User blog:BattleGames1/Deadliest Warrior Battle 4 (redux) - Landsknecht vs Streltsy

The Landsknecht, German mercenaries that changed the tide of medieval European warfare and ushered in a new age of gunpowder...

vs

The Streltsy, Russia's 'marksman troops' that gave the Russian fighting militia a very large advantage in warfare...

'Who... is... DEADLIEST?...'



Weapons
The Landsknecht nobly bring to the battlefield...

Personal Edges
Short Range: The Katzbalger is significantly longer than the sabre, but the sabre is designed for aerodynamic capability.

EDGE: Even

Medium Range: The pike, as mentioned in an earlier battle, is an anti-cavalry weapon but I guess it could work as an anti-infantry tool but not as effectively. The spontoon, I have to say, is an improvement of the pike especially with the extra prongs/spikes on the end of it

EDGE: Spontoon

Long Range: This one is a no-brainer as it has been covered in DW already: the pischal can be reloaded faster, has greater accuracy and it can used jointly with the bardiche making it two weapons in one

EDGE: Pischal

Special: I have to admit that while the bardiche has a long reach and a large blade, the zweihander has a higher killing potential and it can be made versatile (since all of the energy in the zweihander is spread all around the sword and the user's hands; the bardiche has all the weight on the blade, thus requiring more energy for the user to swing it and get a kill)

EDGE: Zweihander

Battle
Landsknecht:

Streltsy:

TBA

Battle Notes
The setting for this battle is going to be in the European countryside similar to the setting of Hernan Cortes vs Ivan the Terrible, except it will also be near an abandoned village (where the battle may spill into perhaps).

Voting will be done through commenting as always and you will have until Monday next week to get them in. As usual, the battle and next battle will go up on Tuesday and the details of the next battle will be revealed on Friday