What would be the best medieval/renaissance weapon for 1 on 1 and skirmish fighting (not line fighting).
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What would be the best medieval/renaissance weapon for 1 on 1 and skirmish fighting (not line fighting).
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The weapon you trained with.
Why would you want the responses of people who weren't even existing at the time?
all the cool yuros moved to the US
>All the poor ass and degenerate yuros moved to the US
Frick autocorrection
then why did yurop ban guns?
>ban guns
population density
the more dense the population the more bussyboddies that want to spoil your fun by pushing trough more laws and regulations
it's the same in the state, the ones with the biggest cities, urban/rural ratio get the most gun control
yeah, and those are subhuman city gays. what is your point? you are legally banned from owning guns
>you are legally banned from owning guns
What the frick are you talking about?
yuros are subhuman and mad they were told not to post here
Nice. Has this any relevance to what are you replying to? Also you don't have to be from EU to see that you were clearly talking out of your ass. Come on now, post your Nerf guns collection.
you must be ESL
>still mad about Bretton Woods
>Why would you want the responses of people who weren't even existing at the time?
That would describe everybody.
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My dick is the ultimate weapon
Rapiers are the end result of hyperfocusing your weapon for the duel. That’s the best for 1 on 1. Skirmishers may have carried rapiers, side swords, or rarely longswords in addition to short partisan spears and bucklers or slightly larger targe type shields.
Actually I take all the back, it’s this guys dick.
>Rapiers
how would you win against a spear like weapon with a rapier. spear has longer range, if you cant dodge the spear thrust, the duel is over right there.
>how would you win against a spear like weapon with a rapier.
you wouldn't. rapier tech is all based on having a longer reach and a spear would out reach you. best you can do is try to get past the tip and then either close in or try to gain control of the spear with your off hand
Rapiers are what you get when you min-max on dueling in urban contexts.
In rural areas just carrying a spear or staff gives you a definitely better weapon.
Bollock dagger. Not for functional reasons, but for the morale damage dying to the dick dagger causes to opposing forces
bollock daggers were tools, not weapons
>Bollock daggers were tools not weapons
lol. Lmao even
cont.
Don't be disingenuous. There were bollock daggers that were optimized for weapon/anti-armor use, but there were plenty of them that were meant for utility or both.
a weapon is a tool you tool
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A halbert... the most versatile weapon of that era. Maybe not the best in a specific field but if i dont know waht i have to face i would take the halbert.
how long at they though? too long and a weapon becomes bad at skirmishing
Thats the neat part. A typical halbert is about 2,1 m long, which is still pretty solid for skirmishing
why is he on a pallet?
Depends on what you got. Ideally some type of ranged weapon and a sword. Or a roughly man high polearm and a sword. Additional maces, hatchets, daggers and knives as well.
Maybe a somewhat flexible wooden pallet is more comfortable to stand on for a long time than hard and uneven cobbled stone?
>Civilian rapiers are the end result of hyperfocusing your weapon for the unarmored duel against similarly armed opponents.
ftfy
>flexible wooden pallet is more comfortable to stand on for a long time than hard and uneven cobbled stone?
if you are standing still it shouldnt make a difference. the london guards dont stand on pallets. maybe if your shoes suck. the main issue is probably thermal. the shoe will eventually assume ground temperature if its connected to the ground 100% of the time. in rome that may mean your feet get cooked.
Ease of transport, duh.
Pontifical mechanized infantry.
The length of all polearms generelly varied. And even in a loose formation, reach would be an important factor.
Other types of polearms are functional as well, like bills, voulges, partisans, etc. I just happen to like halberds the most. Closely followed by the italian bill.
a dueling halberd (shorter and lighter than a regular one)
>What would be the best medieval/renaissance weapon for 1 on 1 and skirmish fighting (not line fighting).
Provided you are skilled in it's use the Zweihander provides excellent area control, reach and power. Whether you're fighting one on one or against a group, no one can get close to you without getting hacked to pieces as long as you are able to keep the blade moving, but your are also fully capable of delivering longer ranged precision cuts and thrusts that will have enough power behind them to severely wound & disable your opponent(s). This is assuming a lightly armored or unarmored opponent(s) such as depicted in your picture, against fully armored foes this will be less effective, but not ineffective. However realistically you would be extremely unlikely to encounter a fully armored foe outside of a full on battlefield (which is outside of this line of questioning) or judicial duel, and in the case of the latter you will either be using the same weapons as your opponent or will have the time & opportunity to rearm yourself before the fight commences. Even against fully armored foes the Zweihander would still be a good choice in the hands of one skilled in it's use.
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