User blog comment:Elgb333/Badass with Disabilities: Baldwin the Leper vs Timur the Lame/@comment-26032472-20160329150942

MilenHD's"Medieval IV:Total War"edges

Short:Edge Baldwin:While the Turko-Mongol saber is better on horseback,it's truly inferior at stabing and armor piercing against the knights armor.Yeah it might be little bit longer,but is only good at slashing and horseback.While the longsword is hard to use on horseback it can still push Timur off his horse.

Mid:Edge Baldwin:The glaive is longer,but the halberd has more options of attack.While both are great anti-cavalry weapons I have to give this one to the halberd because it has more piercing and raw power compared to the glaive,which is slower and iscan get stucked in the chainmail,which can lose his mid range weapon,his arms or even his life.

Long:Edge Timur:While Timur is not a true-born Mongol he is still capable of firing accuratly like a Mongol archer.We saw that the composite crossbow is good and has fast reload time,but it still cannot go deeper as the Mongol composite bow and also has less range.So this is curbstomp for Timur's composite bow.

Cavalry:Edge Even:Both have basicly the same use in battle.Both can be used good at horseback,and awkward at foot.I see no difference between the two.

Siege:Edge Timur:While this is a hard one I give a narrow edge for Timur the Lame.The springald is better for defense,and since can fire oversized bolts,arrows,stones and nepalms is effective in 50 vs 50.But the trebuchet was more popular and this is because it fires much bigger rocks and napalms,but also a dead animals which can quickly spread deseases all across the castles.

Armor:Edge Baldwin:I terms of helmet they are even,but in terms of chestplate and shield Baldwin's armor is superior because has actual metal and no leather and wood.Still this would make more sense if Timur had a steel lammelar and no leather.

Winner:Timur the Lame,after a hard fought siege fight the Timurid ruler will reign supreme thanks to his weapons better designed for conquest.While one of his legs is useless,he can still swing sword and shoot bow.While Baldwin was a great defender,he cannot compete against Timur's superior long range arsenal and better tactics and strategies.In the end Timur will add Baldwin's head to his pyramid of skulls.