The gauntlet's been thrown, choose your weapon!

[Lost In The Void]

Created in 3D for me by a friend I see far too little of lately. For his act of rendering my Chaingun Chaingun into the realm of geeky perfection, I owe him a great debt.

Gentlemen, I give you the Dominator. Ender of realms, claimer of souls, kicker of many asses. Banhammer, eat your heart out.

Alright that is one gorgeous waste off ammo. That would leave nothing left of whatever you fired it at, sir I commend you

 

[Aerodyamic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_(gladiator_type)

It can block and cut a cow in half, what more do you want?

That assumes that you're fairly fit; the episode of 'Deadliest Warrior's where they showcased that weapon, it was used by a UFC fighter known for his raw punching power.

As a note to all the people choosing melee weapon that offer reach: Remember, if you miss an attack, you'd better be damn good a back-pedaling, because a good opponent will rush you while the dangerous bit of your weapon is extended (and useless). I'm speaking from experience garnered in re-creation medieval combat. The rules we fight under don't even allow for traditional use of some weapons, like the 13th-century Zweihander; in period, you'd strike at an opponents head or feet, whichever they couldn't protect with their shield.

Anyways, I'd probably pick what I'm comfortable with: a double-edge sword, roughly 32" long, with a basket-hilt, and a Persian-style centre-bossed teardrop shield. Like what I'm using, below:

I'm in the red.

 

[Tartarga]

I want one of those things the grim reaper has. I don't know how to spell it but you know what I mean.

 

[Mr.Mudkip]

A rapier. Extremely deadly when you know how to use them.

 

[omega 616]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_(gladiator_type)

It can block and cut a cow in half, what more do you want?

That assumes that you're fairly fit; the episode of 'Deadliest Warrior's where they showcased that weapon, it was used by a UFC fighter known for his raw punching power.

Her? It was chuck liddell, yes he is known for HIS punching power but he is far from the hardest hitter in the world, I think rampage Jackson hits harder due to Forrest griffin saying every punch, that hit him from rampage, hurt.

That is beside the point, it is still possible to do even if you hit half as hard as chuck since that blade wasn't exactly blunt.

 

[D.C.]

Depends on the "duelling field" .... Pole axe for open areas... Trench knife (a spiked duster of course) for the confined areas.

 

[Scorp123]

Dual lightsaber.

 

[Nocta-Aeterna]

Screw your "real" and "practical" weapons. I choose Jecht's ultra badass sword.

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There's no way in hell I'd win in a fight against anyone slightly skilled with weapons, so I might as well die being totally awesome.

I see your "Jecht's ultra bad ass sword", and I raise you a Dragon Slayer. (Not that I can lift the damned thing).

Spoiler: The Dragon Slayer (nsfw)

 

[Jnat]

I use my fist, like a real man.
I'll win with a roundhouse kick.

 

[Twad]

Weapons? Mmh.. how a bout a wet towel , no stangulation allowed.

 

[AWAR]

Nuff Said.

 

[hermes]

Sword and shield would work. Then I would use the roman way of swrod fighting, which should keep me relatively safe while fighting...

 

[Toaster Hunter]

A large axe. If they are unarmored or without a shield, somethings getting chopped off. If they do, the impact alone would break bones.

 

[The Undoer]

ooooh. Definately would go for a Warglaive on my left arm to defend myself with (Can't be to hard to parry with a big enough one?), essentially bound to my wrist with a handle to hold onto, and either the same in my right hand, or a Long Handled axe.

Edit: Yeah... Two Warglaives, about 5 foot long in length. Simply for the speed and coolness... I'd die looking like a complete and utter bad ass. Probably like this: http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/september/8982/heroic_weap_mhfist_fistofthedeity.jpg (Tell me how I make the spoiler button thingy QQ)

 

[Charli]

Granted I'd rather have time to actually learn a weapon. And if I had to choose one it'd be a Halberd.

 

[Aerodyamic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_(gladiator_type)

It can block and cut a cow in half, what more do you want?

That assumes that you're fairly fit; the episode of 'Deadliest Warrior's where they showcased that weapon, it was used by a UFC fighter known for his raw punching power.

Her? It was chuck liddell, yes he is known for HIS punching power but he is far from the hardest hitter in the world, I think rampage Jackson hits harder due to Forrest griffin saying every punch, that hit him from rampage, hurt.

That is beside the point, it is still possible to do even if you hit half as hard as chuck since that blade wasn't exactly blunt.

Yeah, I caught and edited that bit; it was pre-caffeine this morning.

I still think that to hit effectively (read: damagingly) with that weapon, you would actually need to be relatively fit, and have good (if not excellent) body mechanics in your strikes. The fighting I do has shown me exactly how much power is robbed from a 1h sword blow, just by not fulling rotating from the hips when throwing the shot.

I'll try to explain it a little better, although please, bear with me if the explanation seems kind of simplistic; I'm not trying to be condescending, honestly. If you stand with your feet at shoulder-width and neither advanced, and throw a punch JUST from the shoulder, you're only drawing power from the muscles in your shoulder and arm, and unless you've got immense explosive power and an equal measure of strength, you're not going to do a lot of actual damage to your target.

However, if you're in a foot-forward stance, and coil slightly away from your target and then uncoil, allowing the power transfer to begin in your back foot and driving upwards and rotating through your entire body, you're going to hit magnitudes harder. Now if you have to add a large bronze glove with a sharpened blade at the end, it going to require modifications in your stance, balance, rotation and extension to effectively use the 'business end' of the weapon, and your balance is going to be impacted just carrying it, let alone punching with it. I'm absolutely certain that it's not anywhere near as simple as Chuck Lidell made it look, but I also know that jabbing with a knife isn't really effective, either. That weapon isn't going to work well unless you're committing to the punch, which is potentially going to leave you wide open, without even considering your recovery. I also know that trying to slash with the end of a 4lbs+ weapon doesn't do all that much damage, so we can mostly rule that out, since that weapon is designed to allow the mass to travel and transfer in a punching and stabbing motion, rather that a slashing and clubbing motion.

Admittedly, IF you hit, I wouldn't expect the fight to go on very much longer, unless their going to go for Gotterdamerrung, and stab the shit out of you while you've got the blade burid in them.

 

[Coldfreeze]

I choose a zweihander, In my country (Holland) we have a hero named Pier Gerlofs Donia or aka Grutte pier wich stands for big worm and well his name was pier. he was 2 meters 15 long and could hold two zweihander (swords wich are so big you need two hands to hold him) one in both hand. Both swords were as long as himself and there weight was 6.6 kilo grams. I choos the zweihander because i'm about 15 centimeters shorter as him and im pretty strong too i can lift 60 kilograms with one hand. So who is ready to fight? BRING IT ON!

I'd take you on.

I'd use two Kodachi. Good luck getting through my defense. Assuming you can swing a greatsword fast enough to hit me in the first place.

Also, although Piers Gerlofs Donia may have been strong enough to hold one greatsword in each hand, there is no official record of him wielding 2 at once. He is recorded beheading multiple people in one swing with them though. Which is more impressive in my book.

Sorry, you're right. He used only one sword, still he was awesome. I would like to take your challenge, but since i can't get a zweihander legally and you probably live somewhere i can't get to on my bike, i think we could better let this rest.

 

[Coldfreeze]

I love this post btw ^^.

 

[Lambi]

Sephiroth's Masamune.

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