Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27200931-20170503044555/@comment-27200931-20170503124707

Gandalfthegreatestwizard- EpicMithrandir wrote: Dragonovith wrote: Gandalfthegreatestwizard- EpicMithrandir wrote: Dragonovith wrote: Gandalfthegreatestwizard- EpicMithrandir wrote: Well, the Uruk-hai aren't scared of light. Still, Rohirrim would crush an equal number of Uruk-hai in most situations they might meet in, lore-Wise. "Well, the Uruk-hai aren't scared of light." - They are just way too much macho men to admit they do.

"Rohirrim would crush an equal number of Uruk-hai in most situations they might meet in" - In the Battle of the Fords of the Isen they couldn't fight against a Rohirrim shieldwall, then they had to cowardly retreat so the Dunlending could step forward. I think we can assume that the Rohirrim can handle a bit more than an equal number of Uruks in most situations. Ah, no, they literally handled daytime better. I'm not going to bother quoting, as this is common knowledge.

Well, yes, it is likely. I was just being conservative in my position. They do seem to be a little- or even a lot- worse, man-to-Orc. Fighting at night, the Uruk-hai might do a little better than usual, and in close quarters, the advantage of the horses would be a hindrance.

Also note that when I said 'equal numbers', I meant with horses comprising half the force of Rohirrim, so not say 10 Uruk-hai vs. 10 Riders, but 10 Uruk-hai vs. 5 Riders and their horses. Which the Rohirrim would win, in most situations. I do know that Uruks are more suited to light than Orcs are. But let's be honest, they will never admit they're actually scared of it. Admitting your own insecurities means losing face in the Uruk society. You can think what you want, but the fact is, it's unlikely that Tolkien intended Uruk-hai to be at all weaker during the day, considering the number of times he bothered to tell us the contrary. There's big difference between scared to sunlight and weaker in sunlight.