User blog:Tesla Man/B.C. Tournament: Hannibal Barca vs King Leonidas

Hannibal Barca, the elephant riding slayer of the Romans

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King Leonidas, the spartan king that held off the Persians and the famous Battle of Thermopyle

Intro
Today, we are going into the Big, Bad, and Deadliest Arena, to answer the Question, Who...Is...Deadliest? Today in our Tournament, are putting together the leaders of the greatest suicide missions of the ancient world up against eachother in a duel to the death. Now, let us begin!

History
Born in the City of Carthage in ancient Africa, Hannibal lead the carthaginians into war against the greatest empire at his time, The Romans. after starting the Seccond Punic War, Hannibal lead his troops into Spain and Gaul territory, recruting barbaric troops to fight with him. As he led the troops into the famous, "Crossing of the Alps" Hannibal went to war with the romans, but ultimently, his campaign ended in a crushing defeat by the hands of the Romans.

Big or Bad?
Now, after learning about this warrior, its time to see, is he a Powermaniac that earns him a high rating on Big, or is he a Phyco-killer that kills people and enjoys watching them suffer that would arn them a high rating on Bad?

Big Scale
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Hannibal got a 6 on the Big scale due to the fact that he wanted to crush the Romans, and he let nothing stand in his way, not even the largest mountain range in Europe

Bad Scale
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Hannibal earned a 4 on the Bad scale due to the fact that although he did kill thousands of Romans, he never tortured any. but, he did enjoy watching Romans die.

History
Born a brutal spartan warrior, Leonidas was trained to be a part of the Spartan army and to become a super soldier, like every spartan male that survived training was forced to be. But as his father died, he became king of Sparta, and durring the Seccond Persian Invasion of Greece, he played a key role. Marching into the Straits of Thermopyle, Leonidus encountered the half a million Persians, as his men retreated, Leonidus and 300 of his best trained soldiers, stayed back, and were all masacured.

Big or Bad?
Now, after learning about this warrior, its time to see, is he a Powermaniac that earns him a high rating on Big, or is he a Phyco-killer that kills people and enjoys watching them suffer that would arn them a high rating on Bad?

Big Scale
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Leonidas earned a 5 on the Big scale because although he was a humble king, durring times of war, his warriors instict would be unleashed, which brought fourth the rise of myths the he was the son of Hercules.

Bad Scale
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Leonidas earned a 4 on the bad scale because although he didnt enjoy watching his enemies die, he himself was a war machine thhat could masacure any who opposed him.

Short Range
Hannibal Barca brings the legendary Falcata to the table, the blade responible for killing thousands of Romans and forced his enemies to thiken their sheilds by 50%

King Leonidas slashes back with the Xyphos, the spartan short sword that can slice through armor and chop off Persian limbs

My personal edge goes to Hannibal with the falcata due to the fact that his has a imfamous reputation of brutaly killing thousands, and that its shape allows maximum damage at all angles

Med Range
Leonidas brings the quick and fast dealer of death, the Dory. One of the most common weapons handeled by the Spartans when they needed to get the job done quickly

Hannibal brings back the Sarrisa, the 10 foot spear used in phalanx formation made to skewer Romans on its bronze blade.

My personal edge, the sarrisa is deadly, but can only be used when your enemy is 10 feet away, whereas the Dory can kill fron 6 feet or less, giving the user more control.

Long Range
Hannibal brings the heat on Leonidas with the Carthaginian Sling, the rock throwing, bone breaking, sling can kill a man with one blow if used right

Leonidus comes back with the Javelin, a weapon used by the entire world, and has stood the test of time by killing all who opose it.

My personal edge goes to the Javelin, although the sling can break bones, thats all it can do, whereas the Javelin can penetrate armor and can give you a sure kill

Special
In this fight, Leonidas resurects the weapon that gave the spartans thier imfamous reputation, the Aspis. the 4 foot spartan shield that can be used for deflecting and smashing. in spartan culture, if you lost your shield, you were a discrase

Smashing back, Hannibal brings the Soliferum, a Javelin on steroids that could penetrate armor and was even more deadly on horseback

My personal edge goes to the Aspis, while the Soliferum is deadly, the Aspis gives you the option of deflecting and destroying.

Melee
Hannibal slashes Leonidas with a blade made specificly for killing in hand to hand combat, the Carthaginian Dagger, a 15 inch blade that just abour rivals the Falcata itself in killing power

Leonidas returns the favor with nome other than Agoge, spartan fighting style and training that pushed thier bodies to the limits until they became a super soldier.

My personal edge goes to the dagger, while Agoge can give you a black eye, the dagger can sctualy kill you with one blow.

Armour
Leonidas comes into battle with the Aspis and Musculatis Breastplate, and for his infantry, the Aspis and Linothorax armour, this is the stuff that made the spartans the tanks of the ancient world.

Hannibal marches in with the Carthaginian shield, a 6 foot rectangular shield based off of the romans. and on his body, he wears the Musculatus breastplate and for his infantry, chainmail armour used durring the invasion of the Romans.

My personal edge goes to both of them. while they both have Musculatus Breastplates, the Carthaginian shield offers more protection, but the Linothorax can withstand more blows.

Battle
TBA