Calling Ygritte "Rose" multiple times is both funny and heartwarming.

I can think of a really simple change that could make the Battle of the Bastards better. Instead of Sansa not telling anyone about the knights of the Vale, make it so that Jon and his army knows they’re coming and have them wait near Winterfell for the knights to arrive. When Ramsey learns that the knights are coming, he decides to surprise attack Jon’s army while he still has the upper hand and a bigger army. This fixes the battle on so many levels. Jon still gets to be the underdog, but his objective is to hold out long enough for the knights to arrive, making it less contrived when they do. It also makes Sansa look way better. Finally, it fixes the problem of Ramsey going out of Winterfell to battle, for some reason. In this version, he’d be doing it because he knows he has no chance when Jon’s army meets up with the knights of the Vale. He’s attacking while he has the advantage and element of surprise, but he’s making a rash, in character decision which will ultimately lead to his downfall. It still doesn’t fix the fact that the Knights of the Vale show up right on time to save the day, but I think you can excuse that more when the stuff surrounding it makes much more sense.

Like with the Battle of Winterfell, how did plot armor protect THAT MANY main characters. Just a few well known characters died…smh

The Watchers is a 12/10 surrounded by a bunch of 6-8/10 battles. There’s no comparison except Blackwater.

Also about the battle of bastards, Rickon dying and no one even bothering to mention him afterwards is still hilarious

The one thing I can't understand with Battle of the Bastards, is that there are mountains of bodies which don't correlate to the actual number of men who died both on Jon's and the Bolton's side. Seriously how are there that many bodies? Neither side had that many men!

Aside from the battles, what still gets me upset is the neglect of the dire wolves :( I’d love to see everyone’s good boy decked out in dragon glass armor

I know everyone loves "The Battle of the Basterds", but for me it's hard to look passed the logical erros. I mean the Boltons should outnumber Jon's forces by a lot but throughout the battle, it almost look as if the Wildlings have a numerical advantage. I mean it doesn't really feel like anyone died, seeing how there were still so many survivors when the Boltons created the Shield wall. Also, the many bodies that lay on the field are pretty unrealistic. It looks as if both sides suffered way too many casualties. I prefer when battles make sense from a tactical point of view. This is just two cavalries blindly clashing, with a melee afterwards.

"Where does the light come from? Same place the music does" - someone on the crew of The Lord of the Rings talking about night scene lighting - I think his name was Andrew

Hardhome has one flaw, how everyone behind the wall died immediately without any cause. The screaming stopping is similar to Dothraki torches snuffing out, visuals over writing.

At the end of the Battle on the Wall when the nights watch has surrounded Tormund and Jon captures him instead of killing him and Tormund says “I should’ve thrown you from the top of the wall boy!!!” And Jon even though he won but in his heart he was defeated just says “aye, you should’ve” breaks my heart man. That battle was hands down the best one

If there's anything positive to gleam from GoT's complete failure towards the end, it's that we'll never run out of quality content from fans finding new reasons to complain about it even 4 years after it ended.

24:28 Once again accidentally said Rose instead of Ygritte. The real-life dynamic is too strong XD

One thing i hate about Hardhome is that Karsi told Jon that he must go with them otherwise the Night's Watch are gonna disobey his orders and kill them, but Jon being Jon decided to stay and fight completely ignoring that Ser Alliser is more likely to do just that.

My favorite was Hardhome. It was the first episode in the series that made me actually feel a sense of intimidation by these white walkers. And that final scene in the end with the resurrection just made my heart sink. The only thing going through my head was just how screwed the living were.

Jon having plot armor after he's revived could have made sense if he was Azor Ahai. I like the idea of him surviving more and more ridiculous scenarios as long as the people around him didn't also have plot armor and they actually had Jon end the long night

You forgot to mention the plot armor flaw with hardhome. The wights had so many opportunities to kill Jon, one of them could have easily run his spear through him after disarming him, but instead he hits and pushes him, even after that while Jon was down, he could have killed him but instead grabbed him with his hand and threw him. Also how did the giant escape? Ed

you know you're emotionally invested when you call a character by their actor's name 😂

I love how you call Ygritte "Rose" while talking about The Watchers on the Wall lol

What’s funny about Sansa not telling Jon is that she knew Rickon was there and still withheld it. She’s a major reason he died imo.

As far as the battles go: 3.) The Watchers on the Wall 2.) Hardhome 1.) The Blackwater Black water is number because of how badass it was to see Tywin declaring victory to Cersei. Easily one of the best moments in the whole show.

A very good analysis of the battles !!

I will never get tired of you dragging season 8

I love the intro to this video (actually not joking, I love how you just dive right in!)

