The Most Powerful Vampires In Twilight, Ranked From Weakest To Strongest

The first Twilight movie hit theaters in 2008 and introduced the world to some powerful Twilight vampires. In the late 2000s, especially 2008-2010, it was almost impossible to open a magazine or turn on the news without it being mentioned in some way. This is also the case for the books the movies were based on, which sold over 160 million copies and went into even more depth on the powerful vampires in the franchise. The interesting thing about the Twilight vampires is that power isn’t just about brute strength.

The most powerful of the species has extra powers on top of strength and these abilities make some vampires much more powerful than others. Examples of this include super speed, telepathy, mind-reading, creating force fields, controlling the elements, and even using mind powers to cause intense pain in anyone around them. This makes the Twilight vampires some of the most powerful in fiction history, with many of them massively stronger than others in the fictional world of the franchise’s books and movies.

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Esme Cullen

Played by Elizabeth Reaser

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When talking about the most powerful of the Twilight vampires, no one really mentions Esme Cullen. That is mostly because Esme is a mother figure for her clan, and doesn’t go into battle unless it is utterly necessary. Like her husband, she wants to live in peace and not fight. However, as the final battle with the Volturi showed, a mother will do anything to protect her family, and Esme is not someone who can be pushed around and treated like less than a true threat.

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Unlike her family, Esme developed no special powers when she became a vampire. However, her one power is her ability to show passionate love to the people around her and that was enhanced when she became a vampire. She was the real leader of the family and the calming force that kept them on the same page and ensured they were powerful when bonded together. While Bella mentioned at one point in Eclipse that Esme was not skilled at fighting, she still stood by her family and helped beat the invading newborn vampire army descending on them.

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Rosalie Hale

Played by Nikki Reed

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Of the entire Cullen family, Rosalie Hale’s backstory is certainly one of the most tragic. Attacked right before she was supposed to be married, Rosalie ended up as one of the Twilight vampires and took revenge on her attackers before adopting a “vegetarian” lifestyle. While she is not much of a fighter in the movies, the one moment where she ruthlessly slaughters the men who hurt her shows how powerful of a woman she really is when the chips are down.

Rosalie is not particularly keen on Bella being a part of their family.

She’s not shown to exhibit any special powers in particular in the franchise, but her fiercely protective nature makes her incredibly formidable. Rosalie is not particularly keen on Bella being a part of their family, but when Bella becomes pregnant, it’s Rosalie who stands between her and literally everyone else who disagrees with her choices. Rosalie is nearly fearless, loyal to a fault, and always ready to fight, which makes her powerful despite not being able to read minds or manipulate the elements.

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Emmett Cullen

Played by Kellan Lutz

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Unlike most of his siblings, Emmett is often removed from the drama of the Twilight franchise. Instead, he pops in and out for comedic relief, or so the other characters can use his strength. He might not have power in the Twilight vampires’ social circles, and he might not have any distinct abilities, but he is even stronger than the average vampire. Vampires in general are super strong and durable. It’s noted multiple times in the books and movies, however, that Emmett’s physical strength is even greater than the rest of his coven.

With that said, there might not be a stronger vampire in the franchise than Emmett when it comes to pure strength and raw power. While Edward and others have fallen in fist fights, Emmett has proven he can hold his own against any vampire and even the strongest werewolves, and in the final fight, he was able to take it to the Twilight vampires arriving to kill his family. Even though it was a vision of a possible future, the fact Emmett beheaded the powerful Alec in an instant shows how powerful he really is.

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Heidi

Played by Noot Seear

Heidi leads tourists in to see the Volturi

Heidi isn’t a powerhouse of a vampire. Without her, however, the Volturi wouldn’t have nearly as much power as they do. It’s Heidi who is responsible for luring people into the Volturi’s clutches. She acts as their receptionist to the outside world, but she’s seemingly friendly and persuasive – until she isn’t. The only real power she seems to have in the Twilight Saga franchise is her beauty, so her powers are more like Rosalie, and less about strength-based powers.

Heidi might not be someone the audience sees a lot of, and she might not get down and dirty in the Twilight vampires’ conflicts in the series, but she’s a necessary part of the Volturi power structure. Without her tendency to bring them humans, they’d have a hard time feeding and maintaining their anonymity.

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Carlisle Cullen

Played by Peter Facinelli

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The patriarch of the Cullen coven, Carlisle’s superpower might as well be his compassion. Carlisle retains much of his humanity, not acting feral like a lot of the other Twilight vampires introduced in the series. A doctor, he wants to help people and live alongside humans without disrupting their way of life.

It’s difficult to command respect among those more powerful, but Carlisle manages it because he’s genuinely kind.

He doesn’t hold as much power as the Volturi, but he does have the respect of a lot of the Twilight vampires. The various covens introduced in the later chapters of the franchise arrive to offer their support to his family – and to satisfy their own curiosity. It’s difficult to command respect among those more powerful, but Carlisle manages it because he’s genuinely kind.

