User blog comment:Jmanghan/Pier Gerlofs Donia vs Spartacus/@comment-17814994-20160307120833

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Close: I'm giving the edge to the gladius. It's a frigging short sword designed to efficiently kill people against an improvised kitchen tool. A meat cleaver is limited to chopping, while the gladius can stab and slice. EDGE: Spartacus

Mid: A pike is a great weapon and all, but it's too large and unwieldy, and was designed to be used together with other pikes as a wall. While there were accounts that a pike can be efficiently by a lone soldier, and I respect that in the hands of the giant Pier he won't have problems using it, Spartacus on the other hand has two weapons; a three-spoked spear and a valuable distraction tool in the form of a net. A trident and net combo would have been very useful against a large pike. EDGE: Spartacus

Long: Both a sling and a spear aren't the most accurate or the easiest to use in all long range weapons. But a sling is very underpowered compared to the pointy tip of a spear. A spear can also be used as a melee weapon if needed. EDGE: Pier

Special: A gladiator shield is an good defensive and offensive weapon, and it can surely deflect some of the heavy and slow blows of a zweihander. But the zweihander has the versatility and massive brute force to overcome the shield. EDGE: Pier

X-Factors: Both are great tactician and warriors. In terms of physicality, Pier takes this. I understand that being a gladiator means Spartacus must have been pampered and well-molded like a racehorse, but Pier is a monstrous giant of a man with strenght to match. In terms of training, Spartacus takes this because he's been trained as a conscripted slave/soldier and a gladiator while Pier was just a pirate. In terms of tactics and strategy, both didn't win their revolts. But Pier definately won more battles and survived his war, while Spartacus got killed after being set-up like an idiot. EDGE: Pier

Deadliest Warrior?

While Pier doesn't take much of the weapons, he does take much of the x-factors, And for that Pier Gerlofs Donia will win. Spartacus was a good fighter and an excellent leader, but Pier has the strength and tactics to take on the gladiator and turn him into mincemeat.