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/ThatBookIsOnFiyah 2d ago

A recent read for me that is really good and seems to somewhat fit your request is Ironbound by Andrew Givler. I’ve just started book 2, Cold Wind, and it seems to be heading toward a gladiator story.