I'd like to thank DeadAliveManiac for officially collaborating with me in my DW matches. Much appreciated and thanks to MkDemigodZ for keen weapon knowledge and Zivon96 and Harbingers of NEVEC for additional analysis. X-factors courtesy of MetalHarbinger.
Oda Nobunaga: The ambitious, yet brutal daimyo who sought to unify Japan by any means necessary.
(Oda leads his men into battle, cutting down rival samurai on his path of destruction.)
vs.
Ivan the Terrible: Russia's sadistic 16th century Tsar who's list for blood created the largest empire in Europe.
(Ivan is seen torturing a helpless boyar with a hot metal rod pressed against his throat making the man scream as Ivan laughs maniacally.)
WHO IS DEADLIEST?
To find out, we've assembled a team of world class fighters to test history's most lethal weapons. Using 21st century science, we'll see what happens when two warriors go toe to toe.
No rules. No safety. No mercy. It's a duel to the death to decide who is…THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!
Here in our elite fight club we have gathered doctors, medical scientists and weapons experts to test out the lethal arsenals wielded by each of our combatants to determine who would win a fight between two of the 16th century's most bloodthirsty leaders.
Oda Nobunaga
Circa: 1575 A.D.
Age: 41
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Armor: Kabuto Helmet, Do-Maru
Ivan the Terrible
Circa: 1560
Age: 30
Height: 6'
Weight: 180 lbs.
Armor: Riveted Chainmail with Steel Plate Panels
Our panelists are seen entering the fight lab where they then proceed to lay out the weapons and armor of both warriors onto a table.
"Both these men were downright brutal to their enemies," Richard "Mack" Machowicz started, "On one hand; you have a guy who was known as 'the Demon King' and on the other, the mighty Tsar of the Russian empire."
"These two leaders were the most notorious for their brutal natures, probably the most brutal of the 16th century. In the end, I'm siding with Ivan to take it. He may be insane but he did carve out the largest empire Europe had ever seen at the time. I think Oda will fall this time around." Trauma doctor Armand Dorian says
"I'm gonna go with Oda Nobunaga on this one," trauma doctor Armand Dorian countered, "He was willing to stamp out anybody who stood in his way of unifying Japan, not just rebels, but women and children, anybody unfortunate enough to cross his path. He's going to see Ivan as just some bothersome vermin and nothing more."
Born into the family of the daimyo of Owari, young Oda began his rise to power by first establishing uncontested rule over his own family, defeating his younger brother twice, his second victory forcing the man to commit ritual suicide. It wasn't long before he was expanding his sphere of influence over neighboring provinces, eventually forming an alliance with fellow daimyo Tokugawa Ieyasu.
"He lived a life of continuous military conquest and brought many innovations to his armies, including adopting Swiss and Landsknecht-based pike tactics and incorporating the use of firearms, then unheard of in the notoriously isolated Japan," Mack explained.
Nobunaga's name became associated with infamy when he ordered his forces to besiege the monastery of the Buddhist Tendai sect atop Mt. Hiei through setting the woods around the cloister ablaze. In the end roughly 30,000 people were massacred, among them laymen, women and children, an act which earned him the epithet 'The Demon King.'
"Nobunaga would go through any means, no matter how brutal, to achieve the unification of Japan. Although he failed to unify Japan during his lifetime, he set the course for what was to come, the rule of Japan under the shogun, a rule that would only end through the opening of Japan to the Western world in 1868," Mack concluded.
Oda brings with him a deadly assortment of conquering weapons:
Short Range: Katana
Mid-Range: Yari
Long Range: Tanegashima Rifle
Special: Wakizashi
But today the Japanese warlord goes up against am equally cruel adversary. One who built the largest empire in Europe in the neighboring country of Russia not long before him
Ivanthe Terrible was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and 'Tsar of All the Russias' from 1547 until his death in 1584. His long reign saw the conquest of the Khanate of Kazan, Khanate of Astrakhan and Khanate of Sibir, transforming Russia into a multiethnic and multicontinental state spanning almost one billion acres, approximately 1,560,000 sq miles.
"He was cunning, and cold blooded. He was going to recreate the conditions of hell and saw himself as the Arch angel Michael. It was through his conquests that made Russia the power it was."
