays..
@@silk_sonic6986 you mean lady gaga? How so?
She said this just to satisfy some ...
Everything is infront you Snape was able to dodge her attack very easily he know better attacking and defensing spells than her , he can defeat her easily but he don't want to even fight with her
I agree with you bro even when I saw them duel in deathly Hallows it's pretty obvious during there duel he was holding back so his cover wouldn't be blown .
The fact that some people didn't notice that 😂😂 like how can you call yourself a Harry Potter fan and not Notice him holding back on purpose 🤔🤔🤔🤔.
Snape was a wizard of such magical knowledge that even Dumbledore deferred to him. He spied against someone who could literally read minds. For him it was extremely easy to block everything Harry threw at him (just almost lazy waves of his hand), when even Death Eaters had issues holding off Harry and other DA members. Just because he's not flashy like Voldie or Dumbledore doesn't mean he's not powerful. He was also much younger than them.
Hey @Harry Potter Theory , I don't know if you already do it or not, but I really recommend doing some voice overs or reading for Audible books. You have an amazingly soothing voice, very fit for background listening. I actually doze off while listening to this video without ever missing a word, and that's some insanely good vocal qualities. I could relive scenes from the movies in my head guided by your narration. Specially the duel between McGonagall and Snape, even remembering how he knocks the two death eaters behind him. You have talent mate, please use it more often if possible.
While I agree that snape was definitely more powerful than mcgonagall she definitely is a boss but snape could have turned up the heat if he so chose but he was definitely hurt that mcgonagal never knew of his true identity that he was in fact a double agent and the simple fact that he fooled Voldemort all those years and that’s no easy feat not to mention creating his own spells 🪄 I truly hated snape at first but the night harry discovered the truth I actually gained so much respect and admiration for him especially when he openly admitted to dumbledore his affection for harry I actually shed a tear 😢 thank you for this video I can’t believe I considered myself a Harry Potter fan when there was so much I didn’t know and I learned it all from you I thoroughly enjoy your content and look forward to every single video… p.s. sorry for butchering the spelling errors and lack of punctuation laying in bed 🛌 tired and wanting to watch another video of yours hehe 😉 can’t get enough
Snape had an amazing talent for learning. He served under Voldemort and later under Dumbledore. With an aptitude for learning and spending time with the two most powerful wizards of the time, what do you think the results would be? Michael Jordan doesn't go around claiming to be the best of all time. We all know the answer to that question 😉.
I've never been this early on the channel
A great video like always, very informative, we all gotta give you credit for that.
Keep up the great work!
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I may not remember correctly, but I think Professor McGonagall defeated the Carrows before confronting Snape. In the movie we see Snape deflect McGonagall's attacks into the Carrows, thus eliminating them. This shows a high degree of control and precision from Snape, at least in the movie.
But I completely agree that Snape could have defeated McGonagall, with some effort.
Also, I don't know why but I still firmly believe that Snape discovered unassisted flight before Voldemort.
J. K. Rowling said in an interview that McGonagall could have defeated Snape if he hadn't escaped. In my opinion, Rowling's statements should not be contradicted.
Ofcourse you are right !!!
Oh yes they should, Rowling has long since lost her mind, not to mention her disgusting and inexcusable transphobia.
@Jay P Ok transphobe
@Jay P You know exactly what I mean, smartass. And in case you really are that insufferably obstinate, "phobe" refers to both fear _and_ revulsion, aka *prejudice.* You're just grasping at straws so you can dodge responsibility for being such a bigot.
CatMaster90001 Everybody who disagrees with your viewpoint isn’t a bigot.
Didn't Rowling say that McGonagall would have killed Snape in that duel? I also take to the adage: "Old age and trickery beat youth and skill." McGonagall was more experienced, and her areas of focus seem far more suited to creative thinking in a fight than Mr. I shoot swords at people. Snape is pretty great, yes, but transfiguration seems much better at getting tricky with. Snape also seems generally competent defensively, but creative fighting is what is more likely to get past a strong defense. McGonagall is also more likely to be able to take advantage of the terrain and their surroundings, since transfiguration allows for that sort of thing. Dumbledore did the same vs Baldy with making things get in the way of the killing curse. Essentially, a blunt direct method against a nuanced skilled creative method will lose unless there is a great power differential in the blunt's favour.
Snape had so much going on. He was such a hero
Idk how often these get looked at, but great video idea. “Who is More Powerful, Neville Longbottom or Ron Wesley?” Both have “defected” wands for a while, never really had much encouragement and was in Harry’s shadow
I hate the use of department head with Hogwarts because we never see multiple teachers in the same subject matter working full time until Firenze arrived in book 5. The staff table doesn’t contain any teachers other than those that teach Harry and he has the same teachers every year. Other students in a variety of years only ever mention the exact same teachers as Harry and we never have any reference to any other teachers at Hogwarts.
