User blog comment:Pygmy Hippo 2/Attila the Hun vs. Rajput Warrior/@comment-3189283-20180910121943

Let's see shall we

Close Range

Non-Existant mystical properties aside the Sword of Mars is vastly inferior to the Khanda which is hardly a surprise considering there is over a thousand years difference between the two. The Khana is made from the better material on top of being longer and heavier.

Edge: Rajput Warrior

Mid Range

The Lasso is only useful on horseback and given the scenario (which I'll get into more in the unique x factor edge) it will find it's usefulness limited. The Aara looked pretty lame in DW but that's because DW sucks at showing off how weapons would be used and against someone with light armour like Attila will be much more effective and lethal than how the show made it seem.

Edge: Rajput Warrior

Long Range

Range won't make a huge difference considering the location of the battle but even so the Bow still wins out. The Chakram is a pretty good projectile weapon but Bow is still more accurate and Attila will be carrying more arrows than the Rajput has Chakram's so it has the "ammo" advantage as well. And all this is without taking into consideration that the huns were skilled with the bow comparably to the Mongols which makes the bow even more useful and deadly.

Edge: Attila the Hun

Special Weapon

Easy edge to the Katar. The Scythian Axe has been shown to be weak against opponents wearing helmets which the Rajput is wearing and aside from that has a small killing surface coupled with only a swinging motion of attack makes it fairly limited. The Katar meanwhile can be used to slash but more importantly it's stabbing motion will puncture through Attila's armour with easy.

Edge: Rajput Warrior

Unique X Factor

Being famed for his conquests on the back of horses you'd think giving Atilla a horse would be a key advantage. Normally it would be but the scenario we have here severely cripples any advantages. Greater mobility? The fact it's taking place in a jungle means there won't be room to manouvre properly. Height Advantage? Again the heavily foliage of a jungle will make it difficult for Atilla to make use of this. Greater momentum behind his melee weapons? I think you can see the pattern here, the jungle enviroment prevents him from building up said momentum. The Rajput's specialised martial art is nice I guess but is hardly going to be a game changer. So in a bizarre turn of events while Othar is mostly useless so also is the Rajput's Gatka so there isn't much point in this category anyway.

Edge: Even 

Final Verdict

Yeah Attila is utterly fucked here. Half of this is down to the tech gap, the Rajput is over a millenium more advanced and as such his weapons are made from more reliable material and his armour does a much better job protecting him, although this is mainly down to the Hun's preference for light mobile armour rather than metallugry inferiority. Yet despite this he would still have a chance as providing him with a mount allows him to utalise the style of combat he is used to and mobility to maybe make up for his tech disadvantage. However that's where the other half of why he loses comes into it, the battle location. A thick jungle makes using a horse effectively nearly impossible and just gives the Rajput a bigger more noticable target to aim for and this same enviroment also makes his only advantage in weapons, his bow, less effective because he can't utalise the range advantage. And as if that wasn't enough the jungle in question is in India, so the Rajput has a home turf advantage as well. So to recap not only has Atilla got the inferior weaponry and armour the scenario also works completely against him. Gee and I wonder why the Rajput wins.

Rajput Warrior: 4,800

Attila the Hun: 200

''Pygmy I would seriously consider changing the scenario for this battle to make it at least a little bit more fair as currently everything is stacked against Attila to the point it almost seems deliberate. Have the battle be set in a more neutral setting where both warriors can use their weapons and skill sets so that Attila actually has a chance of winning this. Yeah he'd probably still lose but it wouldn't be under nearly as unfair circumstances. ''