Every time Gandalf uses his powers (Hobbit/LOTR) 

Check the description, there were a few instances which I forgot to add because I got distracted by the sheer amazingness of these movies

I love how Gandalf is so much more than just a wizard. The fact he is tied to the cosmos is wickedly cool and beautiful

The moment Gandalf walks out of the shadows after saving the dwarves still gives me chills.

He’s not really an old man, just takes this form.. he’s actually and immortal being with great powers, angel like beneath the Gods (Valar)

Ian McKellen crushed this role so hard. Epic performance across 6 films.

Gandalf: "Saruman, your staff is broken!" *Sarumans staff shatters* 10/10 writing :D

*Gandalf's Powers (shown):* Shatter: Release a concentrated blast of force, able to shatter solid stone Teleport: Manifest physical form in a chosen location at will Wrath of the Valar: Unleash a powerful blast of energy that knocks back and blinds foes but doesn't affect allies Immolate: Set a chosen object on fire, turning it into a weapon. Fire can spread to other objects Ally of Eagles: Due to his generosity to the Eagle King, he can request their divine aid when needed most Cast light: project a powerful aura of light, illuminating the dark Dispel magic: Dispel the effects and presence of magic around the user Repel: Cast a barrier of force against foes keeping them at bay Blinding Flash: Cast a powerful but short flash of light to blind foes Radiant Shield: Cast a large energy orb around the user, protecting them from dark magic Smoke illusions: A simple trick, shaping clouds of smoke into shapes of the users choice Counteract Black Speech: By speaking in the demonic tongue, ward off the influence of those who wield it Telekinesis: Control the flow of gravity and inertia to throw foes or objects. (uses Radiant Shield and Shatter against the Balrog) Might of the Valar: Call forth divine aid to enchant your sword with pure lightning, able to smite a foe in one strike Blinding Presence: Wreathes entire body in pure, blinding light Focused Dawn: Focuses the dawn to cast its light on a large area, blinding all in sight. Deny the Unworthy: Able to destroy the staff wielded by those unworthy of their magical powers by word (uses Radiant Shield against Saruman's fireball) Project Radiance: Cast a large cone of light at a great distance to blind foes or repel dark creatures. *Powers you missed* Runic Carving: Create glowing runes as signals for others (used in AUJ when he marked Bilbo's door) Dark Presence: Intimidate lesser beings by enhancing your physical presence to terrifying degrees and affecting the environment (Used in the Hobbit and LotR to intimidate the dwarves and Bilbo) Cure Evil Taint: Cure the body, mind and souls of innocents of evil corruption (Used in DoS on Thorin's Father, TTT on Theoden, and RotK on Pippin) Enchant Fireworks: Enchanting objects to create fantastical displays of crackling fire and even set off at will (Used in AUJ and LotR in the shire to entertain the Hobbit Folk) Empowered Voice: Project one's voice in a powerful way to command the earth's elements to your will (Used in LotR to resist Saruman's Voice against the mountain) (Uses shatter on Gimli's Axe and Legolas' arrow in TTT) Sear: Cause an object even at distance to suddenly burn with extreme heat (Used in TTT to disarm Aragon) Call Shadowfax: Call out and summon the mythical horse (Used in TTT with Shadowfax's first appearance)

Nice video, but you forgot that he deflected legola's arrow, gimli's axe and heated up Aragorn's sword, freed king Théoden from Saruman,called for eagles both at Isengard and in the last battle and i think summoning shadowfax is kinda one of his powers

watching 90 year olds fight feels amazing

Gandalf is the real MVP

I like the scenes of Gandalf, fighting with Balrog, coming back at dawn to save Helmsdeep, running out alone to save Farramir from the Fellbeasts, really cool.

i’m convinced this is just Dumbledore on the weekends

I rememver him using his powers to shut all the dwarfs up in the beginning of the unexpected journey. He made the room dark and strengthend his voice.

I always loved the way the wizards in these movies do magic. Since they're angelic beings it always come across as someehat biblical.

