Who is the tougher enemy? Who would win in a fight?

I believe the Deatlord is the stronger of the two.

Deathlord obviously

Too bad we cant have either as a thrall. A dremora lord seems to have a tougher time with the falmer imo.

Deathlord... definitely. Using a shout would scatter the little beasties like Gollum in a hurricane.

Yeah it's like putting sauron or the witch-king against smeagol...

Try it out. Use the console to http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lLzI5p1SNu4.

What about a Briarheart?

Nah, death lord would still win. He has access to shouts.

What if it is one of the Briar Heart mages? They are very tough, and more dangerous than their warrior counterpart.

One connected fus ro dah would win it for the death lord, but it would probably be closer to a draw against a Mage briarheart.

Go Gloomlurker

Well you can reanimate deathlords using dread zombie, dual cast with the conjuration perk and necromage gives you a good 6 mins of deathlord as your ally.

But you can't reanimate deathlord ebony archers, their level is to high.

For deathlord ebony archer vs gloomlurker, the archer would win every time due to fus ro dah and stupidly strong bow damage. For normal melee deathlords (who lack the proper fus ro dah), it would be a closer battle, but I imagine the deathlord would come out on top.

Disagree, briarheart (level 50+ version) dual wielding warriors do huge amounts of damage with the triple dual swing power attack. Melee briarheart > mage briarheart.

I imagine the melee briarheart would give melee deathlords a good battle, not sure who would win that tbh.

Definitely the draugr deathlords, there shout ability helps them a great deal. They also look cool