User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/Vlad the Impaler vs Gilles de Rais/@comment-17814994-20161102023122

Elgb's "Die as a Hero... or live long enough to see yourself become a Villain!!!" EDGES!!!

Short: While Gilles' short is technically longer than Vlad's dagger, I still have to give the edge to the dagger. We're talking about a short range purely close-quarters weapon category, and a dagger's compact size and thinner blade will be more effective in pinpointing uanrmored parts when these two finally start to grapple and stab each other. EDGE: Vlad

Sword: Spartan made a good point about the effectiveness of the kilij on horseback. But that's the problem with it, it's only effective in the hands of the cavalry. It's curved blade will deal larger damage than a straight blade, but the kilij will be useless when someone uses it on foot and agaisnt an armored opponent. The longsword may not be as effective on horseback, but it does alright in both on foot and on horse, and it's the perfect weapon in thrusting at someone wearing armor. EDGE: Gilles

Polearms: Straight edge to Vlad and his halberd. The vouge is nothing more than a oversized glaive that's purely used for hacking. The halberd has a thinner spear for a deeper stab, a hook that can be used against cavalry, and an ok axe. Simply put, it has more options than the vouge. EDGE: Vlad

Range: While both are using the same weapons, I have to give this to Gilles simpy because he's wearing better armor. The chainmail that Vlad used was very vulnerable to powerful crossbows and handcanons. This is not to say that Gilles' plate armor is bulletproof, but it is strong enough to deflect the steel crossbow. Those powerful bolts have enough energy to probably pierce throught the steel plate, but it won't wound Gilles much especially if he's also wearing the standard jacket at that time (and can also be seen in his protrait). EDGE: Gilles

Deadliest Warrior?

This is a very tough one to decide about. Both of them are bold, reckless and borderline psychopaths, but Vlad seems to have a slight edge on tactics while Gilles has an large advantage in technology. However, I'm kinda feeling that this battle will end the same way with Joan of Arc beating William the Conqueror. But please hear me out guys. I hate the DW episode on Joan vs William and I think the results were utter bullshit. The problem is that, in this battle the results are actually legit. The only weapons Vlad has of fighting Gilles' armor is his halberd and dagger, two of which are no match against the steel bolts and longswords of Gilles.

I do agree that Vlad is better tactical leader who's led more battles than Gilles who's an ironic second in command to godly saint (and who's also not that good in tactics herself). The big problem with Vlad is that he's not really that good as people assume him to be. The celebrated Night Attack at Targoviste is one of Vlad's crowning achievements, but people kinda forgot that it needed preparations and the Wallachians themselves actually attacked the wrong camp that ended in them failing to kill the Sultan. Besides that, Vlad won several skirmishes against the Ottomans and some neighbouring Saxons but they didn't have the same tech that Gilles is bringing. Gilles himself has won several victories though they're not as well-detailed as the more famous Vlad. Overall I like Vlad the Impaler and his temproary victory from Ottoman invasion was awesome, but he just won't survive against the sheer technological advantage that Gilles de Rais is bringing.