User blog comment:Greenberet69/The Witch-King vs. Durza/@comment-3528601-20120531192530/@comment-143604-20120531231053

1.) The Witch-King can be murdered by a man- the prophecy was that it wouldn't be a man to kill him; it wasn't some special ability he had, it was already seen when he would die and how on the Fields of Pelenor. It'd be like if I could see your future, and saw that in 30 years you die by falling down the stairs, and I tell you "No person shall kill you"- it doesn't mean you're suddenly immune to someone blowing your brains out, it just means you were meant to die falling down the stairs.

2.) Durza does not qualify as a man- Durza is a Shade, a kind of magic cloud of energy that exists in the hollow shell that was once a man. It's basically a magical construct and qualifies as a seperate race, removed from the qualifications of the prophecy.

3.) Durza's weapons not being able to touch him are simply false- where did this idea come from? Eowyn and Merry both engaged and killed him with normal weaponry, even less effective than the weapons here, and he was no weaker on the Fields. Hell, Durza's blade is covered in an element the Nazgul are shown to be weak against, making it even more likely to do major damage to the Witch-King. His screams are not always paralyzing, and he has never shown any inclination for spamming the ability in single combat before, instead using it mostly to demoralize soldiers in the bigger picture.