How powerful is/ will Harry as wizard?

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 28566

This is one reason I like Harry - he's not easily characterized.  He's 
not the best at everything, he isn't even universally beloved, as we 
see him get the cold shoulder from his fellow Gryffindors over losing 
them so many points.  He's a good flier, but he has his weak points, 
but at moments of crisis he can reach down deep and demonstrate 
amazing power.  I think Snape and Riddle at different times say that 
he's rather an ordinary wizard, but I'm sure we're going to find out 
that that's not true.

Speaking of youthful ability, how powerful must Tom Riddle have been 
when he was a student?  He killed his father and grandparents the 
summer before his last year at Hogwarts!  And he used the Avada 
Kedavra, didn't he?  Now, when (fake)Moody was teaching that in the 
DADA class, he said it needed a whole lot of magic to carry out.  In 
fact, the whole class could point their wands at him and say the words 
and nothing would happen, so Riddle must have been a seriously 
powerful wizard at a very young age.

Wanda


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rafe" <rafe at b...> wrote:
> <snip discussion of Harry's experiences>
> 
> > Aside from this there several points in the text that suggest he's 
> > reasonable powerful:
> > 
> > 1) Learning to Patronus (many grown wizards can't do it)
> > 2) Resisting Imperious
> > 3) Cruciatas (sp?) does effect him, but as much as others? (This 
is 
> > MoldyVoldy doing the casting remember).
> > 4) A rather impressive long disatnce summoning chalm.
> > 5) Banishing chalm (to his urprise his cushions landed on top of 
> > Hermione's)
> > 6) Voldemort and Priori Incatem - he forced Voldemort' wand to 
give 
> > up its spell - seems like a power contest almost.
> > 
> 
> Add:
> 
> 7) Harry's ability to fly well.
> 8) Harry's ability to handle Buckbeak.
> 
> 
> We can compare this list of Harry's magical strengths with a list of 
> magical areas for potential improvement (aka weaknesses):
> 
> 1.  Has trouble with his Confusing Concoction.
> 2.  Doesn't "See" very well in Trelawney's class (although he was on 
> the money in his exam in which he saw Buckbeak flying away).
> 3.  Doesn't seem to do as well as Hermione in transfiguration (only 
> Hermione could change her tea kettle into a turtle).
> 4.  His shield charm could use some work.
> 
> Then there are areas where we don't have much information, like 
> Herbology.   
> 
> 
> >Whats this suggest 
> > to me is there is a certain amount of latent power. 
> 
> Agreed!  So far, Harry seems ahead of the game.
> 
> Cindy