User blog comment:Wassboss/Deadliest Warrior Rematch: Comanche vs Mongol/@comment-422690-20181119161546

I've done so much debate on this in the Discord, may as well give my vote.

Close Range: Mongolian Knife wins. This is a pretty easy edge; 6 inches longer and a less brittle alloy makes for a better emergency weapon. Because let's be real here, if either warrior needs to resort to their knives they're fucked anyway. Useless Edge: Mongols.

Mid Range: Jida Lance wins. Both weapons are going to rip through armor, especially with the momentum of a horse behind it. The lance, though, is going to be able to strike from a farther distance with much more force. And before someone says "hurr, it's linear so it can be dodged, durr," please try to dodge something coming at you at 50-60mph (80-96kph for you metric heathens). Edge: Comanche.

Long Range: Mongol Recurve Bow wins. And here we come to one of the more important edges of the fight. The bows will probably decide this, and that advantage does straight to the Mongols. Their bow has a heavier draw at a similar size; what this means is that the arrow will come out of the bow faster, and the extra speed means less travel time. Less travel time means less chance for gravity, wind, or blocking to intercept it, which means more damage done. Hell, even the Comanches know this; in the Deadliest Warrior tests, the Comanche expert used a recurve bow, not a self bow. Edge: Mongols

Special: Flanged Mace wins. Honestly, the War Hawk seems like it's similar to the European War Pick, but that's also moot because its point is so fucking small. Even if it penetrates the iron lamellar, it's going to lose so much momentum that it's just going to graze the skin, assuming the point is even long enough to hit. It can't even get enough penetration to use the haft as a lever. The mace, on the other hand, can even make big dents in plate armor, and shatter the unprocted Comanche bone, even without the added momentum of a goddamn horse behind it. Edge: Mongols.

Armor: Mongols win. Armor > No Armor. Edge: Monols.

Mount: Tie. Both mounts are well-suited for their respective riders' tactics. The Native American horse is able to charge in and charge out with speed, while the Mongol horse is more capable of reacting and adjusting on the fly. Neither horse is better in this case. Edge: Even.

Overall: Mongol wins, big fucking surprise. This match will be won and lost with the bows, as archery is what these two were known for. With that in mind, an accurate comparison, unlike Deadliest Warrior's, shows that the Mongol bow is a far superior weapon to the self-bow. Compound that with the Comanche's lack of protection, as the only way that shield is blocking an arrow is if the Mongols shoot at it, and you've got a pretty clear victory.