User blog comment:Undead RVD/Battle of the Women of War! Tomoe Gozen vs Boudica/@comment-4803039-20130711014349

Affectos's Emotions: "May the estrogen flow with the blood...that sounded weird."

Close: While the tachi may have the easier draw and may be lighter, the Celtic sword has more options and can deal percussion damage through the armor. The tachi will just slash the material a few times before cutting through. Celtic Sword

Mid: While the Lancea is nice, the Naginata is much faster and fluid. Counterintuivty to what I said earlier, the increased force behind the naginata will be able to slice the leather armor. The Lancea will just rebound off the armor at best. Naginata

Long: Really? Yumi

Special:  The pugio was meant as an axuilary weapon, unlike the tanto that was used battle regularly. Here, the weapon that isn't a last ditch weapon is winning it here. Tanto

Mounts: While a stampeding horse may have a psychological effect, I'd rather not have to multitask with driving and attacking. Also, most of Boudica's weapons can be just as deadly from the chariot as well as foot. Chariot

Armor: Again, really? While the celts were used to fighting with little armor, the enemies they fought weren't protected to the teeth with armor. Tomoe's will last longer than the mere leather.

In the end, Tomoe is going to win for the obvious reasons: better metalurgy, better armor, and better training.