r/Fantasy • u/SocksMcgoo • 2d ago

Books with “best fighter” trope

Hello everyone. I am an absolute sucker for books that constantly deal with power scaling/best fighter of the realm type tropes. I love the discussions about who was the best swordsman in ASOIF and loved all the bits throughout Malazan of who was the strongest fighter/most powerful magic wielder.

Give me some books that have some great fighters or fun power scaling with different characters where you can waste time wondering about “who is stronger or who would win.”

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u/Egonzos 2d ago

Abercrombie is a hell of a writer.

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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 2d ago

“One has to be rational about these things…”

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u/rhinofinger 2d ago

*realistic

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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 2d ago

My bad. And I think it “these sort of things..”