Best Fighter

In the Third Age during the War of the Ring I believe one of the greatest fighter had to be Boromir, just because his battle prowess was displayed of killing many Uruks and because he was wounded by the arrows of the enemies. He was not fighting the orc breeds of Mt.Gundabad or the underground breed of Moria. These were orcs which stood as tall as men, and were more ferocious then the average orc. Put in the valour he fought with in his heart, he was indeed a true warrior. However due to the early time of his death, his future accomplishments and thus further acccountability as a warrior are lost.

[AragornII]

I don't know if anyone has said this, but I think Pippin slaying a troll at the Black Gate is pretty impressive. I mean look at him... he is between four and five feet tall and this troll is huge. Thats got to count for something.

I'd also say either Merry or Eowyn, seeing as how the two of them together put the Witch King out of the picture. That might have involved a bit of luck but hey, everyone gets lucky sometime.

I'm sure that Aragorn is described as the best hunter and the best swordsman of his time and I'd have to agree that he was the mightiest warrior of his time.
Boromir was, I think, better than Faramir in terms of a battle. I'm sure that the recapture of Osgiliath by Gondor was creditied more to Boromir than Faramir, and there is little mention of his 111 day journey to Rivendell for the Council, but the few mentions of it describe it as being a very tough and very dangerous journey to make. I would give him the edge over Faramir.

The last few days, before seeing this thread, I have been thinking about who was the greatest warrior among men. I had made a shortlist of men from the different ages: Barahir, Beren, Hurin, Huor, Turin, Elendil, Isildur, Earnil, Aragorn, Boromir, with a few others like Tuor, Eorl, Faramir, as outsiders.

I personally think that Turin was the mightiest, with Hurin and possibly Aragorn the next in line.

From the original list of the thread, Gandalf and Gothmog were both Maia that were clothed in bodily form while Elrond and the WitchKing were both boosted by rings of power. So they should have an edge over the rest.
Of the rest, I would give Boromir the advantage, for the reasons stated above.

p.s. I have been reading these forums for a while and now I've finally registered and this is my first post. I'm so happy to be a Downer

[Gil-Galad]

What makes a best fighter best? Lust for gold? power? or is it just born best?


there are obviusly many ways to be best, not just how many baddies you can kill, for example, Turgon could be the best fighter because he knew when and when not otattack because he was smart, but Feanor could be the best fighter because he charged recklessly at the enemy.


think about it,

Gil-"The Duke"-Galad

[Thinlómien]

When talking about mental combat, Sauron wuold be total winner. He's just more powerful than Saruman, Gandalf, Galadriel or Elrond. Gandalf says that he can't beat Sauron.

And have you all forgotten the ents?!! Aren't they (in a way) great warriors?