[Nevyn]

Since Cussers and Swords can make the list, I am assuming that this is fair game.
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[Ruthan Good]

Shocked that Yedan Derryg is this far down the list. He's a bloke. Who killed some dragons.

[Illuyankas]

Depressingly, I haven't updated the list since before TCG came out. I'll have to fix that. Eventually. (when I can)

[Brujah]

 Ruthan Good, on 07 April 2013 - 09:07 PM, said:

Shocked that Yedan Derryg is this far down the list. He's a bloke. Who killed some dragons.

Yeah, Yedan straight up goes the fuck off in that battle at the First Shore. That might be the best battle of the series, imo. Or at least one of the best.

Yedan is fucking beast mode. I'd have loved to see him and Karsa slug it out.

[Brujah]

If this is a list of not only the best, but the most BADASS characters my top 10 would be based on ability, attitude, and deeds done.
Therefore:

1)Draconus - the ultimate badass in my opinion
- creator of Dragnipur, the most badass sword and weapon ever
- killed thousands from two opposing sides of a battle just by entering the scene
- gave the ultimate beatdown to Kilmandaros and The Errant at the same time, both extremely powerful
- fucks Mother Dark herself, the creator of the universe. Come on. That's bragging rights.
- Rake feels the need to ally with Osseric to oppose him

2)Anomander Rake - extremely close comparison with Draconus
- put Draconus into his own sword, possibly the only person able to have done so
- easily reaches rank of segulah 7 as swordsman
- master swordsman, able to go blow for blow with Dassem, Segulah 1st with only swords skill
- soletaken eleint
- high mage and master of the warren of darkness, kurald galain

3)Karsa Orlong - definition of malazan badassery
- kills two Deragoth, ancient Hounds of Darkness, drags their heads behind his horse and walks through malazan army
- attacks and kills the K'chain Nah-Ruk, an ancient being, inside the tower
- easily defeats segulah 14th in letherii
- knocks Icarium the fuck out
- has one of the best weapons in the series
- spent time in holy desert of Rakaru, same place that forged the bridgeburners and quick Ben
- killed Rhulad Sengar for good
- is highly immune to sorcery
- has his own warren

4) Hood - face-biter
- arguably the most badass action of the series when bites off the face of an extremely powerful Forkrul Assail
- ex god of death itself

5)Quick Ben -hidden badass
- does many of the most kick ass scenes in the series
- defeats Sukul Ankhadu, Sheltatha Lore, and Menadore, 3 badass soletaken dragons, at same time
- "I have no hold over him these days, alas. Why? He is too powerful. Too mysterious. Too conniving. Too Hood-damned smart. Indeed, even Shadowthrone has turned his attentions elsewhere." - Cotillion on Quick Ben
- "Because Draconus changes everything, and I'm the only one who can stand against him." - Quick Ben

6)Dassem Ultor - badass swordsman
- First Sword of the Empire
- Dessembrae, Lord of Tragedy
- defeated Rake in sword fight, although thought that Rake let this happen, still only one capable of the feat
- possibly the finest swordsman in the series
- ‘If he had decided we were behind the shipwreck, well, I don’t like to think what would have happened here.’
‘Simple, Cotillion. He would have killed us.’ - Shadowthrone

7)The Rope - most badass nickname, most badass weapon
- THE Patron of Assassins
- cuts through men so efficiently that even Kalam is humbled
- is the one that finally kills the Crippled God in the end by delivering the final, fatal daggers to the back
- leader of the Talon as Dancer
- already one of the most dangerous men in the world before ascending

8)Yedan Derryg - hust sword wielding, dragon slaying badass
- has a Hust Sword
- Prince and Watch of the Shake
- center of one of most amazing battle scenes in series, Defense of the First Shore
- "Yedan led the initial defence of the First Shore,killing over a thousand Tiste Liosan and several soletaken dragons before being slain by Aparal Forge in Eleint form. Such was his skill with the blade that the Liosan on the other side of the gate whispered that a legion of Hust sword-wielding soldiers surely waited for them across the gate to Kharkanas. "

