I feel like potions would be my favorite subject at hogwarts, I'd spend hours in the library looking up the most useful and cool potions and making them in my free time if possible
You had the chance to say “there are potions for just about anything, like for bewitching the mind and ensnaring the senses, bottling fame, brewing glory, and even putting a stopper in death.” And you didn’t take it?
Despite not liking Snape as a teacher when first reading the books, and still disapproving of him showing abject favoritism toward his own house, I would be a fool (on par with Gilderoy Lockhart) if I did not acknowledge the meticulousness and patience needed to master the art of "bewitching the mind and ensnaring the senses". Alchemy may be the branch of magic that gave rise to the real life field of chemistry (I remember seeing that in the first chapter of my high school chem. textbook.), but Potions is not to be overlooked either. It is a field where science and magic directly interact. Thanks for this list of "most potent potions".
I see favoritism towards Slytherin as a common criticism of Snape which is just ridiculous considering that Snape is a double agent with the children of Death Eaters under his care. It would immediately blow his cover if he had started giving out house points fairly to houses with muggleborns and half-bloods.
@@TheScienceguy77 He could've given the same justification to the Death Eaters, saying that he'd blow his cover at Hogwarts if he favoured Slytherin too much.
Potions isn’t overlooked in the Wizarding World. And great description that it is science meets magic. Alchemy and the quest for the philosopher’s stone was the origins of chemistry, and also affiliated to ancient metallurgy. Potions making is the magical equivalent. To be certain students find it tedious as much as we do chemistry in school, but doesn’t stop them from being important and fascinating. I love the scientific approaches to magic, as spells, enchantments, potions etc… are all discovered and invented by the experimentation of magicians.
Do a video on the magic ceiling in Hogwarts. Why did the ceiling start acting crazy when mad eye arrived (in the movies). Was it just an added effect or did the ceiling know that Mad eye was actually an evil Barty Crouch Jr?
Well when Bellatrix was in Hogwarts with her death eaters in the movies, the ceiling wasn't acting crazy. So maybe what you said could be the case. I never read the books just watched the movies. But yeah that exact time a moment of when the ceiling went haywire intrigues me of thinking the ceiling could possibly sense evil witches and wizards.
In the books the the ceiling is meant to mock the real sky out side for example of its bright and blue out side it will be in the great halls ceiling so I think because the weather was bad out side at the same time I think the thunder was mocked in the ceiling and fake mad eye used a spell to stop the thunder being in the great hall
@@jaidanfarrelly9178 hmm. I was hoping the ceiling had more of a story to it than what we just see in the movies and books. Would be cool though if the ceiling could sense dark witches and wizards in the room.
I think the potion used to make the first transition into an animagus should be on this list because it’s complicated and it turns you in to an animagus and that’s cool
My favorite potion is the liquid luck potion. It was funny watching the movie when Harry used it, and it’s ironic that Slughorn introduced Harry to the potion. Then Harry used it against him.
I wouldn't categorize it as using it "against" him, he merely reminded Slughorn of what he already knew deep down. If any "potion" was used against Slughorn, it was the alcohol he and Hagrid were drinking...maybe that's the most powerful potion of all. Ha ha ha...
Mac Welch That’s makes me wonder if muggle borns can even get sorted into Slytherin. Like the Sorting hat even says in its song that Slytherin only took pure blood wizards of great cunning.
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He would be so vicious and full of hatred that he would become equivalent of wizarding Darth Vader
It is know that the sorting hat only placed half-bloods and pure-bloods, NEVER a muggle-born. Can't be an accident. And that is also why dudley could NOT have been in slytherin.
You mentioned some potions I never heard of before and I read a lot of Harry Potter stuff and watch a lot of videos. Skelegro is a very useful medical potion which enables wizards to recover from broken bones in hours rather.than months.
So Gregory's Unctuous Unction is similar to Amortentia(Love potion) in that they both rewrite how the drinker feels to another individual. One creates false friendship, the other false love.
These both wear off after some time. Why should they be rated higher than a potion that puts you in a coma or one that suffocates you? Oh no! I made a friend I didn’t mean to!
How about the most powerful defensive items in Harry Potter? I.E. Darkness Powder, the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes hex removers, protective hats, etc. ? This has been an interesting series.
I wonder what the process of creating new potions is? like do you just mix a bunch of ingredients, wave your wand and drink it to see what it does? seems very dangerous.
Very nice video! You could also include the Wolfsbane, a potion invented by Severus Snape. This potion reduces the side effect of Lycanthropy, allows you to transform into a wolf but you are still able to recognise your family and friends etc Also, another potion invented by Snape, the potion that contained the curse of the horcrux in Dumbledore’s arm!
