User blog comment:GSFB/Rephaim Giants vs Sumerian Wild Ass Chariots/@comment-5232784-20130104022540

Now for my vote:

we have been through the strengths and weaknesses of the two types o combatants here, so I won't go through the weapons as much as others. However, I will go on tactics:

Sumerian chariots would have been used in the same way as other chariots in history: mobile shock weapons. One of the most common tactics, if not the most common, is to have a large number of chariots to converge and attack a area of the enemy, usually right in the middle. This would be followed by the infantry, standing behind the chariots, to enter and cause chaos for the busted up enemy troops. Then you would have your remaining chariots turn and hit the enemy troops from both sides: this lead to good victories.

The Rephaims would most likely try to make their defence by standing and holding their ground, their spears facing the oncoming Donkey chariots, with perhaps someone or several letting loose their javelins. When the chariots and rephaim collide...well, packed and well disciplined infantry have had good success against cavalry (including Knights) and even war elephants, but they had to have good weapons (sarissas, pikes, so on) and very, very, VERY good discipline. It was intimidating, shocking to think that you would have to stand your ground against oncharging chariots, but if you were a lot bigger than normal, perhaps not so much.

However, the Giants would be nowhere near as fast as the chariots, and the charioteers, after a failed charge, would possibly try and pick them off from a distance, using their speed and composite bow advantage. It would take many arrows to fell a giant rephaim, but they would have enough to spoil their day. And, we must remember that one of the men in each chariot that charged into the Rephaim giants might be firing their arrows while the other directs the Onagers, thus imperiling the Rephaim phalanx tactic.

And also lets not forget the psychological factor: while chariots were feared in the ancient world, nothing says I need a new clean pair of shorts like seeing 7-9 foot monster men facing you, ready to grind your bones to make their bread. Plus, these chariots were not as lethal as the small horse drawn chariots of the Canaanites, which were more feared than the giants themselves. The Sumerian chariots were cumbersome, drawn by onagers (slower than the horse) and had solid wheels instead of spoked ones; their comparable acts and performance will be less effective.

Considering the psych impact of the giants, that both sides have armor and shields (this is a given, no need to mention this at the beginning), I give this to the Mighty giant Rephaim.

REPHAIM RULES