How to defeat the spear? (and other polearms)

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Best sword to defeat Spears and Pollaxes?

Longsword
0
No votes
Longsword (using halfsword)
0
No votes
Messer or Falchion
1
14%
Rapier-and-Dagger
0
No votes
Sword-and-Buckler (arming sword)
1
14%
Sword-and-Buckler (sidesword)
0
No votes
Sidesword-and-Dagger
0
No votes
Sidesword-and-Target (Rotella)
1
14%
Two-Hand Sword/Montante
4
57%
 
Total votes: 7

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James Brazas
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Postby James Brazas » Fri Feb 15, 2013 3:02 pm

Stacy Clifford:

I was only looking for tendencies, trends, etc., not absolutes.

I was looking for insights into how different weapons work and interact with one another so that when I used them I would understand how it all fits together.

I like to understand how and why things work or don't work. Getting others' perspectives helps a lot so that I see things in a more wholistic way.

You're right, though. Y'all have been very helpful and there is a lot of solid, quality material in this thread. It's plenty of material to work with and I look forward to being able to work through it all in fuelen and sparring in the future.

So thank you for your help and insights.


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