"Ice Ice Baby" - GoT style - I just heard it for the first time today and it's so awesome I had to create a whole blog just to share it, and other videos that I like.

Rage of Thrones - HIS NAME IS JOFFREY!!! NOT JEFFREY!!!!

Game of Thrones Seinfeld style episode 1 - Old but gold.

Game of Thrones Seinfeld style episode 2 - Better than the first.

...episode 3 - It's amazing what a recorded laugh track can do.

...episode 4 - Tywin's face was priceless.

...5 - THMATH THE BEETLETH!!! THMATH 'EM!!! KUH!!! KUH!!! KUH!!!

...6 - Tyrion, Missandei and Grey Worm are so adorable together.

Seven Nation Army - Surprisingly well made.

The Dornishman's Wife - One of my favorites. Check out her channel, she has tons of awesome songs.

History and Lore - The Kingsguard - There are dozens of "History and Lore" videos, but this one's my favorite.

Tyrion's speech - I can taste the venom in his words. Peter Dinklage is one of the best actors today.

The King in the North - Robb's "coronation".

The King in the North 2.0 - Jon's "coronation". I liked Robb's better though.

Daenerys being a badass - Dracarys.

Daenerys being a badass 2.0 - Really one of my favorite scenes in the show.

The Mountain VS The Viper - Obviously.

Daario Naharis VS The Champion of Meereen - Probably more awesome than how it played out in the book.

Daznak's Great Pit - Really like that one. Lots of different fighting styles.

Barristan's Final Stand - Age is just a number.

The Battle in the Tower of Joy - Also obviously.

Bronn and Podrick - Everyone wants to hit a f***in' squire.

Podrick returns from his conquest - "Cock of the Morning" the used to call him.

Telling jokes - Did I mention how adorable Tyrion, Missandei and Grey Worm are together?

Tyrion interrogates Pycelle - WELL MAKE DO!!!

Too fat for your armor - Robert is an asshole. A funny asshole, but an asshole nonetheless.

Strength:

The White Walkers are extremely strong. Here, for example, a White Walker sends Samwell Tarly flying several meters aside like a mosquito with a casual pimp slap. And I don't need to tell you how, um... large... Sam is:

Here a White Walker grabs Jon Snow by the shoulder and tosses him a few meters back like a toy:

And again:

He then struck Jon's chest with the pommel of his weapon and sent him flying down from the rampart. Judging by the fact that Jon twisted in pain and could barely breathe after that, it is very likely that the White Walker broke one or more of Jon's ribs:

Jon managed to get up, but he only ran a few steps while clutching his chest before falling do the ground:

Durability:

The White Walkers are unaffected by the fire bombs hurled at them by the Children of the Forest:

One of the Children of the Forest attempts to kill a White Walker with a spear and fails:

Speed/skill:

This first one is more of a stealth feat. A White Walker sneaks up on two unsuspecting Night's Watch rangers and kills one of them:

The other tries to escape, but the White Walker outruns him:

Then he sneaks up on him again, and kills him too:

A White Walker dodges the Magnar of Thenn's blows, shatters his axe and kills him:

Weather manipulation:

The White Walkers have many special powers. One of them, is that they bring snow, winds and freezing cold wherever they go. Here for example, the sentries on the Wall blow the horn three times - which is the Night's Watch code to signal the coming of White Walkers. In the span of seconds the weather picks up and gets stormy:

Freezing touch:

The second most notable trait of the White Walkers is that they shatter any blade they come in contact with, other than Dragonglass or Valyrian Steel. They can shatter it either with their hands like so:

Or with their own blades, like this White Walker did to the Magnar of Thenn:

And then to Jon Snow:

This ability is derived from the cold that they bring. There's an aura of frozen mist that surrounds them and their weapons:

Fire immunity:

I have no idea why but many people assume that White Walkers are weak against fire. Nope, those are just their wights. The White Walkers are invulnerable to fire. When they approach fire, it just parts like Moses and the Red Sea. For example here:

And also here, notice how the fire goes back to place after the Night King and his posse get a bit farther:

My guess would be that it's because of their freezing aura. It just quenches any fire or heat-source around them. However this is just a guess and there might be more to it, maybe we will find out in season 7.

Dragonglass:

Sam is the first character in the show that kills a White Walker. He does it by stabbing him in the back with a Dragonglass dagger:

Then the White Walker kind of "melted away" after a few seconds of screaming:

Meera Reed also killed a White Walker with a Dragonglass spear. He died a lot quicker for some reason:

Valyrian Steel:

Valyrian Steel is the only metal that doesn't shatter when it meets the White Walkers' blades (to the White Walker's own surprise just as much as Jon's):

When Jon tagged the White Walker with Longclaw, he also immediately "melted away":

Physical strength:

In one of the show's most traumatizing moments so far, the Night King tosses an ice-javelin and kills one of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons, Viserion. The throw crossed a huge distance, and hit Viserion when he was mid-flight, which makes it not only a great strength feat but also a good accuracy feat:

As of now, Undead Vserion is the Night King's mount. He used him to bring down the Wall:

Creating other White Walkers:

The Night King can turn living humans into White Walkers with a touch of his finger. It is unknown whether he can do it only to newborn babies, and it is unknown how long it took the baby to turn into a grown White Walker. It is also unknown whether it can be done to males alone or to females too, as no female White Walkers were ever seen in the show. They are mentioned in the books however. Anyway:

Earth manipulation:

The Night King has some form of Geokinesis. He only used it once on screen so it is unknown how powerful it is, but with a simple touch he created a crack in the earth across what appears to be at least 50 meters:

Which made the cave start collapsing into itself:

Raising the dead:

The Night King can raise the dead by the hundreds in one go, turning them into wights who serve him and the White Walkers:

It is shown that, among the White Walkers' army of wights, there are also undead giants:

Animals, such as bears, can be resurrected as well:

And of course:

Greensight:

The Night King has the gift of Greensight, same as Bran and Bloodraven. He makes physical contact with Bran in one of his ecstasy trips visions:

His weapon:

As I said, it has a unique design. Here he uses it to kill Bloodraven while he is in a DMT trip vision with Bran:

In Bronn's first on-screen fight, he and the rest of Lady Catelyn's party are ambushed by a large group of the Clansmen of the Vale. A harsh battle begins, in which Bronn displays some very impressive moves:

Bronn is then seen killing another of the Clansmen, thus ending the fight (he most probably killed more off-screen). The only survivors are Catelyn, Tyrion, Ser Rodrik Cassel and of course Bronn:

Bronn duels Ser Vardis Egen, the champion that Lady Lysa Arryn chose to represent her in Tyrion's trial by combat. Vardis was heavily armored from head to toe and carried a large shield, while Bronn was wearing only hard-leather and carrying no shield. He parried, dodged and evaded all of Vardis's attacks to make him wear himself out:

He won of course:

Tyrion, Bronn and Shae play a drinking game (pretty much their own version of "Never Have I Ever"), in which it is revealed that Bronn was north of the Wall (the purpose of it is unknown, but it's safe to assume that it involved some fighting with all the Wildlings and whatnot):

After the Battle of the Green Fork, Bronn's sword is covered with his enemies' blood (and his face too), however he himself remained unscathed:

Tyrion appoints Bronn as the new commander of the City Watch, after dismissing its former commander, Lord Janos Slynt:

In the Battle of the Blackwater, Bronn plays a crucial part when he ignites the Wildfire that destroys most of King Stannis's fleet. He does that by firing a flaming arrow at the Wildfire from a great distance. Very good accuracy feat:

When Sandor Clegane sees a burning man charging at him in the Battle of the Blackwater, his pyrophobia kicks in and he freezes in place. Bronn saves him at the last moment by head-shotting the man with an arrow. Again, very good accuracy:

Right after that, two soldiers from Stannis's army charge at Bronn. He kills them both with only his knife in 4 seconds:

Tyrion asks Bronn to fight for him against Gregor Clegane in his trial by combat, and Bronn deems it plausible that he could beat the Mountain in a duel, thanks to his skill and speed:

Bronn is chosen by Tyrion and Jaime to train Jaime in fighting with his left hand:

Bronn travels with Jaime to Dorne in order to rescue Princess Myrcella. On their way to Sunspear, they encounter four Dornish mounted warriors, who surround them and tell them to put their weapons on the ground. Bronn puts his sword away, but throws his knife at the man in front of him. It was an underhand throw (far harder to execute than a regular throw), yet it caught the man right at the apple of his throat. Great accuracy feat:

Bronn then disposes of the others as well. He shows some great skill and speed when reacting to horses in full gallop charging right at him:

Bronn and Jaime finally reach their destination, where they fight against the Sand Snakes - bastard daughters of The Red Viper himself, who are extremely dangerous fighters, trained by their father. Bronn fights two of them - Nymeria and Tyene - at the same time, and matches them:

Bronn hears the approaching Dothraki horde over a very large distance, before anyone else in the Lannister army does:

Bronn snipes Drogon's shoulder with a Scorpion bolt:

