User blog comment:Wassboss/The Origins of an Odyssey: Bayek vs Alexios/@comment-39845974-20191112223624

Hidden blade vs Spear of Leonidas: While the hidden blade is a weapon well suited for attacked in the dark and stealthy assassinations, it is somewhat impractice in a bout of open combat. The spear on the other hand was much more like a hand axe or short sword, making it fairly useful in straight up combat. Edge: Alexios.

Sanaa Kohpesh vs Nikolaos sword: These 2 swords are very similar in design. Both are of similar length and weight ot each other, with the Khopesh being slight smaller but also a bit beefier. But when you look at the advantages the 2 weapons have, the Khopesh does hold a few advantages. The hooked nature of the blade can effectivly get around shield and also pierce armor fairly easily. It can also hook the hands of an enemies weapon and disarm them if done right. Considering that the Khopesh can do more and is not much different in build to the Kopis like sword carried by Alexios, I would have to give the edge to Bayek. Edge: Bayek.

Mace vs Dory: This is an odd match up. While the Dory is all in all a more fatal and deadly weapon, we have seen Bayek deal with those weapons fairly easily in the past. Its not the first time Bayek has needed to deal with a spear. The mace of the otherhand is a more effective weapons when dealing with armor, it being originally made for the purpose of destroy and doing damage through armor. So in this comparison, its hard for me to choose which is better. In the context of the battle, I personally can't choose. Edge: tie.

Bayek's bow vs Hunting bow: The Hunting bow isn't bad, its wasn't deigned for war. It has a shorter draw length and lower draw weight, making it poorly suited for combat when compared to Bayek's own bow. Edge: Bayek.

Shield vs Spartan Panoply: While the shield is a good bit of defencive equipement, it is kinda out of it element here. While it can be used ot parry strikes and is generally fairly well attached to Bayek, it still doesn't cover as much of the body as the Spartan Panoply. Edge: Alexios.

X factors.

It took me a long while to figure this out, but in the end I'm gonna have to side with Bayek. While Alexios is in better physical shape and is slightly more experienced, Bayek takes the 2 much more important edges of training and stealth. While Alexios is slightly more experienced, Bayek is a much more trained and experienced fighter. While Alexios is physically stronger then Bayek, Bayek is much more stealthy and can both more easily disengage a direct bout with Alexios and then get the drop on him. So in the end, I will give the slight edge to Bayek. Edge: Bayek.

Winner.

For me the winner is obvious Bayek. Just based on equipment, the battle is already favoring Bayek. For one, the 2 basically tie in terms of Melee combat. Both take an edge each in melee weapons, and tie for the other due to how odd the pairing of the 2 was. At range, Bayek just steals the edge. In terms of defence, its gets a little bit tricky. While Alexios has better armor on paper, it is even out when considering that just about all of Bayeks weapons can pierce or serious damage his armor. In both the game and the game trailers we see that Bayek can quite easily shoot his arrows into and at times all the way through the Armor of the Greek Egyptian soldiers. This is bad for Alexios considering that his armor is basically the same. Bayek also carries a mace which can easily smash and bash Alexios through his armor. We've even seen the back edge of Bayek Khopesh go through the gaps in the greek Egyptian soldiers, which again is very similar to Spartan Panoply.

When looking at their X-factors of the 2, I've already made my claim that Bayek takes the edge of Alexios. And While Alexios is a strong warrior, he doesn't bring anything that Bayek hasn't already seen. He carries the bread and butter of combat tools for the time, which Bayek knows how to deal with. So in the end, I really can't see Alexios winning this fight.

Winner: Bayek.