User blog:Thundrtri/Season 1 Episode 6: Samurai VS French Musketeer

The battle of the swordsmen
A Samurai, medieval Japan's masters of Bushido,

Or,

A French Musketeer, 17th century France's elite special forces who protected the nobility.

Who, is, Deadliest!?

The weapons table
Armor: The Samurai's armor is the traditional Iron, Pig skin and layers of lacker that create a full body suit and helmet.

Armor: The French Musketeer wears the steel wedge breast plate.

Weapons testing
In the testing, we tested 6 samurai weapons,
 * Tanegashima
 * Yumi
 * Yari
 * Tachi
 * Kanabo
 * Ceramic grenade

We also tested 6 Musketeer weapons,
 * Flintlock musket
 * Wheel lock pistol
 * French Pike
 * Rapier and Main Gauche
 * French Bayonet
 * French Grenade

Long range 

The Tanegashima umsket was compared to the Musketeer's primary weapon the flintlock musket. When compared against each other's armor, we saw that the Tanegashima could punch through the musketeer's breast plate. When we tested the flintlock musket on the Samurai's armor, it went through, but did not go deep enough to produce a kill.



Edge: Samurai

Medium range

The Yumi bow and arrow was tested against the wheel lock pistol. The wheel lock pistol failed to go through the samurai's armor. However, neither could the Yumi, but the Musketeer isn't armored everywhere.

With laser like precision, the Yumi can easily take out the unarmored parts of the Musketeer and deliver a kill. Not to mention the faster reload time.

Edge: samurai



Medium range

When comparing the medium ranged lance VS spear, we tested the samurai's Yari against the musketeer's pike. Both weapons are devastating. Neither can penetrate armor to create a kill.

Edge: Even

Close range

We compared to razor sharp blades for close ranged fighting, the samurai's Tachi and the musketeer's Rapier and Main Gauche combination.

The Tachi was unable to cut through the Musketeer's armor, neither was the rapier. But the Main gauche was able to puncture the face mask of the Samurai. While the Tachi can easily work around the armor. The Rapier and main gauche is a certainly devastating combo.

Edge: French Musketeer

Special

In special weapons, we compared the samurai's Kanabo to the musketeer's bayonet. The Bayonet can puncture the Samurai's armor if thrusted hard enough. But the Kanabo is a monstrous club that can easily kill with one hit. So which weapon gives their warrior the edge? The Bayonet is very good, but you need to have a lot of force behind it to penetrate the Samurai's armor. The Kanabo needs just one swing to get a kill.

Edge: Kanabo



Explosive

The Samurai's ceramic grenade was compared to the musketeer's French grenade. Both grenades are very early forms of explosives. But the French grenade brings shrapnel that the ceramic grenade doesn't. While the shrapnel doesn't completely penetrate all of the armor, it can still create pain and kill with the shock and shrapnel.

Edge: French Musketeer.

X factors
Samurai

determination: 87

skill: 88

speed: 82

physicallity: 84

strength:73

training: 90

experience: 85

French Musketeer

determination: 83

Skill: 87

speed: 84

physicallity: 84

strength: 75

experience: 85

Voting
Voting must be through the comments and explain why each warrior should win in a very detailed manner.

Where? a Japanese temple in a forest. A French villiage near a Japanese forest,

Voting ends when I say so.