Historic sources present disparate accounts of Ivan's complex personality: he was described as intelligent and devout, yet given to rages and prone to episodic outbreaks of mental illness, that increased with his age, affecting his reign.
"His soldiers would butcher whole villages just for the sake of being intimidating. Oda will encounter a foe like no other." Mack concluded
The Tsar rode into battle with a deadly assortment of weapons.
Short Range: Sablia
Mid-Range: Bardiche
Long Range: Pischal
Special: Horseman's Pick
Both generals rode into battle with equally lethal curves swords both for cavalry and infantry purposes.
Both blades have already been tested before, we will have our experts test them off horseback since both generals fight off horseback. We go out to the range wear each expert will test their blade's cavalry usages against an armored opponent on horseback.
Oda Nobunaga expert Kenshin Himura will be the first to go.
"So Kenshin, this test is simple, just ride up to him and see if you can strike his face with the katana." Geoff explained
Kenshin nodded before getting into place.
"3..2...1... go!"
Kenshin gets his horse going towards the target, he points his katana out and as he rides up to the torso, he swings his blade and manages to catch the target across the face completely getting past the coif before riding away.
"Oh, looks brutal." Dorian commented
The panelists make their way over to inspect the damage.
"Alright, the damage from what I see here is that the blade manages to slice into his mouth and gets halfway into his head, if the coif wasn't being worn you definitely would've taken his head off, but that combined with the chainmail covering his neck stopped a functional decapitation. Nonetheless, you still killed the man."
"Okay Vladimir, you're up next with the sablia."
Streltsy expert Vladimir Orlov returns to represent Ivan the Terrible. He rides up on the same horse Tetsuro rode and gets into position.
"Alright Vladimir, on 3...2...1...go!"
Vladimir motions his horse forward and rides towards the target clad in Oda's do-maru and kabuto helmet. He raises his sword arm high into the air and when he gets within striking distance of his target, swings the sablia and with that, completely decapitated the torso sending the kabuto flying the other direction to the awe of the panelists.
"Ho! Shit, totally wasn't expecting that!" Geoff yelled
The panelists now make their way over to inspect the carnage.
"10 years of doctoring isn't needed to explain this, if you lose your head, death. The armor isn't a huge factor for you off horseback because the blade was made to slash and for cavalry purposes and you demonstrated just that. This guy would be screaming as the blade goes right in and splits his head, literally in half. Guillotine by horse.''
Both swords have demonstrated their uses off horseback, which one do our experts believe gets the edge?
"Okay, coming from my side of the argument, which one is better for both situation? The katana fits well in both infantry and cavalry usage, but the sablia absolutely owns on horseback, but from what we've seen, the sablia had no problem with the armor while the katana has a smaller target. In the end, I'm giving it to the sablia for greater use for horseback." Geoff starts off
"Nah, look at both situations, the katana owns on foot and I doubt Ivan will be on his horse the entire time, look at how trained Oda and his samurai are with this blade, especially for infantry usages. I'm giving it to the katana for better quality in the blade." Dorian counters
The tiebreaker fell down to Mack, as usual.
"While you have a good point there doc about them each being effective in infantry and cavalry purposes, in the end the sablia's slightly longer blade and greater use of horseback gives it my edge over the katana, sorry to say since it's a great sword.''
In short range weapons, the edge goes to Ivan the Terrible for his sablia.
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For mid-range weapons our generals utilized incredibly nasty polearns to stab and cut their enemies down.
Since both general's weapons have been tested before, the team will just test each weapon against armor.
Kenshin stood ready with yari in hand, he will use it to dismount the torso on horseback wearing Ivan's armor.
"Alright Kenshin, let's see if the yari can pierce the armor and dismount your target, which was the intended purpose of the yari." Geoff said
Kenshin nodded and got into position
"On 3...2...1... go!"
The fake horse hummed forward towards Tetsuro and as it approaches him, Tetsuro gives a quick yell while thrusting the yari forward piercing clean through the armor's chainmail portion. He twists the spear and the torso falls over in a gruesome manner and loud thud. He retracts the yari and raises it high before bringing it down onto the torso's heart going in between the steel plates.
The panelists walk up to inspect the damage done.