Dark souls magic spels: 0:14 Magic weapon, turns the weapon more powerfull 0:38 Wrath of the gods 1:03 Soul spear 1:15 Combustion (pyromancy) 3:08 Cast light 4:17 Unveil (miracle) 5:11 Hidden body 5:18 Great heavy soul arrow 5:41 Great Magic barrier (miracle) 6:56 Whisper of despair (hex) reduce defence of oponents 7:22 to 7:53 Force (miracle) 8:12 Magic barrier (miracle) 8:37 Force (miracle) 9:11 Sunlight blade (miracle) 9:27 Tears of Denial (miracle ds3) 10:05 Magic barrier (miracle) 10:17 Acid surge (pyromacy) 10:25 Cast light

Perhaps unpopular opinion: Desolation of Smaug is the best exhibition of Gandalf’s powers by a mile.

Gandalf is so freaking cool in this movie scenes.

Gandalf its a LvL 14 Figther/ lvl 6 Wizard. But his spells are mainly Mage armor, Shield, Prestidigitation, Lightning Strike, Comprehend Languages, Light, and color spray.

The eagles truly were Mithrandir’s “ace up the sleeve”

Forgot the shadow play he did to scare bilbo, as well as getting the chronological order wrong. The duel with saruman happens well before the council of elrond as well as forgetting several other magical feats such as besting the 3 hunters, freeing king theoden, using magical healing to summon back pippin after he looked into the pallantir, long range communication with elrond.

His main power is losing staves.

A few more spring to mind like the multiple times he projects his voice deeper and louder, (Bilbo and the ring at Bag End etc), releasing Theoden from his possession, counteracting Saruman’s words when he causes an avalanche on Caradhras, magical fireworks in FoTR, and lighting his staff again in Moria

“So anyway, I started blasting.” 😎

To think this is just a mere percentage of his power is unbelievable.

You missed a whole category of magic he uses, probably the most common magic he uses. You missed when he uses Narya, his ring of power. Narya’s primary powers are to inspire others to resist tyranny, domination and despair. So when you see Gandalf riding through Minas Tirith and people are fleeing the walls and as he rides by they take heart and turn around, that is him using Narya. It is often unclear when he is using it as there is no indication he is using it, but he uses it pretty often in the movies.

Fun. You hinted at the scene where Gandalf the White first encounters Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn, but forgot a key scene: where Gandalf wrests old Theoden from Saruman’s “possession”-spell at Rohan and one little scene-where the fireworks magically explode, by Gandalf’s will, from the back of the wagon to the delight of the Hobbit children as Gandalf enters Hobbiton. Otherwise a pretty comprehensive collection! Maybe his “healings” of Thorin and of Pippin (after Pip’s Palantir encounter) could be included, but those powers seemed more spiritual than thaumaturgical. Good job, though.

Smoking with Bilbo is pure skill. No magic needed.

Gandalf was an elemental type of white good wizard which means he has the power to summon air,fire,earth & water through his mindpower he can communicate with nature & other creatures & wizards connected to it like Radagast & Saruman...though Saruman was most powerful but he was corrupted by dark power of Sauron

Thanks for the Video Gandalf is my Favorit Charakter in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings 🧙‍♂️🔥🗡

Gandalf seeing a rock or stone: "It's free real state"

You forgot the most important power, head bobing while listening to electronic music 😎🤟

Gandalf is a figure of Inspiration and optimism mainly

Hey man I had to do an english presentation and this video came in clutch! Thank you!!

You forgot my favourite! As they stood at Mordors Gate a second before Aragorn say "For Frodo". Gandalf made a small gesture and Aragorns hope rises in his eyes. It´s such a detail, but Gandalfs Ring Power was described as having the power to inspire others to resist tyranny, domination and despair. I think Peter Jackson was amazing to add details like that!

This is why you don’t mess with the Maiar, lol. Go, Gandalf!