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS WITHOUT INTRODUCTION, THANK YOU

I'd love to see Pod the rod vs. ladies battle.

a big part of the battles for me was the dialogue that would happen during. watchers on the wall had that in spades. and i know there were plenty more dialogue moments from that episode that were deeper or more meaningful, but the moment when jon pulls longclaw from its sheath and yells “Come brothers, now! Fight with me!” is just ridiculously badass. Reminds me of the moment in hardhome when he makes the decision to go fight the walkers in order to buy more time for the people fleeing on the boats. He pauses and thinks for just a moment, then unsheathes longclaw (followed IMMEDIATELY by tormund drawing his own blade). He then yells “Night’s Watch! With me! Move! Move!” These moments aren’t as poetic or whatever as Ser Alliser’s speech before charging into battle, or Tyrion rallying the troops during Blackwater, but they have a very 300-esque badassery to them akin to Leonidas calling out “SPARTANS!! What is your profession??!”

My poor food was getting cold until you saved my morning with this upload. Thank you boss 💙🖤

Ty for posting bro

Lol Daemon getting hit by 3 arrows and still acting like the Black Knight in Holy Grail is 100% an example of egregious plot armor.

Great video bro!

Best lines of Season 7+8 lolll good luck Supercuts delight 😂😂😂 the disdain you must feel. Love your videos

The Nights Watch + Wildlings is my favorite part of both the books and the show. It's this rather small scale war fought in a hellish environment, isolated from the rest of the world but it's also the most important one. Man...

My favourite battle and overall episode is definitely the Watchers on the Wall, followed by Blackwater, I just can't overlook the flaws of the Battle of the Bastards to rank it higher than number 3

Great video!

You earned a thumbs up for the first 10 seconds alone

Hardhome is my favorite tbh. It does such a good job setting up the white walkers as freaking gods (Jk a 14 year old girl can body them all in 10 seconds), is honestly terrifying, makes it seem like Jon is actually going to die, and really feels like a massacre. Love every bit

battle of blackwater for me 🔥

Blackwater has always been my favorite. The great action combined with strategy like the wildfire and the chains makes it a stand out

i love your choice of backround music, ac unity theme !!

Its crazy to me that Jon left Sam while he was surrounded by wights, only for Sam to live anyway and then not contribute further to the story other than becoming Westeros' least qualified Grand Maester ever somehow

Watchers on the Wall was my favorite episode as well. Great episode from start to finish

I love how you use assassins creed unity theme for your background music ❤❤❤❤

Great video! I like hearing you talk about more positive things as you get up the list. I'd want to put the Stepstones from HotD a bit higher, but idk if I could put the others below it... Also is there a reason you refer to Ygritte by her actor's name here?

Nicely done video! Blackwater for me. It's the second ep I saw (after the Red Wedding) and it convinced me to then watch the whole series.

Can we just ignore how Kings Landing is now in the middle of a desert one side? I thought it could only be taken by boat landing?

Haven’t watched but came here to say that The Watchers on the Wall battle is the most epic cinematic battle in all GoT.

Nice episode.

Totally agree with the top three. ❤

13:11 the thing is Jaime would never do that, that would break character.

Battle of Blackwater stands out because it was written by the man himself, George RR Martin it has amazing dialogue too, Tyrion's speech, that dude being like "its gonna be suicidal, hundreds will die" and Stannis being like "thousands" and Tywin's badass entrance to the throne room

One thing I like about the later seasons’ battles are the boots-on-ground POV. Jon walking around the battlefield during the Battle of the Bastards was really captivating

Couldn't agree more with this list.

goat posted again

NO INTRODUCTION STRAIGHT TO THE POINT THANK YOUUU finally one person doing it right

If they do the Battle Above the God’s Eye correctly it will undoubtedly be the best. By far the two most epic deaths in the GOT universe. I also am looking forward to the Battle of the Gullet

The one problem I have with the Battle of Hardhome is the Other deciding to throw Jon around instead of just outright killing him. Other than that, it's a great scene. Agree with the Battle of the Bastards too. When I first watched it, I thought it was amazing, but with the benefit of hindsight the plot armour really damages it

Blackwater is my personal favorite (over Watchers), mostly because I care WAY more about Cersei, Tyrion, Sansa, the Hound, Bronn, Stannis, and Davos than I do about Jon, Pyp, Sam, Edd, Allister, Ygritte, and Tormund. Plus the characters at Blackwater get a lot of more to do emotionally than at the Wall

The main character vs main character duels really do a lot in these battle scenes

I got to see Watchers on the Wall in an IMAX theater. It was freaking AMAZING

The Battle for the wall has always been my favorite

2:38 that perfectly sums up the last two seasons to me. They really fumbled the bag, man

Is that Halo's soundtrack I hear? Based. Great video.

