Timeline for How was Dumbledore able to defeat Grindelwald, since Grindelwald had the Elder Wand?
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| Sep 25, 2012 at 14:49 | comment | added | Windle | @Izkata He was considered so by everyone in the books. Maybe Voldemort's supporters would have disagreed, but Voldemort himself never even tried to fight him (except at the ministry where he had to run away). | |
| Sep 25, 2012 at 13:45 | comment | added | Donald.McLean | Yes, the idea that the Elder Wand bearer was powerful but not unbeatable was, IIRC, clearly mentioned somewhere. There was something about the wand having a bloody history as each new owner killed the previous owner to possess it. | |
| Mar 6, 2012 at 1:11 | comment | added | Izkata |
Dumbledore was clearly the most powerful wizard in existence - is that canon or opinion? The answers to this question alone show that "power" isn't a simple scale...
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| Mar 5, 2012 at 16:50 | history | answered | Kevin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |