User blog comment:El Alamein/Landsknecht vs. Samurai/@comment-5246633-20120730021827

My vote goes to Landsknecht. From what I can say they are much more modern than Samurais and as such carry more advanced weapons and armor.

Close Range: Even, I think they're both very skilled at swordfighting. The Landsknecht very highly-paid but the Samurai were sort of like(in my opinion) master swordsmen of Japan, so yeah they're both extremely strong.

Mid Range: Even, the pike is long so it will get the first strike but if it misses it could prove fatal. However if they could avoid it but the Samurai are very skilled and it would very hard to dodge or block it.

Long-Range: Landsknecht, there guns were modern and so had longer range and more powerful ammo, these guys could kill knights, the ultimate fighter of the Middle Ages, which were ultimately phased out due to the likes of pikemen like the Landsknecht.

Armor-Landsknecht, the Samurai's armor has proved it protection but the Landsknect's armor offers more mobility and on the whole it's firearms and stronger weapons would be enought to counter it.

Overall- Landsknecht , the Samurai were getting old and the Landsknect were using the latest innovations.