Klaus never turning his humanity off in the moments that so many other vampires did is impressive, but the reason for it is agonizing yet heartening.
Silas. Silas is the world's first immortal who's also the most powerful vampire in the TVD universe, although his powers have only been used as plot holes.
With all of this in mind, it is important to note that Rebekah is the weakest Original Vampire, I wouldn't necessarily say because she's female, but for the sake of this argument, it's worth noting this, but at the end of the day she might have simply been the weakest child of Esther (strength-wise), and not because ...
Although his brother Klaus might technically be stronger — Klaus is half vampire, half werewolf — Elijah is the most powerful. Other traits to note: He is level-headed.
Lucien Castle was proven to be much stronger than even Original vampires after he was "upgraded". He was able to overwhelm both Finn and Elijah with ease, and later defeat Klaus, the Original hybrid, effortlessly.
Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1579–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records.
Type One vampires are the rarest and most powerful type of vampires. They are human-like in appearance but have two fangs and sometimes, their eyes glow. They possess great strength and speed, an incredibly long lifespan and the ability to hypnotize their victims with their eyes.
The dirge is easily the rarest form of vampiric creature and indeed may be the least-documented undead being known to exist.
The level of strength in vampire depends on their age and their diet - consuming human blood regularly makes them stronger than those that consume animal blood. Even transitioning vampires, have been shown to be several times stronger than they were before they turned.
In Vampire: The Masquerade, since vampires have no bodily fluids apart from vitae, when they cry, they cry tears of blood. It is considered very vulgar among the Ventrue. This seems to apply to most stress responses, as there are occasional references to "blood sweats" when a vampire is particularly aggrieved.
A human-vampire hybrid, also known as half-vampire, vampire hybrid, half-human and half-vampire, and half-immortal, is the offspring of a female human and a male vampire. It is generally beyond the ability of most vampires to be this close to a human physically and still resist the lure of her blood.
Maacah is believed to be the first vampire in all of Creation, however, that status is given to Dracula for Maacah is more of a deity. He is the patron deity of vampires and is an important figure in vampire history as he is believed to have lead to the creation of Dracula.
Count Dracula is depicted as the "King Vampire", and can control other vampires. To punish Mina and the party for their efforts against him, Dracula bites her on at least three occasions.
In comparison to humans, a 118 year old vampire is roughly the equivalent to an 18 year old human in terms of appearance.
In addition to the traits he shares with his fellow vampires, Edward has certain abilities that are his alone. He possesses superior superhuman speed compared to that of other vampires and is the fastest of the Cullens, able to outrun any of them.
The show revolves around three Mikaelson siblings, Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies), and Rebekah (Claire Holt), collectively known as "original vampires", or simply the "originals". The Originals is set in the city of New Orleans.
By feats Bonnie simply outclasses Hope by a huge margin. Even by character hype, while Hope was said to be able to fuel the NO ancestors for generations, Bonnie was said to be able to do anything she put her mind to.
Season Two. Damon kills Elijah with a stake through his heart. When Damon tried to save Stefan from losing his head, he staked Elijah. Later, Elijah came back to life and pulled the stake out of himself.
For pretty much all of Klaus' vampire life, Mikael was the only man who was physically capable of fighting Klaus, who actually had the drive and determination to kill him, and most importantly had the only weapon that could actually kill Klaus.
Klaus Mikaelson
As the only Original Hybrid, Klaus has combines the raw powers of both Original vampires and werewolves to become the most formidable foe on the show.