Game Of Thrones: Ranking Every Major Battle From Worst To Best

22. Sack Of Highgarden

With a tactic he learned from Robb Stark, Jaime Lannister moves the bulk of his forces to HIghgarden while the Unsullied was busying themselves at Casterly Rock, but that bit of ingenuity is about all this has going for it as a battle, and it's not even original (albeit it does serve as a nice callback).

By Olenna Tyrell's admission, those at Highgarden aren't known for their fighting prowess, and ultimately it's an easy victory for the Lannister forces, shorn of tension and excitement.

The real drama would come after, with Olenna's brilliant final moments, but for an occasion that marked the first on-screen appearance of Highgarden, and after the bait-and-switch with Casterly Rock, this was a rather underwhelming affair.

[James Hunt]

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