User blog comment:Cfp3157/Season 3 Episode 7: Achilles vs. King Arthur/@comment-5795750-20130607105104

BG1's "Legen-wait for it-Dary" Edges:

Swords: Excalibur is longer, forged from more durable steel than the iron Trojan Sword and enchanted by Merlin's magic, making it very deadly.

EDGE: Arthur

Projectiles: The Longbow of English/Welsh origins is a very powerful killing tool against a knight so it should have no problem getting past Achilles armour. The javelin, while Achilles is packed with them, has a very short range of 22m compared to the longbows 350m but I bet it can get through Arthur's armour if there was enough force behind it - the one used for combat however, will be useless considering the chain mail is resistant to slashes and thrusts.

EDGE: Arthur (just)

Armour: Achilles armour and shield are unbreakable, enough said. Although I actually would like to take into account that as a knight, Arthur is more fully covered but I guess that evens out Achilles invulnerability (save his heel)

EDGE: Achilles

X-Factors:

Skill: As far as I can work out, Arthur is more skilled with Excalibur than his longbow whereas Achilles is both proficient with his Trojan sword and his javelin.

EDGE: Achilles

Experience: Achilles is nothing more than a Greek general whose only claim to fame was the Trojan War in which he was killed at. King Arthur, however, rose from the bottom to become King and along with his Knights and Merlin fought some powerful, devious and cunning adversaries (e.g. Morgana, Arthur's own sister witch).

EDGE: Arthur

Leadership: Both men are excellent leaders and can boost their troops morale with ease, but if I remember right "Whoever shall pull this sword from this stone shall be the rightful King" and since Arthur was the one to pull that sword, he has become known to his fellows as the rightful King of the Briton. Plus, after looking at the clip from the movie King Arthur, we see him using the environment to his advantage. When looking at Achilles, he orders his troops to hide behind their shields as they advance upon the enemy. However, I think Arthur should be able to lead his troops round this defensive manoeuvre since a) the longbow should be able to pierce the shields deepe enough to kill the man behind it and b) most of Arthur's men will be on horseback so they can just flank the troops from either side and I have not seen Achilles ever change his tactics in case something in his plans goes wrong.

EDGE: Arthur

Overall Winner: Ho, this is by far a tricky battle. You have on one end an honorable and chivalrous knight who wields technologically and metallurgically advanced weaponry to Achilles plus a magical sword who can grant him magical armour (as Leolab points out) and surprisingly enough can blind enemies. On the other, you have a man who is almost invulnerable with armour to match and who possesses greater skill with his weapons. I guess Arthur will have come across very durable enemies (I read that he once faced a number of giants in Wales) but none like Achilles. It may take a while for him to guess that Achilles weak spot is the heel, but that shouldn't stop Arthur from fighting. In the end, I will have to give this to the legendary King Arthur since he is a man with a magical sword and a fist of iron that will keep fighting to the bitter end trying to find Achilles weak spot.

PS If Arthur wins, then make the ending of this similar to the ending of Troy or at least Achilles death in the Iliad (achilles gets shot in the ankle with an arrow).