After regaining his balance, Drogon lands on the ground, and Jaime Lannister sees Daenerys climb off his back and try to dislodge the Scorpion bolt from his shoulder. Jaime decides to charge forward with a spear to try and kill Daenerys, but Drogon sees him in the last moment. A split second before Drogon turns Jaime into a chicken McNugget, Bronn rides in, jumps off his own horse and tackles Jaime away into the lriver:

In their duel, Bronn and Vardis wrestle for a while when Vardis tries to push Bronn down the Moon Door. Vardis was wearing full steel plate armor, which means he had an extra 30 kilograms or so on him, and yet he barely managed to move Bronn, and Bronn even shoved him away eventually:

Bronn knocks out Prince Trystane Martell with one punch. He punched him with his left hand (his off-hand) which makes this more impressive, and in addition he was literally inches away from the prince so he had very little swing:

Not super impressive, but the draw weight of a medieval longbow is around 50 kilograms, give or take (depends on the bow itself of course):

This one is not so much of a strength feat, but more of an endurance feat. Prince Trystane agrees to pardon Bronn under one condition - Bronn must take a hit to the face from Areo Hotah. Areo Hotah is 1.95 meters of solid muscle, and Bronn immediately recovered from that elbow:

After saving Jaime from Drogon and tackling him onto the river, Bronn carried him all the way from the bottom of the river back to dry land:

When Bronn dueled Ser Vardis, he made his dirty fighting style very evident. He even went so far as to use a bystander as a human shield and throw him at Vardis:

Bronn never shies away from a fight (except for that thing with the Mountain lol). When he and Tyrion were ambushed by Mountain Clansmen, and it was just the two of them completely surrounded, Bronn was ready for a fight instead of trying to run or begging for mercy:

Bronn was not afraid of even Sandor Clegane:

Or of 2 knights of the Kingsguard:

Bronn holds knights in contempt. He is a lot like the Hound in that regard:

Bronn makes his dirty tactics evident once more when sparring with Jaime:

In a later training session, when Jaime starts to get better, Bronn literally takes away Jaime's fake hand and uses it to strike him:

Bronn teaches Podrick Payne the secrets of being an ass:

Bronn has many "personality" moments, but most of them are either him being a scumbag or just some wisecracks.

To Tyrion:

There's no cure for being a c*nt."

To Lysa Arryn, after killing Vardis:

Lysa: "You don't fight with honor!"

Bronn: "No... but he did."

To Podrick, regarding the knights of the Kingsguard:

"Look at these two shining warriors... Ser Taryn Mant, and, eh... Ser Whoisit of Whocares."

To Meryn Trant:

"Careful now, we don't wanna get blood all over your pretty white cloak."

To Tyrion:

"I'm a sellsword, I sell my sword. I don't lend it out to friends as a favor."

To Tyrion:

"Now go drink until you feel like you did the right thing."

To Tyrion:

"You waste your time trying to get people to love you, you'll end up the most popular dead man in town."

To Oberyn Martell:

Oberyn: "Who are you, his hired killer?"

Bronn: "It started that way, aye. Now I'm a knight."

Oberyn: "How did that come to pass?"

Bronn: "I killed the right people, I suppose."

To Jaime:

Bronn: "You promised me a lordship and a castle and a highborn beauty for a wife."

Jaime: "And you'll get all three. A Lannister always pays..."

Bronn: "Don't say it. Don't f***ing say it."

Bronn VS Mountain Clansmen

Bronn VS Ser Vardis Egen

Bronn in the Battle of the Blackwater

Bronn VS Jaime (sparring) 1

Bronn VS Jaime (sparring) 2

Bronn VS Dornishmen

Bronn VS Sand Snakes

Bronn at the Field of Fire

• Green Arrow (Post-Crisis/New 52/Rebirth)

Yeah, just the one, at the moment.

Game of Thrones:

Gallery

• Ser Jaime Lannister, "The Kingslayer" (TV, with books optional)
• Ser Gregor Clegane, "The Mountain That Rides" (TV + books composite only)
• Sandor Clegane, "The Hound" (TV, with books optional)
• Jon Snow
• Grey Worm
• Ser Bronn of the Blackwater
• Lady Brienne of Tarth
• Daario Naharis
• The Night King (with possible addition of Viserion)

Spartacus:

Gallery

• Spartacus
• Gannicus
• Crixus (optional)

Vikings:

Gallery

• Duke Rollo of Normandy
• Ragnar Lothbrok
• Bjorn Ironside

DCEU:

Gallery

• Wonder Woman
• Aquaman

MCU + FOX:

Gallery

• Hawkeye
• Black Panther
• Deadpool

Misc:

Gallery

• The Bride (Kill Bill)
• Hancock
• Hellboy
• Prince Nuada (Hellboy)
• William and Tovar (The Great Wall) (optional)
• Declan Harp (Frontier)
• Uhtred of Bebbanburg (The Last Kingdom)
• Landry du Lauzon (Knightfall)

Gallery

• Will Treaty (Ranger's Apprentice)
• Halt O'Carrick (Ranger's Apprentice)
• Eragon Shadeslayer (with possible addition of Saphira)

Gallery

• Arthur Morgan (Red Dead Redemption 2)
• Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)

Kraznys mo Nakloz:

There's not much that can top being burnt alive by a dragon, much less a baby dragon, much less a baby dragon that you think you own, and much, MUCH less than that if you're one nasty mofo who really deserved this sort of agony since the moment you appeared on screen.

This is but a small part of a very, VERY badass scene from season 3, and one of my all-time favorite scenes in the show.

That jackass slaver who really looks like that evil uncle from "The Dictator" pissed me off since the very first time he appeared on-screen. He kept throwing insults at our beloved Daenerys in High Valyrian, which is a language that he thought she didn't understand. And seconds before his death, she revealed to him that she speaks High Valyrian fluently, which made this scene THAT much more satisfying.

Dracarys, motherf***er.

Ser Barristan Selmy:

This is the moment that a legend has fallen. Ser Barristan the Bold is one of the most legendary knights in the history of Westeros. A near-peerless fighter with more amazingly amazing feats under his belt than basically anybody else out there.

In this scene, this walking legend proves to us one last time that age is just a number. A beast over sixty years old, Barristan heroically steps in to save the day when Grey Worm is ambushed and surrounded by a crap-load of Sons of the Harpy. He fights them with jaw-dropping skill until he is overwhelmed by sheer numbers. But don't worry, in his final stand the man took more than 12 of the bastards down with him.

He wasn't killed straight away, Grey Worm killed that last one before he got to slit Selmy's throat. But sadly, he later died of his wounds. Grey Worm is alive only thanks to him, though, so that's somewhat of a solace.

This death isn't really satisfying in terms of "FINALLY THIS GUY IS DEAD!!!", but it is one of the finest final-stands in the show, and it really is an epic fight scene altogether.

The Sept of Baelor and everyone in it:

Oh my GOD that was so satisfying to watch, I don't even care how many innocent lives were lost. The High Sparrow deserved it, as did the whole Faith Militant, and I wasn't much of a fan of Mace Tyrell either. Margaery was REALLY hot (hottest in the series in my humble opinion) and she's practically the only one I hated seeing die so horribly in there, but it's a fair price to pay to see all those other bastards burn.

This whole scene is so... good. The background music is so amazing and fits right in with the scenery... the whole thing gave me goosebumps the first time I saw it.

One of the best orchestrated mass-murders in the history of live-action. Very nice job there, Cersei. Loved it, keep up the good work!

Princess Shireen Baratheon:

I don't know who cried harder here: Shireen, her mother, or me. Seriously, taking a little girl and burning her alive at the stake as sacrifice to the gods is just so... wrong. Obviously we didn't really get to see how the flames devoured her, but her screams... oh GOD those screams... Shireen was such a kind, innocent little girl, still holding the small wooden toy that Davos made her as she took her last steps... man, this death was so wrong in so many different, twisted ways that I don't even wanna talk about it anymore.

Ramsay Bolton/Snow:

Yes, yes YES. YES!!!! This psychotic bastard (literally) had it coming. I can't even begin to count the reasons why this was so satisfying to watch: he murdered Rickon, he killed Wun-Wun, he repeatedly raped Sansa, he tortured Theon to the point of insanity, he set his dogs on numerous people including his step-mother and his baby step-brother, he murdered his father... oh wait, I actually don't care about this last one.

Anyway, this is one vicious bastard, and getting eaten alive by his own dogs that he so loved to set on innocents for his own amusement is simply the very definition of poetic justice. Shireen's screams made me cry like a little girl, but Ramsay's screams made me laugh like the goddamn Joker.

The sight of Ramsay's blood dripping down his fingers was one of the most satisfying things that I have seen in recent memory. And the speech Sansa gave him just before that was epic. Takes a really good actor to make you genuinely hate his character.

The Starks send their regards, a-hole.

Lord Walder Frey:

Arya Stark is one of my top-3 favorite characters, both in the show and in the books, and watching her slit that old geezer's throat was close to being a divine experience. "The last thing you're ever going to see, is a Stark smiling down at you as you die." You go, girl!!! Sent a chill down my spine with that one.