"Holy cow, the way he landed on the ground and judging by the angle he fell, you killed him two times over. His neck would've broke and well, this poor bastard is screaming looking at this spear sticking out his chest, dead." Dorian said
Now it's Vladimir's turn to attack a torso wearing Oda's do-maru.
"On 3...2...1...Go!'' Geoff yelled
The horse hums towards Vladimir and as the horse approaches, he gives a quick yell and swings the bardiche hitting the torso dead in the chest but not dismounting it as the horse comes to a stop.
"Well, you didn't penetrate the armor or dismount him, sorry Vladimir." Dorian commented
Both have demonstrated their polearms dismounting capability, which do our experts believe gets the edge?
"Yari, the bardiche sure, it hits harder and whatnot, but the yari is longer and doesn't fatigue you while swinging it or thrusting with it. Plus we saw better dismounting and armor piercing results." Geoff started off
"Agreed, that thing takes so much out of you and the yari's length can keep a guy at a distance better." Dorian seconded
"Unanimous then, yari I cross the board." Mack says
In mid-range weapons the yari takes the edge over the bardiche.
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Now the time has come for both generals to bring out their firearms.
Since both weapons have been tested before, we will take these rifles and fire them against their opponent's respective armor.
Kenshin stood ready with his tanegashima, he will fire one shot against a torso wearing Ivan's armor which combined chainmail with panels of steel plate.
"On 3...2...1...FIRE!" Geoff yells
Kenshin takes aim with his tanegashima and fires his lead round, the bullet flying to the target before hitting a steel plate with a spark and passing through the rest of the armor.
The panelists walk over to inspect what damage has been done.
"Alright Kenshin, you did penetrate the armor's steel plate and hit his body, but you're only hitting his spleen, lots of bleeding but isn't going to kill the guy needless to say." Dorian commented
Nows Vladimir is up with his pischal, his target will wear the do-maru armor, forged to life with historical specifications.
"On 3...2...1...GO!" Geoff calls out
Vladimir aims his rifle at his target, slowly he squeezed the trigger and the pischal roars to life with a loud blast. The smoke clears and the do-maru has been penetrated!
Dorian walks over to assess the damage.
"Vladimir, judging from what I see here, you shot dead center in the armor, and with the placement of the shot you hit the aorta, that's going to bleed like stink!"
Both generals have shown their fearsome firepower with their rifles, which one do our experts believe gives their warrior the advantage?
"We've seen both firearms before and both are very very accurate with their shots. But, I have to give it to the pischal since you have some black powder preloaded into the pan which allows quick reload, and after you're done blowing your enemy's head off, you can hack them apart with the bardiche since it's also a stand giving you a secendary weapon." Geoff said
"I agree, the tanegashima is pretty much an arquebus with a pistol grip. For the iron sights front and back, the pischal takes the edge." Mack seconded
"110% agreeing with you guys, pischal, but it's a close edge." Dorian finished
In long range weapons, the edge goes to Ivan the Terrible for his pischal.
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The team now moves on to special weapons where a trusted sidearm will go against a skull splitting war hammer.
Since we've already tested the wakizashi which is very similar to the katana, we will move onwards to Ivan the Terrible's special weapon, the Horseman's pick.
"The horseman's pick was a type of war hammer that had a very long spike on the reverse side of the hammer head. All steel, it could bash skulls, pierce thick plate and mail armor, and could also tear men from their mounts. It was 2 feet long and weighed 2 pounds," Dave explained.
Vladimir rode up with the horseman's pick in hand.
"Okay Vladimir, you got one shot to see if that pick can pierce any part of the armor, got that?" Geoff asked
"He isn't going to do much against our armor, both do-maru and kabuto since it's nothing but angles, it will deflect." Kenshin commented
"Yes I do." Vladimir replies
"3...2...1...GO!" Geoff calls out
Vladimir rides towards the torso and as he gallops closer to it, he raises his arm outward and hits the kabuto with the pick end but the pick simply deflects off of the kabuto with a clang.
"Wow, guess we know what to expect, you didn't kill the guy, just scared him." Dorian commented
Now that we've seen both warriors special weapons, which do our experts believe gets the edge?
