Were there any canon examples of Harry being an innately powerful wizard?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

Was Harry Potter an innately powerful/skillful Wizard in any way, based on canon?

It seems that whenever Harry Potter performed some unusually potent bit of magic (potent as far as s://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/require">require raw power AND/OR skill), most of the time we find that it wasn’t innately Harry’s skill, but a combination of:

• some extraneous magic forces/rules/powers

• circumstance

• great reaction time (which is obviously extraordinary from his Quidditch playing; and is likely a larger factor in his dueling than the strength of his magic)

• s://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/general">general smartness

• or (the part that Harry’s detractors, including Voldemort missed) Harry’s strength of character/personality

The only two counter-examples I can think of which show him as having extraordinary or at least obviously above average magical abilities are:

• His skill at flying brooms - while a part of it is pure physical skill, at least part is magical.

• His (corporeal) Patronus charm

As far as examples of his unusual feats being due to reasons listed above:

• Obviously, surviving Avada Kedavra as an infant - due to Lily’s sacrifice

• Parselmouth talent - proxied via Voldemort’s piece of soul.

• Ability to see the Sorcerer’s Stone in the Mirror of Erised - due to purity of his character, nothing magical.

• Obvious lack of talent at potion making throughout all of the books (sans cheating in HBP)

• His win over the Basilisk - due to Hermione’s research, character traits, and as a consequence of the last one, getting Fawkes and Gryffindor’s Sword’s s://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/help">help.

  Just to be clear, before someone flames me - what he did was obviously super extraordinary, BUT IMHO he would have achieved the same result if he was turned into a Squib for the duration of Chamber of Secrets fight.

• TriWizard Tournament entry - wasn’t him, it was Barty Crouch

• TriWizard Tournament second challenge - a combination of character and outside s://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/help">help (someone told him about Gillyweed)

• TriWizard Tournament third challenge - Mostly, Barty Crouch’s cheating

  Note that I’m omitting the first challenge, since that one was the aforementioned Broom flying skills.

• His survival in the cemetery after Voldemort’s return - again, a combination of superior strength of character and super powerful wandlore magic that had nothing to do with his skill as a Wizard.

• The whole “last Horcrux” thing when surviving the second Avada Kedavra from Voldemort

• His ownership of the Elder Wand in the very last duel with Voldemort.

So, to paraphrase my original question, was there any canon/JKR evidence that Harry was anything but a completely average/mediocre wizard in any way, shape, or form if you take into account only his own magical abilities and skills?