Now, there's a theory that suggests that in the books Arya will hone her warg abilities, travel to the Riverlands, find her long-lost direwolf Nymeria and her pack of wolves, and lead them in an epic charge into the Twins to massacre everyone inside and feast upon their flesh. Which is, I must say, far more epic than what happened in the show. But I'm not complaining, this scene made me smile so wide that my face hurt.

The Starks send their regards once more, gramps.

King Tommen Baratheon:

Well I know that it wasn't a super-satisfying death like Ramsay's, or super-violent like the Sept of Baelor blowing up, or a some sort of "how low can you go" moment like when Shireen died. It wasn't even an epic final-stand like Barristan's. What earned this seemingly simple death-scene the respected 4th place on my list is that it's the only death in the series that genuinely took me by surprise and genuinely made me laugh. I mean, when I first watched it I was all like "WTF?!", and I had to rewind it, because I wasn't sure I what I just saw. When I confirmed that my eyes did not betray me I literally paused the video, sat back and laughed my ass off for at least a minute. I don't know, call me sick or twisted or weird but I found this REALLY funny. As a book-reader, this is the only death that really caught me off-guard.

I didn't even hate Tommen. He was just a kid. He was trying to be OK with everyone, he was surrounded by lunatics and had some huge responsibility on his shoulders. And to top it all off - he just watched his wife blow up. Poor thing, really. At least I took solace in seeing Cersei's grief when she found out.

The Red Wedding:

Judging by all the hype and worldwide reactions (and memes), this is the scene that caused the biggest shock to the people who watched the show. Even when I read the books I had to re-read it all over again at least twice and pinch myself to make sure it's not just some bad dream.

The Red Wedding was a long, bloody business that took the better part of 10 minutes, but that GIF above shows the moment that was, in my humble opinion, the best. Or should I say the worst? I don't know, this thing is NOT easy to describe with words. You may or may not know, but in the book, Robb's wife (in the show she's called Lady Talisa Maegyr, in the books it's Lady Jeyne Westerling) isn't even present in the Red Wedding, which is one of the reasons that for me, this particular moment stands out in this whole scene. Well this and the fact that she was just repeatedly stabbed in the belly while pregnant. Either way, between the deaths of her, Robb, Catelyn and Grey-Wind, the Red Wedding is one of the biggest climaxes of the show and a huge plot-twist. I mean, if Ned Stark losing his head didn't convince you that nobody, and I mean NOBODY is safe here - this ought to do the job.

Prince Oberyn Martell:

Without a doubt this is the most graphic death in the show. Ever. When I read the book, I was really sad that the coolest character that was introduced thus far just died at the hands of an evil behemoth, and I guess I was too annoyed to notice the details... it's hard when you don't really see it. After watching the scene I decided to re-read it, and only then I noticed the details: how it's described that the Mountain pressed his fingers into the Red Viper's eyes, crushed his teeth and then shattered his skull.

I guess that after my first read I just remembered it wrong, I finished the chapter with the image of Gregor breaking Oberyn's neck or something else that's not too out of the ordinary. So when I watched the scene, I actually was pretty shocked. I remember that a day or two later, I looked the scene up again on YouTube. I wanted to watch the fight, which is undoubtedly one of the very best fight scenes in the show, but when it was about to end I found myself just pausing the video. It's really the first and only time ever that I couldn't bring myself to re-watch a scene because it was too graphic. It was just this once though, don't worry, I've re-watched it lots of time since then, lol. But after just a day or two the memory was still too fresh I guess.

It's probably the goriest, most violent death that I have witnessed on-screen to date. And I doubt I'll ever see anything worse. Just... wow.

1. Lord Eddard Stark:

Give me a break, don't act surprised. He's Sean Bean. He had to go.

2. Hodor:

Hodor.

3. Lord Tywin Lannister:

Getting killed, by your own son, while you take a crap in the bathroom. Doesn't get much lower than that.

King Joffrey Baratheon:

Seriously, who did you expect? It only makes sense that the gruesome, disgusting death of the show's number one sadistic pr!ck gets the first place of this list.

We all hated that annoying brat since the moment we saw him. And he did SO much to deserve this hatred, I'm not even going to start counting. It was oh so satisfying to watch this douchebag choke to death on a pigeon pie, twisting and gasping for a breath of air, his face turning so blue that with his blond hair he really looked like an ugly version of Smurfette.

The timing was just so perfect too. We were still mourning the deaths of our beloved Starks at the Red Wedding, orchestrated by this little bastard's family, and this marvelously agonizing death scene was like a ray of sunshine on a rainy day.

All this in mind, when counting the show's best death scenes, this one definitely takes the cake (pun definitely intended).

No.

No!

NO!!!

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brienne can fight with a flail, which is a very tricky weapon to master. Here, she uses it to fight Ser Loras Tyrell, for the championship of a tourney held by Renly Baratheon:

When Loras disarms her of her weapon, Brienne shows some resourcefulness and unarmed skill (as well as strength) by bullrushing Loras, dropping him on his back and pulling her knife at his face. Loras yielded then:

Renly is very impressed with Brienne after that:

When Renly is assassinated by Stannis's Shadow Assassin, Brienne is found holding his corpse in her hands by 2 knights of Renly's Kingsguard, who charge at her and attack her. Brienne faces 2 of the most elite knights in Renly's service by herself, with her back to the wall, yet she still kills them both in a few seconds:

When Brienne was tasked with escorting Jaime to King's Landing, they come across 3 girls hanging from a tree. They are then approached by the three soldiers who committed the murder. When the three soldiers threaten to expose Jaime's true identity, Brienne attacks and kills them with ease in a matter of seconds. She even pulls the knife of one of her foes out of its scabbard and uses it herself:

Jaime makes a comment on Brienne's skill:

And again:

Brienne fights The Hound, one of the most dangerous warriors in Westeros, and defeats him:

Then, with her sword at The Hound's throat, Brienne tells him that she does not wish to kill him. He saves himself with an unexpected move and disarms her. After a very bloody and brutal back and forth, Brienne finally overwhelms Sandor by repeatedly punching his face until he falls off the cliff:

Brienne saves Podrick Payne by killing 2 soldiers of the Vale that were about to attack him, in just a few seconds:

Podrick's thoughts on Brienne's skill:

Brienne and Podrick rescue Sansa Stark and Theon Greyjoy from some of Ramsay's men who were sent after them. In this scene, Brienne kills 3 of the men herself. Here's part of the fight, in which you can see Brienne finishing off one of the soldiers, and when another charges at her on horseback, she dodges and kills the horse:

Contrary to all common tradition, Jaime anoints Brienne to knighthood:

During the Battle of Winterfell, Brienne was commanding the left flank:

She took out too many wights to count during the battle itself:

Again I will put in the move she used to beat Loras. While it fits perfectly under skill, I can't ignore the fact that she managed to lift a fully armored man up in the air (while heavily armored herself), and drop him on his back:

Knocks a man out with an elbow:

Breaks a thick wooden beam in half:

When she fought the 2 soldiers of The Vale, she actually cut through the second one's sword. It's partially thanks to her Valyrian Steel blade, Oathkeeper, but even Valyrian Steel blades are never shown to cut through normal swords. Brienne's strength compensated for that:

During the Battle of Winterfell, after already fighting for quite a while and even getting hurt, Brienne still has the strength to send 3 wights crashing through a wooden railing with one savage backhand slash:

When Brienne beats Loras at the finals of Renly's tourney, Renly grants her one request of him as a reward. Brienne's request is joining Renly's Kingsguard:

After killing the soldiers who murdered the 3 innocent girls, Brienne slowly, painfully executes one of them as payback for their crime:

Locke and his goons put Brienne inside a pit, facing a huge bear, wearing a dress and holding only a wooden sword. Instead of crying and begging for mercy, Brienne stands up fiercely and bravely to this impossible challenge:

Brienne is a fierce warrior, and will kill all who deserve it without mercy. However, she would rather not kill if she doesn't have to. In her fight against The Hound, she had him at her mercy, and gave him a chance to yield:

Brienne remains loyal even long after Renly's death, and finally executes Stannis Baratheon, the man who killed him:

Not long after, Brienne fulfills the oath she gave Catelyn Stark, and brings Sansa safely to Jon Snow at the Wall:

Ser Brynden "Blackfish" Tully, Sansa's uncle, is very impressed with Brienne:

To Stannis:

"In the name of Renly of the House Baratheon, First of His Name, Rightful King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm, I, Brienne of Tarth, sentence you to die. Do you have any last words?"

To Catelyn:

"I'm no Lady."

To Jaime (regarding the loss of his hand):

"You have a taste...one taste of the real world, where people have important things taken from them, and you whine and cry and quit. You sound like a bloody woman!"

To The Blackfish:

"Ser Jaime kept his word to your niece Catelyn Stark. He sent me to find Sansa, to help her as Catelyn wanted. He gave me this sword to protect her. That is what I have done and I will continue to do until the day I die."

Brienne VS Loras

Brienne VS Renly's Kingsguard

Brienne VS Stark men

Brienne VS Jaime

Brienne VS the Hound

Brienne VS Arryn Men

Brienne VS Bolton Men

Jon Snow is one of the most central characters in the series, and will undoubtedly have a very important role in the future. He has displayed a fair measure of skill, and some nice speed, and people around the North say that he's the greatest swordsman ever.

