User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Season 6 Battle 5 Hessians vs Landsknecht/@comment-422690-20130916020544

Well, I'll try my best with the rifles, but it's probably not going to be too good.

So...

Close Range: Katzbalger wins. While I hate the guard for this weapon, the fact remains that it has more killing surface. The axe head will bring a good amount of blunt trauma to crush armor, but the Katzbalger's got a very similar weight and that nice little point. The point will concentrate the force of that weapon in one area, providing a potentially deadly puncture Edge: Landskinect

Long Range: Jager wins. I'm not going to go into too much detail, but Flintlock >> Matchlock, rifle >> Musket. Edge: Hessians

Special: Longsword wins. This is a small squad on small squad battle. The Landsknecht aren't facing massed formations of pikemen, they're facing far more agile foes that can fight off their comparatively clumsy movements. And before that one anon comes in, wielding something with two hands limits the ways you can move a sword. A one-handed sword is far faster. Edge: Hessians.

X-Factors: Landsknecht average at 76.75, including the armor category. Hessians average at 62.75 including the armor category. Without armor, the Landsknecht average at 75.667 and the Hessians come in at 81. So, when going by the X-Factors that are actually X-Factors, the Hessians get the edge.

Overall: Hessians win. The Landsknecht have nice armor and a good close-in weapon. But their abysmal long range and the Zweihander - which others have rightly noted is kinda crappy for fighting in a town - really bring them down. The Hessians also carry the higher skill-based X-Factors; combined with their superior arsenal, this lets the Hessians win.