Why does Gandalf get driven into a corner by orcs and wargs in one scene and decimates goblins and battles balrogs in another scene? Fans always talk about how strong Gandalf is but it seems extremely situational, like he can't always tap into his full Maiar abilities

Its so awesome when he infuses lighting into his blade

Gandalf is a level 20 fighter with some good magic items

This is one of the reasons why I love our Beloved Beautiful Eagles and our Beloved Elves🌞✨

You left out the part where he sends Bilbo's smoke back into his face as a little smoke bird and the part where he writes the magical rune on the Bilbo's door at the very beggining. Very subtle but still using his powers.

He wasn’t reborn… he leveled up.

Buena recopilación, fue bueno el detalle de poner el nombre de la escena : )

I heard that he's much much more powerful but he's forbidden to use all of his powers.

the scene where he uses light to save the gondor riders leaves me in awe everytime. and the subsequent scene where his horse flanks the riders. it is a great balance of magic and realism.

The difference in quality between the Hobbit and Lord of the rings couldn't be more apparent than in this video.

You missed some *Gandalf using fireworks magic at the Shire *Gandalf dimming the room at Bilbo's place *Gandalf using a counter spell at Mt Caradhras *Gandalf using light magic to illuminate the mines of Moria *When he fell with the balrog he summoned back the sword to him *As Gandalf the white he blocked the attacks of gimli and Legolas as well as turning aragorns swords hot *When Gandalf cured the king of rohan from possession These are just some that i clearly remember from LOTR trilogy alone

Ever since I heard about Kalevala (Finnish folk lore) and that Gandalf was somewhat inspired by Väinämöinen when Tolkien wrote LOTR series, I kinda can't not imagine it anymore. Both r god like powers wielding entities, traveled across the world and r skilled in singing. Väinämöinen casting his spells with songs and Gandalf being Mayar and since Valar, Ainur and Mayars had their songs used in the world's creation. But that's just me ....

dude really is walking flashlight a powerful one at that

Gandalf has five staffs in the span of these films Staff 1 ... His original staff, it was later destroyed by Sauron in the Hobbit Battle of Five Armies Staff 2 .. after he lost his original staff, Radagast gave his staff to Gandalf. Gandalf later removed the blue stone on its top and returned it to Radagast. This second staff is used by Gandalf in the remaining of Hobbit Battle of Five Armies and the same staff we saw on the first half of LOTR. It was later confiscated by Saruman after he defeat Gandalf at Orthanc Tower Staff 3 .. Lord Elrond gave gandalf a new staff after he escaped Orthanc Tower. This staff was used by Gandalf until Moria where he lost it during his fight with the Balrog Staff 4... After resurrection and become Gandalf the White, Galadriel gave him a new white staff. This staff was destroyed during Gandalf s encounter with the Witch King of Angmar Staff 5 ... On the last scenes of LOTR when Gandalf is about to ride the ship to Grey Havens, he is seen using a new staff. Perhaps given again by Galadriel.

greatful man!!!

You forgot a few of my favorites, first is the lighting on weathertop. Before Strider, Mary, Pipin, Sam and Frodo spend the night at weathertop (the place frodo gets stab by the wraith king), you see a thunder battle the night before. In the books it's revealed that it was gandolf fighting all 9 of the nazgul and draws 4 of them to chase him saving Frodo without realizing. The second is the horses in the river that attacks the nazgul. In the books it's Elrod that summons the wave (for he controls all rivers in riverdell), but Gandalf enhances the power and adds horses to it. Gandalf did this to show which side the spell was on.

Nice video!

0:39 WORD OF POWER!!! I loved using it in Battle for Middle Earth!!!

the fact that gandalf was strong enough to even beat smaug.. since he already beat balrog

the arrival of gwaihir and his giant eagles is allways god damn epic

Gandalf is the best hero jrr tolkien ever imagined

Go Gandalf and all by Can we also talk about how badass the eagles are?

Gandalf was OP. He just used nature and "no you" backhand.

The trolls turn into stone 😂

You missed him turning Bilbo's smoke into a butterfly and etching the magic rune which glows on his door.

8:34 you shall not pass!

