Who delivered the final blow?

[Farael]

Originally Posted by mormegil

Now if the final blow is defined as making it so he could be temporarily destroyed then Gil-Galad or Elendil because they were the two that incapacitated him.

Well, I would think that if Elendil and Gil-Galad set the situation so that Isidur could cut the finger off, they did not actually finish what they were doing, it was Isidur who did. Also we are forgetting that Elendil and Gil-Galad fell on the battle against Sauron. Surely, a completely incapacitated creature, so terribly hurt he could not prevent his finger being cut off, would not be able to kill the kings of Elves and Men. So there must have been some fight left in Sauron after being attacked by Elendil and Gil-Galad. Perhaps the three of them were heavily wounded, but if Sauron indeed killed the Kings then one must assume he was not quite dead. Then Isidur comes in and chops his finger off. Perhaps Sauron at the time was so weakened he could not defend himself from a healty man (or elf) yet he was by no means done.

I guess we are all agreeing yet thinking of "the final blow" as a different thing. To me is the last blow, the blow that finaly took the life out of Sauron's body (but not his soul, obviously). To others it seems to be.... well, honestly, I'm not sure what they mean by saying that Elendil and Gil-Galad incapacitated Sauron so that Isidur could cut his finger off and therefore it was them who gave the final blow. Could anyone explain their view of a "final blow"? (I'm not being sarcastic or anything like that, I honestly can't understand what they think of as a final blow)