If breaking down his 2 most infamous fights, which are the short duel he had against the White Walker and the Battle of the Bastards, we can conclude that he isn't that great after all. Against the White Walker, Jon won thanks to one decisive X-factor: Valyrian Steel (which is another thing I would like to touch later). In the beginning, he was tossed aside by the White Walker and lost his Valyrian Steel sword. He dodged a couple of the Walker's strikes, which is honestly his most impressive showing in this fight, only to be tossed again. When he reached his sword again, both he and the White Walker were surprised to see that it didn't vaporize to the touch of the Walker's magical blade, after which Jon blocked another one of the White Walker's strikes, and killed him. But, would any normal foe have died to that cut? Probably not. The White Walker vaporized to the very touch of Valyrian Steel - AKA "Dragonsteel". If it were a human, he would have been wounded, but not killed. Bottom line - not bad, but not that impressive either.

Now, in the Battle of the Bastards, Jon also didn't show anything too much out of the ordinary. Yes, he is shown on-screen to be killing almost 20 enemy soldiers. But it's in the midst of a large open battle, and any survivor of any such battle would have probably taken multiple lives in the process. Not to mention that he was an inch away from getting killed multiple times in this fight and was saved at the last second by his men. Moreover, he was bloodlusted as bloodlusted could get due to Ramsay having just killed his brother in cold blood. His best showing in this fight is actually when he faces Ramsay, and blocks all of his arrows with a shield. Although a very solid argument could be made that this is more of a bad showing for Ramsay rather than a good showing for Jon.

Is his reputation as the finest swordsman to ever walk the earth justified? I would say no, not even close. Jon's X-factor over most characters in GOT is his sword. Not only is it a Bastard Sword, which is larger and has longer reach than most. It's a Valyrian Steel sword - one of the only two such weapons we get to witness in action. Valyrian Steel is sharper, tougher and lighter than regular steel, and grants its user a very big edge in the gear department. But, at the end of the day, would Jon pose a threat to most notable fighters in the series? No, I don't think he would.

I'm pretty much forced to mention him. Not much to say on Robb, but I see him being brought up on the forums way too often, for pretty much no reason whatsoever. We don't see him fighting even once, not in the books and not in the show (I only recall one time, in the very beginning of the first book, where he beats Joffrey in a practice duel. Not that it's much of a feat, nor does it make a difference here). We know he is an excellent leader and strategist, not more than that. He was trained by Ser Rodrik Cassel since childhood, and as far as we know he has the prowess of any other highborn in the realm. Is it enough to pose a challenge to most notable fighters? No, very far from it.

Jaime's respect thread

Jaime is a character that has a lot to break down. He has very little showings in the show, but they are all being discussed in the thread linked above. He is a character whose prowess and skill at arms is already established, and at his core he is meant to be a deadly fighter. This is why George R. R. Martin and the creators of the TV show didn't feel the need to show his abilities on-screen (or on-page) all that much, because he is already established as a character whose main trait is fighting skill. But, if you want solid proof, I think that his fight with Brienne sealed the deal for me. Yes, of course he lost. But is it a bad showing? No. Jaime was after months of captivity, even a year I think. He wasn't only malnourished and in horrific physical condition, he was also rusty for lack of training (or even touching a sword) since the day he was captured. On top of that, he was cuffed, and unarmored. He started the fight by toying with Brienne for a bit, even giving her some pointers, before he got serious. Yes, Brienne won, but he made her really sweat for it. It is, in fact, a great showing of skill, strength and determination on Jaime's side.

Ah, The Red Viper, my namesake. I have to admit that I AM a tiny bit biased whenever it concerns the Prince of Dorne, but I will be as fair as I can now. The Red Viper's only on-screen feat, as we all know, is his fight against The Mountain, which is arguably the best fight scene in the series. Personally I'd rank it as either the best or the second best. Anyhow, The Red Viper beat The Mountain a very solid victory in their duel, and only died because of context concerning this specific fight. Now, The Mountain is freakishly huge, insanely strong, extremely brutal, and heavily armored... making Oberyn the perfect man to fight him. Oberyn is quick, agile, smart and extremely dexterous. He chose the spear as his weapon to compensate for his giant opponent's reach advantage, and even though a spear isn't usually the ideal weapon for a duel - he used it like a devil, with skill that made him look like a juggler in a circus performance. He wanted to humiliate The Mountain, and was toying with him all throughout the fight, and even though his victory wasn't flawless - it was very close to being so. Bottom line, Oberyn Martell is certainly NOT someone that you would want to face on the battlefield.

Brienne is a complex one. Just how good is she? She's depicted in the series as being very good, and many may think she's one of the very greatest. She will not be easy to break down and this segment might be the longest one here, as she's pretty inconsistent in my opinion, but bear with me. Here's what we know for fact: she's strong, she's skilled, and she can be pretty damn brutal, despite her usual chivalry. She has had a numerous showings in the show: Beating Loras Tyrell one on one, killing two of Renly's Kingsguard, beating Jaime Lannister who was under horrible conditions, barely beating The Hound who was under not the best conditions, killing three Stark soldiers, a few Bolton soldiers and two Arryn soldiers. Let's break those down, in chronological order:

First was her fight against Loras. It's a solid showing, no doubt, but all we see are bits and pieces of the fight. It wasn't a stomp, that much we know, but it was still a solid victory in which Brienne displayed some strength and skill. One thing worth mentioning is that she was using a flail, which is a very tricky weapon to master. Loras is hardly a very top-notch opponent, but it was, after all, the final match of a tournament which earned Brienne championship. In the show, it isn't known how many fighters participated, but in the books I believe it was around 130 (just for the record though, as this doesn't make a difference for the show). All in all, a pretty good showing, but not too unusual.

Soon thereafter came the fight where she killed two of Renly's Kingsguard, which is in my opinion her best showing. They came at her one by one instead of together, which makes it a little less impressive than it could have been, but it's a very solid showing nevertheless. Brienne had her back to the wall, and was in shock for having just watched her king (whom she was in love with since childhood) being killed by a friggen cloud. Those two men were knights, among the most elite in Renly's ranks, so they were far from fodder (Brienne had probably beaten them in the past during that tournament coming to think about it). In this scene, Brienne had shown some solid skill, and very good strength when she knocked one of the knights down with a backhand punch. The whole thing was over in just about 10 seconds. She could have spared them, but she made sure both of them are dead. Don't mess with that wench when she's upset, that much is certain.

Next was her killing three Stark soldiers. It was hardly a fight though, as they didn't really have the chance to fight back. Brienne surprised them by pulling out her weapons, knocking one man out and slitting the other's throat in the process. The third tried to grab her from behind, which is honestly the only resistance she faced from them, and she killed him quickly too. Then she executed the man whom she knocked down in a very slow, painful manner, as payback for them killing three innocent girls. It's a solid showing of speed, quick thinking and some brutality. But, it's important to remember that the three men heavily underestimated her and were mocking her for being a woman just a moment before, which granted her some advantage.

Then came her fight with Jaime. Ah, the fight with Jaime. I won't delve too deep into it as I consider it to be a great feat for Jaime more so than for her. Honestly, beating a man who's practically a pale shadow of himself isn't too much to write home about.

After that came her fight with The Hound. Another pretty good showing. The main thing that bugs me was that Sandor wasn't at his best, since he had a festering wound that slowed him down. Without it, he could have won, especially considering how close the fight was. He had almost won several times. Moreover, Brienne had the very big advantage of using Oathkeeper - the only other Valyrian Steel swords that we get to see used in battle other than Longclaw. Is it a good showing? Yes. Is it a perfect one? No.

Her fight with the Arryns came not long afterwards. Nothing really unique about it. She killed two men. With the first one, she pretty much had the element of surprise, and killed him in one blow when he was charging at Podrick. The second one she had a more proper fight with, and she made short work of him - not before cutting his sword in half, which is part thanks to Oathkeeper and part thanks to her strength.

Last but not least is her fight with the Boltons. It wasn't at all impressive, and honestly she should have died there. She was on the ground after being dropped off her horse, and one of the soldiers came up to her, sword in hand, perfect chance to kill her... but he kicked her instead, giving her a chance to get back up and fight. Why did he do this stupid thing? Nobody can tell. And why did his comrade just watch him die instead of riding in and help? Again, it's a mystery. Hardly a good showing, but all in all, she still won.

Bottom line: Brienne is fierce, she's strong, she's brutal and she's skilled. Is she perfect? No. She has had better moments and worse, But with Oathkeeper in hand, she'd still pose a challenge to any worthy fighter.

