nothing can shield the killing curse - that's kind of one of the points of it, because harry survived it...
at any rate, if voldemort was in a 'playing with his dinner' kind of mood, moody might get a couple of hexes thrown in. but i can only see that as voldemort doing a sadistic "oh look, moody, you're winning!!" and then suddenly killing him. yeah, i think it would be fun for voldemort to give 'the greatest auror ever' some hope, and then just take it away.
'i have a surprise for you.'
'oh?'
'i... am not left-handed!'
Well I don't think Voldermort was so untouchable at all. Remember in the 5th book Dumbledore telling him that the Aurors are on their way, what had impact on him. He was avoiding the Aurors. Although I agree that Moody would not be able to finish him, but still Voldermort will have to sweat a bit before killing him. Remember amelia bones? she gave up a good fight' were the accounts of the duel between her and Voldermort
Originally posted by Unicor777
Well I don't think Voldermort was so untouchable at all. Remember in the 5th book Dumbledore telling him that the Aurors are on their way, what had impact on him. He was avoiding the Aurors. Although I agree that Moody would not be able to finish him, but still Voldermort will have to sweat a bit before killing him. Remember amelia bones? she gave up a good fight' were the accounts of the duel between her and Voldermort
That's because Voldemort didn't think he could take on Dumbledore, the Order, and half the Ministry.
Originally posted by siriuswriterI've always felt that was a bit of a flaw, if nothing could shield the killing curse, what need would there be to use anything else in a duel? And it was never really explained that well either, does it kill you if it hits you in the pinky?
nothing can shield the killing curse - that's kind of one of the points of it, because harry survived it...at any rate, if voldemort was in a 'playing with his dinner' kind of mood, moody might get a couple of hexes thrown in. but i can only see that as voldemort doing a sadistic "oh look, moody, you're winning!!" and then suddenly killing him. yeah, i think it would be fun for voldemort to give 'the greatest auror ever' some hope, and then just take it away.
'i have a surprise for you.'
'oh?'
'i... am not left-handed!'
Just doesn't make much sense to me.
Not only that, but you have to be a skilled witch/wizard to pull it off.
Moody: Aveda Kedavra is a curse that needs a powerful bit of magic behind it. You could all pull your wands out and point them at me and say the words, and I probably wont get so much as a nosebleed.
^ Did that quote from memory, so its probably a bit mistaken.