Re: You can stop following me now.
That still is. Normal humans cannot reload, aim and shoot fast and with the same dexterousness of a hero. For example, Reaver that's the hero of skill, he can shoot things from large distances, however a normal human (for example guards and assassins) barely can shoot their enemies, especially in huge distances.
Normal humans just defeated the hero's not just by number but also the invention of the gun, where no hero was prepared for that. However, with time seems that hero's developed something like a resistance to it, for example The Hero of Bowerstone when he's hit by guns, he doesn't suffer as it's described from older hero's, meaning that hero's have the capacity to develop defensive skills based on the enemies.
However, even when you have a good pistol or a rifle, always a balverine can hit you, even when you have your skills to maximum, a large group of balverines is still a threat, they aren't stupid enemies, they know what they do, remember balverines are predators, they hunt for food.
That's what makes them good antagonists towards a hero. Strenght, tactical knowledge and skill.