Exactly: use what powers you were given. Which she did. She just happened to be given immense power.
It's funny what you said about comparing her to Eowyn, because that's just what I was going to do in my post before this one but didn't. They do have certain similarities, but their reasons for fighting, and their styles of fighting were completely different. Eowyn went to battle to seek death; luthien went to battle to help save the one she loves from death. Eowyn used more physical methods, like a sword; Luthien used more beyond the physical methods, like enchantments. Nonetheless, they are similar in being the two main female characters in Tolkien's world who are not content with letting the men do the work. What makes it better is that they fought bravely, as well, if not better than most men. That's one thing you have to give Tolkien. He may not have had women characters fighting a lot, but when they did, they alwasy did amazing deeds (i.e. Enchanting Morgoth and slaying the Witch King). They are very inspiring characters. They make you see that even if you're not thought to be the bravest and the strongest, sometimes you end up being anyway. That theme shows itself often throughout Tolkien's work, particularly in the way that Frodo, an insignificant hobbit, is his protagonist in LOTR. But since this is a thread about the Sil, pehaps I'd better save that one for another time. 
~T.T
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