User blog comment:Thornclaw Braveheart/Cyrus the Great vs. Pyrrhos of Epeiros/@comment-6288072-20130216055549

Lets see;


 * Close Range - the akinaka is an excellent thrusting weapon that can pin point strike weak unarmored parts. But the kopis is both a cutting and stabbing weapon, and  is great on horseback.

Edge: Pyrrhos


 * Mid range - the dory is a devastating melee weapon, but the javelin can be used both as a melee and ranged weapon. The dory can be thrown but can't stack the range of the 3 foot long dart. But even with that, the battle will still come with a melee fight. And the man who has the bigger stick wins. So the edge goes to the doru.

Edge: Pyrrhos


 * Long Range - there's no contest here. The bow has longer range, faster rate of fire, and deadlier.

Edge: Cyrus

Special - Now feel free to disagree with me, but I choose the sagaris. The xyston is devastating, but it is extremely long, heavier and need both hands to use. Its a good horsekiller. But its slow, and when you get pass through the blade, then the carrier is dead. The axe is an excelent blunt and cutting weapon, and its got a stabbing spike to boot against armor. It can be used to deflect, it is faster and precise, and a single hack can snap the xyston in two.

Edge: Cyrus

Armor - Pyrrhos takes this one as his cuirass is better than Cyrus armor. Even though he doesn't carry sheilds, Cyrus's wicker sheild is pretty much weak and a waste of energy to carry.

Edge: Pyrrhos

X-factors - Cyrus is a grand conquerer alright. But he conuered bu using numbers to outgun his enemies. His soldiers carry wicker sheilds, and some doesn't have armor at all, so to saying his soldiers are ill-equipped. Pyrrhos is a better tactician, and his army is better armed.

Edge: Pyrrhos

Deadliest Warrior: Pyrrhos, he's got better technology, and better strategy and tactics that'll give him victory.