Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-33719810-20180927020210/@comment-25931200-20180929131240

I don't think Sauron even in his prime was even a fraction of strength of even weakened Morgoth, Maiar are strong but Valar are on another level altogether, if Fingolfin could confront Morgoth, the greatest of Valar, even as a shadow of his former self he would certainly be able to at least stand toe to toe with Sauron, if not outright defeat him, Sauron was powerful, no denying that, and was bestowed with a portion of Morgoth's power making him head and shoulders above all other Maiar, but by the third age he was in extremely weakened state given that he put majority of his power into the ring that he eventually lost. As far as Gandalf is concerned it is worth remembering that he was heavily restricted in what he could do when he was sent to Middle Earth, the Istari were not supposed to confront Sauron directly, had they been able to do so i have no doubt that the five of them could easily overpower Sauron even in his prime, but it was decided that people of Middle Earth should be allowed to forge their own future and Istari should be just guides and councilors. So i would say Fingolfin could definitely defeat Sauron in third age, though considering his life force was bound to the ring it is questionable whether or not he could kill him. Sauron in his prime may be a bit harder fight and could probably go either way, the ring was not just a container for Sauron's power, it was an amplifyer, Sauron with the ring was much more powerful then he ever was before he created it, so that fight could go either way.