Was Snape a better legilimency than Voldemort?

Was Snape a better legilimency than Voldemort?

Snape and Voldemort are both capable of independent flight, no-one else in the books can do this. Both are superb duellists. Voldemort against Dumbledore, then against 3 Order members during the battle, he was doing more than holding them off even with a wand that wasn't his.

Was Snape a good Legilimens?

Snape is first revealed to be a skilled Legilimens — a witch or wizard with the ability to read another person's mind — when Dumbledore arranges for Harry to practice Occlumency — the art of shielding one's mind from invasion — with the potions professor in Order of the Phoenix.

Was Snape more powerful than Voldemort?

A Hogwarts professor and talented-potion maker, Snape was instrumental in the fight against Voldemort and his forces. ... Severus Snape might have pretended to serve Voldemort (while in fact, as we all know, working as a double agent for Dumbledore), but there's almost no question he was more powerful than the Dark Lord.

Is Snape smarter than Voldemort?

But Voldemort still killed Severus Voldemort was the stronger of the two. ... Yet, Severus was smarter and more capable in the way of duality. You even argue that Snape knew that he could not defeat Voldemort. He was aware of the prophecy, therefore, allowed Voldemort to kill him.

Did Voldemort use Legilimency on Snape?

He did use Legilimency on Snape. He used Legilimency on everyone. But Snape was a far more accomplished occlumence. He could plant false or semi true memories in his head to misdirect Voldemort.

Which is stronger Snape or Voldemort in Harry Potter?

• Voldemort is said to be a master Legilimens, which means Snape must be an even stronger Occlumens, impressively strong. Actually that's not exactly true, Snape is a good occlumens enough to prevent Voldemort from going into his mind however we don't he is the only one.

Who is better at Legilimency than Voldemort?

• Someone who practices Legilimency to extract thoughts and emotions from another’s mind is called a Legilimens ( OP37 ). Severus Snape is both a Legilimens and an Occlumens, and is apparently better at Occlumency than Voldemort is at Legilimency, which is how he has survived in his difficult role of double agent among the Death Eaters for so long.

Why did Voldemort believe Snape was incapable of hiding information?

• As E.T. said, Voldemort does not trust and leaves nothing to chance, but there are other reasons he had for believing that Snape was incapable of hiding information from him. First, there are two branches of mind-manipulation in the Potterverse. The first is Occlumency and the second is Legilimency. Occlumency is purely defensive.

Why was Severus Snape able to see Legilimency?

• Severus Snape was able to see one of Voldemort's memories of the Department of Mysteries that Harry Potter himself had not experienced because of the unintentional Horcrux that linked them. Like Occlumency, Legilimency is not regularly taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.