Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-27860585-20160227122451/@comment-25101690-20160509215505

The Lord of Minas Morgul wrote: @Catfishperson: The Ñoldor were actually better smiths than the Dwarves, having learned directly from Aulë.

Also, if we want to talk superiority, let's not forget that at Helm's Deep (book version), Gimli was scared by Dunlendings. The weakest thing Saruman threw at the defense, and they had Gimli running. The (first) dwarves also learned directly from Aule.

Dunlendings might be not very good fighters, but they have great numbers and even greater anger. That makes up for a lot. Realistically seen, a single fighter can never beat a whole horde of enemies in open combat, no matter how good/bad they are.