Mandalore was good no doubt, yet Yusanis had battle pre-cog though I can't remember how strong it was, I think it was the most advanced. A regular echani like the handmaidens is much tougher than a normal human due to the weakest level of battle pre-cog. Yusanis' was several times greater so I think he could put up a good fight but IMO Mandalore would still win, barely.
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Ysannis would destroy a Mandalorian warrior. Echani are better in hand to hand combat, and focus on melee more than the Mandalorians. Also, echani prefer to be perfect duellists, whereas Mandalorians prefer to be perfect soldiers. There is a defence in approach to fighting that makes a one on one duel against a Mandalorian go in favor of the Echani.
I don't know, Mandalorians constantly fight and are a type of warrior race (or group, not sure which). Bralor wasn't too bad either, I think Mandalore could do pretty well.
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Mandalore would be owned, it would be like when Achilles killed Boagrius in Troy. Mandalore like most Mandalorians would rely on brute strength and intimidation in a fight. Even though he would have tons of experience on the battlefield and personal duels, he doesn't practice the art of fighting or the spiritual side of it. The Echani, however, have a battle system based on just that. Finesse beats power any day, and Ysannis takes it.
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Finesse doesn't beat power in all circumstances. After a degree, it doesn't matter how fast, skilled, or experinced you are, strenght will overwhelm you. If there was a three year old kid who could hit you ten time for everytime you could hit him, your strength would still overwhelm him. I've also noticed Echani don't normaly wear armor. If you punched something that could withstand atmospheric reentry, what would be more damaged, it or your hand?
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Samurai wear light armor, and they could kill most European swordsman in a duel. Note that European sworsman are much taller, stronger, and have heavier weapons.
Strength is a brutal but primitive asset, but anyone who knows swordplay will tell you speed if important, not strength.
It doesn't matter how strong you are if you can't lay a finger on them. Janus is right, the Samurai were probably the most feared swordsmen of their time, and I would bet they would kill effectively anyone other than a few select duelists of the European continent.
Now, if you were to include those said duelists, who specialize in more lightweight rapiers, you'd have an interesting contest, I'd like to watch one of those duels.
You also have to take into account weapon sets. The Katana wielded by the samurai was probably considered the most fearsome weapon you could own.
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Ha...ever tried to parry a Katana with a rapier ?
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Ysannis would kill Mandalore. Mandalorians are good soldiers, yes but they don't have much experience in melee combat at least not as much as an Echani would have. Adding a very developed level of battle pre-cog Ysannis would kill Mandalore. Well at least if this would be a melee fight and not a ranged weapon duel.
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Actually, it can be done. You can't do it with a FOIL, perhaps that's what you're thinking, but a rapier can stand up to heavier blows. It would require more finesse than your average duelist, but an elite duelist could likely have some fun dancing with the Samurai .
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