Originally Posted by
XalAtoh
I'm literally explaining it in the post... I'm not sure if you're trolling or not. All your questions are answered in the post you reply to....
Gul'dan didn't got what he wanted, he could if he challenged Grom a mak'gora and just "honorably" one-shotted him in front of the Warsong Clan.
Same goes for Ner'zhul, he didn't had to fear Grom. He could just challenge him a Mak'gora and again, "honorably" one shot him. Grom didn't do anything terrible to Ner'zhul because he summoned the Dark Naru (against Ner'zhul's / Shadowmoon Clan's own will).
Back to Gul'dan, by the time Gul'dan got "his revenge" the Iron Horde was drastically weakened. Blackrock down, Warsong down, Shadowmoon down, Shattered hand down. This could all be prevented with a Mak'gora during the early WoD confrontation. Gul'dan one-shots Grom. Despite that magic looks like disgraceful against Warrior duel and screams cheating (especially if you use it when you start to lose).
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What's the point? The comic version is not like a detailed fight. Most importantly nobody got seriously wounded by the lightning at all. Thrall was even losing, even tho Garrosh was hit by the lightning bolts.
Despite that, I think most cheating aspect of Thrall is the fact that he locked Garrosh from distance with hand made of stone. Maybe in Warcraft lore it's possible to deflect or even dodge a lightning bolt (besides in-game). But locking someone's movement even neglects that. That's basically the same way how Cairne died, the poison basically froze Cairne's body, Garrosh gave the killing blow.