So it begins! The very first back for blood battle where two winners from season 2's general bracket are brought back to duke it out to see who truly earns the right to be this season's deadliest general! As always, I hope you all enjoy the battle and I'd like to thank all the hard work of the panel for making this possible. Without further ado, let's go!
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(A Caucasian man wearing chainmail and a steel helmet takes his axe and brings it down onto the camera.)
William the Conqueror: The Duke of Normandy who invaded England, killed their King and took the throne.
(William looks on as his men advance toward the Saxon army at Hastings, several of the Saxons fall as the two forces collide.)
vs.
(An Oriental man in traditional samurai armor strings an arrow onto his bow and aims at the camera.)
Oda Nobunaga: The Japanese Daimyo whose desire to unify Japan led to unmatched brutality and ambition.
(Oda watches as his army of samurai cuts down a rival army in his path of destruction.)
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!
Last time, both generals defeated their respective opponents in a hard fought battle...
(William thrusts his broadsword downward skewering Hannibal through the neck.)
...but now, we will bring both generals back once again to see who will be our 'Deadliest General.'
(Nobunaga swings his wakizashi severing Maharana Pratap's head from his body.)
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 titanic generals who never met in a battle to the death.
William the Conqueror
Circa: 1066 A.D.
Age: 38
Height: 5'10''
Weight: 215 lbs.
Armor: Chainmail Hauberk, Steel Nasal Helmet, Kite Shield
Oda Nobunaga
Circa: 1575 A.D.
Age: 41
Height: 5'6''
Weight: 145 lbs.
Armor: Do-Maru, Kabuto
The team heads into the fight club ready to start the season three back for blood. Upon entering the fight club they gather the weapons for today's fight and set them down on the table before them, a look of pure excitement on their faces.
''Welcome back from the holidays gents!'' Ancient weapons and combat specialist DeadAliveManiac exclaimed, ''What a way to start off the new years with season 3's back for blood huh? Today we are bringing back two generals who won their respective matches in their last appearance for the title, but now they'll compete with each other to fully claim the title of 'deadlliest' general. The men profiled today are William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy and the brutal Daimyo who tried to unify Japan, Oda Nobunaga and today there's gonna be a lot of blood spilled.''
''These two men were big mentally and while William is physically larger, Oda was more mentally prepare for battle as he was raised as a samurai since he was born and carrying weapons that were made for precision compared to William's brute force arsenal. It's these subtle differences that's gonna be one deciding factor for me.'' Medical expert Zivon96 explained.
''This is definitely an interesting battle too considering what these men were famous for. William believed he was the rightful ruler of the English throne and when he took the throne, he earned his name and changed the history of England forever. On the other hand, Oda Nobunaga was bent on unifying Japan and spared no one from his path of chaos and destruction, even women and children were victims earning his nickname the 'Demon King'.'' Weapons geek MKDemigodZ-Warrior added.
''Two very colossal figures within their respective parts of the world with two different goals in mind. They were different in their approach to combat, but they were also the same in a few ways and I'm dying to see how these two will view each other when they meet in combat.'' Modern weapons and warfare specialist PFC Rice Man concluded.
To claim the English throne, William marched into combat with a brutal arsenal that gave him his moniker.
Short Range: Norman Broadsword
Mid-range: Dane Axe
Long Range: Composite Crossbow
Special: Seax
In turn, the mighty Daimyo crushed all enemies with an arsenal focused on speed and precision.
Short Range: Katana
Mid-range: Yari
Long Range: Daikyu Yumi
Special: Wakizashi
When the battles were up close, our generals brought with them two very differently designed swords to hack, slash and sever their enemies.
The team then reviews the testing of both blades in their respective debut battles before finally coming to their decision.
''I'm gonna go and give this all to Oda, the katana is in my opinion one of the best forged blades in history and Oda is a master swordsman as other samurai, they lived and bathed with that sword, it was their life.'' DAM started off.
''I agree, while William and his men will be using it in conjunction with the shield I don't see it penetrating Oda's armor whereas the katana will have an easier time penetrating the chainmail. Katana gets my edge.'' Zivon seconded.
''Oda is going to be able to find a way to get around the shield and when he does William is screwed, he and the katana get my edge too.'' Demigod added.
''William is going to stress himself out trying to get pass the do-maru, Oda will have a field day stabbing through that hauberk. Katana takes this fairly easily.'' Rice Man concluded.
In short range weapons, the edge goes to Oda Nobunaga for the katana.
