User blog:Pygmy Hippo 2/Sir Bors of Newcastle (Elgb333) vs. Gökhan (Tybaltcapulet)

Last season, I did several fights between my and Elgb's User Warriors but now we're going to go back to Sir Bors of Newcastle vs. Justin the Leopard Hippo. This fight was basically a meme and one of my most popular battles but Sir Bors inevitably came out the victor. The fight also caused a resurgence of user warriors in the wiki but we'll be taking Tybalt's Gökhan to see if he isn't just superior to the Hippoman in quality but if he can also do what he couldn't, beat the Newcastle knight.

Sir Bors of Newcastle, the English knight turned mercenary and asymmetrical warfare genius!

Gökhan, the Ottoman Janissary whose incredible skill enabled him to keep serving Turkey until his death!

Who is Deadliest?

Sir Bors of Newcastle (Elgb333)
Background="I need to eat."

Height:Over 5'8"

Age:Mid Thirties

Bio:Sir Bors was a knight under the English monarchy. From an early age, he was trained in warfare, combat and in the ways of the knight. As a squire he's fought under famous names such as Edward the Black Prince and Bertrand de Guesclin. By the time he was a knight, he fought battles in France, Italy, Germany Britain and the Turks. By the time he was thirty, he gave up his feudal title and became a dreaded mercenary under the legendary Sir John Harkwood; fighting in conflicts around the world. Although Sir Bors used to be a knight, he is a cunning tactican who can play his enemies to his hands. He was infamous for using asymetrical warafre against his opponents as well as dirty and unsportmanlike tricks.-Elgb333

Longsword
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-Length:39 Inches

-Weight:2.5 Pounds

-The Longsword is a sword with a straight steel double-edged blade, cruciform hilt and grip designed for two-handed use but could be used for half-swording by armored warriors. It can thrust, slice, and cut, the pommel can be used to get past a foe's armor, and even the hilt could be used as a hook for tripping an opponent or possibly as another blunt instrument.

Halberd
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-Length 5 Feet Ten Inches

-Weight:5.8 Pounds

-The Halberd is a polearm that is mostly made out of wood with a steel head including a axe blade, spike, and hook for dismounting foes and an added butt spike for another point to stab with and superior balance. It's extremely versatile thanks to all the points on it and can effectively deal with spears and pikes or be used against infantry with equal success.

English Longbow
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-Range:180-365 Meters

-Projectile:30 Inch Arrows

-The English Longbow is an odd weapon for a knight and was actually used by the Welsh and English for hunting and warfare. It has a yew bowstave, hemp bowstring, and uses steel broad and bodkin arrows with a draw weight of 105 pounds which required considerable training to use but it made up for this with armor piercing capabilities although close ranges were the only distance at which a significant wound could be caused.

Greek Fire Siphon
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-Range:15-30 Feet

-Weight:Heavy

-The Greek Fire Siphon is a Byzantine Empire weapon that is basically a medieval flamethrower with a possible mix of naphtha and quicklime that renders armor obsolete and water even struggles to extinguish it. The heavy weight and short range of this weapon meant that it was usually used against ships and is a last resort against opposing ground forces.

Plate Armor
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-Weight:33 Pounds

-Steel and Gambeson

-Sir Bors' Plate Armor is standard but well crafted and includes a basinet for his head and faulds and cuisses for his legs with the whole set protecting his entire body while barely hindering mobility. These suits were weak to blunt force weapons, certain arrows, and crossbow bolts but it took firearms to end their time and other weapons were pretty much useless. The gambeson is multiple layers of leather and cotton to provide additional protection under the main armor.

Gökhan (Tybaltcapulet)
Background="Country before self."

Height:5ft 10"

Age:50

Bio:Gökhan was a Janissary for the Ottoman Empire. Without a living mother, he was trained by his father in hand-to-hand combat, Matchlock Musket usage, and strong mental conditioning. All of this was so he could follow his father's footsteps as a Janissary and was well prepared for the Ottoman army's training. He fought the Safavid Persians and the Mamluks in many great battles where he regularly won fights despite being outnumbered. After the Ottomans retired the Janissaries, he worked as a bounty hunter for Hişam and took down targets like Christian militant groups with former Janissaries in their ranks and local gangs until his demise due to an ambush by 15 men.

Kilij
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-Length:35 Inches

-Weight:2 Pounds

-The Kilij is a sword with a moderately curved steel single-edged blade, false edge for greater cutting power, and quillions on the hilt guard designed for one-handed use. It is designed more for cutting and slicing than thrusting and was used until the early 1800s. This particular sword is a gift from his late father with the inscribed message "Country before self".

Ottoman Axe
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-Length:5 Feet

-Weight:6.6 Pounds

-The Ottoman Axe is a battle axe that is mostly made out of wood with a steel axe blade and sqiare hammer that was used for mounted and dismounted combat. It can do everything a normal axe can do and could potentially be used as a blunt object along with some models having a hidden blade in the hilt and most surprisingly, it's quite the effective throwing weapon.

Matchlock Musket
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-Range:50-100 Meters

-Projectile:.72 Caliber Bullet

-The Matchlock Musket is a common and iconic Janissary weapon that was used around the world in various forms for warfare. The firing process boils down to lighting a match and placing it in the flash pan's priming powder but this was simple and reliable, it's a smoothbore weapon with a trigger, a Damascus steel barrel, Circassian walnut stock, similar muskets have muzzle energy values of at least 4444 joules, and it was effective against armored foes.

Ottoman Grenade
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-Range:10-15 Feet

-Weight:Light

-The Ottoman Grenade is a primitive explosive that is used by lighting its match and throwing it at the enemy with and least 200 grams of blackpowder inside a glass container. This weapon was regularly used against infantry and despite its small blast radius, it was effective like its modern successors and it doesn't hurt that it's extremely light.

Zirh Gomlek
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-Weight:26 Pounds

-Chainmail and Cotton

-Gökhan's Zirh Gomlek is standard for Ottoman forces and is made out of multiple rows of steel chainmail with inscription and cotton for padding underneath along with a steel helmet to protect most of the upper body. This hauberk is effective against slashing attacks and some thrusting and piercing weapons although certain swords, polearms, and projectiles could penetrate it and the user would still suffer from the impact which made blunt force weapons effective.

X-Factors
Skills:Sir Bors of Newcastle is as strong as five men and this enables him to not only grapple but pick up armored foes, he's survived treacherous environments with minimal resources, and is an expert marksman who can shoot a sparrow out of the sky with a crossbow. Gökhan could take down 3 or more armored men while tired with only his axe and break bones, could avoid matchlock fire, survive long falls and several matchlock shots before an Abus Gun blows his head up, do multiple laps around the city of Izmir, and can kill people with his musket outside of the effective range.

Experience:As mentioned in his bio, Sir Bors of Newcastle has fought pretty much every possible foe in medieval Europe and then became a global mercenary along with having a substantial amount of training including Newcastle falconers teaching him how to use the English Longbow. Gökhan has fought perhaps less varied opponents but he went up against the Ottoman Empire's enemies and was trained by them and his former Janissary father before spending the rest of his life as a bounty hunter taking down threats to the public in Izmir.

Tactics:Sir Bors of Newcastle is a master of asymmetrical warfare which means he has no problems with winning against larger forces than his own and he's an expert in using the terrain to his advantage, of course, he's also not exactly a fair fighter either. Gökhan isn't much of a strategist as he's usually able to prevail against larger forces with his impressive skills and can use his Gray Death axe as a distraction against superior fighters by throwing it at them.