Upvote for The Mummy love 👍❤️ About the battle of blackwater, it was written from Sansa and Tyrion's perspective. That is why we see her and the queen.

_That's_ how you do a video intro. I'm all for a bit of foreplay, but I appreciate brevity.

I never comment, so I don’t have much to say. All I have to say is, every single thing you said is correct. Especially at the end with the Watchers on the Wall. 100% correct

epic opinion Mister Delight 👍

The Watchers on the Wall is the 🐐 Greatest episode of the show, and in general one of the greatest episodes ever made. As well as being the best battle in GoT.

Completely agree with Nr 1!

Odd but nice detail putting the assassins creed unity menu music on the background at the start of the vid

The Dothraki in the Spoils of War terrifies me🤣

I've been re watching the show because I just finished reading the books again after reading them all in between seasons 1 & 2. I just finished the watchers on the wall episode and i remembered it being good when I watched it before but it really blew me away this time. So I wanted to see if there was a ranking of the battles and here we are. Someone else agrees that it is perfect. That one shot pan around the whole courtyard is beautiful. I did a rewind on that 4 times in a row just to see all the complex movements in that shot. Jon giving the key to Sam saying I need him more than I need you right now. Then Ghost getting released and just ripping out dudes throat. The reciting of the Night's Watch vows in the tunnel when facing down the giant is such a good moment as well. Also Ygritte's death is the most emotional death in the story IMO. It just hits you in the feels so hard. I remember when I read book 3 the first time I was in tears when I read "You know nothing Jon Snow."

Bob peaked more for me but after a second watch I appreciate your number 1 selection

Gods, love the Battle of Blackwater!

Yea spot on wit number 4. Fight choreography was amazing but the battle strategy made 0 sense and goes against everything that makes the show great.

idk if it was intentional, but it made me laugh how you kept using the actress' name instead of Ygritte

14:35 No, this is definitely not a nitpick - there is no logical way they would go unnoticed. I can think of a few instances in history when a dismounted force was not noticed, but these Knights of the Vale chaps are pretty noticeable with their armor and heraldry and fucking brutal horses too - they are all mounted besides that and we have no build up of them even trying to sneak around somehow (not that you could do much sneaking if you are with them, but..) - no fog, no rain to hide them, no forest to hide them or something - no, they just spawn through the console. They also beg the question as to why the two sides' cavalries did not try and hit weak spots themselves. Do only the Knights of the Vale know about using any form of cavalry to hit flanks, rears or just be as cunning as chivalry can allow? The case is sealed with Ramsay just not having anything to throw at them at this point. If he weren't given this absurd plan by the writers, he might have some reserves or something to try and salvage the situation somehow. But his grand scheme was to throw shit in the middle, shoot shit at your shit, develop a heap of bodies and then use bullshit shields and pikes to sandwich the enemy. It makes no sense... I get that he is a lunatic psycho, but it makes no sense because he wants to win this battle, he needs to do it. I am not even going to comment how in this whole show there are barely any instances of the so-called second in command or command staff. Like, some noble from some unheard of house riding up to Ramsay at some point and going like: "Dude, consider and re-think." On Jon's side, he barely leads the battle at all. Just goes to show that the absurdity is such, that Ser Davos, "all without a shred of combat ability", and about half his fingers missing... not even in his prime age, ends up leading and commanding most of the battle for Jon. Tormund never suggests anything, no clansmen suggest anything. Davos just does stuff. To his credit - he did the right thing, but it's a weak spot... The whole battle leaves you with the impression that medieval battles were all frontal assaults and they weren't. And the pile of bodies that forms up is absurd even as a device for progressing the story. 15:15 this is a good match, actually, well done. These Northern folks seem to wear this odd long coat (almost like a hauberk, but not quite) of leather with plates riveted on the inside, that don't really touch or overlap fully... and Jon seems to be wearing something very similar, if not the same, like Robb was wearing. Of course, back then logic ruled, so that Lannister soldier that stabbed Robb in the leg from behind with his spear was a top move. I'd promote that soldier. Dude used a weak spot an opportune moment and a different weapon to defeat a superior foe. Ticks all the boxes in my book. What I mean is that the exact same thing could have happened to Jon. But nope... 19:28 the battle of Blackwater bay was okay, but still kinda dark for me and, at some point, all that green wildfire just disappears. Where did all the light go? 20:32 it doesn't make much sense that Varys was right in the end - that nobody would remember Tyrion for this. It was also stupid that Tywin still tried to sabotage his son. They would literally all be fucked if it weren't for Tyrion. Were it not for his plan with the wildfire and his initiative, Stannis would have taken the city and even if Tywin had arrived on time as he did, or earlier, he is leading a mounted force, he cannot simply siege the city or just barge in, he needs to wait for his main force while his capital is taken and the most valuable of his family slaughtered. 22:54 man, I really liked the guy playing Styr. Absolute savage cannibal.

