User blog comment:Facetheslayer/Joint Ops: Round 14: Heishiro Mitsurugi (Soulcalibur) vs. Lavitz Slambert (Legend of the Dragoon)/@comment-422690-20110330124315

Mitsurugi takes this. Not only has he fought rifles with a sword (!!!), the only person in his timeline that he thinks can provide a challenge is f-- Nightmare. (I'd say Vader too, but that's non-canon and I prefer to act like SCIV didn't happen. Except Algol.). And while the rifle may have a slow reload, so does the steel crossbow. They actually have comparable fire rates. Slambert's tactical skills would help squad-on-squad, but Mitsurugi's the better duelist.