War for Westeros: The 7 Dragons Most Likely to Overwhelm Any Army
With A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones proving how sticky George R.R. Martin’s world can be, it’s fair to say the video game side of Westeros hasn’t delivered many standout, truly memorable entries. “War for Westeros,” however, looks like it’s aiming higher than most of the franchise’s past efforts—and it has one selling point that practically writes its own pitch: dragons.
Depending on the faction you choose, you’ll command Drogon, Rhaegal, or Viserion, then pull them into battles overhead as they torch armies from above. How much damage those flying monsters can actually do in gameplay is still a question, but the dragons’ threat profile is framed as more manageable than the truly planet-splitting fantasy beasts you might expect. Even so, the article’s logic is simple: if dragons like these slipped through to Westeros from another setting, they wouldn’t just be terrifying—they’d become gods by default.
This piece then zooms out further: it’s not focusing on the dragons that are likely to show up in War for Westeros, partly because there probably won’t be many of them. Instead, it’s a thought experiment about non-GoT dragons that would absolutely wreck Westeros’ armies.
Fatalis Is Monster Hunter’s Ultimate Apex Predator
Dragons Should Be Extinction Events
- Turn Westeros into a sea of fire
- Signature attack: Firebreathing
Even though dragons are a major pillar of Game of Thrones’ mythos, they aren’t treated as unstoppable forces. They can be brought down by human countermeasures, including something as straightforward as a well-aimed Scorpion bolt.
Fatalis from Monster Hunter lands in a completely different category. The article describes it as a creature that melts an entire kingdom in a single night, with no reason to believe the same outcome wouldn’t happen to places like King’s Landing or Lannisport. It goes further by arguing that all of Monster Hunter’s Elder Dragons would wipe out Westeros’ armies, but Fatalis would be the harshest, most brutal kind of disaster—the kind that feels actively hostile even by dragon standards.
Then comes the implied pitch for players: grab a sword and lean into every ounce of courage you can find, because the dragon fights in these games are presented as the kind of fantasy spectacle fans dream about.
Kaido Is One Piece’s Dragon King
Say Hello To Westeros’ New Emperor Of The Sea
- An oni who can transform into a dragon
- Signature attack: Bolo Breath
The article’s comparison starts with Kaido’s “everyday” power level. In his standard form, Kaido is framed as someone who could probably defeat most of Westeros’ armies anyway—before you even consider any special transformations. His strength and durability are described as absurd, and the text emphasizes that he moves among giants despite not technically being one, while still towering over the giants of Game of Thrones.
For extra spectacle, Kaido could activate his Devil Fruit and become a giant dragon. In that state, the piece claims he’d be terrifying enough to unnerve the Seven Kingdoms, effectively shrugging off ordinary weapons and even firing a blast of pure plasma.
The conclusion here is blunt: Daenerys can use dragons like tools, but Kaido is portrayed as a military commander who also just happens to function as a dragon god.
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Dragonlord Placidusax Is An Elden Ring Legend
A Being Beyond Time
- Signature attack: Red Lightning Spear
Elden Ring is already full of powerful dragon threats, and the article argues that FromSoftware has a habit of introducing these beasts right when players start to feel comfortable. Dragonlord Placidusax is said to take that pattern even farther: it’s presented as a former Elden Lord that exists beyond time.
The piece describes Placidusax as an ancient two-headed dragon capable of teleportation—an ability that would keep Westerosi armies constantly reacting, never fully prepared. It also notes that when players actually meet Placidusax in Elden Ring, the dragon is not at its prime. It’s portrayed as wounded and missing some heads, implying it has already suffered real harm. Even so, the article still insists that, in whatever condition it’s in, it remains essentially a cosmic force.
Ancalagon the Black Is The Strongest & Largest LOTR Dragon
There’s Different Levels To This
- Signature attack: Who cares—he is bigger than mountains. (Also, his fire breath is pretty strong.)
The article points out that A Song of Ice and Fire takes inspiration from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, as do most epic fantasy stories. It also notes that LOTR includes a broader range of mythical races and creatures than Martin’s setting, but that dragons play an especially prominent role in GoT—at least when you set aside The Hobbit.
Both sets of novels are said to limit their strongest dragon to “legendary history.” In LOTR, Ancalagon the Black is described as making GoT’s Balerion the Black Dread look like a dragonfly by comparison. Along with an army of dragons, Ancalagon is framed as the last-ditch effort of Dark Lord Morgoth during the War of Wrath, functioning as a near-cataclysmic event. The article claims his wingspan would be enough to blot out continents in darkness, and that his fallen body would be capable of crushing volcanoes.
King Ghidorah Would Destroy All Of Westeros
Does Godzilla Take Requests?
- Special attack: Gravity Beam
While Godzilla himself isn’t categorized as a dragon, King Ghidorah is presented as a perfect fit for the “dragon” comparison anyway. The multi-headed space kaiju is described as something that would have a field day in Westeros. The article also stresses that the Game of Thrones universe is relatively grounded by fantasy standards: dragons there aren’t end-of-the-world devices, but powerful weapons deployed by human kingdoms.
It then pivots to the bigger franchise question: Godzilla’s arch-nemesis has appeared in many versions across the decades, so which Ghidorah is the “real” King?
The text ties the threat back to House Targaryen’s identity, built around “Fire and Blood.” Ghidorah is framed as an invasive force representing “Storms and Extinction.” Unless Daenerys or Jon Snow can somehow summon Godzilla, the article argues they’d be completely helpless—watching castles get torn apart and armies slaughtered.
Deathwing Is WoW’s World Ender
Westeros Cannot Mount A Strong-Enough Raid Party
- Signature attack: Elementium Bolt or Cataclysm
Deathwing is described as one of the most powerful characters ever to appear in World of Warcraft, and that claim is emphasized by the fact that Warcraft lore already includes literal gods, most of whom are stronger than the dragon—though the difference isn’t portrayed as overwhelmingly large.
The article says Deathwing’s destructive impact starts even before he attacks. It describes his eruption from the earth as something that literally reshapes the world’s landscape, bringing ruin to countries and even entire continents. From there, it claims that if he commits to a fight, his victory is essentially immediate: he wouldn’t need much more than roaring to shatter the Red Keep or turn the Blackwater Rush into magma.
Dragon Ball’s Super Shenron Is Too Big To Comprehend
Now Things Are Just Getting Silly
- Signature attack: Grant any wish and warp reality
The piece openly shifts into comedy. It argues that even one of Dragon Ball’s smaller Shadow Dragons is powerful enough to dominate all Westerosi armies on its own, including forces associated with the Night King. However, the article says it won’t use those more “reasonable” dragons for this list.
Instead, it focuses on Shenron’s baseline reality-warping abilities. Even if Shenron isn’t portrayed as a fighter, the article claims his power to reshape reality would let him rewrite what Westeros “is,” depending on what the wishmaker asks for.
Then comes Super Shenron: the article says it can warp reality and also exists at the scale of a solar system. It notes that, while Super Shenron still isn’t a fighter in the traditional sense, it would simply actualize a human’s wish. And in practice, the piece claims that scale is so extreme it could “eat an entire galaxy” by opening its mouth—leaving anyone in a universe that isn’t Dragon Ball unable to mentally process what’s happening.
