On a show that’s known for spectacular stunt work, it’s hard to pick favorites.
Here are the best Arrow fights.
They somehow keep making bigger, better action sequences.
Below is my pick of the topArrowfight scenes throughout the seasons.
Who will save you?
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Shadowboxing and puppeteering.
But that isexactlywhat Oliver did during Broken Arrow.
And the fight was pretty dang cool, too.
Dig Saves the Day.
Before Oliver can unleash the beast, John Diggle steps in.
Dig shoots, he scores, and then he gets into a knife fight with Chin Na Wei.
He almost wins, too.
What I love most about the fight is how practical it is.
There are three shots, a brief fight, and then Oliver to the rescue.
The frills are gone, and I love that about Diggles fighting style.
He is practical, and his way of taking down bad guys is reflected in every movement.
Died on a Monday.
Arrow Season 2 Episode 9 Three Ghosts
Cyrus Gold cannot be killed.
The first of Deathstrokes super-soldiers, hes tough, hes strong, and has the density of common concrete.
Part of what makes the fight so great is the emotional stakes thanks to Tommy and Roy.
Cupid just wants a little rough love.
Arrow Season 3 Episode 7 Draw Back Your Bow
Weve all been there.
Oliver pulls the lucky straw and gets someone who is not only crazy but pretty dang tough.
If he hadnt dislocated his thumb, hed be a goner.
Laurel, Sara, and Thea play ring around the Rosie.
I particularly like the ring they form and the way they watch each others backs.
Felicitys got a metal pipe and aint afraid to use it.
drones in the evil lair of evil is a great one.
They are all working separately but with respect to the greater group.
They all take down their bad guy, with some great moves by Thea and Felicity in particular.
Symbolism aside, Stephen Amell fighting himself makes for a fun sequence.
My second was that sliding down the stairs was a pretty epic, cool way to join a fight.
The fight doesnt last long, but every movement matters.
This is one is more visually appealing the high-caliber technique, but that doesnt make it any less fun.
Slade versus the Wrath of Queens.
Arrow Season 3 Episode 14 The Return
Slades relationship with the Queen clan is a little charged.
Diggle and Oliver storm a fortress for a guy nobody really likes.
Arrow Season 3 Episode 15 Nanda Parbat
Malcolm is captured.
What really matters is the way that Diggle and Oliver work together to storm Nanda Parbat.
They are a unit, reading each other and watching their partners backs.
Oliver, Dig, and Roy.
Apparently whole arsenals are just there…waiting.
Whats in an assassination?
Arrow Season 1 Episode 16 Dead To Rights
Chin Na Wei has a way with knives.
She also has a way of kicking ass.
She uses her environment.
She uses Olivers bodyweight against him.
She flows like water around him.
There were tears…or me just weirdly rooting for the bad guy.
Nyssa, Malcolm, and Oliver have some things to work out.
Arrow Season 3 Episode 4 The Magician
Oh, the tangled webs the League likes to weave.
Everyone is someones grandfather, death abounds, and people just keep dying.
Oliver wants the fight to stop, Malcolm wants to be evil, and Nyssa wants to stab someone.
The only thing that detracted from the fight for me is that details got lost in the darkness.
More light, c’mon!
Otherwise, awesome fight and spectacular synchronicity from the cast and crew.
Roys got a small problem.
This fight sums up Roys growth over the seasons in under a minute.
Being outnumbered and the little guy in the fight doesnt keep him from kicking some serious ass.
9 out of 10 inmates agree.
This leads to a standoff with Diggle.
The van meeting Isabel was a very satisfying moment that still makes me laugh.
Slapped by hand that tried to save you.
And why else be a master criminal if you cant find some fun?
Oliver playing tag with the automated guns isnt my favorite part of the fight, though.
Instead, its where Felicity Smoak holds her own.
Its her battle the entire episode is about her demons.
She elbows, she tugs the weapon away, and she pistol whips Cooper.
I hardly knew her.
I was the same way about Batman.
Its a fatal flaw.
Plus, the poker through the chest is both extremely gross and totally awesome.
Clock Towers are made for fights to the death.
Saras traps, couple with her fighting prowess are a lot of fun to watch.
My favorite scene from this fight, however, is Papa Lance shooting the League member.
Watch out for spares, people.
Thea vs Andy Diggle.
Everything about the fight was perfection.
It shows her growth as a fighter and her increasing skill.
His fights throughout the episode were sleek and really fun to watch.
The best was watching him storm ARGUS.
It was one of the finer fights in theArrowarchive.
I also really liked Felicity blowing him up a little.
Adam Hunt, Inc.: Crime calling.
He didnt spend a lot of time equivocating over how much he should arrow someone.
This is seen in excess when he storms Adam Hunts office to steal the mans money.
From the second that Oliver leaves the elevator, hes in motion.
The whole scene feels like a deep inhale, before Oliver finally escapes out the window.
He makes mistakes in the fight with main henchman, but it just shows how far hes grown.
Saras murder problem.
Duel fights in a factory.
This episode has lots of great fights.
Sara fights overhead while Oliver fights below.
The fights bleed into one another.
Its just a really scene that makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Thats exactly what happens in This is Your Sword.
Its a heartbreaking, awesome fight that was shot to perfection.
Oliver doesnt stand a chance, but that just makes the fight all the more memorable.
Its stylized combat that you might only have when your superhero is an archer, and is perfect.
He takes all of these frustrations out on the men guarding the apartment complex in Bludhaven.
His focus is laser tight and it shows with every hit, every movement.
Oliver scales a mountain, then takes the easy way down.
Arrow Season 3 Episode 9 The Climb
This is the scene where Maseo is the fandom first.
Remove your shirt, is how everyone wants to greet Oliver Queen, am I right?
Ras toys with Oliver once the fight begins.
Oliver fights with everything he has, surprising Ras but barely wounding him.
The dice were always loaded in Ras favor.
Oliver went to die.
Everything about the fight is perfect.
