User blog comment:Lachlan Blake/Deadliest Leaders of history: Oda Nobunaga vs Richard the lionheart!/@comment-2006360-20110801022537

Thornclaw's Thorny Edges (Sorry if you sue me for copyrighting, Omni)

Close Range: Richard has exceptionally powerful weapons, but Oda's katana and hachiwara are even more powerful. Also, Richard will have trouble lugging around both a big axe and a sword. Nobunaga

Mid Range: Both the spear and the Yari can penetrate each other's armour. While the Yari has longer range, it's also clumsier. Even

Long Range: The crossbow can penetrate Nobunaga's armour, but takes just too long to reload. Nobunaga can fire a yumi much faster and hit from a farther distance. Nobunaga

Special: The musket may be able to penetrate chainmail, but that shield will serve to cancel out any bullets, and in the course of fighting, the average amount of shots Nobunaga's soldiers might get to fire would be about 2 or 3. Also, Richard's mace can bludgeon samurai armour and crack through the unprotected face of Oda. Richard

Either way, I say that Nobunaga wins due to superior melee weaponry, better armour, and discipline.