User blog comment:Affectos/Hugh de Paynes vs. Oda Nobunaga/@comment-379205-20120726235228


 * Swords: Not to sound like a mindless katana fanboy, but the katana can be used for thrusting, in fact, I have seen film of a katana penetrating deeper into plate armor than a European broadsword Edge: Oda
 * Spears: The Yari is longer than the fauchard and is can both slash and stab. Not to mention that fact that its devastating in combination with the Tanegashima. Edge: Oda
 * Ranged Weapons: The Tanegashima is a firearm. The crossbow is not a firearm. Even if it misses Hugh, the Tanegashima's report could spook Hugh's horse, who, living before gunpowder, would have never heard a gun before, and might panic and buck him off. Edge: Oda
 * Special Weapons: The Horseman's pick has a sharp, armor piercing end, vs the Tessen being an improvised blunt weapon at best, with fighting as a secondary purpose to signalling. Edge: Hugh.
 * Tactics and X-Factors: Oda takes this with three out of four of the X-factors. Not to mention Oda's preferred tactics of using the yari in combination with the Tanegashima crushed the elite Takeda cavalry at Naganashino, and Hugh is using similar tactics- cavalry charges.
 * Overall Winner: Oda Nobunaga