User blog comment:Rikun85/Shaka Zulu vs. Lapu-Lapu/@comment-17814994-20181217122003

Elgb's "The Natives Are Coming and They Are Not Happy!!!!" EDGES!!!

Close: The iwisa may not be as deadly as a sword in clsoe quarters but it can be thrown. That being said blunt force thrown projectiles are not as dealdy as their pointy tipped counterparts (hence the reason for the disdain of slings in this wiki). Hell, it won't be surprising of throwing a rock is prove more accurate but just as deadly as throwing that thing. The pinuti has a blade which is deadlier and can cause more damage, and it can both slash and stab. EDGE: Lapu Lapu

Mid: The people below me has a point about the Ilkwa's superiority over any other long spears. The shorter length meant that once it bypass through the length, the guy holding a spear is lost. They also have tactics about spear hooking too which is also neat. That being said, I think the people below me are also underestimating the sibat here. That thing can be thrown, and unlike a javelin, it can pretty much embed itself through a shield (against a cowhide shield well... NUFF SAID). Then there is also the amount of accuracy that Lapu Lapu's men have over their spears. If you read Antonio Pigafetta's accounts of the Battle of Mactan, he states how "the natives used their throwing spears to strike at the Spaniard's unarmored parts". That is not an easy thing to do with a length thrown weapon. If the Filipinos can hurl that spear first then he wins. But if the Zulu man manages to get past that then he wins. EDGE: Even

Long: Easy edge to the bow and arrow. The bamboo sticks may lakc the damage of the throwing spears, but it can be aimed more accurate, be fired faster and can poison its attacker. Then there's also the fact taht the assegai was thrown by Zulu warriors en masse or in volleys, making it a horribly innacurate weapon for a short skirmish. EDGE: Lapu Lapu

Special: Lol here I am going up against everyone else and give it to the kampilan. There is a rock-paper-scissors thing when historians compare the effectiveness of a spear, sword and an axe. And a sword tends to beat an axe almost everytime. Its got the alrger blade and surface area, it can parry and block unlike the axe, and it can do slash cuts which are wider and deeper unlike the axe which can only do push cuts. The kampilan's size and better mettalurgy (Hello? Steel vs Iron???), meant it can pretty much parry and block whatever attack the axe sends and counter it perfectly. EDGE: Lapu Lapu

Deadliest Warrior?

Yeah I am going up against the grain here and give it to Lapu Lapu. People below voted for Shaka because of his feat of pretty much creating an empire in Africa while Lapu Lapu was no more than a small chieftain in a small island. However, Shaka manage to do so because of his sophisticated tactics and Total War-esque battle formations in the open fields and savannahs of Africa. These tactics will be utterly useless in a small 5vs5 skirmish like this. Just think of it, for example how would Shaka Zulu use his famous Horned Buffalo Formation in a fight that only has 5 men each? Shaka can probably discard his usual tactics and opt for a tactic that would work in a skirmish, but then it would mean he'll be going to Lapu Lapu's territory.

Lapu Lapu's tactic is pretty much similar to every other Maritime South East Asian warrior culture. Using small scale battles and guerrilla tactics than large Total War-esque battle formations. The Philippiines and other island in the South East has little open plains available (which is even less existent in the Visayas from which Lapu Lapu came from). Most battles in the South East are fought in the beach, jungles or mountains. There are plains there but it is not as large like those in South Africa. With this info alone there is no doubt taht Lapu Lapu is more talented and is more knowledgeable in skirmishes such as this than Shaka Zulu.

Then there is also the fact taht Lapu Lapu used stronger steel vs Shaka Zulu's raw iron weapons, a better wooden shield than a cowhide one, an overwhelming hometown advantage, as well as two superior ragned weapons and swords, then there's no doubt I have to give it to Lapu Lapu here. or Calipulapu as he was originally known.