User blog comment:AztecJag/Aztec Jaguar Warrior vs Mapuche Warrior/@comment-17814994-20181227131546

Elgb’s “This is Mesoamerica... there are stone weapons in my AREA!” EDGES!!!

Short: Interesting comparison. The macuahitl definitely has the larger surface area and is generally more lethal. The mace lacks the range and mostly depends on blunt force trauma (which is good against the cotton armor), but it can be made out of tougher materials that can last longer than the two shot macuahitl. So the aztec has the edge early on but if he can’t kill the mapuche and the battle drag on the tide may turn in the favor of the latter.. EDGE: Even

Mid: The obsidian polearm would deal way more damage than a simple sharpened bamboo stick. While the Mapuche’s lance is a decent weapon on horseback, but they do not have any horses here. EDGE: Jaguar

Long: Normally, a composite bow offer way more tremendous power advantage than a self bow. But the mapuche composite bow looked a lot like a simple long bow than a composite one. In the end, Im going with everybody else in giving the aztecs the edge with their obsodian arrows. It matters only half if your bow has more power yet your arrows are inferior. Also, cotton armor stomps those puny arrows. EDGE: Jaguar

Special: Ah yes the sling hatred that this wiki have lol. In all seriousness a sling is mostly lethal if it hits the head. But against a fast moving armored Mapuche. Yeah no. The bolas are more useful here. EDGE: Mapuche

Armor: The cotton armor is the only actual protection here. It can block a lot of what the Mapuche can throw. Also, drugs are bad in battle. I studied BS Psychology and yeah, drugs are a no no. It reduces your cognitive skills and can phuck you up when the effects wear off. EDGE: Jaguar

Deadliest Warrior?

Initially I was going all the way for the Mapuche. Its simple logic: the Aztecs took on the Spaniards and failed, while the Mapuche survived the Spaniards and even the South American government that sprang from them. But a closer analysis revealed to me that the Aztecs actually did great in their fight with the Spaniards, especially during the Siege of Tenochtitlan where they used hit and run tactcis and even manage to push away the Spanish and their Allies multiple times, only to be defeated not by guns but by disease. The Mapuche did great too in resisting anyone that tried to conquer them (Ya’ll should read about the story of Galvino, the Mapuche commander who fought after the Spanish chopped off his hands and he strapped blades in his stumps). Unlike the Aztecs, the Mapuche adapted to the conquistadors by also using horses and guns.

So the final decision boiled down to weapons, and boy did the Aztecs beat the Mapuche here. The aztec jaguards just have the superior weapons here especially its deadly use of obsidian. If the Mapuche had guns and horses they would have won, but in a traditional Mesoamerican battle untouched by Western influences, the Aztec has the edge.