I think
Kuru puts it quite simply, yet makes a very good point. There's not a lot of info as far as the actual battle in concerned. And also, the info that we do have is rather ambiguous or even contradicting.
Ambiguous as in, whether Sauron was dead before Isildur cut off the Ring, and his spirit only decided to leave after the Ring was cut from his hand. Or, whether it was the cutting off of the Ring that did Sauron in and forced his spirit to flee the body.
Contradicting as in, it was Elendil and Gil-galad who "overthrew Sauron" (but as
Farael says this could just mean that since Elendil and Gil-galad were the "Generals" there army "overthrew" Sauron's army). Or it was Elendil and Gil-galad who literally "thred" down and killed Sauron (physically). Then we have Isildur, who grant it could just be boasting about the entire thing.
Mormegil brings up a good point:
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I just don't see that robbing Sauron of his ring would 'kill' him, so to speak. The fact is he lived after when Gollum, Bilbo and Frodo had his ring.
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If Sauron could live without the Ring (which he could), than perhaps it wasn't the loss of his ring that "killed" him, but he was already dead, his spirit just decided to leave at that time. I wonder if his spirit would have left if Isildur didn't cut off the Ring? (Again, this goes back to what
Kuru was saying, basically a toss up, there's not enough info).
And I like the logic
1,000 Reader uses to pick Elendil, over Gil-galad. But, perhaps there should have been a fourth option in that it was both Elendil and Gil-galad, because they are both given the credit. But, I think since the question is who delivered the final blow, then it's gotta be one person. And we get back to not enough info to determine. So, basically it's whatever you believe and supporting it.
