 Editor in Chief Bill   | 25 Jun 2018 4:56 p.m. PST |
An Uruk Orc is worth how many typical human warriors? |
ZULUPAUL  | 25 Jun 2018 5:15 p.m. PST |
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| Gone Fishing | 25 Jun 2018 5:38 p.m. PST |
Interesting, but I'd respectfully disagree with Paul. Assuming we mean human warrior types, I'd say there might just be parity between the two, though possibly with the nod still going to the human. Regular Orcs, of course, were significantly weaker, especially in sunlight. |
John Leahy  | 25 Jun 2018 5:41 p.m. PST |
Yep, they were tougher than regular Orcs so parity with humans. Just lots more of them as a general rule. |
| Winston Smith | 25 Jun 2018 6:59 p.m. PST |
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| Louie N | 25 Jun 2018 8:21 p.m. PST |
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| saltflats1929 | 25 Jun 2018 10:22 p.m. PST |
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| Gunfreak | 26 Jun 2018 1:18 a.m. PST |
0.8 Bigger and stronger than regular orcs.
But still not as good as a half decent human warrior/soldier. |
| Patrick R | 26 Jun 2018 1:42 a.m. PST |
Orcs and Uruks rated below the average man and massively below those of greater heritage like Dunedain, Men of Gondor, or the more heroic types from the Dale-lands or Bree, let alone the Elves in their better days or some of the tougher Dwarves of Durin's line. |
| Porthos | 26 Jun 2018 1:54 a.m. PST |
"It still counts as one !" like Gimli says after Legolas shoots a Mumakil (Oliphaunt) while fighting the Haradrim. So why should an orc (Uruk Hai) be more than one human ? |
| Dynaman8789 | 26 Jun 2018 3:53 a.m. PST |
It really depends on which humans. Main characters they count as about .0001 human, others they seem to be 1 to 1 or so. Against movie Elves back down to .0001 |
 x42brown | 26 Jun 2018 4:08 a.m. PST |
I have them as a bit weaker and less skilled than a human warrior but able to take a bit more damage. Making them about equal over all. x42 |
| Frederick | 26 Jun 2018 6:22 a.m. PST |
Maybe a bit tougher but also a bit dumber and slower – so I would rate 1:1 |
| Gunfreak | 26 Jun 2018 7:21 a.m. PST |
It really depends on which humans. Main characters they count as about .0001 human, others they seem to be 1 to 1 or so. Against movie Elves back down to .0001 Only Legolas. The other elves at helms deep were no more useful then the boys and old men from Rohan.
Elves in the last hobbit weren't that good either (as well as being tactically inept)
But the orcs in the hobbit even though 20% bigger than uruks will die from a glancing blow from an old woman with a broom. |
| Thomas Thomas | 26 Jun 2018 8:41 a.m. PST |
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| Patrick Sexton | 26 Jun 2018 10:19 a.m. PST |
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| Tgunner | 26 Jun 2018 10:53 a.m. PST |
In GW's LOTR game Uruks were better fighters, tougher, and higher strength than basic humans. They had the same moral. Basic orcs were basically equal to humans but worse fighters and more poorly equipped. A Gondorian soldier with heavy armor could easily take a regular orc, but would struggle against Uruks. Proper tactics could even the battle somewhat but you knew you were in for a fight when Uruk-hai took to the field. Regular orcs were no sweat. Man-to-orc you knew you had a good chance of taking them down. Not so with the Uruks. Men of Rohan had it even worse with their regular armor and defense of 4… not pretty. |
| Timbo W | 26 Jun 2018 12:18 p.m. PST |
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 miniMo | 26 Jun 2018 12:39 p.m. PST |
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| evilgong | 26 Jun 2018 9:45 p.m. PST |
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 etotheipi | 27 Jun 2018 5:52 a.m. PST |
A 28mm uruk hai costs about $3.50 USD and a regular human infantry costs about $1.35 USD so the answer is ~2.59. QED |
| Timbo W | 28 Jun 2018 6:10 a.m. PST |
It is about 0.075, as in Eomer's battle against the Uruk Hai and orcs near Fangorn he killed about 200 orcs for the loss of 15 men. These were heavy cav though! |
| HMS Exeter | 28 Jun 2018 5:30 p.m. PST |
My gut is orc vs. good human foot .75 to 1
Uruk vs. good human foot 1.5 to 1.
Goblin vs. good human foot .5 to 1. |
