User blog comment:Urbancommando77/Berserker VS Spartan/@comment-5931345-20130705104007

Bull's "This Is Sparta!!!! Oh Shit I Mean Scandinavia" edges.

Close: Its easy to see this one. The broadsword has the longer reach, and in the hands of the berserker it would deal the biggest kill of all so it gets the edge. The xiphos is short and wont kill a berserker that easily, but remember a xiphos is strong enough to cut off limbs, beheading a berserker without armor is easy and instant death. Edge: Berserker

Mid: The axe may give the biggest grand slam damage of all, especially to a hands of a berserker it might hurt the spartan even if it hits he armored area.But the spear offers slash and stab with precision. It also has a longer reach, and is faster to incorporate damage. Edge: Spartan

Long: Sorry U but i have to disagree with you on this one. Both are not the same. The Spear can be thrown with a higher velocity, and in the hands of a berserker it'll offer thrice the damage. But off course the Sparta is wearing armor so it wont get through. The Javelin is shorter, so it can be thrown farther and more accurate. A barrage of javelin can wipe a squad. But its 2 inch blade wont kill the berserker. Both weapons can't really kill without using it wisely. Edge: Even

Special: Shield is superior to the dagger. That thing, few in a phalanx formation, can hold off 10, 000 light infantry men, and can still withstand another 10,000 immortal, with very very small loss. If the spartan shield can hold that it would definately hold off a few berserkers in adrenaline. Edge: Spartan

Xfactors: Allthough the Spartan has the higher rate of xfactors, the berserkers is superhuman. Though the Spartan training, warrior code and tactics, and they're team work might give the bererker's a hard time. But still being superhuman has ts advantages. But note that Spartans are genreally smarter because their brains around clouded by drugs or such. Edge: Berserker

Winner: The Spartan would win but just barely. Common sense would say that the viking was defeated by samurai, who was defeated by spartans, so Spartan>Viking. But off course Berserker isn't your normal viking, they're superhuman vikings. But the real reason I give the spartan the win is becasue of their overall smarter tactics and calm combat. Drugs may make the Berserkers powerful, but they sacrifice their thinking ability. There is a reason why many armies in the world dont allow their soldiers to be reckless because it makes them prone to disobediance and suicidal. And suicidal recklessness is a very shameful characteristic if you're a warrior. The phalanx may be enough to hold off the berserkers easily, as it has proven time and time again to hold off much more of that. And even though the spartan's weapons won't kill a berserker easily, beheading it with a sword, or a hunded stabs to an unarmored body would give the Spartan the win.