User blog comment:Leolab/Ancient User Tourney, Round 5: William Vigiles (Alock) v Sir Bors (Elgb)/@comment-28741452-20160616004454

The men: William Vigiles vs Sir Bors of Newcastle A person must consider the men behind the weapons in order to get a good grip on what makes those weapons dangerous in that individuals hands. William Vigiles is a city guard. His day to day job would be handling criminals of all sorts. This and William's urge not to kill puts him at a disadvantage. However, William has proven himself a capable fighter when he is force to. He manage to kill ten men by himself in most likely a series of 4 on 1, 3 on 1, 2 on 1, and 1 on 1 fights. This shows he has the skills to take on a knight if necessary. He is also going to be use to people hitting his armor. This is a postive and a negative. William is more able to take the blows, and retalitating back. However, most of the time the people he face cannot hope to do damage to the armor. A skilled knight like Sir Bors will absolute run rings around William Vigiles. Sir Bors has many years of fighting people under his belt. Sir Bors would also know where and how to get through someone armor. Sir Bors also will be going in for the killing blow everytime, while William will be relucant to kill someone. The edge has to go to the knight mercenary.

Edge: Sir Bors of Newcastle

Initial Weapons (and Short Range)- Truncheon vs. Longsword & Targe: Let's consider the pros and cons of both weapon sets. The truncheon is the lighter choose between the two weapons, it a blunt force object (which goes through armor more easily). However all of this is negated by the longsword & targe. While true the longsword & targe are heavier, they are two weapons vs one and they have reach over the two foot truncheon. The targe could just block the truncheon and the longsword attack, or vise verse. Sir Bors has two weapons that can do damage or defend, while William Vigiles is force to be on the offense to do any damage.

Edge: Sir Bors of Newcastle

Mid Range- Longsword vs. Halberd: This is not a fair match so far and mid range does not help poor Williams. The longsword here would be better close compare to the other longsword & targe. The halberd has about .6 meters on the longsword. Also, to be serious, the halberd pick was meant to tear through armor. It also has a pike and a axe for a stab or a hack repectively. Also if Sir Bors somehow has the head of the halberd cut off he still has a spear on the butt of the weapon, turning it into a spear. So the edge goes to the weapon that keep the distance from William and is frankly ridiculously versatile.

Edge: Sir Bors of Newcastle

Long Range- Crossbow vs. Composite Crossbow: There little point in disscussing the advanage here. Both are crossbows. Both are going to take a while to reload. Both have armor piercing arrows. If they hit they can kill the target. I going to give the advanage to Sir Bors only because he use the weapons more often and is trained with weapon to become a marksman.

Edge: Sir Bors of Newcastle

Special Weapons- Dagger vs. Mantraps: Here where William gets an edge up in this fight. The dagger is going to be at least a little bit useful in this fight. A dagger is basically is a very short sword and can get between weak points in armor. But the reason the dagger wins here is because the mantraps are useless in this fight. Mantraps would be a wild factor expect that you have to SET THEM UP. Frankly William Vigiles would have to be blind not to see them set up.

Edge: William Vigiles

Armor: William "the tank" Vigiles armor or Sir Bors of Newcastle? Well it come down to three factors for me, protection, mobility, enemy ablitiy to get through armor. Let's go through the list. William's armor is definitely protects the man much more. William's armor is composed of three different layers of armor and will need to be chipped away at. Meanwhile Sir Bors' armor has one layer of good quality steel protecting him. However William's armor will slow him down weighting 120 POUNDS. Sir Bors' armor will restrict his field of view. But what kills William's armor is that Sir Bors has an armor ripper in the halberd and the reach and speed to be out of Williams reach.

Edge: Sir Bors of Newcastle

Overall verdict: Due to a over commitment on being a well protected city guard and focusing on non-lethel main weapon William Vigiles is outclass. I mean at all most in every category he is baddly beaten except for one and that because to other side has an USELESS weapon. Sir Bors has range, speed, training, and weapons over poor William.

Winner: Sir Bors of Newcastle burns William Vigiles