I like how he equates Saruman's defeat of Gandalf with Sauron's. Even though Saruman got tagged quite a few times and was utterly afraid of Sauron, searching for the Ring to augment his power or bargain his way into a lieutenant's role. Sauron's stomp over Gandalf sans body is just ridiculosu, and Zero is right on three counts:
- Sauron is unharmed in the battle. No melee weapon except for Narsil so much as pierces his skin or armor.
- Narsil is a blatantly magical blade and can kill undead among other things. Similarly made weapons such as Glandring and Sting have insane piercing/cutting powers and are considered priceless artifacts by elves, not mere mook weaponry.
- Sauron makes it a point to mentally dominate his opponents and break them. Ignoring the oceans of book evidence (for fear of Quan chirping "no book feats"😉; Sauron basically dominates Saruman, his legions, the Nine utterly, all of those who wield the Rings of Power save for the First Age elves, Pippin, Denethor, and so on. This is not insignificant; Sauron has, even without the Ring, powerful sorcery and mental powers. With it, he can stomp even harder.