movies/tv Best Fighter in Game of Thrones

[joanro 247]

In your opinion, who do you think was the best fighter in Game of Thrones? Why?

[Splashee 28,566]

Sandor Clegane, because he just keeps moving on, without letting any feelings stop him, though having some feeling of course to make him somewhat lovable.

[KatonRyu 1,033]

I don't really know. Barristan Selmy was definitely one of the biggest badasses, though Sandor Clegane was, indeed, also a great fighter. Then again, the series is filled with great fighters.

[joanro 247]

  On 2020-04-18 at 6:17 PM, Splashee said:

Sandor Clegane, because he just keeps moving on, without letting any feelings stop him, though having some feeling of course to make him somewhat lovable.

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  On 2020-05-28 at 6:19 PM, KatonRyu said:

I don't really know. Barristan Selmy was definitely one of the biggest badasses, though Sandor Clegane was, indeed, also a great fighter. Then again, the series is filled with great fighters.

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I have heard people say Jamie Lannister(before he lost his hand) was arguably the best fighter in Game of Thrones, but both the Hound and Barristan were great fighters as well.

[KatonRyu 1,033]

  On 2020-05-29 at 6:37 PM, joanro said:

I have heard people say Jamie Lannister(before he lost his hand) was arguably the best fighter in Game of Thrones, but both the Hound and Barristan were great fighters as well.

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It kind of depends at what era we're looking at. Jaime himself considered Arthur Dayne to be the best swordsman, and Ned Stark was considered to be very good, too. I might've picked Jaime, but you don't get to see him fight all that much before he loses his hand.

[joanro 247]

  On 2020-05-30 at 9:48 AM, KatonRyu said:

It kind of depends at what era we're looking at. Jaime himself considered Arthur Dayne to be the best swordsman, and Ned Stark was considered to be very good, too. I might've picked Jaime, but you don't get to see him fight all that much before he loses his hand.

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Who do you think would have won if the fight between Ned Stark and Jamie Lannister had continued without any one interfering? 

[Splashee 28,566]

  On 2020-05-29 at 6:37 PM, joanro said:

 

I have heard people say Jamie Lannister(before he lost his hand) was arguably the best fighter in Game of Thrones, but both the Hound and Barristan were great fighters as well.

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I feel like most fighters that were told by the story tellers to be good, were targets to lose their fights in the end. For drama purposes.
The only good fighters were the ones who didn't care about showing how good they were, or were just fighters and nothing else (no personality).

 

The guy who protected Tyrion Lannister, Bronn, probably was the best warrior out there, but he didn't brag about it...? He just did his job.

[KatonRyu 1,033]

  On 2020-05-30 at 2:37 PM, joanro said:

Who do you think would have won if the fight between Ned Stark and Jamie Lannister had continued without any one interfering? 

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Good question. I think Jaime would probably have won out in the end, but not easily. I think Ned would probably have managed to injure Jaime, but that Jaime would still overpower him in the end, either because Ned would lapse for just a moment after injuring Jaime and Jaime would use that to his advantage, or because Jaime would turn out to just be a little more skilled than Ned.