User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Season 6 Battle 8 Musketeer vs Ninja/@comment-379205-20131009023345

119's "Deadly Silence" Edges:


 * Daggers: The tanto takes a slight edge, as it more effective when used as a single weapon, as opposed to the main gauche's use primarily as an off-hand weapon. Edge: Ninja


 * Swords: While the rapier is longer, it is also very light and ill-suited for slashing. The ninjato is heaver, and can be used both to slash and thrust. Edge: Ninja


 * Firearms 1: The Osutsu can fire pretty much anything that fits in the barrel, has a larger bore, and, while it's matchlock system is older, it doesn't require the lengthy winding of a wheelock, extending an already slow reload. Edge: Ninja


 * Firearms 2: The flintlock has the more reliable ignition system, however, flintlocks typically lacked either a front or rear sight, while the tanegashima had both sights, meaning greater accuracy. Even.


 * Throwing: While the black egg could temporarily, or even permanantly blind a target if shredded glass gets into the eye, the grenade can actually kill, and quite effectively against an unarmored target like the ninja. Edge: Musketeer.


 * X-Factors: The Ninja take the important edges of stealth and training, as well as only slightly losing out on accuracy. This gives the ninja enough of an advantage to overcome the musketeers' armor, especially since the ninja had faced armored enemies before.


 * Overall Winner: The Ninja wins this match easily, both due to the versatility of the ninjato and tanto, and the sheer close range firepower of the osutsu, but also for their greater training and stealth, which allowed them to combat better armored enemies.