User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Hattori Hanzo vs Rashad ad-Din Sinan/@comment-4098900-20120824145002/@comment-4098900-20120824174322

Either way my vote will still go to Hanzo. Hanzo will be at a disadvantage with the Osutsu. The Bow is far superior. Like most Black Powder weapons, especially ones of his time, the Osutsu is highly inaccurate, worst of all you can only shoot one shot at a time then you have to reload. Unlike a Bow&Arrow it can take over 20 seconds to realod. 10 seconds is already to much against a Bow. A skilled archer can get off 5 shots in under 10 seconds. Sure if it hits the Osutsu will do more damage, but what's the difference when Rashad puts an arrow in his heart? Then again, he'll be wearing Samurai armor. Making the Bow petty useless, but the Osutsu will still be useless since Rashad can get in close and maybe even make a shot for the eyes with his Bow. Either way, when it gets close, Rashad will simply not be able to get around Hanzo's armor plain and simple. He just won't be able to get around the armor. And an unarmored Rashad will be at a big disadvantage. It's not like he's all big, bulky, and vulnerable either. Samurai armor didn't limit mobility the slightest bit. If he didn't have his armor I'd give it to Rashad though, for the simple fact of the huge advantage of the Bow Vs the Osutsu. But a Samurai never goes into a fight without his armor, Hanzo will be The Deadliest Warrior!