Someone may have already mentioned this but I think I remember him etching a magic rune symbol outside Bildo`s place, so the dwarves would know where to go. Thank you for the video Peace

Light, fire, and hope. Gandalfs magic powers.

you know you done fucked up if you got Gandalf TRYING

Forgot the very first scene where he uses his magic. He makes the fireworks explode for the kids at the shire.

You still can not battle Smaug with all these magics...

One was in extended version with Thrain. He stopped an illusion (thorn snakes on wall)

Good video. But I feel like you should have included Gandalf lighting his staff as the fellowship enter Moria.

0:39 Gandalf marks his arrival with a epic grandad fart

Those eagles are badass. They're 35th level.

The hobbit trilogy underrated ngl

gandalf's force field = patronus on crack

missed when he used the fireworks for the kids :)

Gandalf pulling a sword is like me pulling out one with a full-auto AK-47 in my right hand. Might not be enough bullets in the magazine.

I'd add the part where Gandalf grow in stature and make the room dark, in the beginning when Bilbo doesn't want to give up the ring.

Can we all agree Gendalf is the best character from "Hobbit" and LOTR? Yes,there are many other great characters,but Gendalf is the best.

So his powers are light and telekenisis? Seems like that. He can concentrate light to create a shield of light. He uses telekenisis to push and pull on objects, and can give a very strong push to break rocks.

He just command, see what bappen when he says: Your Staff is broken...

shadow wizard money gang, we love breaking rocks

10 minutes out of 25 hours or more of movies. My biggest frustration in Lotr/hobbit.

On top if Isengard? Whispering to to the moth? And jumped onto an eagle, wasn't some great magic?

I've always held great appreciation for the representation of Magic in Tolkien's legendarium. It is not dark and full of malice and hate; and it's not really supernatural either. To me, it's really manipulating the natural environment in unique and interesting ways using ancient skills and lore. The elves are very good at this too, since they seem to love nature. Lothlorien, Woodland Realm, and even the Shire harbours these forms of magic.

Neo Queen Serenity would be proud of him for using a bit of power of the legendary silver crystal.

Gandalf wouldn't do magic unless he could also do it with style :D

4:07 Gandalf: Cé ná ulco sís nurtaina… I ettuluvas caninye! ‚No evil can hide here… I command you to go away! Gandalf: Cánin i sá tanuvaxe! ‚I order you to reveal yourself’

Watching how gandalf is towards the balrog tells me how I need to be towards my enemies

WOW WHAT A MOVIE. I NEVER READ THE BOOK. I NEED TO SEE IT VISUALLY. HOW POWERFUL THEY TRECK THE MIND . ITS SOMETIMES LIKE REACHING RIGHT INTO THE MOVIE. CLEAVER.

He can also resurrect people from extreme shock like when pippin held the palantir, he can also hear elders speaking in his mind and can speak with them with ancient speech, he is also the only wizard with the power to control the flame of arnor (his staff). Also you might not think of it as much of a power but he can raise his voice enough to stop people in their tracks, one last thing I'd like to give a shout out to radagast the brown his staff stone can drain the poison of black magic witchcraft and brang little Sebastian back to life :)

i read his story, he is actually an ANGEL like being send to protect the humans, elfs and dwarf, everytime he dies, he will be reincarnated.

You missed a massive opportunity to say gandalf cast quen when fighting the balrog

As I remember it the Eagles just came by themselves, being angels they tend to take an interest in other angels.

What a carry, gg Gandalf!

this guy has an insane mana pool

Let’s be real. Eru keeps him nerfed until he’s needed.

Interesting fact; Tolkien was asked what were Gandalf’s entire powers and responded; ‘I do not know because; Gandalf’s power increases whenever the need is greater.’ As seen in the movies and books, the more trouble Gandalf and the others are in, the more his power increases to match the situation. Basically Tolkien knew the writing of Gandalf’s powers would always rise to match the enemy he was facing at that moment.

The Eagles of Manwe are such an underrated power of Gandalf

I think people really underestimate how damn powerful Gandalf actually is.

Great KOTL gameplay

haha, Boromirs face when he is scared of the ring xD

You missed the very first one when he puts the magic mark on the door of bilbos house.