Malfurion isn’t immortal. If he gets a giant axe in his back, he’s as injured as anyone else.
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Well but someone like him shouldn’t get the axe in his back so easily. In my opinion it was just lazy. They needed to remove Malfurion and Tyrande from the scene in order to justify burning of Teldrassil.
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He wasn’t “Just” axed out of the blue. He was fighting Sylvanas.
I’m fairly sure that’s a valid enough excuse not to see someone come up from behind you, stop several meters away, then not be able to dodge a projectile coming your way, again, from behind your back, where you’re not looking and while you’re fighting a fairly powerful opponent that should require your full attention.
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Fair enough, but I still think that he is in most cases portraited really badly. During Legion we needed to save him from Xavius, he looked like some ordinary NPC who got captured.
And again in Darkshore in fight with Nathanos… He didn’t do anything meaningful.
The only place where he was presented like a Malfurion I read about was in Darkshore cinematic… But in game he seems poor to me.
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Malfurion is a bit like Saruman in this case
Gríma Wormtongue killed Saruman by slitting his throat with a dagger, on the very doorstep of Bag End… anticlymatic like hell
Yet somehow fiting… just a guy with a knife, and its over
But I think Malfurion is the victim of the the Worf Effect…
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Saruman was no more the White wizard . His staf was broken … Gandalf replaced Saruman😝
Disagree with the part of time = skill especially in magic and in wow : inner potential + way of training and the mentor you’ve had> time and even more if you have a strong magical artifact on top of that.
Perfect exemple is Jaina to name one and perfect bad and downfall is Elissandre and like many others found out the hard way: studying in a safe area means nothing against someone with more magic potential from the start than you, who went training with the premium best magus possible and went victorious through countless battle over the odds and if on top f that said wizzard got a powerfull magical artefact but even without.
It is incredibly more powerfull than studying with no real practice in a courtyard and poor magic praticioneer and being deluded about your skills.
Also Humans from Azeroth aren’t Humans from our universe even an Orc ( Don’t think i am prejudicing, i respect and enjoy orcish culture and people) with more potential from the start and who studied under the very best would top the others.
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There was a time where Saruman used to wander in this woods but now He s only interested in metal, you figure the riddle out by yourself if you can.
Jaina is a classical example of a prodigy in writing, I.E. an individual that is vastly above their peers and not in any way representative of the average. A writer can make a 14 year old a master mage if they want to, and attribute it to natural talent/aptitude and you can’t really argue with them.
To determine what affect’s a mage’s power the most, it is imortant to establish what impacts magical power the most. For instance, do mages in WoW
A: Unlock their powers through reading, studying and constantly understanding more and more of arcane lore?
or
B:) Does magic in WoW work much like Dragonball Z, where it is unlocked through close encounters or dramatic, epic battles?
If A, then a 400yr old elven mage could step onto the battlefield and be a glasscannon, capable of unleashing awesome magical powers thanks to their magical know how. Even if they did not know how to handle a knife fight. While they might need a bodyguard/leader due to limited military knowledge, their magic would still be as powerful as that of a veteran mage.
If B, then elves would still have the upper edge, as there is nothing saying elves rarely enter battle, and the longer you live, the more opportunity for battle. In fact, given the recent lore of Quel’thalas, elves have plenty of experience with war, and so even if we go with a Dragonball concept of magical power, elves would be about equal to humans from Lordearon.
Humans and Elves are both as likely to be affected by war and battle, but thanks to their longer lifespans, a veteran 400 yr old elven mage is likely to have more battle experience than a veteran 50yr old human mage, assuming similar lifestyles.
And their access to institutions and mentors is roughly similar. Both humans and elves had access to Dalaran, which provided the best magical mentors in the Eastern Kingdoms. Although since elves came from a society steeped in magic, you could argue they had a slight cultural edge.
Which is potentially true, although the natural assumption is that humans in WoW are based on their real life counterpart, unless otherwise implied. Few would make the default assumption humans in WoW eat rubber for nutrition or would not be affected by gravity, rather, the natural assumption is to assume they are like us unless otherwise stated in the lore.
Despite it all, let me still emphasis:
Greater ability does not mean elven mages are some impossibly great godlike beings due to their greater average experience. Rather, they will just be a little better at slinging spells, and are just as mortal as anyone else if they stepped on a goblin landmine.
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