User blog comment:Elgb333/National Icons: Cowboy vs Samurai/@comment-27334870-20180331190108

Dargoo Faust's [REDACTED] EDGES: "Gold Rush"

Short Range Edge - Samurai



Still though, I don't think Samurai of this era would have carry a sword, as it would hinder what would otherwise be primarily firearms battles. Maybe for traditional reasons, but I doubt they would have a sword in active combat.

Medium Rage Edge - Cowboy

The Cowboy has the better round, which should handily deal with any armor the Samurai might be packing, and are likely to be much more proficient in using a revolver, especially in regards to drawing and firing first, which can easily spell the end for our Japanese  warrior.

Long Range Edge - Tie

IMO, ammo is a very important factor when it comes to winning a battle, especially if it is at close range. The Samurai dominates the long range, however if the Cowboy can close distance, their rifle will likely come out on top due to faster reload and a larger clip, which will allow them to be faster to the draw once again when it comes to firearms. Again, this depends entirely on the distance.

Tactics Edge - Cowboy

I've got to say, in a small scale battle like this, pressing an offensive and losing numbers isn't something that the Samurai would want to do. If this was an army vs. army, sure, a more organized frontal assault would decimate duck and hide tactics, but small scale battles like this are right up an average cowboy's alley. This is mainly because charging even a well coordinated offensive against quickdraws who have decent cover will take away some numbers, and even losing one Samurai is enough to cost them 20% of their men.

X- Factors and Verdict

The deciding factors for me here are the Cowboy's experiance in munitions combined with a more practical combat experiance. This isn't a full scale military battle, meaning that the tactics of the Cowboys are exponenitally more effective. Sure, they don't have really that much experiance in large scale wars, but they sure as all heck have experiance in 5v5 random encounter gun fights, where it benefits more to be the first person to pull the trigger.

I'm going to hand this battle to the Cowboys, namely because their ability to improvise and quickdraw paired with superior mid ranged munitions means allow them to effectively grind away the Samurai one by one, especially if they try and lead a large offensive, which will just get them killed outright via being turned into a human Swiss Cheese.