User blog comment:GSFB/Orcs vs Zombies/@comment-5232784-20130108230924

Now for my vote:

Most of the orcs here will be Snagas, with a few Black Uruks of Mordor: not the most disciplined warriors in fiction. Indeed, they are poor archers and are often given to panic when confronted by an enemy that is determined and ferocious (the Rohirrim riders, etc). We saw this Panic when the Rohirrim charged into their ranks at the Pelennor fields: the Orcs had a perfect strategy to defeat the Rohirrim b standing their ground and raising their spears to meet the horsemen. If they were more disciplined, and stood their ground, they could have slaughtered the Rohirrim, just as medieval footmen who were disciplined enough could defeat even charging knights by standing their ground and meeting them with spears (perhaps one of the reasons knights were so glorified in battle was the fact that footmen might not have been disciplined enough to stand against them in battle, much like the orcs in ROTK film).

The Orcs will possibly figure out that the Zombies can be killed by a blow to the head, perhaps by a lucky arrow shot during some arrow volleys. But they will begin to loose control over their bowels when they see that the Zombies don't fall any other way, and keep coming, slowly, but surely, their teeth ready for some dinnertime usage. The Orcs may retreat before a battle can commence; they can surely outrun them! But even if they stay, even wih their armor (leather and metal combo most likely), the Zombies have the numbers, and will overwhelm their opponents. Plus, if the Zombie virus acts as it does in some versions of Zombies (such as the Zombie Survival guide and world war z book, and so on), then he virus might not reanimate a bitten orc, but it could and would almost certainly kill an orc.

My vote: THE ZOMBIE HORDE TRIUMPHANT