Which warrior would emerge alive?

[James Steller]

Imagine if you had groups of four characters from ASOIAF. You imprison them in a room together, tied and hooded, and tell them that only one will be permitted to walk out alive. The characters are all dressed in regular clothing (no armour basically), but you give each character a weapon of their choosing they may also pick a shield if that is their wish before setting them free of their bonds and sealing the door behind them. Which of these groups would you guess to be the victorious survivor? 

Group A

1. Victarion Greyjoy

2. Garlan Tyrell

3. Areoh Hotah

4. Greatjon Umber

Group B

1. Oberyn Martell

2. Strong Belwas

3. Khal Drogo

4. Sandor Clegane

Group C

1. Ygritte

2. Asha Greyjoy

3. Obara Sand

4. Brienne of Tarth

[Pod The Rod]

A. Garlan. One of the top 5 fighters in Westeros.

B. Drogo. If anybody had a nice suit of full plate he'd go down first. But nobody is better at the "no armor for anyone" thing than Drogo.

C. Brienne. Ygritte could do archery and nothing else, Asha is moderately skilled at best and even that strains credibility, Obara doesn't deserve to be taken seriously bc Sand Snake. Brienne has a proven resume.

[Fat Mac]

A. Garlan. I think it'd be him vs. Victarion in the end.

B. Sandor Clegane, provided Oberyn doesn't use poison.

C. Brienne. Ygritte and Obara are mincemeat compared to the other 2.

[Good Guy Garlan]

Garlan because he trains fighting precisely three motherfuckers, so this is right up his alley.

Oberyn because he poisons the other three. Even if Oberyn goes down, no one would make it out alive. 

Brienne, because she proved she can defeat several opponents when she won the melee at Bitterbridge.

[Gronzag]

Brienne is the only one certain to beat her group. Brains + skill + size === victory.

As for other 2 i will go with GreatJon and Sandor.

[Free Northman Reborn]

Brienne is the surest victor of her group. She is a freak for a woman. No other female warrior would stand against her.

In Group 1, it would be between the Greatjon and Garlan Tyrell. Victarrion Greyjoy relies largely on his strength and ferocity in battle, and he is outmatched in both these categories by the Greatjon. And Areo Hotah is not recognized as a top level warrior anywhere, by any other known fighters, so I don't think he is at the Greatjon or Garlan's level, to be frank. In fact, Gerold Dayne is likely going to end him in the next book.

In the end, Garlan would likely edge out the Greatjon, but on the battlefield pure swordsmanship is not as important as brute strength, reach and ferocity. So the Greatjon would be in with quite a chance and the outcome is not at all a certainty.

In Group 2 I would go with Sandor Clegane. He is bigger and stronger than Drogo, and very fast for his size. And a highly skilled fighter on top of that. Belwas too would be outmatched by Sandor, infact, Belwas would probably be outmatched by even Drogo. And Oberyn is generally not rated as one of the top warriors in Westeros. He won against Gregor based on a very specific strategy, which would not necessarily work against other foes.

So my picks are Brienne, Garlan (although the Greatjon is definitely a possibility) and Sandor Clegane.

Final winner of the final. I reckon Sandor Clegane. Only Jaime Lannister, Arthur Dayne and a young Barristan are likely above the Hound, and even then it will be close.

[Paxter Redwyne]

Please do not adolise Hound. He was very skilled and dangerous swordsman but he isn't in the same tier as barristan or arthur dayne.

[Sjur]

A: Greatjon, because of his extreme strength.
B: Oberyn! Belwas would allow 3 people to cut him, not a great plan for winning.
C: Brienne, no question

[One-eyed Misbehavin]

 And Oberyn is generally not rated as one of the top warriors in Westeros. 

 

Have u read the books? He has done many many things that proves you to be a big fat liar? Starting his own sells word company, winning a duel when he was like 14, and oh yeah put the mountain on his ass. You're a misinformed greenboy.

People are underestimating Hotah with his long axe, with no armor how you getting in on him? Doran wouldn't choose a next tier fighter for his captain of guards. 

[One-eyed Misbehavin]

Please do not adolise Hound. He was very skilled and dangerous swordsman but he isn't in the same tier as barristan or arthur dayne.

I agree sword of the morning or barristan or Jamie would have had a much easier time at that inn fighting Gregors men. Wouldn't have needed arya to save their ass

[One-eyed Misbehavin]

Starting a sellsword company is easy when you have money. Just look at whatsisname and the Rabbit Knights. It has very little to do with combat prowess. 

Winning a duel is worth nothing if your opponent isn't a good warrior, and it's a lot easier when no-one expects you to be able to win anyway. 

As FNR mentioned, putting the mountain on his arse is a strategy that would not have worked with anyone else. It literally only worked because the Mountain was fucking huge and, even if surprisingly fast, still pretty slow compared to your Sandor Cleganes.

 

In any case, the entire process is invalid, because you can't have a fair fight between people with such different styles. For example, Drogo learned to fight without armour against people without armour. Hence, if you pit him against a Westerosi knight with or without armour, one side has an unfair advantage and it does not accurately reflect their individual skill. 

My guess is that the first group could go either way. Drogo and Brienne would win their groups. Drogo because he has a tactical advantage, Brienne because she has a physical one.

dude Oberyn is the man.