User blog comment:Lachlan Blake/Pirate vs Apache./@comment-2016768-20110721221130

THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR'S DEADLIEST EDGES:

Cutlass vs. Tomahawk: The Cutlass is long and punishing but the Apache can throw his tomahawk and use it with lightning-quick precision up close.

EDGE: APACHE

Flintlock Pistols vs. Knives: The knives are good to throw and to stab with but they're just another close range weapon. The pistols have true range as well as accuracy. The man who claims flintlock pistols are innacurate clearly knows not what he says. These pirates are trained seamen who know how to make each shot count, and with greater stopping power, intimidation factor, and range, a gun will always beat a knife. Plus, the butt of the pistols make one nasty club.

EDGE: PIRATE

Musket vs. Bow & Arrows: Once again, the superiority of gunpowder over bows will prevail. The bow can be shot with greater rapidity but the musket allows greater range and stopping power. The bow is accurate, yes, but cannot stand up to the range of the musket. And in a battle of ranged weapons, distance matters.

EDGE: PIRATE

Blunderbuss vs. War Club: Really? Truly? This by far is the most pathetic of weapons matchups. The war club is extremely short-ranged, to the point where it can't be thrown and can't be used efficiently. The blunderbuss has armor-piercing capabilities and the Apache warriors have NO armor. An early shotgun can tear through several Apache at once. OBVIOUSLY a shotgun beats a pathetic club.

EDGE: PIRATE

Overall Winner: Pirate

The Apache team may boast accuracy and stealth with non-gunpowder weapons, but it simply isn't enough to overcome such modern technology. These pirates are as accurate and trained with their guns as the Apache are with their bows and knives, and with the pirates being able to get off the first shots with flesh-rippers like the musket, pistol, and blunderbuss, the Apache will hit the ground dead before they even knew what happened. I only did Pirate vs. Ninja to settle an Internet meme. Pirate vs. Apache is unfair, ridiculous, and unnecessary.