I love how general audience reaction to Criston's "greatest warrior" line is mockery, when, in fact, he was one of the greatest warriors of his time in Fire&Blood.
1. From knightly house Cole (father steward for Dondarrions) to Kingsguard and Hand of the King.
2. He's a marcher, probably most militaristic region and culture of Seven Kingdoms due to constant fighting with Dorne.
3. He actually beat the shit out of Harwin Breakbones Strong, that the guy was nicknamed Brokenbones after that.
4. He defeated Joffrey fairly during a tourney, and Joffrey died from injuries. Not incel rage at a wedding.
5. A line from F&B has him as "exceptionally skilled warrior".
6. Weapon of choice is morningstar, cool as shit.
7. !!! 104 AC he won a melee against Daemon Targaryen, who the general audience hails as greatest warrior lol.
8. Quickly brought Crownlands to heel for Aegon. Medieval blitzkrieg.
8. Planned RR ambush with Aegon and Aemond which resulted with Meleys and Rhaenys dying.
9. Died trying to save his men (challenged THREE men to a duel against himself so his men would be spared once they yielded, not himself), was cowardly shot at.
* this is not a defense of criston's moral character, just a rant how stupid that line was when the show decided to erase all the feats that made criston one of the greatest warriors of his time. If you're gonna spam me with "he's a pos" don't bother, i'm not saying he isn't.