User blog comment:KevlarNinja/Highlander vs. Landsknecht/@comment-422690-20110424175209

Long Range: Pike wins. The Ball and Chain, when trhown, is highly inaccurate. Edge: Landsknecht.

Mid range: Even. Both swords are difficult to wield due to their length and some elementary lever physics (if you have a lever - in this case the sword - that's very long, and the fulcrum is not on the center of mass, which it isn't, it takes far more force on the shorter end, or handle, to move the longer end, or the blade, which makes two-handed swords harder to fight with), but both have excellent cutting power. Edge: Even.

Close range: Warhammer wins. Comparing a dagger and a warhammer is like comparing a glass shard to a heavy rock; they're both lethal in their own right, but one is unquestionably more dangerous than the other. The blunt force of the warhammer is more than enough to bash the Landsknecht's armor. Edge: Highlander.

Special: Targe and Dirk win. A weapon and a shield is better than just a weapon, and the shield can let the Highlander close in the distance with less risk of inury. Plus, the targe has a spike, and so can be used for ramming. Edge: Highlander.

Overall: Landsknecht wins. The Highlander's weapons, while individually damn good, don't work as well together as the Landsknect does. Plus, the Ball and Chain is too big of a liability to overcome with what they have.