Why Didn't They Use Liquid Luck in the Battle of Hogwarts? - Harry Potter Theory

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’re discussing the Deathly Hallows, the Battle of Hogwarts, Potion-making, Horace Slughorn and a little potion by the name of Felix Felicis- Liquid Luck. More specifically- I’m going to be addressing the question: Why wasn’t Liquid Luck used more? Why wasn’t it utilized during the Battle of Hogwarts? If you’ve always wondered this as well, then sit back, relax and enjoy.

We first see Liquid Luck in the Half-Blood Prince, after Dumbledore has convinced Professor Horace Slughorn to return to Hogwarts and teach potions. In this same school year, Harry paid extra close attention in his class- hoping to be ‘selected’ by Slughorn in order to obtain information about Tom Riddle and horcruxes. Part of this ‘selection’, however, involved Harry’s use of a certain potions textbook- one belonging to a ‘Half-Blood Prince’. The textbook allowed Harry to breeze through Slughorn’s potions lessons with ease- providing him with all sorts of shortcuts to a perfect brew.

In one such lesson, Felix Felicis- or Liquid Luck, is introduced to us- a potion, that, in essence, enables the consumer to become successful in all of their endeavours. Felix Felicis, is in my opinion the most powerful potion of all, because it’s possibilities are seemingly limitless. Whatever you try to use it for, you will be successful at, which means that with it you should be able to achieve almost..well, anything. The potion was first created in the 16th century by a potioneer by the name of Zygmunt Bridge, who dubbed it the ‘crowning achievement of his career’.

"Mine own invention, my masterpiece; the crowning achievement of my career. Bottled good fortune. Brewed correctly the drinker of this potion will be lucky in all their endeavours, but be warned ... excessive consumption is highly toxic and can cause extreme recklessness. Fans of Quidditch were quick to protest that a potion which gives the drinker good luck was hardly fair and use of my potion was banned, quite rightly, from all competitive events ... except potion-making tournaments."

And here Harry was, in Slughorn’s class, with a vial of this potion right in front of him. A vial that looked like ‘molten gold’ with ‘large drops leaping like goldfish from its surface, never spilling’. The only thing that Harry needed to do to obtain this vial of Liquid Luck, was be the first to successfully brew a Draught of Living Death- which of course, Harry did, thanks to Snape’s textbook.

Later in the same book/film, we see Harry finally use the vial that he won, a vial that would have given him about 12 hours of luck.

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