The Hound's respect thread

Sandor Clegane, AKA The Hound, is almost the whole package. While most fighters in fiction are either huge and strong or skilled and agile, Sandor has the best of both worlds. He isn't the number one strongest (although by feats alone he probably is), but he has the strength of at least four men and is almost 7 feet tall. He's also not the pinnacle of agility and martial skill, but he doesn't lack in this department at all. He's a very complete fighter, if you will. Among his craziest feats are cutting armored men in half with a single strike of his sword (and by "in half" I mean actually in half, check out the thread linked above), lifting a huge log by himself and walking and unknown distance with it, beating Beric Dondarrion in single combat despite his phobia of fire, and much more. His official attire and gear include a full set of plate armor with a dog's head full-helm that leaves almost no weak spots, a sword that is somewhere between a Bastard sword and a greatsword (as well as showing some skill with a morning star and an axe on occasion), and he has the strength and stamina to use it all of course. While I wouldn't say he's the best fighter in the series, he's certainly the most complete one, which earns him a very honorable spot when ranking the top dogs (pun not intended) in the show.

Sandor Clegane's big brother, Gregor (AKA The Mountain that Rides), is probably the most feared man in the realm. He's huge (around 8 feet tall), he's stronger than any man has the right to be, and he's outright evil. However, while his book counterpart is stated to be surprisingly quick and skilled, the show version is a lot less so (aside from one remark by Bronn that describes him as "quicker than you'd expect"). By feats alone, he's not as strong as Sandor, but by reputation he is, and this is one of the rare cases where I'd take reputation over on-screen showings (or lack thereof). Either way, he is definitely strong enough to wave around a greatsword almost as tall as he is like a tennis racket, chop a horse's head clean off in one blow, lift a grown man over his head with both hands fully stretched upward, and as we all remember all too well - crush a man's skull in with his bare hands, which is definitely a lot stronger than any average man. Thoros of Myr also recalls seeing him sever a man's arm and kill that man's horse in a single strike. Anyhow, as I was saying, his only actual battle showing was losing to The Red Viper. He's big and strong, he's heavily armored and has very long reach with this greatsword of his, but he lacks skill and speed, which would make any quick fighter a threat to him.

Well, aside from statements such as "Khal Drogo has never been defeated", the man has one on-screen fight to his name, and it was one of the show's most iconic ones probably. He fought beautifully, he fought brutally, and pretty flawlessly too. He's fast, he's brutal and he's very skilled, maybe one of the most martially skilled in the series. Looks pretty damn strong as well, but has no feats to verify. The very fact that the man is a Khal means that he is the strongest and fiercest of his Khalasar which could very well be be considered a feat by itself (his bloodriders are supposed to be close second to him, which explains how he killed one of them in their fight, although I'm not entirely sure he was even a bloodrider. In the books, by the way, the wound that festers and kills him is inflicted by another Khal, one of two that he killed in one day). But Drogo has one big disadvantage: He's Dothraki. He fights in a style and uses a weapon that would be near useless against an armored knight. Sure, he could take on characters who don't tend to use plate armor, like Bronn, and beat them with sheer skill and speed (and probably strength). But against an armored knight of little more than average skill, he would probably lose.

Bronn is an odd duck in the show. He's basically a nobody, a sellsword with no name, who happened to be at the right place at the right time and get into the story. He's proven himself a very dangerous foe. He's very skilled and quick, and he's also clever and likes to fight dirty - which is a dangerous combo. In the first time in the show we get to see the man in action, he and a group of fighters fend off a group off tribesmen that ambushed them. Bronn is seen tearing through a few of them fairly quickly, displaying some unusual fighting style that involves things such as kicks, throws and half-swording. In his next fight, Bronn faces Ser Vardis Egen, a knight of the Vale, in single combat. Bronn used the fact the he is (a lot) younger than his foe, and as a result quicker and more agile, to his favor. He fought in very light armor, against a heavily armored foe, dodging most of his strikes and blocking the rest, using a dirty move or two in the process, until he wore him out enough to easily finish him off. Bronn is also the man who taught Jaime how to fight with his left hand (although he was chosen for this task for his discreetness more so than for his skill), and fought alongside Jaime in a few battles in Dorne, in which he had displayed some good skill and speed, especially when fighting two of the Sand Snakes by himself. In the Battle of the Blackwater, he displayed his skill with a bow as well as some more close-quarters competence. He has a lot of confidence, and is never afraid of a fight (except for that one time when Tyrion asked him to fight The Mountain for him. Bronn suggested that it's conceivable that he could dance around Gregor until he tires him out and somehow kills him, but refused because it wasn't worth the risk). He had his hand on the hilt of his weapon, ready to pull it out and fight even against The Hound, against two knights of the Kingsguard, and when he was alone with Tyrion, surounded by tribesmen ready to kill him. All in all, Bronn is someone who is a very dangerous foe. One of the best? I wouldn't say so, but he certainly doesn't lack skill. We have never seen him battle someone of confirmed skill who isn't an old, slow knight, however, and although his showings are very good they don't top those of many others by a huge margin.

Syrio Forel, the First Sword to the Sea-Lord of Braavos, is the first and one of the only fighters in the series that we see using the style called the Water-Dance, which is a lot like fencing - it is swift and elegant, and the Water-Dancer's weapon of choice is a thin, sharp rapier. He is introduced in season 1 as the man who teaches Arya Stark how to fight. His last appearance, though, is one of the show's most memorable fighting scenes. Meryn Trant is sent to fetch Arya, who is training with Syrio, and he brings four soldiers with him. When one of the soldiers approaches to take Arya by force, Syrio of course protects her. He parries the soldier's sword with no more than a flick of the wrist, and knocks him down with one blow to the helmet. In case you were wondering, Syrio had a wooden practice sword, not an actual weapon here. Then the three other soldiers came at him, only to be taken out easily as well. It's VERY easy to miss, but the first one actually got back up and joined his comrades. Syrio, being at a severe disadvantage due to having no weapon, uses amazing skill and smarts to win here. He hacks only at the soldiers' helmets, making their ears ring and probably causing a few concussions, he dodges and makes them hit one another, he uses sweeps to bring them to the floor and tangles them with their own cloaks. Then came Meryn Trant, broke Syrio's stick, and killed him.

...or did he? We never see Syrio die, nor do we see or hear of a body. There are strong theories that suggest that Syrio survived, and is actually the Faceless Man that calls himself Jaqen H'ghar (which is a very logical explanation as to how Jaqen found himself a prisoner in King's Landing in the first place). Interesting theory, but just a theory nonetheless. Anyhow, Syrio has proven that he is not a man that you would want to mess with. If he only had a real sword...

Now we're getting somewhere. Selmy... Selmy is a legend. No less. Even at 60 years old, he's one of the very best knights in Westeros. He is often spoken about by Jaime Lannister, who describes him as the finest knight he had ever witnessed. He describes his fighting as a form of art, as something so perfect that it appears almost unreal. He also called the move that Selmy used to kill Simon Toyne, chief of the Kingswood Brotherhood, "the best move I ever saw". Eddard Stark at one point also remarks that he's glad that he and Barristan had never faced in the battlefield, since a widow's life wouldn't have suited his wife. Jorah describes him as one of the greatest fighters that the Seven Kingdoms had ever seen. He also holds credit to one of the show's most badass one-liners - "Even now, I could cut through the five of you like carving a cake!" Spoken to five men of the Kingsguard, and judging by how serious Selmy was, and how wary those five had appeared... I dunno, I kinda believe him. In his last stand, which is one of my favorite battle scenes in the show, Barristan was facing a whole platoon of Sons of the Harpy, in a narrow corridor. He came just in time to save Grey Worm, who was surrounded, and killed two unsuspecting Sons of the Harpy before the rest noticed he was there. Then they came at him. All of them. He was surrounded, and he killed around 12 of them if not more before finally being overwhelmed. This is, in fact, one of the best feats in the entire show. Sons of the Harpy are (mostly) just angry former nobles with no training whatsoever, that much is true. But the sheer numbers and the bad environment that Barristan had to deal with in that fight do more than compensate. Ser Barristan Selmy in his prime was no less than a legend, and even as an old man, he was a true beast.

Moving from one loyal servant of Daenerys to another. Daario Naharis is the captain on the mercenary group known as the Second Sons. He was hired to kill Daenerys, but killed the two other captains of the Second Sons instead, sneaked into Daenerys's private chambers dressed as an Unsullied, and swore allegiance to her. Since then, he had proven himself a worthy fighter a few times. First was when taking the city of Yunkai, where he, Jorah and Grey Worm had to face a large number of guards by themselves. The first half of the fight is pretty cool, and the three fighters make short work of the guards, which outnumbered them at least three to one. In this fight, Daario has displayed some very nice skills, even blocking attacks that came from behind him. The second half of the fight happens off-screen, but it involved even more enemies and the three warriors emerge victorious once more. Granted, since Daario wasn't alone, we cannot know what happened there, but he looked pretty unscathed to me so we can assume he did a pretty good job. All that being said, those guards were just slaves, and were probably untrained as well as not in a very good physical condition. While it does take away from the feat a little, it's still very impressive. His most recognized feat is him killing the Champion of Meereen. It is indeed a very good showing of skill with a throwing knife, but not much more than that, so this feat, however cool it may be, isn't a variant in deducing Daario's skill as a warrior here (for the record, in the books, the fight was won in a more badass way IMO, and it wasn't Daario who fought for Dany, it was Strong Belwas - a character that doesn't appear in the show. He's a former pit-fighter, huge and fat, uses an Arakh, and a eunuch). He's been trained in many fighting styles and had become a champion of the fighting pits, which also earns him some great renown. Other than that, all we have of him is killing a few Sons of the Harpy in the fighting pits, and beating a Dothraki in a fist fight. Daario is very versatile, very skilled and very unpredictable. A fine warrior no doubt, but his greatest victory is still winning the heart of Daenerys.