For mid-ranged weapons, both William the Conqueror and Oda Nobunaga had two differing methods in killing their enemies.
The team reviews the footage of the Dane axe and the Yari in their previous appearances before coming to their decision.
''While the Yari may have length on its side, it doesn't hit with the same amount of power and force like the axe so I'm giving it my edge.'' DAM started off.
''I agree, the Yari will be able to penetrate the hauberk with ease, but the axe's sheer ferocity and killing power just wins it all for me.'' Zivon seconded.
''The axe is definitely going to leave a mark on Oda's armor and I think it'll hack its way passed it eventually.'' Demigod added.
''It may tire out anyone using it after repeating strikes, but seriously as we've all said before in the past you look like a train ran you over when it's through with you.'' Rice Man concluded.
In mid-range weapons, the edge goes to William the Conqueror for the Dane axe.
For long range weapons, both William the Conqueror and Oda Nobunaga brought in some of the greatest bows to grace the ancient world battlefields. The Composite Crossbow for William and the Daikyu Yumi for Oda.
The team reviews the testing of both weapons in their previous appearances and it does not take long at all to come to their decision.
''Yumi takes this all the way, it shoots more powerfully in my opinion and will have no problem piercing the hauberk for a kill or debilitating injury.'' DAM started off.
''Yep, couldn't agree with you more there. The Composite Crossbow is only effective for so far. The Yumi has more range and more accurate in my mind.'' Zivon seconded.
''You can also use it effectively off horseback, try doing that with the crossbow it's not gonna work.'' Demigod added.
''Anyone can pick up the Composite Crossbow and use it, only those who have perfected archery can pick up a Yumi and be very deadly accurate with it. The Yumi requiring more skill to use means that it will be more deadly on the field. It gets my edge.'' Rice Man concluded.
In long range weapons, the edge goes to Oda Nobunaga for the Daikyu Yumi.
For special weapons, we compare the Seax of William the Conqueror to Oda Nobunaga's trusted Wakizashi.
The team now reviews the testing of the weapons in their previous appearances against similar armor before they come to their decision.
''The wakizashi has speed on its side and the fact that it can be paired with the katana amplify its effectiveness by a lot.'' DAM started off.
''Speed can mean everything in battle and there's no doubt in my mind that Oda is going to move quick with his blade and take William down before he can go in for an attack of his own. Edge wakizashi.'' Zivon seconded.
''Oda also has more areas in which he can attack whether it be William's exposed limbs or stabbing him through the hauberk. Wakizashi takes it in my book.'' Demigod added.
''Wakizashi is a superior forged blade and we're essentially comparing a daggerish blade to a short sword. It's much faster and can kill more smoothly so it has to go to the wakizashi.'' Rice Man concluded.
In special weapons, the edge goes to Oda Nobunaga for the wakizashi.
Now, for armor we will now compare the chainmail hauberk of William the Conqueror to the Do-maru of Oda Nobunaga.
''Oda takes this, superior protection against most weapons William is bringing in and while the Duke does have a shield, what good is it if Oda stabs him through the chest?'' DAM said.
''I'd call it even since William balances it out with his shield and Oda does the same with superior metallurgy and being more advanced in the metal department.'' Zivon explained.
''Oda for me, he has the coverage as well as metallurgy while every weapon Oda has can pierce the chainmail hauberk. Helmets are even though.'' Demigod countered.
''It doesn't matter if William has a shield, his whole set of armor is a big target with weapons like the Yari and the arrows of the Yumi whereas William can only rely on his axe and maybe the broadsword but that's it, Oda is just more armored and technologically advanced.'' Rice Man concluded.
In the armor category, the edge goes to Oda Nobunaga for the do-maru.
Coming up! Metal Harbinger will review the x-factors and then we will have our first battle of season 3's back for blood to determine who is the deadliest general!
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Welcome back to the fight club, here we reviewed the lethal weapons wielded by two titanic generals of the medieval age.
For short range weapons, Oda's katana sliced and diced William's Norman broadsword.
''It's faster and will have an easier time getting kill shots against William compared to the broadsword against Oda.'' DAM explained.
Edge: Oda Nobunaga
For mid-range weapons, William's Dane axe chopped Oda's Yari down to size.
''It hits with much, MUCH more force compared to the Yari and it'll definitely hurt Oda through his armor.'' Zivon explained.
Edge: William the Conqueror
For long range weapons, the Daikyu Yumi outshot the Composite crossbow.
