User blog comment:MilenHD/Streltsy vs Tercio/@comment-17814994-20170522144709

Elgb's "Europe's Rangers" EDGES!!!

Short: A cruved sword like a sablia is devastating at most when used on horseback. Its curved blade is specialized mostly on slashing attacks so its thrust is limited and more difficult to pull off. The toldeo rapier maybe a rapier and rapier tends to get a bad rep as a civilian weapon, but unlike normal rapiers the toledo isa  miltary rapier. It has an excellent length for thrusting and an excellent width for slashing. Its got a longer blade than the sablia so the Tercio can put the Streltsy at bay. EDGE: Tercio

Mid: The bardiche is heavier and more cumbersome to weild as a melee weapon than the partisan. But it can be used as a shooting platform for the strelsty to snipe the tercio from afar. The partisan is a pike, and like any other pike it is only useful when you have numbers on your side. While the Tercio were known for their pike formations, these tactics are only effective when you have numbers on your side. If used individually the pike is heavy, uses two hands, and needs to get close. A tercio needs to discard his firearm to use a long pike while a Strelsty can easily switch between his axe and musket when he needs to. EDGE: Streltsy

Long: Pischal easy. Faster to relaod and has a front sight for increased accuracy. The streltsy also has the bardiche as a shooting platform for further accuracy. EDGE: Streltsy

Deadliest Warrior?

I have to give this to the Streltsy for their more practical and more advanced weaponry. Their bardiche and pischal combination gives them more flexibility in a fight, and their pishchal itself is more accurate and easier to reload. A tercio charging with a pike will be decimated with a superb shot from a Streltsy.

But what gives the Streltsy the win here is that they are both comfortable in large and small scale battles. The Tercios are known for their pike formations, which means that they are specialized mostly in formation-based battles. A pike formation consisting of at least 5 men will be usefless in a squad on squad battle. The streltsy who were known for their lightning fast raids will decimate the slow and heavy Tercio.