Severus Snape is the fourth most powerful wizard.
Yup,facts!
Of all time??
Merlin, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Peverells, Herpo the foul, Illvermorny, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Dumbledore, Nicolas flamel, Grindlewald, Voldemort, Credence Barebone, possibly Aberforth Dumbledore and Newt Scammander
You sure about fourth
But in case you were saying at that time,yeah maybe
@@harmanjotsingh4230 And then you haven't even mentioned the Prewetts and Prime Moody (And by extension Evan Rosier, who went 1v1 vs Moody and nearly killed him).
@Voldemort beat Grindelwald and Dumbledore Lol that your argument is: Voldemorts green spell was longer than Dumbledores red spell, so Voldemort Beat Dumbledore i suggest you watch back Goblet of Fire, where Harry destroys Voldemort because Harrys wand spell pushes away Voldemort spell and made it non-existent (So Harry is more powerful than Voldemort if we use your argument).
@Voldemort beat Grindelwald and Dumbledore And Since Harry's spell eat up Voldemorts, Harry is more powerful than any of them (Except thats not how it works, so your argument is invalid).
Always go with the wizard that was creating their own spells while still in school.
I always heard that Snape was considered as the 3rd strongest wizard currently alive only behind Dumbledore and voldemort
It's either him or Grindelwald.
I don't know who would be more powerful. It was said in the video that McGonagall was going all out against Snape, but that Snape was using the bare minimum needed to counter her. We don't know that. What Minerva did could have just been the opening salvo and she could have been capable of much more. My impression from the video is that Snape indeed was not applying himself fully to the duel because he was only pretending to be the villain, but also that he was doing more than just using "bare minimum".... he looked like he was trying pretty darn hard to counter those curses flying at him. I also got the impression that McGonagall was just starting and was capable of a lot more. Snape does know more of the Dark Arts, so he'd have that advantage, but Minerva also has a lot of experience, and that counts for a lot.
Also we can see that in Half Blood Prince, Snape is the first person who analyzed the cursed necklace even though Harry bring it straight to McGonagall.
Video idea: who was *actually* the greatest wizard who ever lived - Dumbledore or Gilderoy Lockhart?
*Well it’s pretty obvious.*
Gilderoy Lockhart.....duh.
Perhaps if Lockhart had shared his hair secrets with Dumbledore he'd have become immortal.
Obviously SEVERUS SNAPE is more powerful
Don’t underestimate Mcgongall a mean , she was Snapes professor when he was at hogwarts , so She strong and so is Snape
@@lemonade_011 She didn't made any spells right...
Every one's opinion differs if i am not wrong....
@@charmyjogi2106 Also only Snape and V can fly without brooms.
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I know one thing it would be a good fight but I think Snape would win barely he would be severely injured after the battle.
Based on experience, snape is stronger. He learn magic power from good wizard and bad wizard.
Great video, I didn’t see the things in this angle and I think you’re right
Love your videos, thank you for having greater day just because of you ❤️
Defo Snape is my go to fav. Made my favourite curse "Sectumsempra".
I don't think he created it, rather he encountered it and created the counter curse for it. Remember in the Deathly Hallows and the accident with the ear (unsure exact words) Lupin mentions Snape was always proficient at using Sectumsempra but if Snape had invented it then how was it recognized. Also the Half-Blood Prince potions book didn't have the crossing outs like the other spells written in it. So I think Snape simply encountered it in some other book perhaps from the Restricted Section or mentioned in a Defense Against the Dark Arts class and copied it down. But cause Molly and none of the rest could restore/heal the missing ear yet when Harry used it against Malfoy and Snape healed him, I think maybe Snape figured out/created the counter curse. Though why it wasn't written next to it maybe either it's length was too much to write down or he invented it later in life either way Sectumsempra wasn't invented by Snape.
Though I agree it is my favorite curse.
In the fan film "Severus Snape and the Marauders" Snape uses Sectumsempra on Lupin.
He would have recognized that curse. Molly probably recognized it because Lupin told her.
@@ravenclawbabygirl6815 fan film isn't canon therefore can't be counted the books are the official canon. (Not counting the trash that shouldn't exist known as Cursed Child)
@@morrigankasa570 Harry Potter wiki say it is cannon that Snape invented it during his time at Hogwarts. Maybe Lupin learnt about it then? Or during the war before Snape turned spy for Dumbledore. Could have become famous due to him using it a lot. So I am pretty sure he created it. Which is crazy for a school kid...
