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It's a shame that the only time armor is portrayed as an advantage in Game of Thrones is when Jorah fights Qhotho. Martin actually cared to validate the different approachs his characters have to combat, but past season 1, Westeros just has inferior fighters.
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The first actual battle sequence has amazing attention to detail in less than a minute: We get soldiers fighting on a line. At some point, the more experienced and well armed men breach the enemy lines. I like seeing a helmet dent under a fairly long hammer, but that it takes multiple blows to beat the guy senseless. Some close quarters action with comptent shoulderlocks and offensive use of a buckler. The infantry takes down stakes that the English have placed to block cavalry, and the latter approach slowly, by walking their horses.
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Some people are being gaslit by the show. The Hound's quote "Meryn won because he had armor-" doesn't change that Syrio was beating TF out of the armored Lannister household guards with a wooden sword. He never lands a hit on Meryn, the armor doesn't play a role here.
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"Alatriste" (2006) also uses primary sources to inform it's depiction of the battle of Rocroi (1643). Francesco Guicciardini claims that during the Battle fo Rávena (1512) the Spaniards crawled under the legs of the German infantry, wielding knifes and swords. It's not an accurate portrayal for Rocroi, but it does melee combat justice.
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