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At the last the siege was so strait that Sauron himself came forth
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I take that to mean that the last alliance's siege had become so tight and effective (and their victory was near) that Sauron came out.
Sauron is the type that leads from the rear, and never acts himself unless he has something specific in mind that he thinks only he can accomplish. Sauron going to battle beside his troops? That's not like him at all. He came out to do something much more important than help his servants fight.
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After all he was a shape-shifter. Couldn't he just have high-tailed it out of there in Vampiric form.
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After the destruction of Numenor Sauron lost his power to make himself appear fair. It seems logical that some of his other shapeshifting abilities might've been diminished as well.