But at other occasions he appears to be to overlook he is a wizard and is written content just to whack terrible fellas with his staff members, most notably when he is fighting in hand-to-hand overcome in the siege of Minas Tirith or in the last struggle at the gate to Mordor. For the sequel series, it is superior men allying on their own versus villains who specially want to torment humanity for the thrill of it and very little else.