User blog comment:Leolab/User Siege Tourney, Round 35 of 54: Cfp3157 (Shengway) v Beastman14 (Ryan)/@comment-24189690-20131127224724

Attacker

Overrun: Likely. Shengway's army seems much more equipped for the open combat Ryan will be utilizing. Ryan would probably leave the castle and attack Shengway, however, this is piss poor for him. Shengway's army has a much stronger infantry force, and can easily slaughter Ryan's more range oriented men. Due to this, Shengway simply takes this hands down.

Force Surrender: Ryan has low loyalty, and to my knowledge has no commander/s lieutenants in his army. Because of this, compared to Shengway, his men are much more likely to betray him. After all, from a logical standpoint, if you know the army's range oriented, you're not going to want to go out, if your commadner demands it and you can step up and steal command, an ambitious soldier can and will do it, or just a tired soldier.

Win Single Combat: IF Ryan can even survive long enough to fight Shengway, his gear is absolutely inferior. Crossbows were not used with flaming ammunition, for you risk burning yourself, as the bolts are much closer to the crossbow than arrows are to bows. However, in single combat, reloading a crossbow and preparing a fire bolt takes a long time, and by that time Shengway can turn him into a pincushion. Not only that, but comparing the throwing knife to a steel spartan shield is overkill in Shengway's favor. Even though the shield would be extremely heavy because of the steel, it would make it all the more deadly for pushing and offense. Gladius vs. Cutlass, the Gladius was made for use witht he Roman Scutum, and may not be used as effectively for the Spartan's Xiphos. That being said, however, a gladius is much better when it comes to length, speed, and stabbing power to stab through the steel. For polearms, boarding pikes were used to repel boarders on ships, not for effective combat. The Xyston is lighter and can be much more effective in single combat.

Defender

Force SurrendeR: Not likely, Ryan will most likely, due to the description, charge out and fight, which would completely decimate any chances he has of winning.

Annihilate attacker: Not likely, Shengway's army is much better designed than Ryan's for the purpose of the battle they will fight.

Survive: Again, unlikely, due to above reasons.

Win Single Combat: No.

Tie

Die and Win: Hm.... might happen, as Ryan's army IS composed of a whole lot of ranged units, perhaps one may get lucky and hit Shengway in the face? This is for Shengway, not Ryan, since Ryan will be slaughtered.

Both Die: See above.

Overall: Shengway dominates in every single category of this (except for range) melee combat, ranged single combat, single combat, army combat, and the X- Factors. I really cant see Ryan winning unless he or his men get extremely lucky and mow down Shengway.

Overall Winnger: Shengway