Rodrik Forrester fighting abilities
Rodrik is known as the best warrior of House Forrester, he was trained by Gregor Forrester and Royland Degore, two great warriors, and he was to lead the vanguard of the Stark army. We know that he was feared by the Lannister soldiers and he managed to survive around a week without drinking and eating (plot armor maybe but still), with bad injuries.
Rodrik even overcame his injuries and became again the powerful warrior he was.
This man defeated Harys, who was way taller and stronger than him. With a sword through the abdomen, he managed to hit Harys several times with a fucking axe and then impale him through the mouth.
With these injuries which would be lethal for anyone else, he still killed another Whitehill before his Sentinel saved him.
So, do you think that Rodrik Forrester is one of the best swordsman of all Westeros ? He is strong, resistant, has an iron will and he handles the sword like no one else.
How would he handle a fight with, for exemple, Jaime Lannister (with his hand of course), or Ned Stark ? What do you think ?
(I am not talking about style, because he would win easily then lol)
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To be fair, Asher did the same thing with Harys without armor.
Yeah but Asher didn't had to get through all the shit Rodrik lived, like the Red Wedding.
He is good that is for sure, but I still say Barristan Selmy is the best.
Asher doesn't need armor, he has his grin...
That's why i picked him ,The guy's survived the red wedding , don't know if you seen him shirtless but the guy survived one week with his multiple wounds unbandaged .He's badass ,and prehaps the most resistant man i've never seen in game of thrones .But as good as he is , he wouldn't match jaime or ned .He could easily beat jorah mormont , perhaps even victarion and euron greyjoy . .
At his edge surely, but in his last years I'm not so sure. His encounter with the Sons of the Harpy didn't end well and Rodrik survived more than that
Not trying to discredit Asher, but Rodrik has been fighting so much longer than Asher in his version. He commanded the initial siege, then went on an infiltration mission to Ludd's camp, killed Whitehill soldiers, killed either Ludd or Gryff and gets wounded, then hurried back home, fought the siege again and killed Harys and got more injuries. He has been fighting for many hours and he did that without having the time to rest
And don't forget that Rodrik has just recovered from his injuries and he is still clearly weakened, so his fighting skills mustn't has been at his best like Asher.
Also, not having armor makes it easier to fight, you have more flexibility.
Rodrik definetly has the highest endurance stats from the whole game. To quote Asher: "He rose from the fucking dead!" He is a warrior that will overcome almost anything and live to tell the tale. If Asher and him spared though, I'd call it a draw. They are brothers after all and Asher's dueling skills got tested every day in Essos. I'd say he can definetly stand up to Rodrik.
Together they would have been unstoppable. Rodrik would command the siege while Asher went off to save Ryon and possibly kill both Gryff and Ludd.
Rodrik's true strength is his willpower and his endurance. He's pushed through so much and gains strength through hardship. Rodrik is the literal embodiment of Iron From Ice.
That's why I picked him, he survives a lot of impossible.
Rodrik is a super-human.
Voldago, you said that Rodrik "managed to survive around a week without drinking and eating (plot armor maybe but still), with bad injuries". I assume you refer to Rodrik's corpse-cart-trip from The Twins to Ironrath. But in A Game of Thrones it takes Tyrion at least 3 weeks of "hard riding" to get from Winterfell to The Wall. Preston Jacobs (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXU7XVK_2Wd6tAHYO8g9vAA) calls the distance between Castle Black and Winterfell a "Walltofell".
It takes at least 3 weeks to travel a Walltofell if you are riding a horse, but it would take longer if your horse had to drag a cart, loaded with dead bodies. I could only see the legs of one horse dragging the corpse-cart in episode 2. But the distance between The Twins and Ironrath is roughly 1.5 Walltofells! This means that Rodrik's corpse-cart-trip would take OVER A MONTH! Only a super-human could survive that long with crippling, untreated injuries, in a coma, without food and water.
I think he'd match Ned, but Jaime (pre-losing his hand) would be a tough one.
Rodrik: he's strong, he's quick, and more importantly, has superhuman resilience and determination. So yeah, he's a damn good fighter, and easily one of the best in all of Got.
Asher is cool sure, a great fighter, and smooth as fuck, but he'll never reach the raw, stoic badassery of Rodrik. Sure, they preform equally during the final battle, but Rodrik had just recovered from crippling injuries, Rodrik had just spent hours rushing back and forth from Ludd's encampment, either killing him or Gryff and countless guards. So his feats definitely stand-out as more impressive.
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And more vulnerable to enemy's attack, 1 wrong move and you die !
In another life, people call Rodrik by the name Wolverine
Yeah, I thought Rodrik's powers resembles Wolverine's too.
I get the impression that Jaime's the best swordsman in Westeros before losing his hand, save maybe Barristan Selmy. I suppose an argument could be made for Brienne of Tarth, but even she seems to admit that Jaime is, or at least was, the best.
He was weak from imprisonment, and chained at the wrists. No knight in the Seven Kingdoms could have stood against him at his full strength, with no chains to hamper him. Jaime had done many wicked things, but the man could fight! His maiming had been monstrously cruel. It was one thing to slay a lion, another to hack his paw off and leave him broken and bewildered. - Brienne, A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4
Rodrik is tougher. Asher is a better fighter.
Ludd whitehill would surely disagree,since the wound Asher could inflict on him was the same as Lady Elissa's butter cutter would do
"became again the powerful warrior he was"
i disagree with this. Rodrik is still very very weakened even after 6 episodes.
That is how I ve meant it, obviously.
RODRIK IS HOUSE FORRESTER ,enough said,
LOL.
How likely is it, though, that either brother survives much past the opening scene in season two episode one?
If you think about it, Asher and Rodrik could have the exact same plot, with only a few lines different to better reflect their personnalities.
It could be like Minecraft Story Mode, with a female and a male voice actor.
Pretty fucking likely lol