"Even though the horseman's pick just bounced off the kabuto, I'm still giving it the edge for superior use of the back of a horse." Geoff started
"I agree, the wakizashi is the better infantry weapon and it is out of its league with the shorter reach it has, horseman's pick gets the edge here." Dorian seconded
"I'm giving it to the wakizashi, why? It can be paired with the katana for double trouble while the horseman's pick can get stuck in armor if it penetrates leaving you defenseless as you try to get it out or to let go of it leaving you temporarily weaponless." Mack said
In a vote of 2 to 1, the horseman's pick takes the edge for Ivan the Terrible in special weapons.
Coming up, our panelists gauge the X-factors of each warrior and then after that, we will see what happens when two brutal generals clash on the battlefield for the first time ever.
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Now Mack will gauge the x-factors of each warrior.
""We will start this battle out with psychological health and while both men were brutal in their aims, they still used their men wisely, yet we gave the edge to Oda due to his sense of discipline, whereas Ivan was just one unstable bastard which would have surely affected his mental state. We gave Oda an 83 to Ivan's 28."
"For strategy, we gave it to Ivan because he conquered so much land in his time while Oda relied heavily upon overwhelming numbers for his battles. Ivan gets an 81 to Oda's 74."
"For generalship, both these men were fierce warriors who fought on the frontlines with their men, yet we gave Nobunaga the edge due to him beginning the trend of unifying Japan under one warlord, so he gets an 89 to Ivan's 64 since Ivan didn't have long stage relationships."
"Physicality goes to Oda, why? It's lifetime of samurai training pits him in great condition. He has a 92 to Ivan's 89."
"Next we have intimidation and while Oda himself was a fierce, brutal warrior earned the epithet 'The Demon King'. Ivan and his mean brutally murdered boyars just for the sake of being intimidating. We gave him a 97 to Oda's 91."
"Lastly we have logistics would be another key factor and we gave both of them the edge due to them having an entire country of resources at his whim. We gave them both an 88."
Our scientists and weapons experts are done testing the results and the time has come to decide who will be the victor. To ensure the battle won't be decided by a single lucky blow, the battle will be simulated one thousand times in a duel to the death.
Who will win a battle between two leaders who used bloodshed to further their respective goals?
This battle will be fought in a 5-on-5 encounter where Oda Nobunaga will be accompanied by 4 samurai and Ivan the Terrible will be accompanied by 2 Oprichniki and 2 Streltsy, all soldiers of whom will be wearing the same armor and carrying the same weaponry as their leaders.
"In the end there can be only one. Let's find out," Mack said.
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A meeting commences in a clearing before a shinto shrine, the daimyo himself seated in full armor at a table on a stage-like platform before a low table. Beside the stage were a pair of samurai each, the ones on horseback to his right and on foot to his left.
Oda Nobunaga: 5
His men were armed and worried, but Oda sat with a smile and complacency. The whinny of a distant horse drew the aim of all the armed samurai, a figure clad in mail sitting atop a horse that reared back on its hind legs. The horse landed back on its front legs, revealing the anger and facial hair beneath the helm the man wore.
Soon, a pair of figures in dark hoods with dog's heads strapped to their horses sides flanked beside the czar, unsheathing their sablias. The rattle of metal preceded a duo of streltsy charging up with bardiches in one hand and pischals in the other, quickly aiming them over the blades and lighting the matches as they did so. A tense stand-off now unfolded.
Ivan the Terrible: 5
A skirmish would most certainly have broken out had Oda not risen, arms crossed as he declared, "Yameru. Korera wa okyakusamadesu."
The samurai lowered their weapons, albeit reluctantly, as a streltsy wormed his way between the horses and spoke the translation to Ivan, earning a sickening smile from the mad czar. "Tak bol'shaya chest' vstretit'sya s vami."
Oda gestured one of his samurai up the stage, the willful warrior crossing his arms behind his back and leaning in to whisper the translation to the daimyo. The warlord smiled in return seating himself at the head of the table. Ivan slid off his horse, strolling up to the stage and sitting opposite Oda. Oda snapped his fingers and two women with painted faces, kimonos, and large, bunned hair strolled up the stage, laying plates of hot rice and fish before them.
