User blog comment:GSFB/Ents vs Amazon Guard/@comment-379205-20150112071416

119's "Bodyguards are not Lumberjacks" Edges:


 * Close Ranges: As for the edge, its as simple as: take a bayonet, or really any kind of knife. Now, try cutting down a tree with it. Not to effective. Now try it with a pistol. Now the tree has a few holes in it, but it undoubtedly survived. Now imagine the tree has giant hands, and is trying to crush you with them. I won't turn out well for the guy with the pistol/bayonet. Major Edge: Ents


 * Mid-Range: When Mythbusters tried to cut down a tree with a Thompson Submachine Gun, it failed- it couldn't shoot through the entire trunk, and half the shots missed because of the recoil. The Beretta Model 12 uses a smaller round than the Thompson, and, as I said previously, the tree can walk and want to crush you beneath its roots! Major Edge: Ents


 * Long Range: The AK is a great weapon for killing human targets, but against something like an Ent, you're going to need a LOT more firepower. The impact of the 7.62mm rounds would be a mild annoyance at worst to the Ents. A car-sized boulder, on the other hand, will roll and bounce across the ground like a cannonball, reducing anything it its path to a bloody pulp. Major Edge: Ents


 * Special: The PKM will be marginally more effective than the AK, but will run into the same problems with recoil and stopping power of an individual round. Against an Ent, a 7.62mm round would be like being shot with a sand grain- a very fast sand grain, but still a sand grain. The Huorn, the other hand, will have all the durability of a tree, and hit with almost as much force as the Ent. Even with the PKM's rate of fire, as seen in the Mythbusters clip- even an M249 SAW could not cut down a tree. I doubt the extra couple millimeters in the Russian round will make much difference. Edge: Ents


 * X-Factors: The durability of the Ents, along with the their immense strength give them the advantage the Ents, the experience just makes the Amazon Guards just that much more screwed.


 * Overall: The Ents win this battle, mainly because the Amazon Guards clearly did not know who they were dealing with. If they had brought more suitable weapons, such as RPGs, C-4, and flamethrowers, they might have won, but they didn't, and thus, they literally get curb stomped by the Ents.