Talk:Gandalf VS Dumbledore/@comment-32743678-20160306021503/@comment-3463132-20160306023249

Uh, Avada Kadavra is mentioned to leave no signs of death at all so far as I know. It's not natural death so much as "We have no idea why they died." I believe the quote is (paraphrasing) "They were all in perfect health, minus being dead."

There's no suggestion at all in the books that it forces you to die of natural causes. That entire thread is people just guessing- there's no more proof Avada Kadavra destroys your soul as it shuts down your brain. Someone even points out HPverse works by "magic". There does not need to be any scientific explanation whatsoever for how any given spell works.

" This alone points out that all what Avada Kedavra dose is by killing a person through magical means as if they "died" by natural causes. "

False, this means when Muggles examined the body they ruled it by natural causes- this does not mean that is how the spell works. Muggles in HPverse are frequently pointed out to ignore magic and simply file it as something else- this would be one such example.

Not disagreeing that Gandalf likely stomps (although Dumbledore might have a chance) but Avada Kadavra is a spell that kills you. Also Gandalf couldn't come back for a while so if he was slain for some reason that would still be a win  for the slayer.