Kinda scary that a school kid invented such a brutal curse
@@pheonix_coalition7216 is the wiki officially written by JK Rowling? If so then may be canon though since wasn't explicitly stated in the books I am unsure. Still no clear explanation why that one was written full on without crossing outs/rewrites in the potion book is weird. Also how Lupin and Molly recognized it and exact explanation of the words that counter it. Also I like the spell so much and wonder if Harry hadn't panicked in the cave if he had aimed it could behead the Inferi and see if that could counter them.
Bellatrix- Dueled a 1v3 against 3 of the best students at hogwarts without her original wand. She defeated Tonks, killed Sirius, defeated Kingsley, blocked a spell from Dumbledore all in the same fight, and destroyed 4 snatchers before Harry could react. By dueling feats specifically Bella is far better than and of the professors. Additionally Flitwick is also above the other professors due to defeating Dolohov who stalemated Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and he was considered a “dueling champion”. Flitwick is extremely underrated. Snape is smart, and stronger than most, but he’s severely overrated. Also before anyone says anything Minerva only did so well against Voldemort because she had help and she was protected by Harry’s sacrificial protection.
1) Dumbledore
2) Grindelwald
3) Voldemort
4) Bellatrix
5) Flitwick
6) Snape
7) McGonagall
Snape is definitely more powerful. I love both, but Snape is so powerful!
snape is by far my favorite character. hes so interesting. i would watch a whole movie about his backstory not even kidding. hes just fascinating
It doesn't make sense to argue that McGonagall was attacking Snape while Snape was defending; therefore Snape was more powerful. Snape was not trying to counterattack; therefore, he could focus all his energy on defending. McGonagall, by contrast, was focusing on attacking, and, not knowing that Snape had no intention of hurting her, still had to be prepared to defend.
You could argue that McGonagall was more powerful, since she was prepared to both attack and defend, while Snape did nothing more than defend.
I think Snape is more powerful, he has the skill and magic.
Tbh, I think Snape is more powerful but was trying to not hurt Mcgonall when they were fighting in the deathly hallows.
EXACTLY!
Nothing suggested that in the books though.
I will have to disagree. McGonagall was rated as one of the most powerful students to attend Hogwarts. Snape was also, but not as highly. He was never invited to The Slug Club. I also disagree because your point about him being able to destroy McGonagall doesn’t show enough evidence. How do we know that he could have destroyed her. While he may have been only holding her off, I believe that McGonagall could’ve gone much harder if she wanted to. But er priority at that point was not to be hunted by an army of death eaters for killing Snape, but to protect her students (meaning that she had to stay alive). And her powers are not shown at all throughout the series (but are later justified by J.K. Rowling herself. She also fought Voldemort (holding him off successfully). I love your videos, but I will have to disagree with this one.
He definitely was invited to the slug club slug horn always boasted about snape I agree that he can't destroy her but I think he is extremely powerful
He made multiple spells and corrected the potion books also he was in the slug club and on top of all this he was much younger
if snape had 20 so years too get better at magic then he would be as if not then more powerful then Voldemort also snape wasn’t trying as hard as he could if he wanted in the duel
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But in terms of dueling Snape doesn’t have the feats that McGonagall has. Snape was more of a magical academic than an actual duelist, and only has feats with McGonagall (which didn’t go on long enough to see a true outcome) and against Harry who was emotional unstable at the time. McGonagall has feats through easily defeated Alecto in the half blood prince and holding off Voldemort with Slughorn and Shacklebolt, with the Voldy getting mad that he couldn’t defeat them.
she was fighting Voldemort along with 2 other people, along with Harry’s protection.
While that is true, she was probably the strongest and most effective of the three, as she fought alongside Horace Slughorn and Kingsley Shacklebolt, and while both of them are extraordinarily powerful, I don’t think it’s a contest who is the most powerful. She has also been stated much stronger than Harry, so I don’t know how much his protection really means.
I love your videos bro, such high quality!!
Their duel is one of my favorite HP scenes of all time
I think Snape. He deflected her spells easily and he was not taking it seriously he did not want to harm her.
Jared Quinn He WAS taking it seriously, but you are right about one thing, he didn't want to harm her, so he held back
People give too much to Snape because they want him to be a secret hero. When Mcgongall stepped forward it was fear on his face not hurt. He deflected because she didn’t give him the chance to attack and he fled because he knew that he needed to die at Voldermorts hands to complete his task, he didn’t flee because he didn’t want to hurt Mcgongall.
He didn't NEED to die. I don't think he even considered it a possibility, that is until Voldemort started reflecting on how the Elder Wand didn't appear to be working for him as he felt it should. He drew his wand, but Voldemort was able to attack him first. His last task was informing Harry what he needed to do to defeat Voldemort, something that nearly failed since he was dying and Harry and friends just HAPPENED to be there.