User blog comment:Wassboss/Halloween Special: Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors vs Shaun of the Dead Survivors/@comment-27334870-20171001172223/@comment-27334870-20171005230209

Dargoo Faust's [REDACTED] EDGES: "Revolutionary War: Apocalypse Edition"

Weapons

Blunt Melee - Left 4 Dead

Forgive me for not knowing how exactly a cricket bat would function in combat, but I'm assuming the more flattened out tip near the top of the weapon will create more air resistance, as well as spread out the kinetic energy more evenly across the body. While I'm assuming the bat will still do some pretty painful damage. the baseball bat's energy is much more condensed when it hits, and it has less air resistance.

Bladed Melee - Tie

The fire axe surely steala an edge in reach, however it's heavier, more unconventional, and when used as a two-handed weapon it'll lose a lot of its advantages over the machete. The machete can also slash and stab, wheras the axe can only preform swinged attacks. Therefore I'll tie this, both weapons are going to do a decent amount of work.

Improvised Melee - Shawn of the Dead

While the crowbar is certainly more lethal of a weapon than the shovel, the issue of reach will make the former preform less in combat. The shovel will also have a larger radius to swing in and deal damage, whereas the crowbar can only be used in verticle slashes at too close of a range to be comfortable.

Firearm - Left for Dead Survivors

Intresting, rifle versus shotgun. Hands down the auto shotgun is the more modern weapon, however it lacks in both ammo as well as range. The problem is the spread of the shotgun and the urban environment - the L4D survivors don't need to land direct shots to deal some crippling damage to the Shawn of the Dead survivors as nobody here is armored in any way. Whereas the winchester's slower lever action and the necessity of presise aiming (something the Shawn of the Dead survivors hasn't really shown at that long of a range), the auto-shotgun will have more of an advanatge in an urban setting where the combatants will be generally closer, and the slow firing speed of the Winchester will allow the L4D survivors to close needed distance.

Explosive

The pipe bomb is certainly more lethal, however the Moltov has more spread and can function as an environmental hazard. I'm going to give this to the pipe bomb as it is less of an unconventional weapon which sees sucess as a replacement for practical gernades, wheras the Moltov is more unreliable and generally less lethal.

X- Factors

I'm seeing some massive advantages for the L4D sruvivors on all sides, with their proficiency in firearms, their better functionality as a team, and especially their experiance - they took on zombies far more potent than anything that the Shawn of the Dead survivors had to face.

TBC