Moving on to the third loyal servant of Daenerys. Grey Worm is the leader of Dany's army of Unsullied, chosen by his brothers from among their ranks. Unsullied, by definition, approach battle as you might approach a video game: they would do their best to win, fight until their dying breath, but whether they die or live to tell the tale doesn't really matter to them. They do not know the meaning of fear. Unsullied are more weapons than people, trained since childhood in the arts of war, and only the best make it through and become proper Unsullied. In the books, they are trained to feel no pain whatsoever, but in the show it doesn't appear as such. Anyhow, Grey Worm has a good starting point by being an Unsullied before we even go into feats. Among them, however, are his aforementioned fight alongside Jorah and Daario in Yunkai, as well as the fight where Baristan was killed against the Sons of the Harpy, in which Grey Worm had killed many Sons by himself (I lost count), and remained the only one alive out of the squad of Unsullied which entered the corridor. It is in fact a pretty damn good showing in my eyes. He was even fast enough to kill two or three when he was alone and completely surrounded, before any of them could react. As an Unsullied, Grey Worm uses a long spear and a round shield, and wears a suit of armor made of some thin metal (probably steel, maybe iron) that leaves his arms exposed, as well as small gaps in the neck and the visor. Grey Worm is a weapon, and as such, he is a very worthy contender in here.

Dany's fourth and final servant, though the "loyal" part was very questionable at times. Ser Jorah Mormont is an exiled knight of Westeros, who had served and protected Daenerys since childhood. In Westeros, he has earned renown by participating in many battles, in which he had shown great courage. He was one of the first people to charge into Pyke when Balon Greyjoy rebelled against the crown, and was anointed by King Robert right after the fight was over. However... how good of a fighter is he, is another matter. I have never been impressed with Jorah as most people, I would actually rank him not far above average. I mean, he's pretty good, he's not a slouch or anything, but he doesn't hold a candle to many fighters here. He's pretty old, and pretty slow. However, he is smart, experienced and resourceful. His first real fight in the show was against Qotho, one of Khal Drogo's bloodriders, which is the fight that proved just how ill-suited Dothraki are to fight knights. Qotho danced around Jorah, sliced his cheek, dropped him on his back, and died after his Arakh got stuck in Jorah's reinforced steel-plate armor. If not for the armor, Jorah would have died right there, of that I have no doubt. He has some solid showings, such as beating the guards at Yunkai alongside Grey Worm and Daario, and slicing through some slave-fighters in his first pit-fight. On his second pit-fight though, where he was actually fighting warriors who had earned their place there, he almost died to three different opponents. The first one was a fat, lumbering giant wielding an axe, which Jorah killed with some effort. That really earned him some bad repute in my eyes as far as his speed goes. Next he was facing a Water-Dancer, who is frankly the only person in the entire show that is seen using this style other than Syrio. The Water-Dancer stomped Jorah pretty bad (by which we can safely assume that Syrio, being the First Sword of Braavos, would also beat Jorah), but Jorah was saved by another pit-fighter who stabbed the Water-Dancer in the back. Jorah then fought the man who had just saved him, and beat him with some effort (although I must admit that his finishing move was pretty awesome, and showed a measure of skill and resourcefulness). After this fight had ended, Jorah did display some nice strength and accuracy by taking his fallen foe's spear and tossing it straight into a Son of the Harpy that was creeping on Daenerys, with such force that knocked him back and sent him crashing on to the floor. Jorah then killed a couple more Sons before the end of the scene. After that, we see that he's actually pretty old and lacks stamina when he and Daario go on a mission to find and rescue Dany, and Jorah is exhausted by the long trekking and steep hills that they have to cross, while Daario barely seems to be bothered by it.

Bottom line, Jorah is a very experienced, brave and resourceful knight, who uses his brains and years of experience to his advantage. But, just like all human beings (except for Barristan it appears), he's getting old and slow, and would most likely get overwhelmed by any younger name in here.

Well, I know that Ser Arthur isn't really a character in the show and only appears in a LSD trip flashback that Bran witnessed with the Three-Eyed Raven. But he has to go in here, it would be a sin to exclude him. Ser Arthur Dayne is the peak of skill in the show. He's even more of a legend than Selmy. Before analyzing his one on-screen fight, there's one important detail that has to be taken into mind. Arthur Dayne was wielding the legendary sword Dawn, and held the title "Sword of the Morning". Dawn, along with the title that comes with it, is the ancestral sword of House Dayne. However, unlike regular heirlooms that are passed from father to son, Dawn only goes to a knight of House Dayne that proves himself worthy. If no knight of House Dayne is found worthy, Dawn just gathers dust until someone is worthy enough to claim it. It is the Mjolnir of the world of GOT, and Ser Arthur is Thor. All knights to previously wield Dawn and hold the title "Sword of the Morning" were the greatest warriors of their respective times, and Dayne is said to be the greatest of them all. This alone speaks volumes on Arthur Dayne's capabilities. Moreover, Dawn itself is forged from a fallen star, and is said to match Valyrian Steel in quality. But, it is also said that "Dawn was just a sword, and Ser Arthur was the true steel."

Now, moving on to his actual on-screen showing. A fight scene that rivals the infamous single combat of The Mountain and The Viper for the show's greatest fight scene (in my opinion, of course). In this fight, Dayne wields Dawn in one hand, and another longsword in the other. Realistically, wielding dual longswords requires vast amounts of skill and dexterity and, was historically only ever used as a means to show-off a man's skill. The fight starts as a 2v6, Dayne and Gerold Hightower VS young Ned Stark and five lords that accompanied him. Dayne and Hightower each take out one man before Hightower falls to Ned's sword, which leaves Dayne alone against four people. He starts the fight surrounded on all four sides, and fends off all four attackers simultaneously. It is, to the best of my memory, and after searching far and wide, the only scene in the show that depicts one fighter fending off four others that surround him. In reality, even a master swordsman would have virtually no chance against four swordsmen of even average skill that have him surrounded. But Dayne no only beat them, he murder-stomped them all without taking a single hit. There are many videos, articles and memes that mock the imperfect choreography of this fight, and claim that Dayne didn't win because he was good, but rather because his opponents were bad. But, just as I said in the beginning of this thread, choreography isn't a factor here. You have a human actor, who needs to portray a feat of inhuman skill. You can't do that without compromising. That doesn't take away from the actual prowess of his enemies. We know, for fact, that Ned Stark is a more than capable warrior, and he was handpicked by Robert to lead this mission. We also know that Ned handpicked his five companions. We also know, that all six of them are highborn, trained by the best quartermasters in the realm, and highborn are always better fighters than your average soldier or cutthroat. Not to mention that a second before that, Ned killed Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Arthur was fighting four fighters with skill that ranges from good to great, and won a flawless victory. As far as skill, dexterity and speed go, Ser Arthur Dayne is unreal. With Dawn in hand, he is something that is hard to describe with words.

Ned Stark is supposedly a very good fighter. He has but one actual feat, which is killing Ser Gerold Hightower - Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. It's undoubtedly a great feat, although we do know that Hightower wasn't the greatest knight of the Kingsguard at the time. His fight against Jaime Lannister in season 1 isn't even a feat, as it wasn't a real fight. Jaime had stated that he wanted Ned alive in that scene, and neither he nor his men tried to kill him. Jaime wasn't fighting Ned; he was toying with him for his own amusement. That being said, in his prime, Ned was supposedly pretty good. Remember I mentioned how Ned told Barristan that if they were to meet on the battlefield, then Ned's wife would have become a widow? Well, to that Selmy replied that Ned underestimates himself, as Selmy had seen him kill a dozen great knights. That makes sense, as Ned has a Valyrian Steel greatsword - Ice. Although, we only see it being used for executing people on death sentence, and it is unclear why Ned didn't use it when fighting Arthur Dayne. We can assume That he had used it when killing the dozen great knights that Barristan had mentioned, though we can't know if they really were a dozen, or if they really were great. The only solid thing we have is him killing Hightower, and while Hightower can be assumed to be very good, we actually don't know HOW good. At least not in the series. He's supposedly pretty old though he doesn't appear so. The Kingsguard has had people that range in skill, from as high as Dayne, Jaime and Barristan, to as low as Meryn Trant. I would give Hightower the benefit of doubt and place him a bit above the average between those tiers.

All in all, Eddard has one brief showing against an opponent whose skill level we do not know, but is assumed to be above average. Aside from that there's only a (possibly hyperbolic) statement by Barristan. These two things alone aren't enough to place Ned at a very high tier, but he does gain some extra credit for using a Valyrian Steel sword (although he is never seen using it in combat, it is just assumed).

