Big Three Power Ranking

[Saguin Venart]

So after carefully thinking it through Ive ranked my favorite out of Rand, Perrin, and Mat throughout each book.

 

Eye of the World

1.Perrin

2.Rand

3.Mat

 

The Great Hunt

1.Perrin

2.Mat

3.Rand

 

The Dragon Reborn

1.Perrin

2.Rand

3.Mat

 

The Shadow Rising

1.Mat

2.Rand

3.Perrin (Faile manages to end Perrin's 3 book winning streak)

 

The Fires of Heaven

1.Mat

2.Rand

(No Perrin in this one)

 

The Lord of Chaos

1.Rand

2.Mat

3.Perrin

 

Crown of Swords

1.Mat

2.Perrin

3.Rand (His grimdark attitude starts a long slide)

 

Path of Daggers

1.Perrin (Perrin is back on top after Mat is injured, Faile is kidnapped, Rand develops a fear of boxes and strings)

2.Rand

(No Mat)

 

Winters Heart

1.Mat

2.Perrin

3.Rand

 

Crossroads of Twilight

1.Mat

2.Perrin

3.Rand

 

Knife of Dreams

1.Mat

2.Perrin

3.Rand

 

The Gathering Storm

1.Mat

2.Perrin

3.Rand

 

Towers of Midnight (This one is harder to pick because all three shine in this book)

1.Rand (His rebirth puts him on top after a 6 book slide)

2.Mat

3.Perrin (Mat edges Perrin out by a hair's width)

 

So at Thirteen books

Perrin is at 4

Rand is at 2

and Mat is at an impressive 7

 

Feel free to post a power ranking for any book, or all of them.

[cgk84]

For me, RAND IS OVER 9,000!!!!

[yoniy0]

@Saguin Venart, it's not clear what you intended the subject of this thread to be. What do you mean by 'power ranking'?

[Erunion]

I think he means: Which of the three Ta'veren do you like in what books?

 

Power Ranking is probably a term used to refer to this sort of ranking in sports.

[OptimusPrime]

Rand, Rand and Rand. The other two dont even come close. Ever.

[Pygmalion79]

My "rankings" don't look anything like yours. I won't try to cover every book, though, just the ones that I've read within the past three years or so.

 

Eye of the World: Rand / Perrin / Mat

Great Hunt: Rand / Perrin / Mat

Dragon Reborn: Mat / Perrin

The Shadow Rising: Rand / Perrin / Mat

The Fires of Heaven: Rand / Mat

The Gathering Storm: Rand / Mat

Towers of Midnight: Rand / Perrin / Mat

 

So except for the book he's absent from, it's Rand in a landslide. Also, if I'd ranked books 6-11, Mat would have beaten Perrin in every book, and I won't rule out that Mat might beat Rand at some point in there -- KoD, maybe? It's all a bit vague to me.

[Hopefire]

I'm really surprised to realize that my favorite characters among the non-ta'veren include no men at all.

 

Eye of the World: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Moiraine.

The Great Hunt: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Verin.

The Dragon Reborn: Mat, favorite non-ta'veren character is Moiraine.

The Shadow Rising: Perrin, favorite non-ta'veren character is Moiraine.

The Fires of Heaven: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Moiraine.

The Lord of Chaos: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Min.

Crown of Swords: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Min.

Path of Daggers: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Cadsuane.

Winters Heart: Mat, favorite non-ta'veren character is Nynaeve.

Crossroads of Twilight: Mat, favorite non-ta'veren character is Tuon.

Knife of Dreams: Mat, favorite non-ta'veren character is Tuon.

The Gathering Storm: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Nynaeve.

Towers of Midnight: Rand, favorite non-ta'veren character is Nynaeve.

 

Ta'veren:

Rand: 8

Mat: 4

Perrin: 1

 

Non-ta'veren:

Moiraine: 4

Nynaeve: 3

Min: 2

Tuon: 2

Verin: 1

 

I miss Moiraine. Glad she'll be back for the end.