Power Tiers in Harry Potter
I know that obviously different circumstances can defeat even the most powerful wizards. Heck Harry beat Voldemort even though harry was obviously the less skilled wizard.
My tiers :
S+: Dumbledore, Voldemort, Snape, Grindelwald
S: McGonagall, Dolohov, Bellatrix, Flitwick, Moody, Barty Cr Jr
A+: Harry, Draco, Hermione
A: Kingsley, Aberforth, Slughorn, Lupin, Sirius, Tonks, Molly, Lucius, Arthur, Fleur, Viktor, Bill, Pettigrew, Prewett twins, Amelia, Dorcas, Frank, Alice, James
B+: Ron, Neville, Ginny, Luna
B: Crabbe, Goyle, Dean, other DA members, minor death eaters
C: Flint, other nondescript characters/side characters
F: Lockhart
S+) The S+ tier is simply the combination of raw magical power and aptitude with difficult magic and magical feats including wandless magic and accidental magic
S) The people in this level are missing the raw power but have finesse and skill with magic that makes up for it
A+) The people in this tier have been selected on the basis of their potential in the view that they would break into S tier as adults
A) The people in this tier are missing raw power and experience but these are strong in their own rights.
B+) The people in this tier have been selected on the basis of their potential in the view that they would break into A tier as adults.
B) Middle of the line with no real aptitude shown for any specific branch of magic with middling levels of finesse with spells
C) These guys aren't really important to the story and have either no showings or unimpressive showings
F)Just for Lockhart
P.S - You are free to reply why you think the 'x' character belongs in different tier and classify the unclassified in the tier system.
Changelog :
V1.3 : Added new tiers A+ and B+
V 1.2 : Added Peter Pettigrew, thanks to @kris
V1.1 : Changed Barty Crouch Jr to the 'S' tier, thanks to @thegestaltprince
V1 : First tier list
I'd probably put Crouch Jr. in S-tier. He's got some pretty incredible feats under his belt, such as (allegedly) scoring Os in all 12 OWLs, breaking free from magical detainment after being imprisoned by Azkaban and later his father, and (immediately after being free for the first time in about thirteen years) capturing and impersonating Moody for an entire year, to the point where Albus Dumbledore couldn't tell the difference.
Updated the tier for Barty Crouch Jr for the reasons mentioned by @thegestaltprince.
This tier is missing the Peter Pettigrew. He should be in "A" tier based on his feats which included spying on order without detection in first war, becoming animagus, killing 12 muggles with a single spell, framing Sirius Black, escaping in PoA despite odds against him and making Voldemort's resurrection potion. While he lacked in dueling skills and disciple in other magic areas, he made up for it with his cunning and survival skills.
Added new tiers A+ and B+ to denote the potential of young adults who with enough training and experience can break into the higher tier.
I invite the others to participate in expanding the tier system to unclassified death eaters, order members and marauders era characters.
Based on reputation alone, I'd say the Prewett twins might be close to A-tier. It took five wizards to kill the two of them, including Dolohov.
Fair enough, Prewett twins' feat certainly warrants them place in A-tier, added them.
What about Amelia Bones and Dorcas Meadows, they could be formidable enough to warrant Voldemort himself going after them?
A to A+ for both of them
Quote from The Gestalt Prince on March 26, 2023, 7:19 pmA to A+ for both of them
A+ is too much of a stretch for both, considering that we haven't seen them perform any magic.
A is reasonable for them. As an order member and pissing Voldemort off, Dorcas seems A. Amelia Bones was more of a political elimination considering that she was next in line to become minister after Fudge and had no nonsense attitude of dealing with the DEs and seemed a good threat to ambitious of Voldemort.
