User blog comment:Wassboss/Deadliest Warrior Rematch: Comanche vs Mongol/@comment-379205-20181105012525

119's "Revenge of the Khan" Edges

Knives: The Mongolian knife is longer and appears to be more intended for combat than the "scalping" knife, which could really be more accurately called a hunting or survival knife not primarily designed for combat, but for use as a tool. Add to that the better steel of the Mongol knife, and the Mongols take the edge. Edge: Mongol

Mid-range: The War Lance is longer, but it simply a sharp piece of iron on a stick as stated previously. The metal it is made from is probably not the best quality, while the sabre is a well-made blade designed for combat on horseback, that influenced the design of swords for centuries to come. Edge: Mongol

Bows and Arrows: While much of the efficacy of a bow lies within the archer, one must take note of the superior composite design of the Mongol bow that allows for greater flexibility, letting it store more energy to be released upon loosing the arrow. This means the arrow goes farther and hits harder. The Mongols also used arrowheads forged for that purpose, unlike the Comanche who, when they used metal arrowheads, often simply chopped up things like barrel hoops to make pointy bits of metal, meaning the Mongol bow will have superior armor penetration (not that they really need it in this fight). Edge: Mongol

Melee: The War Hawk is sharper, but the mace is probably made of better quality metal and is certainly heavier. It is debatable whether the war hawk would go through even leather lammellar, but there is no debate the mace will crush a human skull. Edge: Mongol

Armor: The Comanche only has a light shield. At least some of the Mongols would have iron lammellar armor, and even the less well-off would warriors probably have silk armor and padding, if not leather lammellar. Leather armor is described as the weaker option, and while that is true, cutting through it is by no means easy- if it was, people wouldn't wear it. Even the silk armor worn by the Mongols was by no means weak- it was made up numerous layers to cushion impacts and reduce the chance an arrow or blade would get all the way through- in principle, not that different in design from a modern Kevlar vest. There are records of even just the layered silk "catching" an arrow before it penetrated all the layers. Edge: Mongol

Horse: The Mongol horse was lighter, and possibly more agile, however, the horses used by the Comanche were larger, probably stronger, and faster. Edge: Comanche

X-Factors: Both sides were skilled horsemen and archers, and both sides fought their fair share of dangerous enemies, with the Mongols taking everything from Chinese troops armed with early gunpowder weapons to heavily armored Teutonic Knights, while the Comanche took on the fierce Apache tribe and white settlers and US troops armed with rifles and revolvers. The Mongols, however were a more organized military unit, but the Comanche may have had more experience in this type of combat. As for Physicality, the larger average size of a Comanche will help in a close in fight as well as archery, but while they were smaller, a Mongol archer was still very physically fit, as archers were to have the strength to draw a high draw-weight war bow. Overall, I call the X-Factors about Even.

Overall Winner: The victory in this battle goes the Mongols. It will be a close fight, and some of the Comanche may escape the battle on their faster horses, but in the end, the Mongols will win the battle. This is mostly because of the their superior steel weapons such as the sabre and their purpose-made arrowhead fired from a powerful composite bow, as well as their armor, which will greatly increase their survivability.