User blog comment:ILoveBattles/ILoveBattles - Season 1 - William the Conquerer vs Richard the Lionheart/@comment-3189283-20160219122238

Let's see shall we

Close Range 

The longsword is clearly the longer of the two but more than that it's also desgined to be effective against much tougher armour and is more versatile with it's ability to be used either one or two handed to alternate between powerful and quick strikes.

Edge: Richard the Lionheart 

Mid Range 

The Pike is practically useless in small skirmishes such as these due to it's length, weight and one form of attack, namely jabbing forward all of which combines to make it easy to avoid or get past. The Billhook is much easier to manoeuvre about and the wider surface area on it's head makes it easier to land that killing blow.

Edge: Richard the Lionheart 

Long Range 

There's no doubting that the Crossbow is the easier weapon to use and it has a much greater range than the Longbow but it still has the problem of taking ages to reload. The Longbow may not have the range but Richard would have been a highly trained archer (as King's were expected to be able to use all weapons in battle) which removes the accuracy advantage and as it's going up against weaker armour it also removes the penetration power edge. Still the Crossbow does have almost double the range so I'm going to call it even.

Edge: Even 

Special 

William brings yet another useless weapon here with the Seax. It's reach is much, much to short to be much use and even if William is foolish enough to use it instead of his sword I don't think it will even penetrate plate armour. The War Axe may not be particulary quick to swing but it has a further reach and more power.

Edge: Richard the Lionheart

Final Verdict 

This will be no problem for Richard. By the time Richard had come into power weaponry and more importantly armour had improved greatly from the time of his descendants and it really shows here. His armour should be able to soak up nearly everything William can throw at him whereas his own weaponry will make short work of William's chainmail. Richard is also the more experianced and highly trained of the two, having fought in more battles and having a higher calibre of training due to improvements in training techniques. Simply put, he outclasses his great great great great uncle in every aspect.

Richard the Lionheart: 4,500

William the Conquerer 500