Was Snape as powerful as Voldemort?

12 More Powerful: Severus Snape Severus Snape might have pretended to serve Voldemort (while in fact, as we all know, working as a double agent for Dumbledore), but there’s almost no question he was more powerful than the Dark Lord.

Was Snape a better wizard than James?

James was slightly better because he truly did change and he allied with the Order out of basic morality compared to Snape who stayed an all around bitter person. and only allied with the Order out of love for Lily. However I don’t hate Snape and I truly appreciate all the sacrifices he made for Harry and Dumbledore.

Why didnt Snape defend himself against Voldemort?

He knew it was his time to die. Maybe that’s why he didn’t defend himself. He wanted to finally die at the hands of the person who killed the person whom he loved, or at least by the killer’s pet, after doing all that he could to have his revenge. His sweet revenge.

Who is more powerful James Potter and Severus Snape?

James never dared to attack Snape one on one, he only did it when his Marauders were around to help him just in case which already tells us that James saw Snape as more powerful than himself. Snape invented new spells that James stole and used against him. So I would say Snape was definitely more powerful in many ways.

Does Bellatrix trust Snape?

Bellatrix greatly mistrusted Snape. It’s possible that they got along better during the First Wizarding War as Sirius once described them as old acquaintances. In later in life, she showed nothing but distrust toward him despite the fact that Voldemort himself trusted him.

Could Snape defeat Voldemort if he had the Elder Wand?

No. Snape couldn’t defeat Voldemort even if he was the master of elder wand. Even Dumbeldore couldn’t defeat him in spite of possessing elder wand. One could argue that Dumbeldore guessed about horcruxes and therefore didn’t duel with full fledged power.

Why did Dumbledore side with Severus Snape?

Severus Snape was on his own side, really. That meant he allied with Dumbledore because he was planning to do what Snape deemed right and proper. It may look like Dumbledore is controlling Severus, but he was way too brilliant of a wizard to allow anyone to control him.

What year did Severus Snape go to Hogwarts?

Severus attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as a student from 1971 – 1978 and was Sorted into Slytherin House, at that time led by Potions master Horace Slughorn. On the way to Hogwarts for his first year, Severus sat with Lily Evans on the train. While on the train they met James Potter and Sirius Black.

Why did Severus Snape kill his wife?

Severus Snape is perhaps one of the most sincere and complex characters because he thought with his own values, not the good of wizardkind, morality, right versus wrong, good versus evil and the like. Voldemort threatened the person he loved best. Then he killed her. Snape couldn’t live in a world that allowed such a travesty.