Relative Powers

[The 1,000 Reader]

Originally Posted by obloquy

That "large hound" defeated the Morgul Lord's master, Sauron. There's no question Sauron was immeasurably superior to the WK even in the Third Age, during which he was greatly reduced from his original non-incarnate form of the First Age before the making of The One Ring. Huan was greater than any non-Maiarin being of the Third Age, period. Read about him again.

I've read all of that and I stand by what I said. I agree with For and I have also stated that "just because your a maia doesn't mean you win." Huan beating Sauron doesn't make him stronger than all maia, it just means that he beat Sauron. Even then, that was because Sauron chose to attack the harmless woman on the sideline rather than the deadly hound that had just dropped its guard and cowered away from him. That choice got Sauron a face full of magical cloak and then a neck full of teeth.