I only bring him up because I see him being used or mentioned a lot in the battle forums. Yes, he was supposedly a legendary fighter, possibly the greatest of his time when he was in his prime. However, unlike in the books, we don't know enough on him and his capabilities. In the books, he is sometimes regarded as the greatest warrior to ever live, as well as a lot more information that we can use to deduce that he was, in fact, pretty unstoppable. In the show, all we know is that he beat Rhaegar in single combat, and we don't even know how good Rhaegar was. We don't know anything else on Robert aside from one exclamation that Robert made once, saying that he used to be strong, and that he once killed a Tarly boy in one of the fights in his rebellion. That's really it. You don't have to be the greatest fighter alive in order to lead an army to victory (Robb Stark being proof of that), and although we do know that Robert was a remarkable general and commander, we don't know how good he was as a fighter. Bottom line, the show version of King Robert was supposedly a very good fighter in his hay-day, but there's next to nothing to verify it.

10. Daario Naharis

Daario is a very skilled, versatile and unpredictable fighter that follows his own rules. He has experience fighting foes of many kinds, and has learned to fight and counter them all.

9. Bronn

Bronn's mind is as sharp as his sword, and he has no honor or chivalry whatsoever. Combining these two traits together and adding some very good skill and speed, makes him a very dangerous foe.

8. Grey Worm

More a weapon than a man, Grey Worm knows no fear and will never shy away from battle. Unsullied are the finest soldiers in existence, and Grey Worm is the most elite fighter within their ranks.

7. Brienne of Tarth

Brienne is a chivalrous warrior of great skill, armed with a Valyrian Steel sword. Any man who pisses her off would get a very close look of that blade.

6. Sandor Clegane

As I said before, The Hound is the most complete fighter on the show. While not the number one character in any category, he is still not lacking in anything. Take the skill of an elite knight, combine it with the strength of at least four men and take away all mercy and remorse, and you get yourselves a Hound of the finest breed.

5. Syrio Forel

It's been demonstrated in the show what an average Water-Dancer can do with a rapier, and what Syrio can do with a wooden practice sword. Give Syrio a rapier, and you have yourselves one of the greatest swordsmen who ever lived. Oh, and he's also possibly a Faceless Man.

4. Prince Oberyn Martell

The Red Viper of Dorne has the speed and agility of an acrobat and wields a spear with the skill and dexterity of a juggler. Besting him in combat would prove a challenge to anyone. But even if you beat him, make sure he doesn't touch you even once or you're still die from the deadly poison that coats his blade.

3. Ser Jaime Lannister

While lacking impressive on-screen victories, his close losses still speak volumes. Ser Jaime is a man whose skill and prowess are so well established right off the bat, that he doesn't even need feats to prove it.

2. Ser Barristan Selmy

One of the most gifted knights the world has ever seen. At 60 years old, Ser Barristan is a beast that can tear through hordes of enemies. In his prime, he was all but unmatched.

1. Ser Arthur Dayne

The Sword of the Morning is the noblest of knights, possessing unrealistic skill. When wielding his legendary blade, Dawn, Ser Arthur is a peerless warrior. His predecessors were all the greatest of their respective times, but he tops them all. A legend among legends.

In the Tourney held in King's Landing in honor of Ned Stark, The Mountain is put against Ser Loras Tyrell in a match of jousting. The Mountain loses quickly, and in his rage, he grabs his greatsword and attacks Ser Loras. The Hound immediately rushes in to save Ser Loras from his older brother and the two clash briefly:

Their short fight is interrupted when King Robert orders them to stop, and Sandor displays some impressive speed and skill with this sweet move:

When The City Watch and King Joffrey's forces attack Ned Stark's men, The Hound kills one of Ned's men, and right after that he is seen in the background (look closely) killing another man:

The Hound is also skilled with a morning star (spiked mace). At the tourney in honor of King Joffrey's birthday, Sandor fights an opponent with a morning star and easily defeats him, throwing him off the ramparts to his death:

The Hound fights Lord Beric Dondarrion, the leader of "The Brotherhood Without Banners" - a small militia that ambushes and kills soldiers who prey on the smallfolk of Westeros. Beric used a flaming sword, and despite his fear of fire - The Hound still won:

Arya Stark approaches a group of Frey soldiers, who sit around a campfire and laughing at "The Red Wedding" - in which her brother, her mother and a lot of their men were murdered. She tricks and kills one of them, and when the other three get up and are about to get her, The Hound jumps in and kills them all in a few seconds:

The Hound and Arya arrive at a crossroads inn, where some of The Mountain's men are having a drink. Arya recognizes one of them as Polliver, one of the men who captured her on her way to The Wall, and killed her friend Lommy in cold blood. Polliver, who doesn't recognize Arya, initiates a conversation with Sandor. The conversation quickly escalates into a fight, in which The Hound kills all of Polliver's men (except for two that Arya killed, one of them being Polliver himself):

Brienne and Podrick Payne encounter The Hound and Arya on the road. After Podrick realizes that the man in front of him is The Hound, Brienne realizes that the girl that with him is Arya Stark. She pleads Arya to come with her, as she had sworn a vow to find her and Sansa and protect them. Sandor doesn't believe her because he recognizes that she is carrying a Lannister sword, and he believes that Brienne is there on behalf of the Lannisters. A harsh exchange of words between Brienne and Sandor quickly escalates to - you guessed it - a fight. This is considered by many to be one of the very best fight scenes in the show:

The Hound and Arya are sneaked upon and attacked by two men. The first one jumps at The Hound's back and bites his ear, and Sandor grabs his head and snaps his neck. Could also count for a strength feat, but since it really pales in comparison to all of Sandor's other strength feats, I put it under skill:

Sandor seeks out the men who massacred Septon Ray and his community. He comes across 4 members of The Brotherhood Without Banners, and kills them all with his hatchet before any of them can even react:

The Hound ventures north of the Wall as part of a team of badasses lead by Jon Snow on an expedition to capture a wight and bring it to King's Landing. After capturing the wight, The team gets trapped on a small island in the middle of a frozen lake, surrounded by god knows how many wights, a few White Walkers and the Night King himself. After a while, the wights start swarming the small all-star team, who have no choice but try and survive for as long as they can. In that battle, Sandor (and everyone else on the team) killed wights by the dozens:

When three thugs try to rape Sansa Stark, The Hound comes to the rescue. He grabs one of them by the throat, easily lifts him up in the air, and guts him with a knife:

In his fight against Beric Dondarrion, Sandor hacked at Beric's shield so hard that he broke it into splinters. For comparison, Beric did not break Sandor's shield even a bit in this fight (it did catch fire due to Beric's flaming sword though) [credit to @lubub55 for pointing this one out]:

At the end of his fight with Beric, the Hound threw a punch that made Beric stumble backwards gasping for air and drop to one knee, even though he was wearing a steel breastplate:

He then cut straight through Beric's sword and buried his own sword almost a foot through Beric's torso, with one overhead swing:

Ready for a pretty insane strength feat? In the Battle of the Blackwater, The Hound is put in the lead of a small force. During a clash with some of Stannis's men at the gates of the Red Keep, The Hound scores some solid kills. Two of them, however, are 2 of my favorite kills in the entire series, even though they are pretty casual and easy to miss. In the first, The Hound cuts a man wearing chainmail armor in two, straight through the waist. In the one right after, he cuts a man wearing similar armor in two with a cut that goes through the man's left shoulder, and down through his right hip. Insane:

On their travels, The Hound and Arya run into a man whose wagon went off-road and lost a wheel. The Hound asks the man if he needs help. The man jests that at least 8 men are needed to lift the wagon, but is taken by surprise when Sandor lifts it easily by himself:

Several days after losing his fight against Brienne, The Hound is found, nearly dead, by a Septon named Ray. Ray takes care of Sandor and nurses him back to health. Sandor then joins up to Ray's small community of smallfolk, and helps them build a sept. In his first appearance in season 6, The Hound is seen carrying a big log by himself, while it takes groups of 4 men to carry other similar logs:

Ray makes a comment on The Hound's strength:

After Gregor Clegane lost the joust against Ser Loras Tyrell, he furiously assaulted the young knight who had just unhorsed him. The Hound was the only person in the tourney to stand up to his crazed older brother, and immediately rushed in to save Ser Loras:

In battle, The Hound is one of the cruelest, most fearsome fighters in Westeros. As mentioned, although he isn't a murderer, he enjoys killing very much. Here, as a prisoner of the Brotherhood Without Banners, Sandor mocks their star archer - Anguy - and his weapon of choice:

At the battle of the Blackwater, The Hound comes to realize that he really doesn't care about the fight anymore and that he doesn't want to waste his time there anymore. He goes back into the Red Keep to drink some wine and Tyrion Lannister urges him to go back out there, telling him that he's a Kingsguard, and he should defend his king's city. This is Sandor's response:

Arya practices some of the moves that Syrio had taught her. The Hound asks Arya about Syrio, and she tells him that Syrio was the greatest swordsman who had ever lived, and that Meryn Trant killed him. This is Sandor's response:

Sandor and Arya come across a man whose village was attacked by soldiers, and is slowly dying from his injuries. After talking with him a little, Sandor stabs the man in the heart, to put a quick end to his misery:

While The Hound is in the forest chopping some firewood, three rogue members of The Brotherhood Without Banners slaughter Ray and his small community in cold blood. Sandor, furious with the massacre, grabs a hatchet and goes to seek out the murderers and avenge their helpless victims:

After Sandor, Beric Dondarrion and Thoros of Myr hang the three murderers for their crimes, Beric finally convinces Sandor to join The Brotherhood Without Banners, and fight a war that's worth fighting, against the White Walkers in the north:

To Loras Tyrell:

"I'm no Ser."

