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MERCENARY HOURS LET'S GOOOOOO (europe.pub)
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[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No chance vs a halberdier in my opinion. Also: That Samurai with two swords is just fancy.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The inventor of the most famous two-swords style, Miyamoto Musashi, was actually (in)famously practical!

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes but if you take standard halberdiers you should also compare them to standard samurai.

I could say there was this fancy halberdier Peter Müller who carried 3 muskets. He practiced the ancient old sacred technique where he blows 3 holes in his opponents stomach.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

tbf the 'very special boy' version of these landsknecht pikemen would be a doppelsoldner with a zweihander