The leaders smiled at the women, who bowed in return and exited back off the platform. As Ivan fiddled and failed with how to use chopsticks, grunting in anger and snapping them in his hand, Oda called out over the table, "Anata o mitasu tame ni meiyo, Roshia no kōteidesu. Issho ni, dōmeikuni to shite, Nihon to Roshia wa chikyū o seifuku shimasu!"
The streltsy smiled as he leaned down beside Ivan, whispering in his ear and bringing about a similar grin of malice from the czar. "Eto bylo by bol'shoy soyuz . Tem ne meneye, mozhet byt' tol'ko odin khozyain mira!"
On cue, Ivan tosses the streltsy a match after striking it against his armor, the soldier lighting the weapon before he took dead aim at Oda with his pischal. Before the streltsy can pull the trigger, Oda switches his wait to one knee and kicks the table aside, flipping it into the strelsty side and knocking his aim off just as he fired, the round flying right through the chest of the shocked samurai beside Oda, taking him off his feet and the stage as well.
Oda Nobunaga: 4 - Ivan the Terrible: 5
Oda springs to his feet, grabbing the corner of the table, and hurls it up at the streltsy, who tosses his matchlock aside. He brought his bardiche back and split the table in two. As the pieces sored past him, Oda sprinted at Ivan, leaping at him with a kick to the chest that sent him soaring off the edge of the stage, knocking the wind out of him as he crashed flat on his back. Oda turned as the streltsy brought his bardiche back to cleave the daimyo in half.
Oda ducked down and spun around as the blade went right over his back, shooting his foot at the Russian's stomach behind him and send him flying off the stage too. He landed with such a thud that it knocked a yari into the air. Oda lept from the stage, seizing the spear in both hand and brought it down with him onto the streltsy's chest, skewering him into the ground. The soldier gasped for air, blood pouring from his mouth, before a twist of the blade from Oda silenced him.
Oda Nobunaga: 4 – Ivan the Terrible: 4
While Ivan writhed on the ground in pain, the horseback samurai came charging at him, hoping to trample him to death beneath his horse's hooves.
However, the horse miraculously missed stepping on Ivan at all, trotting ahead as the samurai pulled back on its reigns, turning it around. A metallic ting hit the air as the samurai lurched forward, a small, round dent in the back of his kabuto. Ivan sat up as he saw the oprichniki coming at him, extending his hand out as the horseman reached down his his pick.
Ivan grasps the hammer by the long shaft and is slung up onto the horse's back in an instant, the weapons now in his hands as they turn and charge at the dazed soldier. Nearing the samurai, Ivan springs into the air off the horse he was riding, horseman's pick brought back behind his head tight in both hands, letting out a war cry. He swings it ahead and buries it into the forehead of the samurai, landing on the horse facing the corpse with a perfect stradle.
Oda Nobunaga: 3 – Ivan the Terrible: 4
Ivan shoves the corpse off the horse, turning himself around before taking the reigns in one hand and unsheathing his sablia, charging after the samurai going after his troops.
An oprichniki manages to duck under a swing of a cavalry katana and charges at Oda as he free his yari from the streltsy. As the oprichniki drew near and raised his saber, Oda thrust his yari ahead, skewering the horse's chest and heart. The beast collapsed in a heap, catapulting the oprichniki ahead and slamming him head-first into the stage, cracking his skull. Miraculously, the horseman managed to keep his footing and danced around in pain and confusion, holding his split scalp.
The warlord attempted to free his yari, but it was promptly chopped in two just before his hand. Oda looked up to see the final streltsy before him, saber's tip pointing straight at his face. The daimyo raised his hands with a smile, surrendering to his cruelly smirking adversary. Oda's eyes darted for anything of use, a tanegashima at his feet.
Bringing his eyes back up to those of the streltsy, smile unwaivering. Suddenly, he stomps his leg onto the grip of the gun, sending it flipping into the air before he snatches the barrel in both hands. He bats the Russian across the head with the gun, sparks flying as his head swayed to the side. One of the sparks managed to be caught by the pan, making the gun fire a round out that narrowly missed Oda's head. The ball soared on and cored a hole through the back of the head and face of the oprichniki.
