User blog comment:Elgb333/Season 2 Finale: Marco Polo vs Leif Erikson/@comment-3189283-20160204173322

Lets see shall we

Close Range 

The Viking Sword not only has the further reach but in the hands of a group of physically imposing warriors like Leif and his men it also means they're going to do a shit ton of damage with it. The Knight Sword is made of the better material, and if they were both wearing armour then it would probably get the edge, but as both are armourless the material won't make much of a difference.

Edge: Leif Erikson 

Mid Range 

The Axe has pure raw power going for it but that's about all. The Sabre is much quicker and easier to use due to it being a one handed sword and it even has a slight reach advantage, further negating the Axe's combat practicality.

Edge: Marco Polo

Long Range 

When you put a Mongol wielding a bow against virtually any non-blackpowder ranged weapon they win. Marco himself may not be particularly skilled with a bow but his foot soldiers will be and even without that the Composite Bow has a much further range. Vikings were never really big archers and the bow was mostly used for hunting instead of war, which is understandable when you have a bunch of big burley scandinavians with an affinity for big heavy tools.

Edge: Marco Polo 

X Factors 

Marco Polo has an average of 66.25 whereas Leif Erikson has an average of 72.5.

Edge: Leif Erikson 

Final Verdict 

This is going to be a cakewalk for Marco Polo. If this was a one on one battle then this would probably go in Leif's favour due to his greater combat experiance and larger size but against Mongol Archers he isn't even going to get close enough to use his strength and size advantage. The fact that he and none of his men are wearing armour will make them easy targets for his Marco's mongol troops and even if by some miracle they do manage to close the distance they'll be heavily depleted and tired while Marco will still be fresh and ready with the Sabre to finish them off. Leif may have the better close range weapon and X Factor average but these are negated by A) The Sabre more than makes up for the reach disadvantage of the Knight Sword and B) Leif only really wins the X Factor average due to his much higher training stat and while it is true that Marco himself may have had little training his troops more than make up for this. Honestly Marco wins almost entirely because of his troops, without them he'd be in some deep shit, but as it stands that gives him a huge edge.

Marco Polo: 4,500

Leif Erikson: 500