User blog comment:GSFB/Centaur vs Knight/@comment-5795750-20130601114314

BG1's "Mounting a Horse ain't Hard" Edges:

Short Range: Well the Anelance Dagger is great for up-close stabbing action but as a projectile, it isn't that much accurate; the boulder on the other hand has a double-edge to it: the boulder is bigger and thus can knock a knight off his horse or crush him but it can also be thrown so as to position it like a difficult obstacle that might scare the horse or cause confusion.

EDGE: Centaur

Medium Range: No contest here - steel weapon > wood weapon

EDGE: Knight

Long: Sure the Centaur can keep pelting the knight with rocks but at the end of the day, the Knight, though dazed, will certainly not be out leaving him to kill the Centaur with the lance, even if the lance is a one-use weapon

EDGE: Knight

Special: A crossbow is useless on horseback but good on foot - however it also has a horrid reload time compared to the composite bow. What evens things out here however is that history tells us that the longbow is capable of piercing knightly armour so that tells us that composite bows had trouble getting past it

EDGE: Even

Special 2: *copies GSFB's vote*

EDGE: Knight

Overall Winner: This one definitely goes to the Knight for its superior bladed weaponry and the fact that it is heavily protected by armour which I doubt the superhuman strength of the centaur can rip through very easily. I also take on Skull's reasoning that Knights are very well trained and your note that men with Bronze-made weapons could easily overwhelm centaurs. Sure theres the boulders and rocks but all I think the boulders can do is distract the knight or knock him off his horse.