Deadliest Melee Weapon

Originally posted by Dolos
As is whoever is using your polearm. The physics change now that the chain with knives on the end is just as lethal, but for the human wielding far more versatile as he can cause it to do all kinds of things he couldn't before. He has gained the ability to use a 15 chain that has reach on your polearm, and use it to snatch an ankle from a safe distance while the polearm has the same strength physical abilities, but without a weapon capable of folding around ankles, curving its tip around the bulk of a shield when lunging with it. It has no malleable links, the chain can be heaved to curve around the shield and still unfold its links, allowing the knife at the tip to penetrate the man behind the shield, bypassing it altogether. For someone that precise handling a chain in such a way is no more difficult than handling a shield or an axe or a sword, its just he can do more with it. And retains the functionality of stabbing, slicing, and parrying because of his strength.

Thus exotic weapons become more effective as skill and capabilities increase.

I don't have superhuman strength nor am I a very skilled melee combatant, but I am absolutely confident I could wreck your ass with a good length of chain.

Originally posted by Oliver North
so in a universe where you get to set the parameters such that your thesis is correct, your thesis is correct?

woah!

Eventually the hypothetical wielder of this weapon will be intangible, hypersonic, able to teleport, and capable of time travel. And the knives will explode anything they touch or come close to touching.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Someone said a lightsaber would beat his knives, his response: "now the knives are made from kortosis (sic)"

Eventually the hypothetical wielder of this weapon will be intangible, hypersonic, able to teleport, and capable of time travel. And the knives will explode anything they touch or come close to touching.

oh...

🙄

Originally posted by NemeBro
If the person has superhuman strength, they would be just ass effective using their ****ing fists against mortals, as with weapons.

Put them against someone equally capable? Once more, polearm or Zweihander wins.

That's the one thing I was trying to get across. Ancient soldiers have limits, for them a spear is more useful thanthese knives. However is an elderly woman had to choose a weapon against another person at her age and strength, the one with the spear wouldn't be strong enough to wield. Thus a kitchen knife would better. Same principle here with these ninja assassin chain knives, and to a greater, Zeus' 30 foot chain.

Quit playing Dark Souls.

Originally posted by Dolos
That's the one thing I was trying to get across. Ancient soldiers have limits, for them a spear is more useful thanthese knives. However is an elderly woman had to choose a weapon against another person at her age and strength, the one with the spear wouldn't be strong enough to wield. Thus a kitchen knife would better. Same principle here with these ninja assassin chain knives, and to a greater, Zeus' 30 foot chain.

Quit playing Dark Souls.

The main value of ninja weapons was that they were often farm tools that could be disguised as such. Ninja simply weren't the equals of samurai in any kind of even combat.

Edit.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
The main value of ninja weapons was that they were often farm tools that could be disguised as such. Ninja simply weren't the equals of samurai in any kind of even combat.

Don't listen to this guy, he's obviously working for the pirates.

Lol. Pirates? 😕

Originally posted by Dolos
Lol. Pirates? 😕

PvN.

A conflict that has raged since the dawn of time. Arguably before.

I'm anything about weapons just leave me alone.

You must choose a side or be swept away by the tides of war.

Which will it be, are you a P or N?

Ps have P-shooters. They win all the bases.

Originally posted by Robtard
You must choose a side or be swept away by the tides of war.

Which will it be, are you a P or N?

I am a stud pile with just the right amount of facial hair.

Originally posted by Dolos
That's the one thing I was trying to get across. Ancient soldiers have limits, for them a spear is more useful thanthese knives. However is an elderly woman had to choose a weapon against another person at her age and strength, the one with the spear wouldn't be strong enough to wield. Thus a kitchen knife would better. Same principle here with these ninja assassin chain knives, and to a greater, Zeus' 30 foot chain.

Quit playing Dark Souls.

Are you on crack?

Also, what about Dark Souls?

Polearm

Originally posted by Dolos
As is whoever is using your polearm. The physics change now that the chain with knives on the end is just as lethal, but for the human wielding far more versatile as he can cause it to do all kinds of things he couldn't before. He has gained the ability to use a 15 chain that has reach on your polearm, and use it to snatch an ankle from a safe distance while the polearm has the same strength physical abilities, but without a weapon capable of folding around ankles, curving its tip around the bulk of a shield when lunging with it. It has no malleable links, the chain can be heaved to curve around the shield and still unfold its links, allowing the knife at the tip to penetrate the man behind the shield, bypassing it altogether. For someone that precise handling a chain in such a way is no more difficult than handling a shield or an axe or a sword, its just he can do more with it. And retains the functionality of stabbing, slicing, and parrying because of his strength.

Thus exotic weapons become more effective as skill and capabilities increase.

A person with Superstrength could use a much larger polearm so it's still not advantage chain knives 😛

Zweihander is better fanboys. 👆

That just means two-handed sword in German.

You'd get your ass pwned buy an equally skilled swordsman armed with a rapier, or other similar fast striking sword, especially if the area you're dueling in is confined.

It actually just means literally "two hander", but thanks for telling me shit I already knew. 👆

Considering it is a weapon meant to be used by practitioners of the German school of fencing, there is a reason it has a German name. 👆

Edit: "Fast-striking sword"? The Zweihander weighed like six pounds, and despite its size, was not slow. If it were, it would not have been used. Mercenaries armed with Zweihanders were prized highly and paid more for a reason.

A confined area is the only situation where a rapier-wielder would have the advantage against a Zweihander, but through the use of techniques like Mordhau (wielding the sword as a mace, using the pommel to strike and shit), or gripping the ricasso (Half-swording) to deliver forceful thrusts.

It's just a two handed sword though, that's the point.

Give a non German made two handed sword of equal build quality and the same "German fencing" could be had, ass.