Oda Nobunaga: 3 - Ivan the Terrible: 3
The streltsy springs back upright with a backhanded slice of his sablia, the daimyo arching his gut away as he brought the club down over his head once again. The streltsy helmet scrapped across the dirt, the Russian dropped to a knee as Oda hefted his gun over his shoulder with a smirk. Suddenly, the streltsy lunged up at Oda with saber raised, bringing it down on Oda's head.
His attack was blocked by the gun before Oda, the warlord quickly unsheathing his wakizashi with his free hand and spearing it through the Russian's armpit and up through his shoulder. With a quick push of all his weight, Oda severed the man's sword arm, the screaming Russian grabbing the stump that was once his shoulder.
Ivan tossed his gun aside and wrapped an arm around the Russian's chest, inverting the grip on his sword before repeatedly stabbing him up and down his back. Blood now coursed out of any orifice on his body, limp and barely conscious in the arms of the daimyo. Oda switched his grip once more and drove the tip up through the back of the streltsy's neck, skewering his spine. Unsatisfied with just the silence, Oda ripped his blade skyward, gouging a faultline from the base of his neck up to though the back of his skull.
Oda Nobunaga: 3 - Ivan the Terrible: 2
On the opposite side of the clearing, a samurai on foot and horseback close in on the lone oprichniki, his horse nervously shifting from side to side as his saber glimmered in the sun. Finally, he had no choice but to charge at them with yell, saber raised high. Nearing the samurai on horse first, he proved his speed as he swung first, the warrior unable to block as the swing came for his face. The blade chopped through his mouth and out the back of his head, the top of his wide-eyed skull popping up into the air.
Oda Nobunaga: 2 - Ivan the Terrible: 2
He brings his saber up once again as he nears the last samurai, who lept into the air as the two drew near, both bringing their swords down in the same instant. The samurai came down on his feet, the saber harmlessly bouncing off his helmet, the tip of his blood-coated katana digging into the earth in the aftermath of his swing. The oprichniki's horse continued to trot on, the execution frozen until his upper half slowly slid off of him, bisected from his left shoulder down to just below his right pectoral.
Oda Nobunaga: 2 – Ivan the Terrible: 1
The samurai turns to see a shrieking Ivan barreling at him, lunging ahead and tucking into a ball to avoid his wild swing. The samurai rolled to his feet and turned as Ivan made a wide U-turn to charge at the samurai once again, who brandished his sword over his shoulder like a bat. The samurai and Ivan swung once more in unison, Ivan slicing the cheek of the warrior. The samurai, however, found much greater success as he cleanly sheered through the four legs of the speeding horse, the creature and czar torpedoing ahead.
The horse crashed with lethal force, flinging Ivan over in a somersault to his back that once more wracked him in pain. The samurai made his way over to the downed mad man, holding his gushing cheek. Ivan could sense his doom coming, his hands madly patting the ground to find anything to save him, eventually settling on the wooden shaft of something.
Once the samurai was close, Ivan windmilled his legs around to reposition himself back on his knees, backhanding a bardiche across his body and smacking the samurai upside the head, knocking his helmet aside and dazing him. Ivan brought his bardiche back in the opposite direction and sliced through the samurai's knees, dropping him onto his stumps as he reared back and screamed in agony. He would not have the time to look down in horror at the amputation as Ivan had already risen with his bardiche high over-head, bringing it down and cleaving the samurai's head in two.
Oda Nobunaga: 1 – Ivan the Terrible: 1
Ivan can barely free his axe before he hears the screaming daimyo charging at him, katana raised. Ivan turns and gets his bardiched before him just in time, the sword splitting the shaft in two just below where the blade was riveted to the wood. Oda turns and delivers a sidekick into Ivan's gut, backing the czar stumble back and turn himself around to hold his gut after tossing the useless wood aside.
Oda approaches Ivan and is caught by utter surprise as Ivan spins around at him with the remainder of his bardiche, slamming it down over the crown of his kabuto with a enough force to imbed it in the helmet, drooping the rim of the helmet over Oda's eyes. In a blind, desperate attempt, Oda turns his body and makes a swooping hack, flesh splitting and Ivan screaming as something smacked into the earth. Oda flung his kabuto aside, looking to Ivan stepping back and screaming at the blood gushing from the stumps that was once his left hand, which was lying just before the daimyo. Assured of victory, Oda approaches Ivan casually, a smile on his face.