''It has superior range, can effectively fire from horseback and needing a skilled man to use the bow means that it will be used much more effectively in combat compared to the crossbow.'' Demigod explained.
Edge: Oda Nobunaga
For special weapons, the superior speed and precision of Oda's wakizashi edged out William's seax.
''It's faster and Oda can get in and out for quick and clean kills against the Duke.'' Rice Man concluded.
Edge: Oda Nobunaga
And finally, for armor Oda's do-maru proved more effective and protective than William's chainmail hauberk.
''Superior metallurgy and harder to penetrate gives Oda the edge despite William carrying a shield.'' DAM explained.
Edge: Oda Nobunaga
And now, resident computer wizz Metal Harbinger will review the x-factors.
''Let's do this.'' said the metalhead.
''For physicality Oda had a 92 to William's 89 due to his samurai training.''
''For generalship Oda had an 89 to William's 84.''
''For strategy William had an 89 to Oda's 74 due to Oda relying mostly on numbers.''
''For endurance Oda had a 91 to William's 86.''
''For logistics Oda had an 88 to William's 72.''
''Lastly for troop training Oda had a 91 and William will get an 88.'' concluded Metal.
We've now concluded the weapons and armor review of both generals. Now, we will run the simulations 1,000 times to determine who is the deadliest general. We will pit Oda Nobunaga and 4 samurai against William the Conqueror and 4 of his Norman soldiers.
''Will we feature cavalry in this battle?'' DAM asked.
''Not necessarily, they were horsemen but it wasn't an everyday thing for them so we'll stick to infantry in this case.'' Zivon answered.
''It's time to begin the first battle of this season's back for blood, let's see who fully claim the title of season 2's deadliest general.'' Metal said hitting the button.
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Location: Kanto region, Japan
After conquering England and claiming the throne for himself, William I, better known as William the Conqueror has now set his sights on other areas and after hearing about a powerful warlord from Japan he has decided to venture into the island nation and claim the title of Daimyo himself.
He had brought 4 of his absolute best soldiers to accompany him on a scouting mission through the beautiful sakura forest and then send word to the invasion force back home. The Duke was ready for another win like the one against the Saxons a few months back.
William the Conqueror: 5
Elsewhere among the sakura trees, Oda Nobunaga was seen heading toward the coast after receiving word that a European general was going to invade the island nation and the warlord was determined to show that he and his samurai will not be easy prey. After all, he defeated the likes of the insane Tsar Ivan the Terrible and the powerful Rajput King Maharana Pratap months before.
So he was confident another general will be no problem for him after facing such powerful foes and he had brought 4 of his best samurai with him to help.
Oda Nobunaga: 5
The Japanese warlord heard movement from the other side of the trees and ordered his men to stop so that he may investigate the source of the noise. He slowly inches his way toward the direction of the sound and taking cover behind a tree he peeks his head out and noticed William and his Normans walking along the path below the small hill.
Oda points to his two archers and the two ready their arrows before taking position behind their own trees. The warlord knew this had to be the new threat he had heard about and knew that they had to be dispatched immediately so he gave the order to his archers to fire their arrows.
They carry out their order and fire off their bows and one Normal soldier was unlucky and takes the projectile through one side of his head out the other, the hauberk failing him in the end as he falls over dead.
William the Conqueror: 4 - Oda Nobunaga: 5
''Ennemi! riposter!'' commanded William.
One of his soldiers loads a bolt into his crossbow and before one of the Yumi archers can fire at him the samurai is shot right in the throat and he falls back gagging on the tip as it digs into his neck.
William the Conqueror: 4 - Oda Nobunaga: 4
Oda shouts for his remaining archer to fire off his arrows before drawing his katana and shouting for his other two men to charge down the hill to confront the Norman invaders.
One of his samurai draws their wakizashi and katana while the other takes his yari and together the three of them venture down the hill with their archer providing cover fire for them.
William sees this and orders his troops to charge forth as well with him at the lead. However, in the midst of the charge another Norman soldier is dropped to the ground when an arrow lodges itself into his face.
William the Conqueror: 3 - Oda Nobunaga: 4
Both sides meet and one samurai dares to challenge William himself and as the Japanese swordsman goes for a thrust with his katana William blocks the attack with his shield and goes to shove the swordsman away creating some space between them. The Duke then goes in for another shield charge that catches the Japanese warrior off guard and he is knocked back first into a tree.
He tries raising his two blades to protect himself but William was already on him and thrusts the broadsword right into his neck severing his spinal cord and killing him. Pulling the sword out William watches as the corpse falls onto the ground and he sneers.
