Who would win Balrog vs Smaug?

So, one glimpse into Smaug's eyes and the Balrog falls under the spell. Even if it's just for a second—a moment of hesitation or distraction, it'd be enough. Smaug would snatch up Durin's Bane and gobble him up with his sword-sharp teeth (and we know swords can kill Balrogs).
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Are Balrogs stronger than dragons?

Balrog. Even in the earliest writings, when Balrogs were much, much weaker and more numerous than they are in the conceptions you probably identify with them (as in, what Gandalf fights), Balrogs are stated outright to be more powerful than dragons.
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Who can beat Smaug?

Gandalf absolutely could have killed Smaug in a one-on-one fight. The grey wizard fought and defeated the Balrog of Moria, and a dragon was a lesser evil than that.
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Who can beat a Balrog?

- Beorn, with his unnatural skin changing skill and superhuman strength he can defeat the balrog easily or at least matched it. He probably could kill it, but like everyone else that has ever gone 1 on 1 with a balrog, he would die with it.
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Who is the strongest Balrog?

Gothmog (Sindarin IPA: [ˈɡoθmoɡ]) was the Lord of Balrogs during the First Age, and the greatest Balrog ever to walk Middle-earth.
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Smaug vs Balrog(Durin's Bane), who would win?



Who killed Balrogs?

Instead, he sent the Balrogs to fight and lead in battle. Two of them were killed in the Fall of Gondolin: Gothmog by Ecthelion, and another by Glorfindel.
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Can a Balrog fly?

From this passage I believe we can conclude that Balrogs had the ability to fly. Tolkien describes the darkness around the Balrog as being like 'wings' ("His enemy halted again, facing him, and the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings").
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Can Balrogs be killed?

We can say for sure that Glamdring, the sword Gandalf used to hack at the Balrog, does not appear to have slain it; although an argument can be made for the sword to have weakened the Balrog. And yet the Balrog and Gandalf fought for days.
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Can Sauron beat Balrog?

Without the One Ring, Sauron would not have had the ability to dominate a will as strong as a Balrog. As such, the Balrog acted just as he did in the story: in accordance with a "common evil" against "good".
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Can Smaug use the One Ring?

Probably not. Dragons are a lesser order of creatures, and since Sauron is both a Maia and master of the Ring, in any contest between Smaug and Sauron, Sauron would have prevailed. Gandalf's primary concern when organizing the Quest of Erebor was: The Dragon Sauron might use with terrible effect.
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How strong is a Balrog?

Powers and abilities

Balrogs were exceptionally powerful creatures. Only seven Balrogs were required to drive away Ungoliant, a large monster powerful enough to devour the fruits of Telperion, which produced the light for billions of stars.
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Is Gandalf more powerful than Smaug?

Gandalf may well have been "more powerful" than Smaug, but his power is almost never shown to be useful in a straight out fight to the death with a titanic fire-breathing beast.
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Did the Balrog have wings?

On the other hand, the explicit reference to "wings of shadow" leaves open the interpretation that Balrogs had no physical wings. Balrogs were never exactly described as flying in any of Tolkien's works, including the "winged speed" language quoted above.
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Do Balrogs breathe fire?

Breathe Fire - The Balrog exhales a long gust of flame across the selected area. This attack is equivalent to Drogoth's Incinerate, a Firedrake's Inferno, and a Summoned Dragon's default attack.
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Did Smaug know Bilbo had the One Ring?

Although Bilbo was forced to use his ring to keep out of sight from the dragon, Smaug was immediately aware of his presence by his scent (which the smell of hobbit was unknown to him).
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Who is bigger Smaug vs drogon?

If you remember how large Drogon was in Season 4 of Game of Thrones, he still wasn't as large as Smaug in the Hobbit 2. There is a much more accurate dragon comparison chart from The Daily Dot, which shows how Drogon and his siblings are around 61m compared to that of Smaug who is 60m.
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Would the Balrog use the ring?

The Ring likely doesn't call to the Balrog because the Balrog has no use for it. The Ring is about corruption, preservation, and domination. These things are what Sauron, Elves, Men, Wizards, and even Hobbits can fall to because they all 'want' something.
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Was the Balrog afraid of Gandalf?

Lord of the Rings: Why Balrogs Scared Even the Wildly Powerful Gandalf. One of the terrifying creatures of Lord of the Rings, the Balrog, was so frightening even Gandalf quaked at the sight of them.
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Do Balrogs talk?

The Balrog never speaks or makes any vocal sound at all.
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Who killed the first Balrog?

Gandalf pursued the monster for eight days, until they climbed to the peak of Zirakzigil, where the Balrog was forced to turn and fight, its body erupting into new flame. Here they fought for two days and nights. In the end, the Balrog was defeated and cast down, breaking the mountainside where it fell "in ruin".
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Is the Balrog a Maia?

Balrogs are Maiar who were corrupted by Melkor to become evil. Sauron was also a Maia who was corrupted by Melkor and became evil, and Saruman was a Maia who was corrupted by Sauron to become evil.
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How do you defeat Balrog?

To do this, we'd recommend speeding up by tapping A/Cross, and staying fairly low to the ground if possible, as this should take you under the majority of the Balrog's attacks. Once you've dealt enough damage to the Balrog, you'll be prompted to get in close, and dunk the monster into the ice cold water.
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Did smaug serve Sauron?

I'm not sure that Smaug could have been compelled to work for Sauron. Sauron was powerful, but he was no Morgoth. There's no evidence in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings that Smaug (or any other dragons in the Withered Heath) was receiving any directives from Sauron, or felt the presence of Sauron.
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How many Balrogs are left?

5 Answers. Show activity on this post. Christopher Tolkien indicates that his father eventually decided there were no more than seven Balrogs.
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Why didn't the Balrog use its wings?

According to everything Tolkien ever wrote, even if they had wings (and that's an extreme "if"), they can't fly. In all the other tales they've never been known to fly and have actually been impeded by mountains and other obstacles because they can't fly.
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