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Elgb’s “Barbarians… The Non-Loinclothed Conan Versions” EDGES!!!

Short: The Migration sword easy due to its longer blade length for keeping opponents at bay as well as attacking from a distance. EDGE: Vandal

Mid: The Dane exe can dish out more powerful and devastating blows with its heavier axe blade, but its only limited to one form of attack which is basically its slow, heavy and telegraphic swings. The Vandal spear has the longer reach, is easier and faster to use. The Vandal can probably skewer a Viking as the Viking tries to swing that large axe of his. EDGE: Vandal

Long: This is a tough one. Normally I would have given it to the bow based on range alone. But a Viking can probably close the gap easy with its large shield, and when he does get close, the Vandal will be utterly unarmed and open for an attack. Even if the Vandal manage to switch to his weapons, the Viking's weapons and shields are already drawn out, and the Vandal will be bulldozed by the oncoming assault. EDGE: Viking

Armor: The steel lamellar is more superior since it protects the use better from a larger variety of attacks. A chainmail still needs padding to reduce force and blunt force trauma, but even so it’s less solid and lamellar won’t be suffering from the same problem with its interlocking scales. The Viking’s conical helmet does better in deflecting blows to the head than a flat helm. The Vandal’s shield on the other, is superior since it covers a larger part of the body and has three bosses in it. EDGE: Vandal

Deadliest Warrior?

If this is a naval engagement the Vandals would have kicked the Vikings ass with their larger Carthaginian-style ships than the small and slim Viking longboats. While the Vikings were better sailors (they did sailed all the way to America), the Vandals were better in naval warfare with their superior shapes, supplies and tactics (Battle of Cape Bone).

When talking about a land-based battle on the other hand, the Vandal will still defeat the Viking. He's got the better short and mid range weapon as well as better armor and shield. His bows would allow them to snipe the Viking from a distance, and its poison would secure his opponent’s death. Most of all, the Vandals were better in hit and run tactics (both land and sea) and better in siege and raids (Sack of Carthage and Rome), than the sea-dependent, mostly monastery/town-pillaging Vikings.