User blog comment:Thornclaw Braveheart/Miyamoto Musashi vs. Pier Gerlofs Donia/@comment-2016768-20110801213808

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Katana vs. Meat Cleaver: The Meat Cleaver is too short and cumbersome to truly compete with the slicing power and reach of the legendary Katana.

EDGE: MIYAMOTO MUSASHI

Wakizashi vs. War Hammer: The War Hammer is a good combination weapon, incorporating a brutal crushing head with a ferocious spike on the other end, but it is heavy and slower to use than the slightly shorter but quicker Wakizashi. The Wakizashi also can stab somewhat effectively as well as slash, so if things get really close range, the game is all in for Miyamoto.

EDGE: MIYAMOTO MUSASHI

Jo Staff vs. Linstock: The Jo Staff is a good defensive weapon and even has slight offensive capabilities, but the Linstock is much easier to kill with, since it has a wicked-sharp point on it. The piercing Linstock easily beats the crushing Jo Staff, 9 times out of 10.

EDGE: PIER GERLOFS DONIA

Suburito vs. Zweihander: A wooden practice sword or the legendary Zweihander, the cleaving, tearing, ripping, 7-foot metal blade of doom?!?!?!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!! ... HA!

EDGE: PIER GERLOFS DONIA

Abilitiy to Counter Enemy's Combat Style vs. Size Advantage: Little Shaolin beat Big Maori. Little Samurai beat Big Viking. A size advantage, while important and impressive, will almost always be overshadowed by true tactics and actual martial arts and fighting technique.

EDGE: MIYAMOTO MUSASHI

Overall Winner: Miyamoto Musashi

Call me crazy, and while Pier Gerlofs Donia (epic name, by the way... "Piers? GERLOFS? DONIA? Reeking epicness") has the better weapons at mid range with the Linstock and Zweihander, the clever Samurai can quickly force the fight into close proximity where he'll beat the living snot out of the huge hulking brute, who won't be able to maneuver as freely against a smaller opponent at such a close range. It's a close fight, but the strategy and precision of Musashi's close range weapons and his ability to counter any opponent's fighting style ultimately gets him the win.