Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-27860585-20160227122451/@comment-26453572-20160509212454

@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.