Gothmog vs. Sauron

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

We constantly hear of Sauron being second in command to Morgoth, yet it is Gothmog who leads the armies. It takes a great elven warrior to kill Gothmog, whereas Sauron could have been killed by a dog (however great he was).

Well, as I am not a huge fan of these "who would win" things, I would only comment here several things: Sauron was, first of all, a Sorcerer. A Necromancer. THE Necromancer (I have the feeling I wrote something very similar just recently). I think maybe in a sword fight, or whatever, if it were a duel where no "spells" can be used, Gothmog may have been the winner. However, at the moment when Sauron would encounter Gothmog on the Bridge of Khazad-Dum and there was no other way for him, so they would have to fight, but there were no things to restrain Sauron from using all his power, I cannot really say about the outcome. It would depend mainly on the creativity of the two, where I think Sauron had that and a good spot for using the right things to his advantage, I think. Possibly.