[raspberry1337]

>Tolkien's elves are superhuman entities, magical and supernaturally agile, strong, tireless and so on.

Which is why it's s suprising that a frost troll took out 3 of them in one lumpy throw of some packed ice

[midoridensha]

Notice that there were no dead elves at the end of that scene, just some mad elves that refused to follow their leader any more. They got kicked around by the troll, but afterwards they were ok. Elves are tough.

[sarchertech]

The regular fall to orc arrows. Their durability is highly variable in the books.