User blog comment:Rikun85/The Parisian Apaches vs. the Tong Highbinders/@comment-26395956-20181210124536

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Short Range: Laguiole Knife vs Chinese Chopper

The laguiole lacks range, but it has speed. The chinese chopper is the other way around but it can only be used to slash. The chopper is basically a cleaver and although the laguiole isn't exactly the best combat knife around, it's still more practical and versatile than that crude chopper. It can also be folded to give the apaches some stealth element. This one goes to the Parisian Apaches, but the laguiole's lack of range is concerning. I don't think it'll be an issue since they're gonna attack each other at a similar range, though.

Mid Range: Leaded Walking Cane vs Butterfly Knives

A glorified long club against a pair of battle-proven blades? We all know what happens to blunt weapons pitted against sharp weapons 'round the DF Wiki, right? Yeah Tong Highbinders, you folks get this one. The cane has more range, but that doesn't matter if it has no real damage to back it up. Blunt trauma is always something, but if you can bleed someone to death to get a quicker victory, it ain't nothing.

Long Range: Bulldog Revolver vs Colt Navy Revolver

The Bulldog has quite an impressive stopping power behind its barrel, but in other aspects it ultimately falters to the Colt Navy of the Tong Highbinders. The Colt Navy only has one more ammo, but that one thing is gonna make all the difference between life and death. The irrelevance of range is one thing, but I still give this one to the Colt Navy. Those bullets are going to kill people all the same, right?

Special: Apache Revolver vs Hatchet

The hatchet is a strong tool of its own, acting as an extra melee weapon to trump the highbinders' opponents' own silly knife. Problem is, the highbinders' attempt to counter the laguiole is wrecked by the fact that the apaches have a freakin' gun to counter them again. It lacks range like the laguiole, but that thing still has a relevant range advantage against an incoming highbinder running like a bigfoot at an apache. It lacks sights but its exclusive use at close range basically ensures that it'll hit the target. Killing a guy with a knife is more effective than beating a guy with a club, but shooting a guy with a revolver is more devastating than hacking a guy with a hatchet. The Parisian Apaches get this.

Armor: Porcupine Armor vs Mail Armor

The porcupine armor acts as a good counter to barehanded melee attacks. Note barehanded. It sucks getting your hands bled all over the place after touching the hedgehog armor, but that thing barely protects the wearer from attacks. The Tong Highbinders take this as their mail armor acts as a true form of protection. The porcupine armor is nice and all, but the mail armor increases the wearers' survivability more than the other armor.

WINNERS: TONG HIGHBINDERS

Superior armor, superior revolver, and superior melee weapons. The apaches are going to give up a helluva fight but the highbinders eventually overcome them with better weapons in other categories. Armor won't do much against revolver rounds, but the mail armor can at least allow the highbinder leader to fight another battle after getting beat up by a cane and little knife. With a better set of equipment, the Tongs will definitely take the win in this battle.