User blog comment:MilenHD/Jewish Zealot vs Incan Warrior/@comment-17814994-20170618085336

Elgb's "Fanatics" EDGES!!!

Short: Khopesh or Saparra, I'm still giving it to the sword because its design more lethally than the crescent shape Tumi knife. The sword can both stab and slash if it needs to. The problem I have with the tumi knife is its horrible looking design. Its got two fat thrusting edges that's got low penetration, and that very wide head makes it very inefficient when doing either slash cuts or push cuts. More practical design beats exotic design for me. EDGE: Jewish Zealot

Mid: Yeah no contest. Spear wins due to its range and reach advantage, as well as powerful thrsuting point for more massive damage. Add also to the fact that Iron in the Known World was stronger and mroe durable than the isolated simple bronze in the New World. EDGE: Jewish Zealot

Long: Slings are basically a death sentence to anyone using it against a bow and arrow, so the latter wins. Though I can argue that if the Zealots were given the more practical composite bow, they could have won this edge. EDGE: Incan Warrior

Special: This is a tough one, but in the end I'm giving the edge to the truncheon. The truncheon has the edge in overall power but it is heavy with all those spikes, so many of its swings and slugs can be telegraphed and dodged. Its low blunt force trauma can easily be blocked by a any hardened shield. The sica on the other hand, is a bladed weapon which means it can nastier wounds and bleedings. But the best thing about the sica is that its curved blade is able to go around a shield and hurt the guy behind it. Precision cutting, nastier wounds and usefulness are better than jsut pure blunt force. EDGE: Jewish Zealot

Deadliest Warrior?

Like El Alamein, I also have some problems with the weapons, mainly that Jewish Zealots have wicker shield and no armor, when in fact, by the time of the Roman Occupation they would have already metal shields and at least some light armor.

Then again, in the end, I'm going against the tide here and vote for the Jewish Zealot. Most people below me have some interesting points, but they all boil down to the fact that the Incan has superior armor that can block all the Zealot's weapons. This is laughable at best since cotton armor cannot, in any way, block a sword or spear thrust. Unless the Incan Warriors were wearing bulletproof Myonje baegab cotton armor  then I don't see him taking spear and sword blows without any damage.

But armor aside, the Jewish Zealot has the superior weapons here. He technically has two swords and his spear will kebab the Incan warrior before he can even get close with his, what? An inferior knife, a small axe and a club. While I can see that the bow and arrow will be particularly devastating, unless the Incan Warrior has the element of suprise to his side, then he's risking himself wide open as he charges and aims with his bow, while a mad Jewish Zealot comes after him with a sword and a shield.

In terms of x-factors. The Jewish Zealot may not be as organzied but they're not peasant soldiers. Their guerilla tactics have given the Romans a headache during the Jewish-Roman War, and they too have fought other neigbouring countries in the Known World as well, while the Incan Warriors were an isolated only in the New World. Their guerillas tactics is effective enough to take down professional armies like the Romans, and even the Incans as well.