Yeah, you are right about Drogon. I should have mentioned it but I don't think Dothraki will be useless as I thought. Tehy would have showed something. Instead, they were badasses who could stand on a horse, shoot arrows then jump to another horse.
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Yeah, you are right about Drogon. I should have mentioned it but I don't think Dothraki will be useless as I thought. Tehy would have showed something. Instead, they were badasses who could stand on a horse, shoot arrows then jump to another horse.
I view the Dothraki as basically Huns. They had massive success against organized armies. Eventually they got taken down but they were extremely successful for a long time.
Nothing alike other than being a cavalry force. Huns and Mongols were much more sophisticated, wore better armor and they were disciplined. They had actual tactics and wanted to build empires. Attila, married a foreigner iirc. Dothrakis are barbarians who just raid and slaughter.
I also remember Martin saying it was based on Huns, Mongols and a few others but I don't see anything other than excellent horsemanship.
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Native Americans as well.
Arent the Dothraki known as the best fighters in an open field?
Difference being known to and actually being.
I was probably wrong, I would have liked to see that battle without Drogon.
You get that if the writers say they're good then they're good, right? They didn't actually have a battle.
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You just summed up history.
Where did Martin say they are good?
He provided the outlines. May be Dothraki won't be as effective in the books.
I just thought it would be a fun twist if Dothraki got decimated because they lack better weapons and armors.
Edit: oh, show writers. I didn't get that at first. Yeah, they have a tendency to crowning moment of awesome.
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this is good stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4_o8W7pvVk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4_o8W7pvVk
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You're basically right. Having fancy skills doesn't do much when you're naked, while your enemy is encased in steel. Technology is the biggest difference in war, historically speaking.
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It was hinted that a Westeros army is overall stronger compared to Dothraki when Jorah had a conversation with Rakharo. This was sorta verified later on when Jorah beat that one Dothraki dude in a 1 on 1 fight largely due to his armor. Wasn't Daenarys at first going to try to conquer westeros with just 1 Dothraki tribe but now she has pretty much all of them? At this point I think the Dothraki pretty much can take on any army in westeros in large part due to their numbers.
Wait, how does winning a 1-on-1 fight prove that one army is better than the other exactly?
Zombie
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Yeah, that doesn't really add up. It shows the advantages a Westerosi knight has over a Dothraki warrior, but I doubt most fighters are going to have access to the same quality of armaments not to mention combat training.
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God damn Gendry is a bamf with that hammer.