User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Season 5 Battle 5 Vlad the Impaler vs Ivan the Terrible/@comment-5232784-20130613025837

Okay lets get it on

1. Short Range

The Kilij is heavier, longer, and is as advanced a slashing weapon as a Kitana, one of the best blades in history. Though you can wielded the Sablia a bit quicker with its light weight, its does not stack up to the longer Kilij

EDGE: Vlad the Impaler!

2. Mid range

The Bardiche is twice as long as the Halberd, has a bigger blade, and serves as a super duper handy gun rest for the Pischal. Ivan will lop a Wallachian warrior's head clean off before they can get close enough to strike, should this come down to a axe/halberd battle.

EDGE: Ivan the Terrible!

3. Long range

Thge Pischal is far, far more advanced than the Hand cannon, with bette range rate of fire, accuracy, and tech (and it comes with its own rest, the Bardiche). Yet the Crossbow I believe has the exact same rate of fire, and not being a gunpowder weapon will make less noise than the Pischal and expel no gunsmoke, meaning that when you fire it, you will not give your position away.

Still, the Pischal is a devistating weapon which comes with its own rest. Given that it is in most ways more advanced than the Crossbow and definitely more so than the hand cannon,  I think that Ivan has the edge.

EDGE: Ivan the Terrible

4. X Factors

Both of these guys had poor mental health: Vlad impaled who knows how many hundreds, if not thousands, on pikes, creating the infamous "Forest of the Impaled". It was claimed in some works from centuries past that he dipped bread in the blood of those impaled and ate it.

Ivan killed his son in a rage, and was a religious zealot who enjoyed torture. He felt he was on a divine mission.

It is difficult to see which one was worse, though I think that Vlad was less mentally well. Still, Ivan's terrible rages more than make up for his comparitive lack of blood lust (Literally), so it is tricky to say which one has the advantage in this department.

While the Impaler was fit for duty, Ivan the Terrible had a bad back condition that made his backbone like bamboo, rendering him less than able to execute attacks with the best possible preformance...This is a major problem for Ivan, though his troops did not suffer this problem,

EDGE: Vlad the Impaler!

I give this to Ivan the Terrible: Ivan has the better mid and long range weapons: The Bardiche itself so outclasses the smaller Halberd, serving as both a decapitating weapon and gun stand, its unbelievable. The Pischal is too powerful, too advanced for the hand cannon/crossbow combo attack. Though Ivan's back trouble will be a crucial problem for theRusskie dictator, it will not be shared by his men, and he was an effective warrior despite his back issue. Vlad is the biggest loser, while Ivan the...well you know!

IVAN THE TERRIBLE TRUMPS VLAD THE IMPALER!!!!!