Looking at the powers granted by Sauron to the Nazgūl, it seems that there are indeed offensive spells in the Lord of the Rings. For example, the Witch King of Angmar used his 'Black Magicks' to break the gates of Minas Tirith. (Both by enchanting Grond and later just blowing the smaller gates apart.) In addition, they radiated an aura of fear that was known as the 'black breath'.
I didn't say they didn't have attack spells, but rather that they don't have elemental attack spells, and the spells they do have are limited to the most part to force spells. Gandalf is one of the exceptions, as he is able to call down lightning.
However, some were shown to be resistant to this effect, for example Gandalf. Is Zedd commonly known as one who is 'fearless'?
I suspect, that zedd would be able to resist the fear effect being something of a evil overlord and powerful magician himself he would be able resist it, but i don't really know for sure.
Alternatively, Zedd doesn't get a chance to fling lightning at all, because Sauron uses his invisibility to sneak up on Zedd, break his staff, and then beat him to death while Zedd is weakened. (Zedd's abilities largely stem from his usage of his staff.) If that failed, he could just keep dodging the lightning bolts until he could get close enough to smack Zedd a good one.
again, when does sauron use invisibility? also, if sauron dodged, zedd could just teleport away
I'm not sure how fast Sauron can run, but his long legs and incredible strength would probably let him travel pretty quickly. Assuming that it fit in the same caliber of mount as a warhorse, he could ride on a fear-adapted warhorse, of the variety that were bred for the Nazgul.
Sauron once leapt over the river Sirion, so he could probably travel pretty quickly by jumping around.
If he is wearing that suit of full plate that he wore in the movie, i don't think he could move very fast at all. In addition, the horse would be useless since it would die in one hit of zedd's lightning. He could shapeshift into a faster form, but then he wouldn't have his mace or armor.
And as for jumping its pretty much a no, assuming he is wearing armor, since it would weigh him down alot.
Most spirits in Middle Earth seem to take the form of flesh, but based on the actions of a certain elf, it seems like they might be capable of shedding that form. Of course, I'm drawing from the wizards, as they have something to gain from blending in with the mortals. Sauron only wished to rule/destroy them, and considering his size alone it's obvious he isn't taking the average form. Is it possible he could simply be a spirit inside that armor?
what elf sheds his body?
and he might be able to exist as a spirit (i suspect not, becuase he needs to stay with the ring, and turning into a spirit would take him away from it), but i suspect zedd could hurt him anyways, and he would be unable to hurt zedd without a physical form.
As for him just being a spirit inside his armor, i don't think he could be.
The ring made Bilbo/Frodo invisible because, as Gandalf described, it was imbued with Sauron's own power. This implies that Sauron had the ability to make himself invisible, which conforms to that whole bit about altering reality be sheer force of will, as well as his reputation as 'The Great Necromancer'.
I'd have to say that Sauron's power is fairly well balanced between combat at not combat. Any 10 foot tall dude with extreme strength that carries a huge iron mace into battle that can control time and space themselves is going to be pretty hard to take down.
Originally the great necromancer didn't refer to sauron, and it was retconned to be talking about him. Also the necromancer bit refers more to how he is able to extent life pretty much forever if he wants (the ringwraiths, gollum, bilbo).
Yeah it implies that he has the power to turn invisible, but it doesn't do that when he has it on, and if he does have that power, why wasn't he just invisible while fighting so that the ring couldn't get cut off?
For the reasons stated I think that Sauron would win this fight.
Anyway, now that that's out of the way I have a question. In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ezio has The Apple (for a period of time) and it's powers are shown to the full. Not only does it provide omniscience (not the bene ges gessir something kind where they know exactly what attacks their opponents will make, but by thinking the question the answer will be given by the apple), mind control and invulnerability to other PoEs but it also can kill anyone who gets within 5 feet if charged up first or in direct contact without any charging needed. The don't shrivel up and die or anything similar, but blood spurts out their head and they drop dead in a dramatic fashion.
This seems OP, but if a person with super strength, uber solid armour, everything magic and the ability to alter reality in his immediate surroundings is legal then surely The Apple should be too.
I think its pretty fair to call for the disqualification of sauron, since it's pretty clear that about 95% of the competition would have no way of hurting him
with everything that has been said about him (and like 80% couldn't even find him if he has perma invisibility). Yeah, sauron is about as op as paul or ezio with a apple.