So a while ago I made a video on the channel listing the most powerful Knights Radiant orders from the Stormlight Archive in order from weakest to strongest. At the time I was trying to make a list based on what we currently know of their power and who would win in a straight-up fight. And I’m pretty happy with the list based on those parameters. But when considering the actual full potential of any given Knights Radiant order, that list would have to be greatly altered.
Well this video began as an addendum to that video where I discuss the most powerful orders based on their pure potential. However shortly after I began thinking about the true potential of the different orders, something really stood out. The Bondsmiths were just too overpowered. All of the orders have some incredible potential, but the potential of the Bondsmiths put them far beyond any other Knights Radiant order in terms of power. So because of that I decided to change the focus of this video to really dig down and understand the true power and potential of the Bondsmiths.
Now don’t get me wrong, Kaladin could probably take Dalinar in a fight as things stand right now. However, that’s only because Dalinar is still very untrained in his abilities. If Dalinar were to completely master his Bondsmith capabilities, I fully believe that it would take a Shard or another Bondsmith to bring him down. I mean, I always say that AonDor is the most powerful Cosmere magic system, and as a system overall it still is, but a Bondsmith like Ishar could easily defeat any Elantrian hands down without even breaking a sweat.
But before we get into the nitty gritty details of how this all works, we need to first understand what makes a Bondsmith so powerful and how that power would be utilized...
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