From the here and now thatHarry Potterfaced Voldemort inThe Goblet of Fire , the wizarding existence was struck by an unprecedented level of fear . While Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge , along with the Ministry itself , denied Harry ’s title of the dark lord ’s return throughout theOrder of the Phoenix , this   disbelief was anxiety - induced rather than a   genuine disbelief of Harry ’s reports .

Part of the reason why so many crone and thaumaturgist became disillusioned with fear is because of the horror that come during the First Wizarding War . While Voldemort ’s actions were ruinous , he did not move alone , as there were many Death Eaters at his   disposal who   assisted in creating the terror that mark the wizarding human race . Let ’s take a tone at the strength ofsome of the more prominent Death Eatersin theHarry Potterfilm series .

Updated on January 15th , 2021 by George Chrysostomou : The Harry Potter universe is always expand thanks to the addition of stage productions like the Cursed Child , spin - off pic , and even an open - world video game . Countless more dark sorcerers and Death Eaters are being added or rise in canon ! We ’ve added a few more characters to well round out this list of the most sinewy Death Eaters and more accurately show just how strong Voldemort ’s support was in the Wizarding World during the time metre of Harry Potter ’s story . Some of them are much   more fearsome   than others , however .

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Stan Shunpike

Stan Shunpike may seem like an ordinary Knight Bus conductor , but he finally get himself in a far more dangerous position thanks to his big mouth . Throughout the rising slope of Voldemort , Shunpike tried to impress his friends at the pub by telling them he was a Death Eater .

He was eventually sent to Azkaban and then broken out by material disconsolate wizards . He claim that put him under the imperious curse to carry out their commands . Whether he was a literal Death Eater from that point on , or simply a pawn in a large game , he ’s certainly one of the least dangerous followers of the Dark Lord .

Crabbe And Goyle

Crabbe and Goyle are well known to be the childhood supporter of Draco Malfoy . These Hogwarts yob may come to in brief idolise Voldemort themselves , but their fathers are already deep entrenched with the Death Eaters .

They are a part of a group that help to revive the Dark Lord , although are also pick apart by Voldemort himself for leave him to waste . They are a small part of the wizarding state of war and are ultimately not that powerful ; they were but two idiots swept away by the ideology .

Draco Malfoy

Harry ’s main adversary at Hogwarts is the weakest Death Eater on this listing and it ’s not hard to see why . While a open adept , Draco ’s essence intelligibly was n’t committed to being a blue necromancer , as was evident during several moments where he had emotional breakdown throughoutThe Half - pedigree Prince .

While he successfully welcomed the Death Eaters into Hogwartsvia the vanishing locker in the room of requirement , he could not get himself to execute his main task , namely to kill Albus Dumbledore . This duty was consequently   performed by Snape , who agreed to bear out the task if Draco could not due to making the unbreakable vow .

Peter Pettigrew

Wormtail is both a cowardly and magically - weak maven and has no evident dueling abilities . What he does have in abundance , however , is a knack for conjuration and stealth , which is what allowed him to frame Sirius Black for his murder as well as disguise himself as Ron ’s favourite scab due to being an animagus .

He is devoid of loyalty and only service Voldemort out of fright . He did have his uses , however , as he located Voldemort in Albania after the event ofThe Philosopher ’s Stoneand aided him until his transformation .

The Carrows

Alecto and Amycus Carrow were two improbably loyal followers of Voldemort . In fact , they were so capable and trustworthy that they were put in charge of regularize Hogwarts . Essentially they were partially creditworthy for the future multiplication of the wizarding world .

While they were easily knocked down by Professor   McGonagall during her duel with Snape , they were at the very least capable of stay fresh edict at Hogwarts . What ’s more , they fought during the Battle of Hogwarts , find themselves on the front lines and making cruel decisions .

Scabior

The drawing card of an honorary sectionalization of the Death Eaters know as the Snatchers , Scabior was a very fast contributor to the wizarding warfare . In fact , his Snatchers were creditworthy for bringing in a number of high profile runaways .

Of course , his most famous haul was that of Harry Potter , Ron Weasley , and Hermione Granger , which he was incredibly proud of . He led his team into the Battle of Hogwarts , speedily getting wiped out by Neville Longbottom ’s infamous bridge circuit ambuscade .

Pius Thicknesse

While he did not become a Death Eater out of his own will , Thicknesse prove useful to Voldemort after the death of then - Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour . Corban Yaxley localise Thicknesses under the Imperius Curse , and what followed was perhaps the Death Eaters ' most in force power play .

Thicknessebecame the new Minister of Magic , and implemented policy that allowed the Death Eaters to take up exponent from within the ministry itself . While he displayed no specific wizard abilities that would test him to be a powerful Death Eater , he nonetheless assisted the dark lord to the greatest extent in the political kingdom .

Igor Karkaroff

This former Death Eater proved to be an effective operator , trade out many of Voldemort ’s follower in his successful attempt to be released from Azkaban and later getting appoint as Headmaster at Durmstrang . While   denounce is typically frowned - upon , Karkaroff had many strengths that could for sure cancel out this character defect .

aside from his bent for getting out of difficulty , he was proficient in casting the Unforgivable Curses , and he proved to be   incredibly stealthy , successfully parry capture by the Aurors for six years .

Lucius Malfoy

One of the societal   elite group , Luciusdespises those who are not " pure blood " in his center and is extremely involve by Voldemort . His home is used as both a meeting place and main office during the events ofThe Deathly Hallows , and he try out himself to be a fast Death Eeater during both wizarding wars .

He is an established duelist and a schoolmaster of non - verbal spell , as well as a leader among the Death Eaters .   He led the assault against Harry and his protagonist in the Department of Mysteries inOrder of the Phoenix , however , he seemed to be jolly easily subdue by Harry and Sirius , which lowered his ranking on this lean .

Antonin Dolohov

This ruthless Death Eater hit both of Molly Weasley ’s brothers during the First Wizarding War , escape from Azkaban at the same time as Bellatrix Lestrange , and participate in the battle in the Department of Mysteries .

He was an incredibly powerful   duelist and was the one to obliterate Remus Lupin .   to boot , he overpowered   Mad - Eye   Moody in fight and it took a combined exploit from both Harry and Sirius to subdue him . finally , it took the   dueling   expertise of Filius Flitwick to overcome   this infamous dark-skinned wizard .

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