User blog comment:Cfp3157/Connor vs. Captain Jack Sparrow/@comment-5232784-20150909224901

Fifteen men and a bottle o' gunpowder!

1. Melee

Sparrow has a 2-1 disadvantage in melee weaponry. Though the Cutlass will prove superior to the hidden blade or tomahawk, when used together, the cutlass wielding sparrow will have a tough fight, though even with this the cutlass, due to larger size and range, might still prove more formidable. The tomahawk can be thrown, however, giving Connor greater range, but if the tomahawk misses (or is blocked by the huge cutlass), his hidden blade wont domuch against a cutlass. He'll have to hit sparrow from behind with it, for otherwise it will prove too small.

Its a narrow margin, but I go with the cutlass.

EDGE: JACK SPARROW!

2. Mid range

The double barrelled flintock pistol will have twice the punch of the one barrelled flintock, but it is outnumbered 3 to 1, meaning Sparrow can fire three times to Connor's one. Though Connor has more brute force, Ammo superiority trumps it.

EDGE: JACK SPARROW!

3. Long range

Though the musket is longer range and more technologically advanced, it has only 1 round and takes a while to reload. Connor can fire several arrows before Sparrow can fire again. Plus, muskets were notorious for not being accurate, while bows and arrows needed to be accurate in order to hunt game, i.e. survive.

No contest here, matey!

EDGE: CONNOR!

4. Special

This is a curbstomp: the Blunderbuss has far better range and more awesome killing power, capable of killing more quickly than the rope dart.

EDGE: JACK SPARROW!

5. X Factor

Intelligence and experience goes to Sparrow, while strength and agility goes to Connor. Sparrow's luck is interesting, though not always adequate, considering that he got eaten by the Kraken (yet he was lucky enough to return from the dead). However, the eagle sense...that gives Connor devistating intel, something that Sparrow wont see coming. No matter what he plans or how well an ambush he's laid, Connor will be able to sniff it out. Sparrow's really going to have to rely on superior intellect and luck to pull him through, but he's never faced anyone who had such clairvoyance like Connor.

Still, Connor is not the best thinker, always for rash action over strategy, and this hampers the effectiveness of his eagle sense considerably.

This is close, but I give it to...

EDGE: Jack Sparrow

Jack Sparrow's weapons edges are 3 to 1 in his favor, and he has a sleight x factor superiority. This fight will be close, the loss of life severe, but I think that Sparrow will squeak by a victory...though whether he surives such a victory remains to be seen...

JACK SPARROW SWASHBUCKLES THE SCURVY CONNOR!!!!!!