Cave-Troll

A cave-troll was used by Sauron’s Orcs to attack the Fellowship of the Ring in Moria. It wielded a large hammer and also used the chain it was kept on as a weapon.

Strength

• Swats away Aragorn, stunning him (source)
• Sends Orcs flying with its hammer (source)
• Smashes a section of an archway with its hammer (source)
• Smashes a stone tomb with its hammer (source)
• With a two-handed hammer swing, breaks a section of stone floor (source)
• Stabs a spear into stone (source)
• Hurts Frodo with a spear thrust, even though his mithril vest prevented it from piercing (source)
• Aragorn says the spear would have skewered a wild boar (source)
• Swings Boromir by its chain, sending him flying into a wall (source)
• Swings its chain, breaking off bits of stone (though it fails to hit Legolas) (source)
• Breaks the chain around its neck (source)
• Is held back by Aragorn and Boromir (source) ([Limitation])

Durability

• Takes a slash from Frodo’s sword (source)
• Endures Merry and Pippin’s swords (source)
• Shrugs off an axe thrown by Gimli (source)
• Takes slashes from Gandalf and Gimli (source)
• Gets stabbed with a spear by Aragorn and hit by rocks thrown by Hobbits (source)
• The Hobbits can knock over Orcs with thrown stones (source)
• Gets shot by Legolas’s arrow (source)
• Takes two more arrows (source)
• Takes another arrow to the head, which seems to bounce off (source)
• Is finally killed when one of the Hobbits stabs its neck and Legolas pierces its brain with an arrow (source) ([Limitation])

Speed

• Lands a hit on Aragorn (source)
• Bars Frodo’s escape by stabbing a spear in front of him (source)
• Is dodged by Samwise (source) ([Limitation])