9)Tayscreen - high mage of badass
- Imperial High Mage of Malazan Empire
- faced off against Rake above the city of Pale
- "Magic rained in an endless storm around Tayschrenn, where he still knelt on the withered blackened hilltop. But every wave directed his way he shunted aside, wreaking devastation among the soldiers cowering on the plain. Through the carnage filling the air, through the ash and shrill-tongued raens, through the raining rocks and the screams of the wounded and dying, through the blood-chilling shrieks of demons flinging themselves into the ranks of soldiery - through it all sounded the steady thunder of the High Mage's onslaught."
-

10)Kallor - the bad man's badass
- over one hundred thousand years old
- former High King of ancient empire on Jacuruku
- formidable enough that Draconus, K'rul, and Nightchill all descended upon him
- 8 high mages dropped a GOD from another world on him, they feared him so much




-- not complete, will finish later --

This post has been edited by Karsa: 04 May 2013 - 02:03 PM

[NefaraisBredd]

L M A O !! I have not laughed this hard in a long time. Man, what a great and hilarious list! It would take too long to quote all my favorites from your list so here is my favorite one:


Quote: "Badalle - won a magic rap battle. A MAGIC RAP BATTLE"

That hilarious statement perfectly sums up what I felt while reading about 'the snake'.

Now, if you have read some of my posts, you may be aware of how much I like Scorch and Leff. They should be on the list simply because they are like two Groo's (and Groo is the Best comic book character EVER). What can go wrong, does go wrong when it comes to Scorch and Leff. They make 'Mancy the luckless' look like a fortunate man. They stare down a hound of shadow, (well, Leff does) and it BOLTED! Vorcan's daughter, who is a miniature amalgamation of Spite and Laseen, tries to kill them and they think she's a 'feisty little minx', totally clueless/oblivious to her sincere intent to maim/kill. They work for Kruppe-you don't seem.to be a fan of his but he is the Dynamo/David Copperfield of Wu. Oh ya, they kill that masked douchebag from OST- it reminded me of the fury of the Nachts/Bolead demon fighters.

This post has been edited by NefaraisBredd: 03 September 2013 - 06:34 AM

[theocean]

 Ruthan Good, on 07 April 2013 - 09:07 PM, said:

Shocked that Yedan Derryg is this far down the list. He's a bloke. Who killed some dragons.

His sword did all the work... all he had to do was hold on for the ride.

[Tiste Simeon]

I know this thread is old now but Jula & Amby Bole need to be on This List. Because they punched a flipping K'Chain Che'Malle assassin think Ninja mixed with T Rex mixed with dragon) into submission!

This post has been edited by Tiste Brent Not Abyss Weeks Simeon: 18 March 2014 - 11:51 PM

[heavymetaltroll]

WHERE THE F@#K IS CAPTAIN KINDLY

I mean, come on. Hes like the most terrifyingly badass officer in the entire Malazan army. Just hearing his name makes the most hardened veterans go all shaky in the knees and require a change of underwear. Kellanved and Dancer ascended just to get away from him and Dassem faked being killed by the claw for the same reason. The Crimson Guard only returned when he was on the other side of the world in Lether and the Seven Cities rebellion was crushed as soon as he joined the Bonehunters. And most badass of all, he collects combs. Even though he is bald he collects mother f@#king combs ffs. Obviously the single most badass character EVER.

[Planck]

Laseen is the ultimate badass for me.

Was Mistress of the Claw, who were able to take on Dancer's talons.

After all the Old Guard leaving, she still manages to control the Empire, despite everyone trying to knock her off.

Took on Anomander Rake (can't imagine many other characters wanting to do that).

There doesn't seem to be a single person who understands her motives.

The Master of the Deck seems to defer to her and her alone.

Killed Kellanved's enemies whilst Dancer stood by him.

And most of all, she kills Crimson Guardsmen, who are Tlan Imass, with her hands and feet.

