[the phantom]

Garbage, Pitchy.

He wasn't bested by a girl and her dog. The girl fainted when he got close, where as Huan, the great and mighty hound of Valinor, attacked Sauron from behind while Sauron was under the influence of drowsy-dust from Luthien's cloak. So Huan had on his side both the initial upper-hand as well as the fact that he was fated not to lose, plus Sauron was in a different form than usual which had to be slightly awkward.

And "lucky" with the Numenoreans? Ha! Try brilliant and evil. That was a masterpiece.

And his ring was genius! Remember- Frodo DID NOT DESTROY THE RING!! He couldn't! No one could willingly do so! The only reason Sauron got destroyed was divine intervention essentially- setting up the perfect situation where someone would *rolls eyes* trip and fall into the cracks of doom.