User blog comment:Pygmy Hippo 2/Vandalic Warriors vs. Han Soldiers/@comment-39845974-20200111010214

Weapons.

Swords: Both of these swords are fairly similar, but its clear which is better. The Dao is longer and is much harder to knock out of the hand. While both do around the same amount of damage, it doesn't change the fact that the Vandal sword is shorter. While you could argue that the Migration period sword had a larger hand guard (which from what I can tell wasn't true), It still wouldn't be enough to take the edge. So I gotta give the slight edge to the Chinese weapon. Edge: Han.

Pole-arms: Oddly, I'm actually favoring with the spear here. While the Ji is longer and has more options then the spear, it has one massive disadvantage which is a killer in this fight. It is itself a 2 handed weapon. The weapon was a 2 handed weapon, making the warriors defences much less able. The spear on the other hand was used alongside a boss shield, allowing the user to retain greater defencive ability. SO I gotta give the edge to the Vandals. Edge: Vandals.

Bows: In my opinion this is a fairly easy one to call. While the Crossbow has greater range and the Self bow has a greater rate of attack. So lets look at this. One can attack at longer range, but takes time to reload. The Other has a shorter range but has a much faster rate of attack. In this scenario, I'm just gonna give this one a tie. Both have advantages, and both probably could do a good deal of killing. Edge: Tie.

Specials: So its comparing a Francisca to a a form of buckler sword hybrid. Yeah, I'm not faithful the Buckler sword spike thing is all that great. While I'm sure it had its uses, I don't think is really has anything on the Francisca. For one, the Francisca is a very good weapon in melee and could be paired with a shield. It was also know as being used as a thrown weapon by the Vandals and other Germanic cultures, It being used to both kill and damage enemy equipment. So, yeah I'm gonna side with the Hand axe. Edge: Vandals.

X-factors.

Armor: Both were similar armor. Both were Iron Lamellar, Iron/Steel helmets, and Shields (Iron shield are more durable, but wooden shield are still much lighter and are still more then easily able to block most incoming strikes so their equal to me). But the Vandals themselves also wore a chainmail byrnie under the lamellar, giving them an extra layer of defence. Edge: Vandals.

Experience: Both of these 2 groups fought against a good deal on enemy groups, some of which were quite powerful during the time. Both fought against weaker enemies and stronger enemies during their time. So to me, they are at least pretty close in the end. Edge: Tie.

Tactics: Both fought in pretty similar scenarios, fighting in skirmishes and battles between other groups. Since their doesn't appear to be a big enough battle were formation is really gonna play a giant part, I'm not gonna mention it. So, I'm split again. Edge: Tie.

Winner. For my conclusion, I'm siding with the Vandals. They took the majority of the weapon advantages and the majority of the X-factors. This is added to the fact that they had better armor and had better primary weapons (Better Pole-arms), gives them a solid advantage in this battle. While this battle is certainly gonna be close and could possibly go either way, I'm siding with the Vandals. Winner: Vandals.