True. The Urukhai were supposed to be these specially bred Orcs that were stronger and better than normal Orcs. So it seemed weird that both Azog and his son were bigger than Urukhai.
Of course, making this match h2h gives an unfair advantage to Azog.
In the movieverse, Lurtz was the first and the most powerful of Saruman's Uruk-hai. He killed Boromir in the battle of Amon Hen and gave Aragorn a run for his money. Lurtz doesn't appear in the books.
Azog is the giant Orc from Gundabad, father of Bolg. Dead from the beginning in the book, lol. He and Thorin kill each other in the final movie.
Even ignoring Azog's built in weapon, he just seemed more impressive to me. Lurtz killed Boromir by essentially cheap shotting him with arrows while Boromir was butchering his brethren. And when Aragorn got his "enough of this BS" look on his face, he literally lopped Lurtz to pieces.
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True enough, but I still felt that Azog came across as a bit better. Lurtz -should- be better, but I just never got that impression watching them both in action. Admittedly, the Hobbit films are a lot fresher in my memories than the LotR films are.
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Azog was CGI'd and appeared in 3 movies, so I understand it's easy to see him as Lurtz's superior. And maybe he is.
Thing is, as formidable as he was, he lost his first fight against Thorin and had some help from his henchmen in the final confrontation. Aragorn wasn't at full strength when he fought Lurtz either, but at least there were no interruptions during their duel.
That's the thing though. Feats and screen time count for a lot. We have a much better idea of what Azog is capable, where as we don't have that much to go on where Lurtz is concerned. We can speculate that Lurtz is superior to Azog because he is Uruk-Hai, but he ultimately lacks the feats to prove this.
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A question I'd like answered is, how does Azog compare to Bolg? Because if Azog is anywhere near Bolg then I'd say he's above Lurtz as well. Lurtz may have fought Aragorn but Bolg took on Legolas.
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