Vilka var de största bågarna i Mellanöstern?

Älvor

Den största Elf bowman verkar vara Duilin of Gondolin , en Elf-herre av Gondolin och chef för svallens hus

I sin " Oavslutade Tales " hänvisar Tolkien specifikt till honom som en soldat av oklanderlig fysisk förmåga och har detta att säga om hans förmågor med en båge;

Now the folk of the Swallow bore a fan of feathers on their helms, and they were arrayed in white and dark blue and in purple and black and showed an arrowhead on their shields. Their lord was Duilin, swiftest of all men to run and leap and surest of archers at a mark.

Beleg Cuthalion (AKA "Beleg the Archer", AKA "Beleg Strongbow") kallas också upprepade gånger som en exceptionell bågskytt och har förmågan att avfyra pilarna stora avstånd:

Moreover Beleg the Archer was great among the people of Doriath; he was strong, and enduring, and far-sighted in mind as well as eye, and at need he was valiant in battle, relying not only upon the swift arrows of his long bow, but also upon his great sword Anglachel (needed only by an archer because the orcs were so many). And ever the more did hatred grow in the heart of Mîm, who hated all Elves, as has been told, and who looked with a jealous eye on the love that Túrin bore to Beleg. The Children of Hurin

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Beleg: Elf of Doriath, a great archer; friend and companion of Túrin. Called Cúthalion ‘Strongbow’.

Det sägs att det inte finns någon särskild anledning att anta att han var enskild största elf archer.

Orc

Behind them orc-archers crowded, sending a hail of darts against the bowmen on the walls. - LotR: TTT

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Dismayed the rammers let fall the trees and turned to fight; but the wall of their shields was broken as by a lightning-stroke, and they were swept away, hewn down, or cast over the Rock into the stony stream below. The orc-archers shot wildly and then fled. LotR: TTT

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But orc-arrows are plenty, and the sight of one would not be taken as a sign of Doom by Boromir of Gondor. LotR: TTT

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The orcs hindered by the mires that lay before the hills halted and poured their arrows into the defending ranks. - LotR: RotK

För bonusfrågan

Tilion. Vaktens Maia Maia.

...but Tilion was a hunter of the company of Oromë, and he had a silver bow

But Morgoth hated the new lights, and was for a while confounded by this unlooked-for stroke of the Valar. Then he assailed Tilion, sending spirits of shadow against him, and there was strife in Ilmen beneath the paths of the stars; but Tilion was victorious.