Originally posted by Ascendancy
Why wouldn't they fight that way? Did the humans not hide in Helm's Deep instead of charging out onto the plain to meet the Orcs? You're just being dense now. The fact is that the shielding is a viable means of defense, it's used in the largest scale battle of the film, and there's no reason it wouldn't be utilized against these "massive armies" you keep touting.Answer the question: how would he LotR crew overcome this? How would they put arrows into wizards underneath a magic-empowered dome?
Poor example; here's why: The humans went to Helms Deep as a last defense, they knew they were outmatched since they were broken and not unified due to Sauron's/Sarumon's meddling. Theodan mentions this. Once unified (in RoTK) they met their foe in the open field.
What's there to answer? If HP's "epic war" tactics are to hide behind a giant shield and play the waiting game, no other franchise can get to them except with the possibility of the sorcerers from The Sorcerer's Apprentice, but they're going to be busy fighting with 8 other franchise armies to worry about trying to break a shield that's off somewhere in the distance. But you have the gal to say I'm being dense?
Scripting is hilarious. Wizards make shield and hide behind it until all other 9 franchise armies have obliteration themselves and then pop out, cast a few spells ending the rabble that's left over and call it a win. Celebration time.