User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 27 of 63: Leolab (Lloyd) v Swg66 (Cadwalader)/@comment-4661256-20130830224112

El Alamein's "Catapaults, Diseases, and Battering Rams" Edges:

Attacker:
 Overrun:  This is going to be one heck of a challenge to assault a castle defended by Cadwalader, but if one person could do it, it'd be Lloyd Kumar. The cannons will be very effective in a frontal assault, but Cadwalader can utilize his cannons to fire back. I don't think a tower shield is a great choice for an artilleryman - it's big and bulky and takes up the space he needs to operate around the big gun. However, Lloyd has the advantage of firing his cannons on an open field, with plenty of room, so I can see the tower shields being used as stationary defense points to duck behind for shelter from arrows. Up on the castle walls, the tower shield will be much more of an obstacle - a liability, rather than an asset. Cadwalader's archers will also be able to provide a nice screen of arrows, but their effectiveness will be rather limited by the tower shields on the ground.

The Heavy Infantry - described by Swg himself as "hard to move" won't be much help in an active defensive role. They'll only be of much use once the walls are breached, and at that point the contest can only be decided in savage melee. Until then, the infantry will only be a drain on resources. Pikemen also won't be very useful in a last-resort defense, mostly because they're meant to be counter-cavalry and Lloyd is fielding an army completely based on foot soldiers. That mass of infantry and archers will be useful to swarm the walls and gates, especially once the cannons have punched through the wall.

In short, I believe that Lloyd will be hard-pressed but may overwhelm Cadwalader. It's much easier to fight a battle on the offense than it is on the defense, and that was one of the small differences that tipped the scales in favor of Lloyd if he chooses to go for an all-out assault. His tower shields will protect against Cadwalader's arrows - flaming or not - while Cadwalader's tower shields will only bunch up troops on the walkways and battlements of the castle to make for a more concentrated target to the enemy.

Edge: Lloyd Kumar