I finally finished reading the Harry Potter series

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rocketpig said:

TWRoO said:

Well for the former fight Dumbledore was the superior wizard, the wand is just a wand even if it helped Grindelwald become powerful. Also we don't get any specifics of what happened in that duel.
In the second fight Dumbledore is old. Hell he must be a minimum of 80, while Voldemonrt is in a body he created himself a year before.... also it's a lot easier to destroy than protect, Dumbledore had to protect Harry and himself and try to trap or repel Voldemort, while Voldemort was trying to kill them both.

I was going to respond but I'll just +1 TWRoO instead. Dumbledore had a lot going against him in that fight and he still fought Voldemort to a standstill, really. Voldemort was scared of Dumbledore for ages, which is why he never tried to take Hogwart's and that was before he knew Dumbledore was carrying the Elder Wand.

I really didn't mean to get into a ______ vs. ______ thing (which goes against one of the core themes in HP anyways, that power just for power's sake ultimately leads to one's downfall). I was just supporting your point that the Elder Wand isn't "unbeatable" as the Three Brothers fable said.