User blog comment:Pygmy Hippo 2/Miyamoto Musashi vs. Fiore Dei Liberi/@comment-35680048-20180826164021

Tybaltcapulet's " The Art of the Duel" Edges:

Swords: Ah the old longsword vs Uchigatana debate. Well like everyone else and their grandmothers at this point has pointed out that the Longsword is longer, made of better materials, and is double edged. And I can use the Longsword as a blunt object as well?Edge: Fiore

Mini-Swords: Oh a dagger vs an actual sword? I wonder what I should do? But in all seriousness, Musashi's Wakizashi is almost as long as his primary sword and the Rondel is what 7 inches shorter? There's no way that it could compete with the power and precision of the Wakizashi.Edge: 宮本武蔵

Mid Range: Oddly enough I have to agree with BF and give this an Even rating. Yes the poleaxe has all of its tricks and it is an actual weapon, but I won't deny the skill in which Musashi can use his bokken. With his level of skill he could easily get Fiore to overstep and them *BLAM*, he's screwed.Edge:Even

Special: Unlike with the mid range edge i'm going to give this straight to the Jutte. The Bastoncello is literally just a stick. That's it, and besides the jutte doesn't just have killing power, it has the potential to grab enemy blades and rip them out of the user's hands. (LIke with Ozzy's fake Idol in Survivor, it's just a stick).Edge: 宮本武蔵

Tactics: Brute strength is good and all but being able to drive your opponent to be essentially rage-induced and not thinking clearly throughout your duel, I would say is much more useful. Unarmed combat doesn't really help you if your pissed off and unable to think straight.Edge: 宮本武蔵

X-factors: I'm actually going to straight-up disregard the armor x-factor, due to the fact that neither of them will have any armor (宮本武蔵 especially) that can stand up to either of their weapons. In terms of skill in a duel like this I would favor Musashi's unconventional and psychological training over Fiore's horseman, one-handed sword fighting and countering weapons strategies, because most likely the greatest duelist in Japan would know how to counter that as well. And what really steals Fiore's thunder is their levels of experience. Musashi has fought in way more duels, and battles and is just more seasoned then Fiore.MAJOR EDGE:宮本武蔵

Overall: I think it's no secret that I believe  Miyamoto Musashi will win. He may be outclassed in the big swords department but he takes virtually everything else. His Wakazashi will be more much useful than the Rondel being longer and having more power in the swing.His Jutte obviously is more versatile and will destroy a foot long stick(Really?). And while his bokken isn't the most outright lethal weapon in the world, his skill with it I believe can counter the poleaxe. And finally the most glaring reason that Musashi will win comes down to the Tactics and X-factors. Del Liberi's tactics are fully reliant on an enemy that will stay in his range of hand-to-hand combat which with an unconventional duelist like Musashi, won't happen as much as he would like. And furthermore, his levels of training and experience especially are dashed, by Musashi's large experience in not only duels, but battles as well.

宮本武蔵: 3500

Fiore Del Liberi: 1500