@swordofdamocles: Man for man Vikings from the fodder up has better fighters than all of GoT. Everyone in that battle on both sides were veterans at this point of several wars and campaigns. Those were the same Vikings that took York and Bjorn and Finehair brought veterans of the war against Alfred and Ubbe who themselves had veterabs from the wars to unify England...and ALL of them are veterans of the Viking civil war.
-The most part of Bjorn army was King Olaf army. And those guys dont fought anywhere in the previous campaign and war you mentioned, they likely just fought in raids in the east or not at all for some. Furthermore being a veteran//being the better fighter. And you statement just ins't true, many of the fodder GoT where also fighting-veteran.
-Many Northmen's who fought in war of the five kings where veteran of Greyjoy rebellion and Robert rebellion. Without forgetting the Umbers who where used to fight multiples times Wildlings raids as Smalljon stated. So you average fodder Jon slaughter are nowhere weaker than the veterans from Vikings, those guys have being in two-three huge wars.
all capapable inntheir own right. In the show: Selmy is fighting untrained nobility. Dayne is fighting teenagers. And Jamie's only feats with both hands were playing with Ned, which is good..but not great.
Yes it is great. Ned is a veteran and a serious skilled fighter in the show. Furthermore the guy's Selmy was fighting where not untrained, they where part of one of the most massive rebellion-operation in slaver bay history, and from what we have saw of their organisation and performance, it's very likely they where given some-kind of training to get used on how to kill Unsullied. But yeah they are clearly not on a soldier-training lvl .
The armies in Vikings are for the most part professional battle hardened. Half the forces in got are civilian conscripts. Smashing their fodder means nothing.
Arguable. As we saw since season 3 Kattegat can grown every time army bigger than the previous one. Just look the Civil war both Harald-Ivar and Lagertha army where strong of like 3000 warriors, and the Great Heathen army the previous season was strong of 4000 warriors only. Which mean's more the Kingdom of Kattegat grown/last more they can recrut massive groups of men's from Norway and obviously not all of them are war veteran, many of them are just to young to have fought before.
Furthermore as I said earlier saying GoT TV fodder are mostly guys without any battle-count is just wrong.
-The fodder Wildling where most of them veteran-warrior who fought both against Night watch and other Wildlings in their lives.
-The fodder Northmen during BoB in both sides where veteran from 2-3 huge wars not to mention many of them participated in the fights against Ironborn to take back theirs lands.
-The fodder Lannister in Destruction of King's landing where veteran from the War of the five kings-greyjoy rebellion/Batttle of Blackwater for some of them.
-The fodder Ironborn Euron destroyed where likely veteran of The Ironborn Invasion of the North and also many raids and small-battles (just like many vikings fodders ) and also veteran of Greyjoy Rebellion for some of them.
Also, Barristan's armor isn't stopping an axe. The heaviest armor in GoT, The Mountain's was penetrated clean by spear against Oberyn and by a long sword against Sandor.
Oberyn know the armor weakness and Oberyn>>>Bjorn. That being said I admit what you said could be arguable,(because the armor quality in GoT is sometimes really confusing) But the fact is prime Barristan would not be touched. He is much more skilled than Ironside.
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