This post has been edited by Planck: 17 July 2016 - 04:43 PM

[NefaraisBredd]

Scorch and Leff! JK. They are tough but not top 20 material. My top 20'ish (in no particular order):

Draconus
Edgewalker
Brood
Iron Bars
Tool
Bugg
Kazz
Smokey
Vorcan
Cotillion
Shadowthrone
Apsalar (both of 'em)
Kallor
KARSA Orlong
Ublala Pung
All of the ranked seguleh
Dassem/Traveller/Dessembrae
Icarium
Quick Ben
Kalam 'the man' Meckhar
Taysschren
Envy and Spite
Knuckles
Brys Beddict
Tehol
Fiddler
Too many to name

[NefaraisBredd]

And of course:

Gothos
Rake
Ruin
Cant stand mcwhiny tho (Osserc)

[Not Noto]

 NefaraisBredd, on 22 May 2017 - 03:43 AM, said:

Scorch and Leff! JK. They are tough but not top 20 material. My top 20'ish (in no particular order):

Draconus
Edgewalker
Brood
Iron Bars
Tool
Bugg
Kazz
Smokey
Vorcan
Cotillion
Shadowthrone
Apsalar (both of 'em)
Kallor
KARSA Orlong
Ublala Pung
All of the ranked seguleh
Dassem/Traveller/Dessembrae
Icarium
Quick Ben
Kalam 'the man' Meckhar
Taysschren
Envy and Spite
Knuckles
Brys Beddict
Tehol
Fiddler
Too many to name

Iron Bars nr 4!!? He could barely survive a clash with a low level Seguleh and you people rank him higher than The First. Come on
He's not even top dog in CG.

Ok, no particular order. But still. You can't name Iron Bars before Dass!

This post has been edited by Not Noto: 22 May 2017 - 06:59 PM

[NefaraisBredd]

It is so hard to place in order. Here is my attempt:

Top Five Jack Baeur-level badasses:
1. Kruppe-he is so effin smart he entertains Gods in his dreams. Kruppe dreams transcend time and space and warrens, he created his own QB (Silverfox). He was immune to Burn's Hammer (top 5 Badass weapon) for more reasons than 'K'rul protected him' as folks are wont to say. Baruk is a major badass sorcerer and Kruppe confounds his strongest wards.

2.Draconus-big softie with immense power. Rale killed him but thats cause Rake dont talk about fight club! Seriously, Rake is a cold blooded SOB. He will get it done every time regardless of the personal cost. Buuut, ole Draconus is back and he's pissed. He scared the sheet outta all the other Azathanai.

2.5-Calm, Serenity, basically any full-blooded Forkrul Assail; The lizard beasties (Top Ranked Sh'igal and matron, etc.)

3. Anomamdaris RakE. Dragnipur is top 5 badass weapon in history of fantasy genre. Talk about Grim. He let Dassem win. He slew many Seguleh. He turns into a giant effin dragon. And he's half a million years old. He literally shits darkness and badassery. Aome people may disagree but Nimander is prolly as tough, if not even more so.

4. Shadowthrone and Cotillion: Two of the most devious people/Gods that ever lived. They use everyone to achieve their ends, Gods and mortals alike. If they cant kill ya, they'll cajole or coerce or outright trick something into killing you.

5. T'riss, Edgewalker, Ardata, Bugg, Brood, etc. All old as petrified shit and just as tough. Dont forget old man moon too. Special mention-QB and the asxended Bridgeburners, Ganoes Paran....


Other top 20 in order:

6.Dassem:lord of tragedy and possibly the best mortal swordsman ever.

7.Trull Sengar, Karsa, and Tool


8. Seguleh 2nd-10th.

9. Kallor

10. Spinnok Durav, Kalam Mekhar

11. Vorcan, Baruk, Taya

This post has been edited by NefaraisBredd: 28 May 2017 - 05:00 AM

[Dolmen 2.0]

We should probably put Ho on this list.

Spoiler

Shenanigans with Ryllandaras are notable.

[NefaraisBredd]

There are so many-Ho is a worthy addition

[NefaraisBredd]

I cant remember their names but those two old gods (husband and wife) from Letheras-the ones that helped Bugg trap/killed that giant ice manta ray God creature thing.

Lol


And any Jaghut puppet

[Illuyankas]

 Illuyankas, on 08 April 2013 - 01:37 AM, said:

Depressingly, I haven't updated the list since before TCG came out. I'll have to fix that. Eventually. (when I can)

EVENTUALLY