User blog comment:Thornclaw Braveheart/Cyrus the Great vs. Pyrrhos of Epeiros/@comment-422690-20130213030102

Close range: I'm giving this to the Kopis. That forward curve on the blade lets it go around shields, which will f--k Cyrus' men up. Edge: Pyrrhos.

Mid Range: Dory wins. This is lawn dart vs higher precision stabbing weapon. I'm going with the Dory, since the effective, accurate single-target range of the Javelin is inside the range of the Dory. Edge: Pyrrhos.

Long Range: Persian bow wins. Bow v sling... where have we seen this before? Perhaps on television? on the Deadliest Warrior show, where a sling is a death sentence for a warrior? Edge: Cyrus.

Special: Xyston wins. Range, plus if it gets broken by the Sagaris (unlikely), there's a nice little counterweight.

Overall, this is a really close match. I think Pyrrhos wins due to his superior weapons and armor selection, though after losing all his men - can't have the man without his namesake victory, right?