User blog comment:MilenHD/Dahomey Amazons vs Abyssinians/@comment-17814994-20160316045344

Elgb's "Waka Waka! Cause This is AFRICAAAAA! (Anybody still remember that song?)" EDGES!!!

Short: The panga is a devastating machete no doubt and its still being implemented as a standard-issue in today's African military. But the shotel is a short sword which is longer and more maneuverable. Both are limited to hacking and slashing, but the shotel has the longer and more curved blade, giving it more power as well as speed in every strike. EDGE: Abysinnian

Mid: I'd have to agree with battles. Typically, there are no standardized spear lengths, it all depends on the ethnicity and height of every warrior class. However, in terms of the size between each of these warriors, I gotta say, 7 feet may have some faults for an average African at that time. Yeah it's longer, but it's also less-maneuverable. The Assegai is carrying the more comfortable spear here. And while the Abysinnian spear is carrying the fatter balde, the Dahomey's spear point is straighter and longer. EDGE: Dahomey

Long: No contest the dahomey muskets win. Flintlock beats the matchlock and virtually everything, and the dahomey's musket has a more advanced hair trigger than the Abysinnian's trigger. EDGE: Dahomey

Special: I'm gonna go with the sickle. A club is a club and it will take more to kill a warrior. But a sickle can slash and chop off limbs and head when it hits. EDGE: Abyssinian

Deadliest Warrior?

Even though most of my edges fall to the Dahomeys, I'm actually giving this one to the Abysinnians. In terms of X-factors both train roughly the same, both have roughly the same resources and both raided and warred other Africans. The only difference is that when these two fought colonists and imperialists, it was the Abysinnians who won. The Amazons were great and all, but in the end due to poor strategy they get their asses kicked. The Abysinnians wage war, they knew how to fight someone more pwoerful than them (rather than going on suicide raids like the Dahomeys did), and eventually they won. Same thing will happen in this battle.