Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27200931-20170404182839/@comment-25841881-20170408202925

Actually, it was a good decision. Elendil and Gil-galad defeated him when he had the one. If he had not had it, they very well would have been able to defeat him and not die. Without the Ring, the Elves would've been able to use the 19 other Rings to aid their warfare. Sauron also wouldn't have had his 9 chief captains, who were much stronger in the Second Age. Yes, it did make a way for his final defeat.. Except, even as a Maiar, there were ways for his final defeat. Why did all of the other defeated Maiar, such as the Balrogs, never return to terror Arda? And making the Ring was a calculated risk. A gamble. It may not have paid off, but it sure got him closer than he would've been otherwise.