User blog comment:Gcheung28/Harry Potter Wiki's Wizard Duel/@comment-5253002-20140501071614

The toughest, closest contest is between hermione and remus but i guess lupin will have theupper hand. He afterall is the one who taught all the three main characters the true defence against the dark arts. Plus, he is a lot more experienced, though hermione might indeed be more intelligent. Tough choice as I said.

The most obvious and easiest, to the point of even being downright silly, is Buckbeak vs Slyth's serpent. I mean  '''duh'. C''an you guys imagine that little cute silly not-so-aggressive bird standing up against a Hundreds of feet tall and long serpent bred by Salazar? I mean that serpent is a basilsk! Its teeth are 1-2 feet long, super sharp and exert a poson that has no cure even in the magical world, teeths that are one of the very few strongest,deadliest things that can destroy a horcrux. A gaze that can kill instantly! And what not!! How the heck is buckbeack suposed to stand up against that!

Another easy one was the belattrix vs fenrir duel. Its even shown in th books and is otherwise quite obvious too that fenrir stands no chance against bellatrix.

Another tough one was the dobby vs Firenze contest. I guess many just voted for dobby because they liked him better and did not do much thinking over who would actually win in such a battle. I guess they are both on equal footing. Firenze is bigger, more intelligent, fiercer and more powerful than dobby. Plus he is from a race of excellent archers. But, he does not have any magical powers. Dobby on the other hand has a lot of powers. He can teleport to anywhere, summon objects and do a bunch of other things. He has been through a lot of pains already and so can bear much more pain without getting really hurt, and is much more agile. But, he too has a negative point. Owing to his house-elf nature he might not be able to use his powers to the fullest, and, the centaurs being a wiser, proud and generally higher considered race, might consider himself below him. So I dont know, but they seem quite on an even footing.

Also, on what basis are we supposed to choose between the patronuses? One is Harry's father's the other one his mother's. How and on what basis are we supposed to choose between them. Which one looks more beautiful and which animal, in reality, will be able to win against the other one in a real life match? I guess that can be the only basis since all patronuses are on an equal footing when it comes to defending there users againsts dementors (which is there main purpose), and this depends more on the power of the user. So we can not choose on the basis of who performs its true task better. Maybe the poll maker might be able to answer this.

Anyways an interseting poll!!