User blog comment:Oshbosh/Season 2 Battle 1: Buck vs Wicket/@comment-5232784-20130205004114

Okay here we go

1. Short range

Buck's tooth is an amazing weapon, one he wields very well. However, the stone axe his bigger, has longer reach, and is more deadly by far

EDGE: Wicket

2. Mid range

Buck's whip is surprizingly long, seemingly far longer than he is tall. Stil, the stone spear will be longer and can both stab and be used as a clubbing weapons (the hard wooden end of the spear shaft). I go with Wicket

EDGE: Wicket

3. Long range:

The Smoke pellets are pretty effective in causing your enemy to cough and grow less alert of their surroundings, but the slingshot shoots farther, faster, and kills small game, if not large humans, with its rock projectiles

EDGE: Wickett

4. Special

The Ewok Catapult could fell a large Theropod dinosaur like Rudy the Baryonyx, but it has to be in the right position to do this, and Wickett is fighting Buck alone. It will also take longer to load and fire the weapon with one Ewok than with several, the latter ideal. The Catapult cannot move as fast or as effectively as Rudy the Baryonyx can. Rudy could move out of range of the Catapult at Buck's suggestion and reach Wicket long before the Ewok can arm and fire his Cataplt on his own.

Edge: Buck

5. X-Factors

Wicket has a major advantage over Buck in terms of size and strength, but this of course is remedied by Rudy. Buck however has phenomenal speed on his side, and given this battle is on Buck's home turf, he has the advantage of knowing the surroundings well. Its been said that one man defending his home is more dangerous than 10 invaders. Buck will be able to pull off a victory despite his mental issues (Wicket has the advantage in mental health, as he is in 100% mental wellness).

Also, though Wicket is intelligent, he being a young Ewok no doubt didn't have a hand in the excellent battle strategy that the Ewoks devised to defeat the Empire on the Moon of Endor: indeed, he tried to use bolas against imperial troops and ended up smacking himself in the face. Sometimes, Wicket can be a goof. Buck, on the other hand, is more cerebral.

EDGE: Buck

Winner: Buck

Buck's speed, intelligence, knowledge of the local terrain, and his dinosaur Rudy, will enable him to overcome the wary Wicket.

BUCK SEIZES THE DAY WITH VICTORY, BY THE SKIN OF HIS DINO-TOOTH