Achilles 9/10 or even 10/10. This isn't a knock on John Snow. He isn't a bad fighter but he isn't a great one either. Unfortunately for him Achilles is a great fighter and he won't have any problem dispatching John Snow.
He is pretty good and should be capable of giving Achilles more of a challenge. In the end Achilles outclasses him by too great a margin thanks to Achilles's speed and skill. Achilles 8/10
I have never been impressed by Khal Drogo as a fighter. He was a great rider and in fantastic shape but I don't feel he's among the elite warriors in GoT. Perhaps if he had faced more of GoT's top warriors he'd have more feats but that isn't what happened. I have to go with Achilles 9/10 simply because Achilles is much to fast and this is one of the only cases where he will have superior equipment.
Now its getting tougher. The Hound has the advantage of size and he also has a technological advantage, coming from a setting with more advanced metallurgy than Achilles. I feel the Hound is a little under rated as fighters go and he'll be able to give Achilles a fairly challenging bout. Still, Achilles is simply too fast for the Hound. Achilles 7/10
Brienne is an interesting case because her TV version and book version seem to have different capabilities. In the books she is not accustomed to killing and is not quite as skilled a rider as some of the other knights, such as the Knight of Flowers. In the books that is a decided disadvantage in jousts and any time fights happen on horseback. She's certainly skilled however she is mostly very large and powerful as well as being surprisingly quick for her size.
The TV show presented her as tall and very skilled. She appeared to match her enemies more with skill than brute force and speed. She had no problems killing either.
Achilles still has a large advantage in speed, over both the novel and TV version. He should have a large advantage in skill over the novel version of Brienne and a moderate advantage in skill over the TV version. He'll win, 7/10 though I feel Brienne poses a greater threat to him than the Hound even though I have given them the same score.
Now we're talking. In my opinion Jamie is the greatest threat on this list, assuming we are talking about Jamie before he loses his hand. He is the most skilled fighter, he has a tremendous amount of experience, he's quick, intelligent and he uses arms and armor that are both more advanced than Achilles and the finest money can buy.
In a battle between two melee fighters from vastly different eras the interplay between their weapons is especially important and here Jamie has his largest advantage; his sword. While Achilles has a bronze age spear, shield and short sword Jamie has a longsword, which is quite possibly the apex of war-fighting melee weapons.
The metallurgy in his time is also superior to the metallurgy in Achilles time, and there are many moments in GoT where a longsword will penetrate through a weak point in armor or simply hack through the armor itself. In the fight between Achilles and Hector there are several moments when Achilles's armor stops Hector's attacks. Once when Hector slices Achilles across the chest and once when Achilles uses the greave on his foot to block one of Hector's attacks. (There may have been more that I missed.)
Looking at the way these weapons are presented in their fictional universes and its clear that the GoT longsword is superior in cutting power to the swords of Achilles's fictional world. Therein lies Jamie's greatest chance; if he can land a strike it is more likely to penetrate Achilles's armor than Achilles's strikes are to penetrate Jamies armor.
Because the OP states that there are no helmets, shields or other weapons this places Achilles at an even greater disadvantage. His spear and shield would go a long way toward evening the balance with Jamie's longsword and armor.
If Achilles had his spear and shield I would give him a 6/10 victory. Close, but his speed and skill are superior to Jamies. However without the spear and shield he must face Jamie's longsword with only his bronze shortsword and for that reason I feel this battle will be a draw; 5/10
This is another fight in which Achilles's shortsword places him at a large reach disadvantage. However I feel one of the most critical factors here is going to be Achilles's experience fighting against spear wielding foes and his own skill with a spear. In his world almost everyone uses a spear. Achilles fights against spears all the time and he uses them all the time. His fight against Hector showed how advanced the spear fighting styles of his world are and it also showed how well Achilles fought against a spear wielding enemy.
This is different from his fights against longsword wielding foes because the longsword is a weapon he has never seen or fought against before. Its the equivalent of a revolutionary war soldier running into a machinegun for the first time; even if he is a good soldier he needs to adapt new tactics to deal with more advanced technology. But a spear is a spear. The superior metals Oberyn's spear is made from do not make any difference to Achilles's tactics.
Although it would seem that Oberyn would have a massive advantage I feel that this is the one fight in which Achilles will be the most comfortable. He's also faster and has shown the ability to close the distance with incredible leaps. Although it seems counter intuitive I believe he'll match up better against Oberyn than he will against Jamie, because he's extremely experienced and skilled fighting against spears.
That, however, does not make it an easy fight. Oberyn is a skilled fighter in his own right, not to mention quick and intelligent. Nonetheless Achilles should be capable of winning about 6/10 thanks to his speed and skill.
Honestly.. Achilles has a huge advantage. Strength and aggression are not going to work against Achilles, simply because he is too fast, too skilled and preternaturally calm in life and death situations. To make maters worse the Mountain isn't exactly a quick man. The Hound was able to stand in front of him and dodge several of his attacks without retaliating and the Hound isn't all that fast. Achilles will have no problem dancing around the Mountain and bringing him down with precise strikes to vital locations.
Aside from a lucky blow there's really no way for the Mountain to win here. Achilles 9/10.
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