All thats needed. Question time; Is Link a competent archer, yes or no?
This is where you're meant to say what makes three baby dragons above any enemies Link has faced.
Sorry, thats your own rules. If HP wands have LotR staffs method of defeat because thats where the attack comes from, then a TB vamp have Hellsing's vamps method of defeat.
Or, you know:
"This point doesn't make any sense. Nothing stops force being applied to an HP wand by a wizard's staff just because the method of destroying a wizard's staff is different. An HP wand is not a wizard's staff, it's a stick with a magical core and it's used differently and has the durability of a stick with a magical core. We know they break in universe from use and are even repaired with tape, lol.
I'm of the mind that if we're talking specifically about a spell clash that it might be harder under that circumstance but Gandalf should win that anyway.
So in short, a wand is not a wizard staff, it's rules are not the same."
"On the LotR front, the two settings play by different rules so it's difficult to compare them. Breaking Saruman's staff required Gandalf to to overpower his magic, and the staff basically represented his power, so I wouldn't say it's an entirely physical thing. Then again Gandalf has broken swords before (IIRC) and that is definitely a physical thing.
HP wands aren't representations of power like that, being "mere" tools that they use. They can be physically broken easily, and don't necessarily require the user to be overpowered first. Heck, there's a specific spell to just knock a wand out of someone's hand, and then it's just a matter of breaking it over one's knee.
HOWEVER, assuming that Gandalf's wand breaker is a spell, it is not unreasonable that an HP wizard could defend themselves from it. A disarming spell can be blocked by a shield spell, which does protect the wand. On the other hand, HP spells are nearly all projectiles that can be tracked and prevented from hitting the target, while Gandalf's spell just straight up breaks the staff with no projectile. There's not much way for Voldemort to even see that coming, let alone defend himself from it."
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