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LordofLustria wrote: A Balrog needs to be neer impervious to attack while aflame. They can burn you to a crisp before you get close, incinerate arrows before they reach them and crush you with a single foot. The only way gandalf could kill durin's bane because his fire was extinguished and wounded by the fall. This Was GANDALF no less, he had Narya, one of the 3 elven rings! Glamdring, the sword of the king of Gondolin and the balrog still managed to pull the wizard down with it. The Balrogs are fallen angels in flaming form, they will kill you and anyone you love. 1 drove out all the dwarves from Moria who I know were weakened but still baddass. It killed 2 of their kings. Both probily wearing mithril armour, the strongest material in middle earth apart from prerhaps Galvorn.

Gandalf stated he was the only one in the company who could face the balrog. Even Aragorn, a chieftan of the men of the north and future lord of Gondor, wielding Andúril!

To kill a balrog you need hero armour and weaponry, unless you have Gondolin, Mithril or Galvorn equipment and you face a balrog you'll be screwed. Well in lore the Balrogs are not described as being just a bit larger than a man, not the massive demons from film.