User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/King of Kings Round 1: Saladin vs Charlemagne/@comment-5795750-20131209235301

BG1's "And a Tie-Breaking Vote You Shall Have" Edges:

Short: This kinda reminds me of a video I saw comparing a longsword to a katana except the weapons here are slightly more antiquated... anyway I have to go with the talwar on this one since it is the longer of the two swords and with its curved edge and light weight the more aerodynamic allowing for cleaner and more lethal kills

EDGE: Saladin

Medium: As I have learnt from a previous match, the pike is supposed to serve as an anti-cavalry weapon and since there are no horses in this battle, the pike will prove to be cumbersome. On the flipside, the boar spear's primary function is for hunting boars but I do suppose that its use as a weapon of war makes this the lesser of two evils

EDGE: Charlemagne

Long: Throwing weapon vs bow and arrow? Please, this one is a no-brainer

EDGE: Saladin

Tactics: What an odd choice to put to showcase Charlemagne's tactics because within that article, I could not see them thus forcing me to do my own research; it seems that both sides relied on cavalry to win their battles but Charlemagne relied on them more often than Saladin did, especially with regards to an invasion of an entire country; and since there is no cavalry present, both sides are going to have a hard time getting their tactics right but to me Saladin won't be as bothered as Charlemagne here

EDGE: Saladin

Overall Winner: Saladin here has a chance of beating back Charlemagne and his troops - one thing to note is that there is a significant time gap between the two warriors meaning that although both warriors weapons and armor are fashioned with the same material, Saladin's will probably have ever so slightly greater durability; and besides, he has come up against opponents who had chainmail armour before (i.e. the Crusaders) so this should be of no challenge to him; in other words, Saladin's experience against similarly armed opponents plus his unnerving tactics as well as his domination over the weaponry edges guarantees him a hard-earned victory