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Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. Today we've got a bit of an interesting one. Earlier this year I made

two separate videos, one ranking the most powerful wizards and the other ranking the most

powerful witches. In those videos I covered 10 of each. And today, just over 10 months later,

we're going to be pitting them against each other and taking a closer look at

what the top 20 most powerful looks like when both groups are ranked together. Before you watch,

make sure to comment your top 20 down below, then check back at the end to see how your list

differed from mine. It took some editing trickery to mesh this all together, so forgive me if anything's a little

off. Anyway, let's dive into it. Starting in reverse order, Lily Potter. Lily Potter, born

Lily Evans, was an English muggle-born witch born in the year 1960. Most notably, she was the mother

of Harry Potter, and the main reason for Voldemort's

downfall at the end of the first Wizarding War.

While studying at Hogwarts, Lily excelled in her studies, which led to her quickly becoming

recognized as an extremely powerful witch.

She was skilled at martial magic, fighting off Voldemort on numerous occasions, potion-making,

charms, transfiguration, and more.

In fact, Lily was so impressive that Voldemort attempted to recruit Lily to the Death Eaters

in spite of the fact that she was a muggle born.

However, Lily's most notable and most impressive accomplishment to date,

and pretty much the sole reason she made it onto this list, was

her loving sacrifice which allowed Harry Potter to live, simultaneously killing Voldemort

for a time.

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