User blog comment:MilenHD/Robin Hood vs William the Conqueror/@comment-4661256-20160708004445

El Alamein's Edges:

 Close Range: Broadsword vs. Norman Broadsword:  While Robin Hood's sword is longer, William the Conqueror's armor will protect him from his opponent's blade a lot more than Robin Hood's armor would protect him from his opponent's blade. Also, William and his men are a lot better when it comes to swordplay, and their better training and overall greater experience with this kind of weapon (coupled with the armor advantages they enjoy) will help them overcome any reach disadvantage they might be up against.

Edge: William the Conqueror

 Mid Range: Quarterstaff vs. Dane Axe:  Okay, technically it was the Saxons (specifically the Huskarls) who used the Dane axe at Hastings and not the Normans, so this is an inaccurate loadout for William, but either way, the axe wins. The quarterstaff is admittedly a faster and lighter weapon, and it has the potential to be lethal, but it would require multiple blows to the head to be effective. The Dane axe's much greater stopping power is an awesome force to be reckoned with, and it will help William and his men a lot more than the staff will help Robin and his men.

Edge: William the Conqueror

 Long Range: Longbow vs. Composite Crossbow:  Robin Hood and his men are much more skilled at archery and they're wielding a superior weapon with longer range and a faster rate of fire. For pretty obvious reasons they get the edge here.

Edge: Robin Hood

 Special Weapons: Hatchet vs. Long Seax:  Elgb is wrong. The long seax has more killing surface area than the hatchet does (since the only killing surface area the hatchet has is its comparatively smaller axe head), and despite the hatchet's longer reach, it can be bypassed a lot more easily than the seax as a result of its smaller blade. Couple this with William's superior armor and, again, he will have a comparatively easier time in close range than Robin will.

Edge: William the Conqueror

WINNER: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

For starters, William and his men are much better trained than Robin Hood and his men will be. They wear superior armor, which means that Robin and his men will have a much harder time trying to bypass their foe's defenses, and the only significant edge Robin has is at long range. In a village with plenty of cover it will be hard for them to exploit this advantage (and, in fact, it will make it easier for William and his men to reload their crossbows behind cover and contest Robin's ranged advantage). Robin Hood is a good guerrilla fighter, but against a superior strategist/tactician like William who is used to putting down rebels (for proof look no further than his brutal "harrying of the North") he's clearly outmatched. Once William closes the distance he'll put down the archer of Sherwood fast and hard.