Everytime i rewatch the show and get to the battle of castle black i always wonder how in the seven hells 100 men composed by elders, bakers and civilians, and almost no real knights, won against an army of +100k composed by wildings, giants and mammoths, that battle is just amazingly written

A friend of mine was an extra in hardhome, we were watching episode 3 and someone was like "ugh when is winter gonna come" "Episode 8" my friend said"

I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. The watchers best by fair

Idk if I count Mereen's but I loved the scene

Hardhome is number 1 for me. It's my favorite episode in the whole show. Maybe because I get so much of my man, Tormund. Mmm I love that man.

Cant wait for glidus to see this and comment on watchers on the wall

I'm glad you chose the wall battle, that's mine as well. Unlike the Long Night, it actually had layers more akin to Helms Deep. Enemy tries to climb- gets hit by hanging archers and eventually scythed. They try a ram, gets burned, try a rear attack, nights watch counter. Get through the gate, sacrifice some men to hold it. There was always attacks and answers, not just dumbness being punished over and over. It felt like both sides were doing their utmost to win. Alliser giving Jon command, and them Jon making the decision to hand it off and fight showed his actual agency like he has in the books. He may not be the best fighter in the books, but this demonstrated his intelligence and leadership qualities well. So good

I totally think theon should have survived the battle of winterfell. He could have fought euron trying to save asha. If he was supposed to die could you imagine a fight scene where theon beats euron but dies from his wounds

Top 3 is a tough one but i think I'd still say blackwater, hardhome and then watchers on the wall I love the direction in blackwater and think maybe i dont mind cerseis scenes in it as much Also probably wouldve put the long night higher, i felt the literal darkness was immersive though undercut by most every named character surviving i have my own headcanon of how it couldve ended which elevates it i guess idk Otherwise agreed with everything again engaging video nice reminder during this long winter of how great the show version once was Nice job 😁

My only issue with watchers on the wall is that there are 100 black brothers at castle black, and the rate which we see them die on screen makes it seem like the battle should have lasted about 20 minutes and there should have been almost none left by the end. Yet, the battle apparently lasts hours and only 50 men die

6:05 thats crazy and nobody noticed or at least talked about it😳

Blackwater is the best because it has more and better characters (Stannis, Davos, Tyrion, Bronn, Joffrey, The Hound, Cersei, Sansa, Tywin). It also aired when the writing was still good.

You should also do a video on reacting to other Top 10 GOT Battles. Vulture List will make you laugh.

13:15 Jamie isn't a coward

I can’t imagine what the long night could have been if they wrote, paced, and shot it like Watchers on the Wall. It’s basically 2 battles perfectly woven into one another with all the heart, loss, and drama a battle of this magnitude SHOULD entail, all with a timeline that logically makes sense and works for every character involved

It's kinda funny. I agree with everything you said about battle of the bastards but I would still rank it a little bit lower it down to number five or number six

I always loved The Spoils of War for actually showing good tactics. You see military logistics (wagon trains, soldiers marching who aren't immediately ready to fight and out of formation). You have a good reason for a large army to be ambushed -- Dany's army is entirely fast moving cavalry and dragons. You see improvised formations (shield walls), you see Dothraki trying to counter those formations (using bows, or dismounting behind the line to break up the formation), and archers focus-firing on a high priority target. The ending is dumb, but there's so much good stuff about that battle. #5 is probably still fine, I think I would've gone Top 3 with it though.

Spoils of War makes me really hyped for whats to come in House of the Dragon

Hotd season 1 was just an introduction to the major Targaryen civil war that's to come but still managed to create a fine battle with the stepstones battle. Imagine what will they do in season 2 with the dance being in full swing and each episode having around 25M budget.

“The fire scenes weren’t done digitally” hm….are you telling me they just lit these extras on fire😂

Halo music in the background of the loot train attack frfr

There’s a super easy fix for the battle of the bastards that I don’t understand why D and D didn’t use-just make it full on WINTER like in the books. Winterfell totally snowed in and cut off easily explains not hearing of the Vale’s movements

Watchers on the Wall… “constant state of amazement” is a perfect description… it’s like watching a “TOOL” concert….