Gothmog was the Lord of the Balrogs during the First Age and was the greatest Balrog to ever walk Middle-earth. He was the high captain of Angband, one of Morgoth's most trusted generals, leading the Dark Lord's forces to victory in countless battles. His only possible superior in rank was Sauron. Gothmog, like the rest of his kind, carried a fiery whip into battle, but he was also known to have wielded a great battle axe, which was feared by elves across the continent of Middle-earth.

Tier: Low 7-B, possibly 7-A to High 3-A |Low 1-C

Classification: Ainu, Fallen Maia, (Balrog)

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman physical characteristics, powers, and resistance of the Ainur, flight, regeneration (Low-Godly), immorality (Types 1,3, and 4), shapeshifting, size alteration, elemental manipulation, fire manipulation, magma manipulation, weather manipulation, empathic manipulation, transmutation, precognition, invulnerability (The Ainur are immune from harm via conventional weaponry, as seen when, upon unlocking more of his divine power, Gandalf became invulnerable), resistance to death manipulation (In Lord of the Rings the land of the dead is a real tangible place, Mandos, and can be affected and exited. Ainur, don't go there upon death, rather becoming spirits until the regenerate. The only way to keep them is if they are physically brought there and held by physical might), intangibility, and incorporeality (At the very least in spirit form), analytical prediction, Acausality (Type 2), resistance to mind manipulation, and soul manipulation|Powers and resistances of the Ainur, resistance to mind manipulation, and soul manipulation due to verse-wide resistances

Attack Potency: Small City level, possibly Mountain level (As the Lord of the Balrogs, Gothmog should be superior to the likes of Durin's Bane) to High Universe level (Was the only named character to specifically wound Feanor with a physical attack. However, as Feanor's final battle saw him endangered by even the likes of orcs, it's hard to tell if this is also countered as an outlier or not), can ignore conventional durability with soul manipulation (Ainur can directly influence the fear/soul to attack it directly)|Low Multiverse level, can ignore conventional durability with soul manipulation

Speed: Supersonic+ to High Hypersonic, possibly Massively FTL+ (Somewhat comparable to Feanor), Immeasurable when discarding his physical form|Immeasurable

Lifting Strength: Class T (The Ainur shaped the world, including the mountains. In the Anulindale, Morgoth pulled down mountain range made by other Ainur, including, presumably, the Balrogs)|Immeasurable

Striking Strength: Small City level, possibly Mountain level to High Universe level|Low Complex Multiverse level

Durability: Small City level, possibly Mountain level to High Universe level |Low Complex Multiverse level

Stamina: Superhuman (The bodies of the Ainur are described as being akin to clothing, which they can discard at will. Balrogs such as Durin's Bane have fought for days)|Infinite

Range: Extended Melee Range with swords and whips, Unknown with other abilities |Low Complex Multiversal

Standard Equipment: Axe, whip

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (As the Lord of the Balrogs, Gothmog should be comparable if not superior to the intelligence of his subordinates. Gothmog in particular, was a commander of Morgoth's armies)|Possibly Nigh-Omniscient

Weakness: Water to a limited extent |None notable

Notable Attacks and Techniques: Like all Ainur, Gothmog has access to a wide range of dangerous powers, mostly related to the elements.

Power of the Ainur: As a Maia, Gothmog has access to wide variety of potent and devastating supernatural abilities, for the Ainur were created as elemental spirits, and each have divine authority and absolute control over a certain aspect of nature. Each and every one of the Ainur is also able to manipulate magical energies and reality to serve their needs, and take any form they wish, even intangible and non-corporeal spiritual forms.

•Elemental Manipulation: The Balrogs were demons of flame and darkness first and foremost, wielding fire and shadow to defeat their opponents. Gothmog, being the lord of the Balrogs, likely has this ability to a greater extent.

•Foresight/Hindsight: The Ainur can see the past and the future (Though the latter is fallible). However, whether he ever used it was unconfirmed.

•Empathy: The Ainur are surrounded by a powerful aura, which can affect those around them, bringing joy and presumably sorrow to those near him.

•Shapeshifting: As one of the Ainur, it was highly likely that Gothog possessed the famous Ainur ability to transform and reshape the form of one's body, appearing in whatever form he desired (Though there is a chance he lost after enough time as Morgoth's lieutenant). They can also appear as inanimate objects, such as when Yavanna appeared as a tree.

•Spirit Form: As one of the Ainur, it is highly likely that Gothog had the ability to cast off his physical form like a snake shedding its skin, and take on an intangible and non-corporeal spiritual form. In this spiritual state, the Ainur can travel forward and backward in time (Though they are unable to affect the future or the past, only see it). Of the Ainur's spirit forms and precognitive powers this was said: "They could move backward or forward in thought, and return again so swiftly that to those who were in their presence they did not appear to have moved".