🧙Maiar vs Eldar

[Zale]

Obviously it was only Sauron's 'body' that was killed by Húan, otherwise he wouldn't have been in LotR, and it would never have happened.
Plus, the Valar would certainly have sent Gandalf back to ME as soon as possible; I don't think that was the case with Sauron.

 

[Trick81]

What would happen if they decided to go in a war? Who would win? By thye way, by Maiar I mean all of them including Sauron, Eonwe, Melian, Balrogs, etc.

The Maiar are primordial spirits, they only take on physical bodies when they are going to interact with mortals or immortals such as elves in Middle Earth, when they do their powers arent the same as when they are in their normal forms aren’t they? We see that with the Istari who agreed to limit their powers while in Middle Earth, the Balrogs are essentially corrupted spirits of Maiar given physical form I don’t think they are as powerful as they were before they went over to Melkor because of that corruption. While the Eldar are immortal they can die and their spirits be given new physical forms through Tolkien’s version of the afterlife the Maiar are purely immortal as far as I know unless the Valar or Iluvatar are able to truly end them which wouldn’t be their way. I’m thinking that a Maiar unfettered by a physical form which could be destroyed would definitely win against any of the greater Eldar. That’s my thoughts though, I admit I probably don’t know as much as many others here.

 

[ZehnWaters]

The Maiar are primordial spirits, they only take on physical bodies when they are going to interact with mortals or immortals such as elves in Middle Earth,

Tolkien just calls them "Incarnates" as they were designed to have physical bodies (compared to the Ainur, who weren't).

when they do their powers arent the same as when they are in their normal forms aren’t they? We see that with the Istari who agreed to limit their powers while in Middle Earth, the Balrogs are essentially corrupted spirits of Maiar given physical form I don’t think they are as powerful as they were before they went over to Melkor because of that corruption. While the Eldar are immortal they can die and their spirits be given new physical forms through Tolkien’s version of the afterlife the Maiar are purely immortal as far as I know unless the Valar or Iluvatar are able to truly end them which wouldn’t be their way. I’m thinking that a Maiar unfettered by a physical form which could be destroyed would definitely win against any of the greater Eldar. That’s my thoughts though, I admit I probably don’t know as much as many others here.

I'd imagine this is true. While without a physical body the Maiar cannot be slain but apparently can still interact with the physical world via manipulation of the elements.