I believe in Half Blood Prince, Slughorn at a Slug Club Party says something about Marcus (?) Belby's uncle being the one who invented the Wolfsbane Potion.
Pianistic Matt I wouldn’t trust anything I heard from the movies! I read somewhere that Wolfsbane was a potion invented by Snape. He made it especially for Lupin, it wasn’t something you could find and buy!
@@Kolious_ThraceFrom Chapter Seven: 'The Slug Club": "'Well, of course, I daresay he's busy,' said Slughorn, looking questioningly at Belby. "I doubt he invented the Wolfsbane Potion without considerable hard work!' This proves the other commentor's case. They're all at lunch on the Hogwarts Express and poor Marcus is having to explain that he doesn't see his Uncle Damocles much. He immediately goes down in Slughorn's estimation when he passes around a small tray of pies and forgets to offer one to Marcus.
@@ashwinsmagicandcardistry but it’s actually poison because you need to mix something but you can’t create the water and it’s actually impossible to create the water
I've been wondering this for a while now. Why didn't Voldermort procure some Felix Felice's to use in an important moment, or any other character for that matter? I get that Voldermort was extremely cocky and thought he didn't need it. But surely even Dumbledore could realise the importance of the potion and would have known some was available at the school from Slughorn. Couldn't he have used it to destroy a horcrux?
It’s because Liquid Luck makes you lucky, not successful. It’s used to tweak the circumstances, not instantly make whatever you want happen. At least that’s what it said in the books.
I always assumed Slughorn was exaggerating how powerful it actually was. It sounded like it was rare enough that there was a myth built up around it. If it were actually that powerful, the Ministry would supply to all aurors, for example
Voldemort was way too egotistical to take a "good luck" potion. What would the Death Eaters think of him if they witnessed him relying on a potion to get his way? They'd immediately question how powerful he actually is if he needed a potion to win.
That awkward moment when you realize the ingredients of the luck potion are actually none magical ingredients that are actually real in our world and that the “luck” is nothing more then a placebo. I mean why else didn’t such a fantastic potion maker like snape not keep a couple doses around, not to take regularly, but as a last resort to complete tasks
So, Felix Felicia, also known as Liquid Luck, allows almost anything to happen the way the drinker wants and to give them almost good luck for the potion's duration? Does that mean that Harry would be able to lift Mjolnir, Thor's hammer, despite the Worthiness Enchantment that Odin the All-Father put on it so that only those who were 'worthy' and chosen by Mjolnir would be able to lift it?
A question/theory, perhaps worth of exploration... Did the presence of Wormtail's flesh in the regeneration potion carry with it any properties like Harry's blood did? Most notably, did the life debt Wormtail owed to Harry transfer via Wormtail's flesh? Could Voldemort EVER have killed Harry without first repaying the life debt?
I'm not sure that Felix Felices should be number 1, it's a pretty common theory that the only effect it induces is that of a placebo, mostly based on the fact that no potion master makes use of it for anything aside from when Slughorn is showing it off to the class, among a few other reasons, such as the majority of the ingredients being muggle related and possessing no magical qualities
No! Harry just happening to run into SLUG HORN at the right time to get the memory from him ,and him bumping Ginny causing her to break up with Dean Thomas were not placebo effects. They were actual instances of extra good luck. The members of the DA who drank it at the battle of the Astronomy Tower also got extra lucky. It kept them from getting cursed and hexed for the entire battle. Considering every one who drank it came out with out a scratch ,and all the older members of the order got injured I can safely say it is not just a placebo.
How to break the Harry Potter world in five easy steps: 1. Acquire a sample of Felix Felicis (brew it successfully, buy it, etc.) 2. Use said sample to successfully brew more Felix Felicis 3. Repeat this loop, being careful to imbibe the potion sporadically enough to avoid the side effects 4. Sell any excess for massive profit 5. Never fail at anything again. Win at life.
Drink some Felix, buy up a bunch of lotto tickets. Spend it all then repeat. Sounds great... But for some reason I feel like I would get board fast and then depressed.
There’s a few things here that I don’t really agree with. Like how Snape wasn’t the best at potions in his year, that went to Lily Evans. Slughorn himself says that Lily was the most gifted student he saw even better than Snape. Or with truth serum as J. K basically said that if you suspect the potion it will not work and people can also push away the effects if they are of strong mind similar to the imperious curse and other potions and charms. Also, liquid luck I believe is a total placebo very similar to having a lucky pair of shoes or coin. I mean more people would want to brew it if it worked even though it is said to be very hard to make (which kinda sounds like bull when almost all the ingredients are things muggles have).
