Elder Lee HungI wouldn’t call Aemond an inexperienced rider. He had ridden Vhagar for years, defeated Rhaenes and Meyles, Luke and his Dragon, and at the end of the Dance he flew Vhagar around for months nonstop burning all of the Black lands.
Dragons are dragons. Their power level is pretty much whatever Martin wants once they reach maturity. Balerion vs Caraxes vs Vhagar vs Vermithor is whatever/either way.
FujishiroAemond is inexperienced in dragon vs dragon combat, he mostly enjoyed his huge size vs inexperienced dragon riders or fought 2 vs 1 vs an experienced one in Meleys. Thats what I mean, also Daemon has a way deeper bond with Craxes then Aemond does with Vhagar.
Your examples of Vhagars experience are against scrubs like I said or 2vs1s.
CruxrouxBalerion glazed way too much ngl.
Around 100 year old. Same as vermithor age , vermithor would rip open Balerion.
Balerion has little to no dragon fighting experiece. No war experience , majority gave up during sight of balerion.
His only feats are his huge size and melting of haranhal.
Whereas Vermithor , Vhagar , Caraxes got more exp in dornish wars. During jaeharys and his sons time
FujishiroBalerion did fight Silverwing though lol.
CruxrouxMaegor conquest was around 40 years after Aegon conquest.
Balerion would be around 130~140 years old at that time and Silverwing age would be around 10-15 years. What sort off comparison is even this?
Elder Lee HungAemond fought more dragons atop Vhagar than Daemon fought on Caraxes tho. Pretty much all Daemon had with Caraxes was that he rode Caraxes for longer than Aemond and Vhagar.
Vermithor is great but Vhagar fought more battles.
God BuggyBalerion starts with the advantage against any other dragon. He is the gold standard when it comes to Targaryen dragons at least.
FujishiroI think the quality of fights and length of bond matters a lot in dragon fights like Daemon didnt need to tell Caraxes anything he would just sense Daemons intent and do it.
CruxrouxVhagar , Caraxes and Vermithor and totally beasts in front of Balerion at their ages.
Balerion only advantage is he grew to the fullest. Also the seasoned Riders , Namely Visenya , Aemon , Daemon , Jaeharys.
I don't know what gold standard you're talking about , Maybe he's alive since valyria time. But how does that matter.
Elder Lee HungBalerion in his prime is definitely the strongest dragon just by virtue of his size but any other grown dragon can kill him.
Cruxroux@Fujishiro that's what made Daemon and Caraxes OP. Their Dragon bond was so far the strongest we have seen , For fuck sake Vhagar doesn't even listen to Aemond in high valyrian.
Daemon and caraxes bond were known throughtout the realm. Also it's unknown when Daemon claimed Caraxes but their bond so far is the deepest.
FujishiroThe thing is the older the dragon is the tougher his scales are, Vhagar was a tank but she has one weak spot and thats under her throat I believe Barelion would have a similar weakness lol.
Elder Lee HungVhagar not listening to Aemond is a TV show thing. In the books Vhagar obeyed Aemond completely.
Vermithor not letting anyone rear him until Hugh Hammer is canon though. Vermithor was too proud after 60 years of being with Jahaerys himself.
Fujishiro@Cruxroux actually GRR Martin said that Aegon and Sunfyres bond was the deepest lol.
Cruxroux@Elder Lee Hung strongest how?
Balerion wasn't known for his Bad temper like Vermithor , Vhagar , and Caraxes. These were known to run wild when in battlefield.
A scarier nick than any of the others. Should tell something.
Elder Lee Hung@Cruxroux biggest Targaryen dragon and the only one of them to actually die of old age. Also a male dragon who saw more battles than Vermithor and Caraxes but less than Vhagar. Balerion also killed Quicksilver with ease like how Vhagar killed Luke’s dragon.
CruxrouxEven if it was a TV show , I wouldn't be surprised if that old Grandma dragon got hearing Problens.
Ok , Sunfyre bond might be better but bro was a pookie dragon like Syrax. They don't know or understand how survival works lol. They fed in king landing and kept there.
Vhagar , Caraxes and Vermithor were out there for Wars.
Cruxroux@God Buggy , Tf Nicknames says lol , Dread means great fear and I have already mentioned that , dragon was new phenomenon to them.
@Elder Lee Hung , Vermithor Dying age is 98~100 , and he was nearly as Big as Vhagar , Might be shy of 10~15 m. And Vhagar has said to live 184 years reaching the size of Balerion the dread.
Vermithor had like more 100 years to grow. You still think balerion was impressive?
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Dragons are dragons. Their power level is pretty much whatever Martin wants once they reach maturity. Balerion vs Caraxes vs Vhagar vs Vermithor is whatever/either way.