Why does nobody fight Lord Voldemort?

[Scrumpys]

I know that some people fought him in a few of the books(Harry, Dumbledore, etc.), but the majority of people that run into to him cower than are killed shortly thereafter. I mean, why doesn't anyone simply TRY to do something, like attack back. It might not work, but if it did you could defeat him.

 

[Jacco]

Because wizards aren't the smartest of people. Let me just say he's lucky he started his shit in Britain and not North America. No offense to the Brirs, but us North Americans would have done it right the first time. Lol

 

[BabyRaptor]

Um, other than him being immortal until all the Horcruxes were destroyed?

 

[TheTaco007]

Um, other than him being immortal until all the Horcruxes were destroyed?

And also that fact that he could slaughter anyone in 10 seconds flat?

 

[LobsterFeng]

Because he's nigh immortal. Plus we can only assume that he has the power to make your head explode just by flicking his wand. But in all seriousness, Voldemort mainly let his followers do the business while he hid in the shadows generating fear.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

If I had a gun, I wouldn't fear the reaper.

Hell, Nothing can take that much wear and tear from an AK-47.

 

[Swny Nerdgasm]

Because he had Plot Armor, and the only known ***** in said armor was named Potter

 

[BabyRaptor]

Um, other than him being immortal until all the Horcruxes were destroyed?

And also that fact that he could slaughter anyone in 10 seconds flat?

Well, yes. There's that. Avada Kadabra WAS pretty nasty to everyone not The Boy Who Lived.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

It was implied that other people have fought against him. I think it was in the fifth or sixth book, Mad Eye was showing Harry a picture of the original Order of the Phoenix and was talking about how a lot of those people died. A pair of brothers were said to have died like heroes, having been taken out by a dozen Death Eaters. I assume Voldemort was there but could be wrong. Others were killed by Voldemort himself and since they were members of The Order, I'm sure they didn't just lay down and take it.

As is mentioned above though, the wizarding world is not a world of logic and reason. Lord Voldemort made himself into more of a symbol than anything. Like a sort of Anti-Batman. He didn't really need to do much, he just needed to be there. Besides, in a world of Magic it isn't hard to imagine him using a form of Battle Meditation or something to keep people in a state of paralyzed fear when he's around.

 

[The Rookie Gamer]

He was obscenely skilled in magic. Heck, at the End of the 7th book, he's able to hold his own against 2 skilled, veteran teachers, and a Auror, the equivalent of an Navy SEAL or SAS operative, and when he gets angry, he knocks them away with a burst of magic, putting them out of the fight. He's also incredibly intelligent and manipulative, and is able to infiltrate the Wizarding Government with only a small amount of trouble, and was only afraid of 2 people: Dumbledore, the even older, arguably more powerful wizard than he, and one child, due to the workings of fate itself.

 

[Veylon]

Oh, sure, they could fight him, maybe even kill him. The problem is that he'd keep coming back. He's not invincible or all-powerful, just immortal.

 

[Deshin]

If I had a gun, I wouldn't fear the reaper.

Hell, Nothing can take that much wear and tear from an AK-47.

Until he flicks as his wand as you raise the gun and casts a reflective barrier spell that bounces the hail of bullets back at you and turns you into mincemeat. Even if someone did just run up and sucker punch him one from behind he'd probably just shrug it off and crucio you to oblivion for having the sheer gaul.

Though I do often wonder why no one in the HP universe ever realises they're in the 2000s and not the medieval era and actually invest in some electronics or ballistic weaponry. I mean, surely they can enchant the bullets to act like quidich snitches or something of the like? I suppose that was a bit too much effort on Rowling's part to not just go with the Merlin cliche.

 

[Ooga600]

He's kind of good at magic. Hence the WAR to stop him.

 

[Asita]

Easy. He utterly horrified everyone. Remember, in his initial run he'd built up such a reputation that people were still afraid to speak his name...a fear that continued over a decade after he supposedly died. He was considered one of the most powerful wizards in history and the most evil one in centuries. Even Dumbledore claimed he might well have been the most talented student ever to enter Hogwarts. Add onto that the reign of terror he had before the series started and the answer to the question is fairly simple: Those who lived while he was around knew better, and almost everyone was afraid to try.

 

[RoyalSorceress]

If I had a gun, I wouldn't fear the reaper.

Hell, Nothing can take that much wear and tear from an AK-47.

Until he flicks as his wand as you raise the gun and casts a reflective barrier spell that bounces the hail of bullets back at you and turns you into mincemeat. Even if someone did just run up and sucker punch him one from behind he'd probably just shrug it off and crucio you to oblivion for having the sheer gaul.

Rowling once said that in the HP universe bullets are faster than spells, so a muggle with a gun could easily kill a wizard.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

If I had a gun, I wouldn't fear the reaper.

Hell, Nothing can take that much wear and tear from an AK-47.

Until he flicks as his wand as you raise the gun and casts a reflective barrier spell that bounces the hail of bullets back at you and turns you into mincemeat. Even if someone did just run up and sucker punch him one from behind he'd probably just shrug it off and crucio you to oblivion for having the sheer gaul.

Though I do often wonder why no one in the HP universe ever realises they're in the 2000s and not the medieval era and actually invest in some electronics or ballistic weaponry. I mean, surely they can enchant the bullets to act like quidich snitches or something of the like? I suppose that was a bit too much effort on Rowling's part to not just go with the Merlin cliche.

The bullets would shatter, your argument is invalid.

Even so, I'd just invest 15,000 platinum for a thanix cannon. Let's see how good he is at stopping urinaium at over 4000 degrees farienhiet.

But seriously, they should invest in balistics. Imagine if they protected hagworts with machineguns instead of magic... things wouldn't go so well for the tightly grouped followers of voldemort.

 

[katsabas]

Would you mess with someone that:

A)Can fly without a broom

B)Can reverse spells without a wand

C)Survived a full on Avada Kedavra curse ?

Doesn't sound like a high percentage victory.