Liquid luck (if made properly, which is very hard to do) is not a placebo. In the books it is mentioned as a placebo when Ron thinks he drank the Liquid Luck, when in fact he didn't. But when Harry drinks it, it actually works
@@Overhemd How do you know? It’s not like Harry had a magic sheen on him or anything. He acted a lot like Ron just overly confident and confidence is a huge motivator for ‘lucky’ things to happen. I just personally think it’s bs and a placebo or else everyone would be using it. Or at least Snape would have some on hand in case you know the love of his life dies, or he wants the Dark Lord gone the first year Harry is at Hogwarts or why doesn’t Voldemort just use it. The story just doesn’t make as much sense if it isn’t some sort of placebo.
@@Overhemd pretty much what James said. You're just assuming it was magic because that's your version of the cannon, but there's absolutely nothing in the story that differentiates between the effects ron felt when he thought he'd taken it and the effects harry felt when he did take it. The story would be exactly the same if it was just a placebo. Also Felixs felicis is supposed to take MONTHS to brew properly and slughorn had it in his first class after having been on the run and never staying in one place long, when did he brew it? You're saying "it's magic", but every ingredient in the potion is a totally non magical, every day item known to Muggles. Where does the magic come from? There's no spell to wave your wand at some random ordinary plants and make them suddenly lucky.
The potion that helps u become an anamagus, which is hard and u need to do a lot Of things in between, if u miss a step u must start all over and even then it can go wrong
Theoretically.. couldn't someone just use Felix Felices to make a stone? if your goal when drinking it was to say... figure out the materials and method behind making a philosiphers stone... you'd figure it out perfectly?
I don't think I'll keep Felix Felicis at the top. Luck can only get help you to a limit. You need to have the capability to do it, being lucky won't help you all the time.
What about the Animagus Potion? Considering the complexity to make the potion combined with extensive transfiguration knowledge to make it, it should be ranked on the list. Though not able to cause invisibility, it can conceal the identity of an individual to those who don't know the Animagus form of a person.
If I had invented a liquid luck potion I would drink it to invent a better one and continue this until I have a potion that has the same effects and last my entire life :D
I do believe that it wore off within the hour like is usual for Polyjuice. I believe attempting to turn your self in to an animal repeatably could start causing problems
Excellent video , HP theory is there any way I can procure a pensive from you sir? U have a next level knowledge that I know not. Thanks for sharing the knowledge that you have learned 🤟
Can you make a video on all of the half breeds that exist and what makes them different? I’ve recently learned that veela are masters of wandless magic. How does that translate to halfbreeds
You can drink a felix felicis potion then start making another felix felicis potion. You will have a luck to succeed in making a felix felicis potion because you drank a felix felicis portion beforehand.
That would be sick if you could use all of these tools in the upcoming game. Use potions or that mineral Harry uses in the Half-Blood Prince to sneak into the train car Draco was in, etc. You’d be like Batman: resourceful.
Why didnt voldemort use extimulo potion to enhance his avada kedavra on harry or why didnt slughorn prepare a lot of extimulo potions for all the students to make them more powerful?
If the Polyjuice Potion is not able to transform someone into another species, then why Hermine was transfered into a cat in the movies when they took the potion?
Why didn't Harry bring felix felices wherever he went after he got it, summon voldemort somehow i dont know, drink it, and kill him? If he was guaranteed success, why not right???
I disagree with a lot of these. For example both the rudementary body and body restoration potions are... Yes powerful.... But basically useless to anybody who hasn't ripped their souls to pieces. Therefore their overall influence is rather minimal. As for Felix Felicia, while not explicitly stated, it is pretty clear I think (correct me if I'm wrong plz - with supporting evidence) that it only promotes success in any endeavor which you are already capable of. For example, if Harry took the potion with the intent to kill Bellatrix, it probably would end in failure, because he is incapable of murder. Again, if Harry took it with the intent to become an animagus, it would also end in failure, or at least he would not be an animagus before the potion wore off. Likely, he'd learn all the instructions necessary and have begun the process, but no more. And like... The mopsus potion is not mentioned anywhere besides in trading cards. Besides, it's basically makes divination useless and gives people the force. It's a stupid and poorly thought out idea with no seemingly believable ways of making it. What, do we take a piece of centaur brain or Trelawney's brain and combine it with some... Idk concoction of spells like accio and wingardium leviosa and arresto momento and impedimenta to create some semblance of the force? How would that work? What magical creature or plant has the force? None that I know of, and none that can be combined together to create such an effect. Therefore, it's an unrealistic potion.
In the chamber of secrets movie when harry and ron drank polyjiuce potion why did they keep their own voices? but when Barty crouch jr drank the same potion his voice changed to mad eye moodys
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