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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The Mongols overcame their enemies with incredibly skilled mounted archery, not charges into massed infantry. They had small, swift mounts, not the kind that would charge readied infantry.
Very few historical cavalry will charge formed infantry. Those that did had huge mounts, specially trained, and they used lances. Even then they almost never charged head-on. The Dothraki use sickle swords, a useless weapon for anything except chasing light infantry off the field.
Clearly the Dothraki are meant to look and seem cool. But their armaments and tactics are completely ahistorical and defy any sensible military tactics. Not much point criticizing them.
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I disagree on this. Mounted knights were unbeatable until the longbow. And the cavalry charge was commonly used to break formations of troops in the initial stages of battle.
Mounted bows aren't taking down formations of shielded soldiers. That's now for melee once the lines have been broken or against undisciplined groups of troops.
And the undead army was light infantry. Flaming sickle swords would've been great.
I do think that the way there Dothraki week is was a total waste though. It did have a lot of dramatic effect. It would have been cool though to see them used in the way there knights of the vale were in the battle of the bastard, except see them fail in the same flanking tactic.