Talk:Apache Warrior/@comment-97641-20180321194307

Apache is a bit unique for being a stonage warrior introduced to steel, allowing him to upgrade the material of his weapons while maintaining the same fighting style. I will be mostly ignoring this, and I will not consider firearms that Apache historically used, since that wasn’t what DW was examining. Plains tribes, especially stonage ones with relatively small populations and surrounded by enemies, have struggled to develop into civilizations due to this lack of resources. Constant tribal warfare is both a blessing and a curse in terms of creating a warrior; Apaches had to find out what worked best and how to perfect that form of warfare, but were stuck in this relatively primitive era of combat. They still make the most of it. To compensate for the lack of armor, they specialize in agility. To compensate for the inability to make large weapons, they made them flexible. The Apache has 3 different projectiles; tomahawk, knives and bow. This allows the Apache to be aggressive, which complements his light weight gear and speed. The Apache might as well be a Ninja from another continent and era.

Weaknesses
The biggest issue about being lightweight is that the Apache will struggle against a tanky armored warrior and the Apache has no defensive tools, other than a small hide shield. The Apache is aggressive enough to engage in close combat, as seen with his Fatality against the Gladiator, but he was only able to do that after crippling the Gladiator by exploiting his (relatively) unarmored body. Apaches did not fight armor or heavy shields, so this wasn’t an issue for them historically: but can be in Deadliest Warrior. This was especially the case with the War Club; the Apache’s lightweight weapons are quite frail.