User blog comment:El Alamein/Landsknecht vs. Samurai/@comment-422690-20120725042121/@comment-422690-20120725183605

I think that the pike is worse than useless here - it's a one-on-one fight, meaning that the Yari will have superior reach and killability. As for the dagger, the close-range game is dominated by a balance of speed and power. The swords only offer one of each, while the daggers offer a more useful close-range weapon. The Samurai can dance around the Zweihander, leading to the Katzbalger being drawn. In that way, the Katana will best the Katzbalger due to length. The Wakizashi is, further, a better dagger than the Katzbalger, since it is better designed for slashing, while the Katzbalger is also solely a slashing weapon.