His cockiness got him as Ivan lunged fore Oda with a scream, leaping up and dropkicking him in the chest, throwing him to his back. Ivan is ignorant of the pain flaring up his spine for his condition as he gets back up, sablia in hand. Oda, much more showingly, kicks back up to his feet, katana aimed ahead before him.
The warlords let out a cry before charging, Ivan raising his saber to parry a chop of the katana. Having the literal upper hand, Oda forces the blades down into the ground before swinging back up at Ivan, knocking his helmet ajar and slicing his cheek, following it up with a roundhouse to his unarmored temple.
Ivan stumbles to the side, bloody and dazed, as Oda closes in for the kill. Ivan spins around with a wide swing, Oda juking back from it and hacking down on the czar once more. Ivan rose his blade just enough for the guard to catch it, jarring the weapon lose from Ivan's grip and bouncing it off the ground. In deseration, Ivan hooked his stump at Oda, the jagged bone finding true and impaling his cheek. Oda yelped in the shock and pain of it all, Ivan rearing back and headbutting him with full force, not fazing the czar but bashing the daimyo back. Ivan saw the sablia at his feet and hooked his boot under the grip, kicking it up in the air before him and grasping it as he charged ahead.
Oda was quickly on the defensive, one hand holding his cheek while the other deflected and parried shot after wild shot of Ivan's saber. Finally, Ivan swung with all his might, knocking the katana aside long enough for him to backhand the sablia across Oda's head. The daimyo barely ducked the blade enough to avoid death but ended up with a chuck of scalp sliced off his head. Pain now surged over Oda's head and the blood that seeped over his face like a mask stung his eyes.
Ivan fell to his knee from the pain, Ivan raising his sword up with an evil smirk to finish it. Oda lashed out one last time in a bid to live, the czar letting out a throat shredding scream in response. Oda looked as the blade he held disappeared into the knee of Ivan, the czar trembling and even dropping his saber.
Seeing his last opening, Oda freed his blade and jammed it forward again, sinking through his stomach and out his back this time. The daimyo freed his sword once more, allowing the czar to drop to a knee as blood spilled from him, too weak for even his madness to pick him back up. Oda rises, postioning himself beside Ivan and uses his free hand to clasp him beside his hip, declaring, "Redi to~u dai, kōtei?"
Oda drags his katana along Ivan's cheek, slicing it open before the tip now points at Ivan's face. Oda abruptly jams it down at Ivan, sliding the sword into his mouth and down his throat like a new scabbard. Ivan now gags and chokes on steel and crimson, Oda eventually growing tired of the noise and freeing his wakizashi, driving the blade right between Ivan's eyes.
Oda Nobunaga: 1 - Ivan the Terrible: 0
Oda lets the corpse flop to its stomach, hopping back up on the stage to pick a plate off the ground. He seats himself once more and heartily eats the remains of lukewarm rice.
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Winner: Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga: 562
Katana: 173
Yari: 166
Tanegashima Rifle: 82
Wakizashi: 141
Ivan the Terrible: 438
Sablia: 172
Bardiche: 48
Pischal: 94
Horseman's Pick: 124
Following a vicious and bloody battle between two 16th century generals, Oda achieves ultimate victory. His superior armor and mid-ranged arsenal combined with his better sanity allowed him to steam roll over Ivan. Ivan however, did not let him off easy, his superior short, long and special weapons combined with his soldier's superior firearm proficiency kept this from being anymore lopsided.
"Damn, quite a battle we just watched on the screen, when you do think of it, Oda was bringing comparable weapons to Ivan's as well as a comparable firearm. His superior mental condition and armor is what gave him this win." Geoff explained
"When you have the better armor and aren't insane, makes sense you win." Dorian added
"Ivan was not a pushover, his empire was much larger than anything Oda could've hoped to create, insanity can be cool as hell, but it's moot against a man who is in better mental health. Oda Nobunaga, the 'Demon King' hails victorious." Mack finished
(Oda is seen riding out of the village. Having vanquished another vermin who dare challenges him, strapped to his horse's side is the entire arsenal of the Fallen Tsar with the armor strapped to the horse as well. He will give these weapons to his army as they continue their goal of unifying the Land of the Rising Sun.)
