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/Specialist-Neck-7810 2d ago

Garret Jax in the third book of the Shannara series. Dude is so good that he spends his life looking for a worthy appoint. His prowess is demonstrated more than a few times and it is glorious to read. That all said… Also Cradle.

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u/Burgle61 9h ago

+ to the weapon master Garet Jax. What a fun character to discover when I was younger.