To the men under his command at the Battle of the Blackwater:

"Any man dies with a clean sword, I'll r*pe his f***ing corpse!"

To Arya:

"What the f***'s a 'Lommy'?"

To Polliver:

"I understand that if any more words come pouring out of your c*nt mouth, I'm gonna have to eat every f***ing chicken in this room."

To Anguy (it could have been another archer frankly, but it doesn't really matter):

"Drop that arrow you bloody girl. Tougher girls than you have tried to kill me."

To one of the men of the Brotherhood, that he killed:

"You're sh*t at dying, you know that?"

To Sansa:

"Look at me! Stannis is a killer. The Lannisters are killers. Your father was a killer. Your brother is a killer. Your sons will be killers someday. The world is built by killers... so you better get used to looking at them."

To Brienne (regarding Arya):

"Safety?! Where the f*** is that?! Her aunt in The Eyrie is dead. Her mother's dead. Her father's dead. Her brother's dead. Winterfell is a pile of rubble. There's no 'safety', you dumb b*tch. If you don't know that by now, you're the wrong one to watch over her."

To Tyrion (after the latter thanked Sandor for rescuing Sansa):

"I didn't do it for you."

To Thoros of Myr:

"Hanging? All over in an instant. Where's the punishment in that?"

Sandor VS Gregor

Sandor VS knight

Sandor VS rapists and angry mob (this one is good, it starts with Joffrey taking a pile of crap to the face)

Sandor in the Battle of the Blackwater

Sandor VS Beric

Sandor VS Frey men

Sandor VS Polliver and his men

Sandor VS Brienne

Sandor VS Outlaws of the Brotherhood

Battle of the Frozen Lake

Jaime claims that he was never tagged in battle, or at least not for a very long time:

Jaime's first kill was in his first real fight, when he was just a 16 years old squire. He killed an outlaw of the infamous Kingswood Brotherhood by beheading him (which Barristan Selmy acknowledged so it must be true):

Here, Jaime casually kills Ned Stark's head of guard, Jory Cassel, who just a moment before killed a few of his men with ease:

After that, Jaime duels Ned Stark briefly. Earlier in this scene, Jaime has said that he does not want to kill Stark. Judging by this, and by Jaime's cocky personality, as well as his facial expressions and body language before and during the fight, his purpose in this is to toy with Ned. Ned, like Jory, killed a number of Jaime's men with ease earlier in this scene as well:

A force led by Jaime is ambushed by Robb Stark. Robb's force had the element of surprise, the high ground and strength in numbers, yet Jaime managed to single-handedly kill 10 of Robb's men, before being captured:

Jaime then offers Robb to save thousands of lives by ending the war with single combat - Jaime fights for the Lannisters and Robb fights for the Starks. Robb refuses because he acknowledges Jaime is a better fighter than him:

While cuffed, Jaime manages to steal one of Brienne's swords and cut the rope that holds him:

Jaime then toys with Brienne a little, even giving her some tips:

They then proceed to duel some more. Of course Brienne wins, but this fight went on for well over a minute, and this is while Jaime is cuffed. He is also after months of captivity, meaning he's underfed and tired, and he's facing a heavily armored opponent while he himself is unarmored:

After Jaime returns to King's Landing, he decides that he needs to learn how to fight with his left hand. After a few training sessions with Bronn, Jaime starts to get pretty good:

In Jaime's first real fight using his left hand, he and Bronn fight a group of Dornishmen. Jaime fights one of them, and keeps up for a while before getting overwhelmed and disarmed. He then saves himself and kills the Dornishman with a clever trick using his metal right hand (which he improvised, admittedly):

Jaime and Bronn fight against the Sand Snakes - bastard daughters of The Red Viper himself, who are extremely dangerous fighters, trained by their father. Jaime duels against the eldest of them, Obara Sand, and fares pretty well:

Jaime isn't just a deadly swordsman, he is also very knowledgeable in warfare as a whole. Here, as the commander of a very large force sent to assist House Frey with their siege of Riverrun, Jaime lectures their leader, Lothar, on how bad their setup is:

Euron Greyjoy comes to King's Landing to try and strike a marriage pact with the new Queen Cersei. As they talk, the subject of the old Greyjoy Rebellion comes up. Euron tells Jaime that he heard rumors of his skill, and how deadly and unstoppable he was, but didn't believe it until he witnessed it himself at the siege of Pyke:

Jaime commands the siege of Highgarden which was a very decisive victory for the Lannisters:

In the battle against Daenerys Targaryen and the Dothraki horde, Leftie Jaime cuts down several Dothraki:

Leftie Jaime was a prominent fighter during the Battle of Winterfell, cutting down wights left and right:

After his short duel with Ned Stark is interrupted by one of his men who stabs Ned in the back of the knee with a spear, Jaime walks up to the soldier, and knocks him out with one punch with zero effort:

In captivity, Jaime kills his cell-mate by repeatedly slamming his face, in order to lure the guard into the cell:

Jaime then proceeds to strangle the guard to death:

Brienne is extremely strong, being able to match The Hound and even defeat him. Even in the books Jaime makes a comment on how strong she is. In their fight, Jaime and Brienne cross swords for around 10 seconds (which is pretty long). They seem pretty even, each putting the other on the back foot a couple of times:

When Jaime trains with Bronn, they cross swords for a while. Jaime uses only his left hand (which is his off-hand) while Bronn uses both hands. Jaime smiles like he's not even trying while Bronn looks to be trying very hard to keep up:

Jaime holds off several wights, who possess strength beyond normal humans. He held them off by himself for more than 10 seconds until Brienne came and helped him. Important to note that it's after Jaime has already fought for a while and even got hurt:

Jaime mocks and bullies Jon Snow who is about to join the Night's Watch:

When Jaime and his men confront Ned Stark and his party at King's Landing, Jaime mocks and threatens them:

Remains cynical even after being taken captive:

After quite some time in captivity, Jaime is still cynical and arrogant, mocking Robb Stark:

Then came the moment we've all been waiting for, after which Jaime really began to change:

Jaime, who is still healing from losing his hand, courageously jumps into a pit to save Brienne from a bear:

Jaime starts to realize that he hates the nickname given to him, "The Kingslayer", since it paints him as a man with no honor and untrue to his word:

After he returned to King's Landing, Jaime received a custom-made Valyrian Steel sword as a gift from his father. Jaime then gave the sword to Brienne, and asked her to find and protect Sansa Stark, whom he had sworn to find and bring to her mother:

In the end, even Brienne recognizes that Jaime is a knight worthy of his title:

But don't worry, he still knows how to be his old self when he needs to:

Here, Bronn tells Jaime how Tyrion wanted Jaime to fight for him, because he knew that Jaime would do anything for him:

Jaime sails with Bronn to rescue his daughter Myrcella from Dorne, after he and Cersei received a threat to Myrcella's safety. Bronn asks Jaime why he goes himself instead of sending an army, to which Jaime replies:

In the same scene, Bronn asks Jaime to send his regards to Tyrion, whom Jaime helped escape from prison, should he ever meet him again. Jaime then says that if he were to meet Tyrion, he would kill him for murdering their father Tywin:

At the finale of the very first episode of the series, the 10 years old Bran Stark catches Jaime and his sister in the act. Jaime then does an unimaginable thing by pushing Bran from the window, with this killer catchphrase:

After his months in captivity, Jaime returns to King's Landing. The thing he does first and foremost, before even taking a bath, is going to see his sister and lover - Cersei:

To Jon Snow:

"It's a strange thing, the first time you cut a man. You realize we're nothing but sacks of meat and blood and some bone to keep it all standing."

To Catelyn Stark:

"And what a king he was! Here's to Aerys Targaryen, the second of his name, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, and to the sword I shoved in his back!"

To Brienne:

"There it is. There's the look. I've seen it for 17 years on face after face. You all despise me. Kingslayer. Oathbreaker. A man without honor."

To Cersei:

"You're a hateful woman, why have the gods condemned me to love a hateful woman?"

To Tywin:

"Do you know the last order the Mad King gave me? To bring him your head! I saved your life so you can murder my brother?"

To Cersei:

"We're the only ones who matter, and everything they've taken from us, we're going to take back and more."

To Maester Qyburn, regarding Ser Robert Strong ("Un-Gregor"):

"Does he understand what we're saying? I mean, to the extent that he ever understood complete sentences in the first place."

Tyrion to Jaime:

"You're the golden son! You could kill a king, lose a hand, f*ck your own sister, you'll always be the golden son!"

Jaime VS Jory and Ned

Jaime VS Brienne

Jaime VS Bronn (sparring)

Jaime VS Dornishman

Jaime VS Obara

Jaime in the Field of Fire

@primez0ne @lubub55 @debelindzo Since you took your time reading through the last entry, I think you'll like this one as well.