knb comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10 - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Oscar_Cunningham 07 March 2012 04:46PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (641)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: knb 17 March 2012 02:56:53AM 3 points [-]

Draco is the better duelist at this point. Draco tired himself out by casting all those tough spells someone his age should not even be able to do, let alone do many times in a row. This was pointed out by Quirrel and Madame Bones, which makes it unlikely that it was just Draco rationalizing it.

Hermione is more magically powerful and also more clever, but when it comes to dueling, Draco still probably has the edge.

Comment author: Locke 17 March 2012 03:03:04AM 0 points [-]

I wonder if Harry's lessons with Edward might have pushed him ahead? He did have a great proficiency for it in canon, as I recall.