User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Season 3 battle 4 Gladiator vs Zulu warrior (rematch)/@comment-422690-20130123231733

Short Range: Gladius wins. It's longer, lighter, and stabbier. Stabs are an objectively better attack, since not only are you penetrating farther, all that filth on teh blade itself also gets in your bloodstream. Edge: Gladiator.

Mid Range: Trident and Net wins. The Trident can snare and break or disarm the Zulu's weapons. The Net can snare and incapactiate the Zulu. The Iklwa has about the range of the Gladius. Edge: Gladiator.

Long Range: Draw. Between the "Wee Stick" and the lawn dart, I'm calling it even with two weapons that are useless in single combat. Edge: Even.

Special: Pugio wins. The Spit has too short of a range and too little effective target compared to the Pugio. The Pugio is a nice little dagger, with a slightly wider blade to penetrate armor. Which the Zulu isn't wearing. Edge: Gladiator.

Shield: Parmula wins. I really shouldn't have to explain this, but metal beats hide. Edge: Gladiator.

Overall: Gladiator wins. With a complete and utter domination of the weapons, the Gladiator takes this.