Translations (in order):
Stop. These are our guests.
So honored to meet you.
It is an honor to meet you, Czar of Russia. Together, as allies, Japan and Russia will conquer the Earth!
It would be a great union. However, there can be only one master of the world!
Ready to die, czar?
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Next time on 'Deadliest Warrior', two renowned generals who rallied their men to battle finally meet.
Saladin: Egyptian Sultan who used the elements and psychological torture to wear down the Crusaders.
vs.
Alexander Nevsky: Russian conqueror who planted the seeds of a unified Russia and stymied Westward Expansion.
WHO...IS...DEADLIEST?!
Note from DeadAliveManiac
Hey, folks, DAM here. I'm here to tell you guys me and PFC Riceman are collaborating on his story for the fights. We write our own renditions and see which one we, including our group, like best and upload it with the chapter. People may know me for my work in Deadliest Warrior but also for Death Battle, which is a big influence in how I write fights such as this. I hope I'm keeping the quality their but also not making things too utterly cartoonish.
Also, this story is a bigger thing. It involves people like myself and Rice Man, but also Dr. MKDemigodZ-Warrior, Zivon96, Metal Harbinger, and Harbingers of NEVEC debating and informing eachother on the warriors, weapons, armor, and so much more. This is something I'd love to see Deadliest Warrior become, a bunch of knowledgeable people coming together and putting their heads together to come up with results such as these. People may complain and call us out but, honestly, if you have such a problem with it, do it yourself, write your own story. I'm sure those people could totally make a much better and fun to read story on their own than a piece that is debated and ran through microscope after microscope for each fight. But, again, I'm happy to be in collaboration with this story on two fronts and actually be in a writing part. Keep reading this, it's so unique how it's a collaborative work of a half dozen people.
Also, Demigod will have his own Deadliest Warrior story coming eventually, as he gets free time. I did write one fight for him but he has a great deal of talent on his own in that department. Keep an eye peeled for that as well.
I don't really have much of my own stuff to plug but keep on supporting people like Rice Man, Demigod, Metal Harbinger, Zivon (who has a fictional version of Deadliest Warrior), and NEVEC, I think this concept we have here is very important to something great. If you'd like, though, leave a little love here, on their other stuff, and with my friends, and don't forget to cite your DAM sources.
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******-Viking vs. Roman Centurion-******
ALTERNATE ENDING
The viking swings his shield aimed at the centurion's head, but the centurion ducks and attempts a stab with his gladius. The viking blocks just in time to prevent the roman from stabbing into his gut. With that, he charges into the centurion, the iron boss on his shield hits the centurion dead on into his chest. His armor protects him but the force was enough to knock him on his butt.
He gets up just in time to prevent the longsword from stabbing him in the face, knowing his empire is counting on him, he charges himself at the viking, but the viking charges himself as well and with his larger size, hits the centurion, he stumbles back and charges again, this time pushing the centurion into a tree.
He swings his longsword at the Roman's exposed arm but the Centurion manages to lift his gladius to block the blow only for the force of the swing from the longsword to knock it out of his hand. Seeing his opponent temporarily weaponless, the Viking lifts his sword high and brings his Longsword down only to be kicked in his testicles by centurion and pushed over.
He falls to the ground in pain clutching his aching testicles giving the centurion time to retrieve his gladius, the Viking recovers in time and gets up to face the centurion and charges at out of anger. The centurion charges back and as the Viking swings his Longsword the centurion ducks and with a swift move, slices the Viking's leg off from the shin making him fall over legless.
The Scandinavian tries to crawl away but the centurion, wasting no time removes the Viking's helmet and thrusts his gladius down onto the raider's skull piercing his brain.
The Roman withdraws his blade now covered in brain and raises high into the air shouting "Quia gloria Romae!"
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Winner: Roman Centurion
Roman Centurion: 541
Gladius: 194
Pilum: 196
Plumbata: 50
Dolabra: 101
Viking: 459
Viking Longsword: 200
Dane Axe: 133
Boar Spear: 47
Shield: 79
Well, I wanted to get that out of the way since I received complaints from some Anon historian about how the Centurion fought similar enemies to the viking and how he would've won. So here you go complainers and don't forget, write your own story.