User blog comment:Appelmonkey/Link vs. Kratos/@comment-422690-20161116220258

So...

Main: Blades of Chaos wins. I'd usually give it to the offense-defense combo, but lest we forget, the Blades of Chaos are used more akin to a flail. The big thing about chains and flexible weaponry is that they're able to move around shields, parries, and the like. Further, Kratos has shown the ability to straight-up break magic shields. On top of all that, the Blades of Chaos have a massive range advantage. Kratos gets a fairly easy edge here.

Heavy Weapon: Blade of Artemis wins. Link is pitifully slow with that hammer; someone with his level of agility (Dark Link) can avoid a swing with ease. Kratos, who shows a level of agility far above Link's, will simply laugh in the face of the puny hammer. Kratos is a little slower with the Blade of Artemis than with the Blades of Chaos, yes. But not by much; he can basically dance in and out of the Megaton Hammer's range, flipping over the shockwave and slicing Link in half about a dozen ways in the time it takes him to make a swing.

TBC