User blog comment:Leolab/Ancient User Tourney, Round 6: Jacob Bauer (BG) v Ganzorig (Wass)/@comment-422690-20160623205544

So...

Initial: Mongol Composite Bow wins. Reasons for this are pretty simple; this is an actual zweihänder. not one of the huge ones seen in Berserk or SoulCaliber. Bauer can't block arrows with it, and in order to dodge he'll need to swerve a couple instants before Ganzorig releases. Since this is Ganzorig's starting weapon, it'll be strung and ready once the fight starts and, as I mentioned in Ganzorig v Tiberius, his horseback training can be applied on the ground to stay mobile.

Short Range: Scimitar wins. It's not going to get through Ganzorig's armor, but it will hit the unprotected limbs for quite a bit of bleeding trauma. The warhammer is an excellent weapon, useful for breaking bones and crushing armor. What this needs, however, is weight. The warhammer Bauer uses is significantly lighter; enough so that it's wieldable with one hand. This decreases the force it can bring to bear, which lowers its killing or disabling potential. All in all, the scimitar's better designed.

(As an aside, people creating custom or modded weapons in future tournies really ought to think a bit about how it affects the weapon's performance. While some things are not immediately obvious, please use some sense. Things were made the way they were for reasons.)

Mid: Zweihänder wins. The Guan Dao is a pretty sweet glaive, but the zweihänder is made to counter that. The sword was built to lop the heads off of pikes; not a big stretch to do so to a Guan Dao. This comparison is pretty simple; hard counter > not.

Long: Mongol Recurve Bow wins. As has been stated time and again, crossbows are awful for this scenario. Bauer isn't going to be able to load, aim, and fire in the space of time it takes Gaius Ganzorig to close in and chop his face off with Salt simply draw and fire his bow.

Special: Mace wins. The Katzbalger is not going to be of any use in this match. From its poorly-designed guard to its difficulty getting past Ganzorig's armor to Bauer's lack of practice with it, it's just not going to have the mileage. That mace is 5 lbs of iron; it will crush armor, crack ribs, and break bone. It's a far more useful weapon here, and is very far from being "slow."

Overall: Ganzorig takes this one pretty handily. Bauer a) has a crossbow, b) starts at a major range disadvantage, and c) is at least twice Ganzorig's age. He's not going to last too long in this match for very obvious reasons.