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Riley Biers

Played by Xavier Samuel

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Riley was Victoria’s right-hand man in Eclipse. He was responsible for finding loners and troubled kids and bringing them to Victoria so that she could change them into Twilight vampires. He’s also the leader of the newborns since Victoria has better things to do. Riley is obviously in love with Victoria, who is still in love with the sadistic James. Victoria has no issues with manipulating his emotions for her own good, though, and lets him believe whatever he wants as long as he keeps working for her.

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He’s physically strong and described as muscular, even as a vampire. He’s also able to lead the army of newborns with only a little bit of dissent from the ranks. That’s proof that had he been left on his own, he probably would have survived for a lot longer. Unfortunately for Riley, though, although he was physically strong, his life still ended early on after being manipulated by Victoria during the final battle. Plus, he has no powers, so he only has his raw strength as a young vampire to carry him on.

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Alice Cullen

Played by Ashley Greene

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There are plenty of people who have probably forgotten about Riley, but Alice Cullen is a fan favorite. Alice is Edward’s adoptive sister, and she quickly becomes best friends with Bella as well. Although Carlisle is responsible for bringing together the vast majority of the Cullen clan, Alice found her own way to the Cullen clan because of her gift. Alice’s main character trait is that she can see the future.

Her ability comes in handy many times throughout the series, but it’s surprisingly limited.

She can’t see the future outright — she can only see the outcomes of certain decisions people make. As people make decisions, her visions change, and she can’t see their future at all if they make a spur-of-the-moment decision. She also can’t see futures involving werewolves, which is endlessly annoying to her.

Her power might be limited, but she makes up for it with her biggest strength: her loving and caring nature. When combined, she’s able to pull amazing things off, like somehow finding one of the few other vampire/human hybrids in the world to save Renesmee’s life. As impressive as she is, though, she still doesn’t quite match up with some of the other Twilight vampires in the series.

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Jasper Hale

Played by Jackson Rathbone

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Jasper Hale is one of the main characters of the Twilight Saga, but he can still be forgotten sometimes. He’s Edward’s adoptive brother and Alice’s partner. Both Jasper and Rosalie use the last name Hale because they’re the only ones who can pass as biological siblings. (All the Cullens technically pretend to be siblings, but their backstory is that they’ve all been adopted by the young doctor and his wife.)

Jasper is remarkable because of the unique ability he has. He’s able to manipulate the emotions of those around him. If a situation is becoming particularly heated, he can soothe someone about to throw a punch. If he needs to manipulate someone into trusting the Cullens, he can inspire feelings of safety. This is an incredibly useful power, and one that has come in handy for him many times throughout his years as a vampire. It’s not much of a stretch to say he probably wouldn’t have survived to meet Bella if he didn’t have that ace in his pocket.

Although his power to manipulate emotions is impressive, his willpower could use some work (as the audience sees in New Moon). Also, this skill probably wouldn’t save him from some of the other Twilight vampires from the series.

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Renesmee Cullen

Played primarily by Mackenzie Foy

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Although Renesmee is only half-vampire, she still earns a spot in this ranking for how unique she is. Renesmee is the half-vampire, half-human child of Bella and Edward, also known as the child with really creepy CGI in Breaking Dawn. As a vampire/human hybrid, Renesmee is smart, has skin as strong as a vampire’s, and ages rapidly — or at least she will until she’s seven years old, by which time she’ll stop aging and appear to be seventeen.

Renesmee has the ability to transmit thoughts to other people as long as she is touching their skin. She can also penetrate others’ mental shields, which means she has the exact opposite abilities of both of her parents. Each of the Twilight vampires who met her — and there are a lot who traipse through the pages of Breaking Dawn — is instantly impressed with her. Although the audience only sees her as a kid, Meyer seems to be implying that once she’s an adult, she’ll be the most powerful one in the Cullen clan, or at least be close.

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Marcus

Played by Christopher Heyerdahl

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The audience meets Marcus in New Moon after Edward fails to claim his own life in Italy and almost gets destroyed. Marcus is a member of the Volturi, the powerful coven that’s basically vampire royalty. They are responsible for enforcing the laws of the vampire world — don’t turn kids into vampires, don’t let the human food know that vampires exist, and so on.

Marcus’ power is less impressive than some of the other members of the Volturi but still comes in handy for them as they dole out justice to law-breaking Twilight vampires. He can sense the power and strength of relationships. This sounds less like a special ability and more like someone who just pays attention to human emotion, but the audience can roll with it.

Marcus mainly earns his spot because of his position within the Volturi, not his ability to tell if someone’s dating or just friends. He’s one of the three leaders of the Volturi and, so, is feared and respected by Twilight vampires across the globe. He’s even famous among humans as “Saint Marcus,” who is said to have driven out all the vampires from Volterra. His political power and age (he is ancient) make up for how useless his special ability can be.

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