User blog comment:Deathblade 100/Season 2 Back For Blood/@comment-5232784-20150929025840

BACK FOR TYPE O NEGATIVE (and we dont mean the band)

I. Ancient warriors

1. Close range

Both blades are the same length, but Ghengis' sword is sleightly heavier, and thus could be slower on the draw and slower to use. Since Henry the 5th has more bodymass, he could potentially have more strength and wield it faster. However, he also has heavier plate armor, which will weigh him down more. Both blades would be good on horseback. However, the longsword has blades on both sides, the Turko-mongol saber does not. Do to this, I give it to Henry the eighth (sleightly)

EDGE: Henry the 5th

2. Mid range

The Jida lance has more range and a less heavy spear tip that is better designed for combat on horseback (Teutonic knights fell before Jida lances in a battle between them and the Mongols), while the haldberd makes for a clumsy slashing weapon, the Jida lance is a superb stabbing weapon, far more so than the haldberd.

EDGE: GHENGIS!

3. Long range

The Mongol recurve bow was perhaps the most devistating weapon the Mongols had. Their horsemen would ride around their opponents and pepper them with arrows, and were so skilled enough to hit tagets from horseback (a very hard thing to do). The Longbow was used to slaughter oncoming French Knights at the battle of Poitiers (and in other battles). I dont know if longbowmen could hit horsemen moving from the sides at great speed, which the mongols will do. They will have to turn at times to face the enemy. The longbow has superior range, so the mongols will have to ride 100 feet through the outer killing range in order to fire their arrows. Charging forwards while doing this will lead to their downfall, but if they moved in a closing circle, they might get close enough to fire and devistate the longbowmen, who wont be able to move as fast (though not being on horses, they make smaller targets).

Longbowmen could fire about 10-15 arrows a minute at least (I think there are reports of them firing a lot more than that), and I dont know if the Mongols could match their speed.

This is a difficult one, but...given the long range of the longbow, and the big target a horseman makes (even one riding a small horse like a mongol did), Im giving it to Henry the 5th

EDGE: Henry the 5th

4. Special

The medieval dagger is much lighter than the mace, allowing for faster movement. It is also made of steel, which is harder (though more prone to breaking) than iron (which is more likely to bend). The steel blade might, just might, cut through the long handle of the mace, but the mace will definitely bust up the armor and do damage to those within it. Plate armor fails before flanged maces, and this mace is twice as long and carries more weight in its blows. Due to this, I give it to the mace

EDGE: GHENGIS!

5. X Factors

Its hard to imagine Ghengis having few superiors in medieval warfare. Then again, I dont know much about Henry the 5th either. Plate armor offers more protection than steel lamellar, though adds weight and thus restricts movement. Nevertheles, Henry has a sleight tactics advantage

EDGE: Henry the 5th!

Okay, this battle will be close. I was thinking Ghengis had it, but Henry the 5 is the better tactician, and has longbowmen, a force that would have given the mongols a run or their money, if they had ever met. Due to the longbow, better armor, and tactical superiority, Ghengis loses

HENRY THE 5TH SINGS "I"M HENRY THE 8TH I AM!" TO GHENGIS KHAN!

Now for the modern clash...

TBC