William the Conqueror: 3 - Oda Nobunaga: 3
With no arrows remaining, Oda's archer draws his own yari and goes to join the fight and rushes over to help his leader who was engaging with a single Norman soldier. The Norman was managing to keep Oda away with his axe and goes in for an overhead swing but the archer appears and thrusts his spear into the Norman's gut. He kicks the man off his yari and Oda delivers the finishing blow and swings his katana decapitating the man.
William the Conqueror: 2 - Oda Nobunaga: 3
Oda nods at his archer and the two proceed to finish off the remaining Normans, nearby the yari wielding samurai clashes with the remaining Norman and the two were at odds with their polearms. The samurai goes in for a thrust with his yari but the Norman dodges and brings his axe down in a mighty chop and cuts the yari's shaft in half and the samurai was so surprised at this that he didn't notice the Norman swinging his axe and connects with the side of his head knocking his kabuto off in the process.
Dazed, the samurai's world would go dark when the Norman follows up with a downward chop and chops the samurai's head in to horizontally.
William the Conqueror: 2 - Oda Nobunaga: 2
His victory was short lived when he turns around and is immediately confronted by Oda and his archer, out of instinct he raises his axe in defense but with a good hard swing, Oda slices through the shaft before running the man through with his katana.
William the Conqueror: 1 - Oda Nobunaga: 2
William sees his last man fall and lets out a battle cry as he charges the remaining samurai, Oda sends his archer to finish the battle, the experienced Norman Duke blocks an attack from the archer and uses his shield to swat the katana away leaving the samurai open to a thrust right into his clavicle, the sound of flesh ripping filling the air.
William the Conqueror: 1 - Oda Nobunaga: 1
Kicking the now dead samurai away the Duke then sets his sights on the mighty Daimyo and both men eyed each other as they slowly made their way toward one another.
Despite losing their best men, they knew it would eventually come down to this and they circled each other waiting for the other to make a move. Oda knew that if he attacked head on against the shield the Duke could create an opening and finish him off so he had to fight around it.
Moving first, William goes in for a charge but Oda wasted no time and twirls his way around William and swings his katana. The sword slices clean through the clothes but the Duke's chainmail hauberk had protected him from the attack. The blow only served to irritate the Norman leader and he turns to go in for a swing with his broadsword only for Oda to duck under it and swing low but the Duke was able to save himself from being crippled by bringing his shield downward and all Oda struck was the surface of it.
William takes the chance to bash Oda away with the shield and manages to get a swing in and strikes Oda on the side of his kabuto helmet knocking the headgear off and causing the warlord to be in a bit of a daze. Taking his chance he goes in for another attack hoping to decapitate the Japanese warlord but in the nick of time, Oda rears his head back and only gets a graze on his cheek.
Pissed off beyond belief now that he was scarred the Daimyo feigns an attack in the form of a thrust which prompts William to raise his shield up in defense and shoves Oda away again.
Filled with bravado, the Norman Duke goes in to finish off Oda but the warlord draws his wakizashi and waits for the perfect moment, as William exposes himself when he goes to swing, Oda takes his two blades, raises it high and thanks to his weapons superior speed swings downward and both blades slice deep into William's face leaving two bloodied wounds going down from his exposed eyes to his lower jaw.
The Duke was caught completely by surprised and dropped his sword and shield to feel his wounds, he was so shocked he did not realize Oda taking his helmet off and swings his blades once more, the katana decapitates him just as the wakizashi slices the top portion of his skull exposing his brain.
William the Conqueror: 0 - Oda Nobunaga: 1
Standing over the dead Duke, Oda swiftly sheaths his blades before sitting down on his knees. He looks condescendingly at the corpse and said nothing, victory was his.
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Winner: Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga: 574
Katana: 210
Yari: 121
Daikyu Yumi: 100
Wakizashi: 143
William the Conqueror: 426
Norman Broadsword: 136
Dane Axe: 130
Composite Crossbow: 53
Seax: 107
Armor Failure Rate
Kabuto Helmet: 2% - Steel Nasal Helmet: 2%
Do-Maru: 3% - Chainmail Hauberk: 10%
No Shield - Kite Shield: 1%
X-Factors
Physicality: 92/Physicality: 89
Generalship: 89/Generalship: 84
Strategy: 74/Strategy: 89
Endurance: 91/Endurance: 86
Logistics: 88/Logistics: 72
Troop Training: 91/Troop Training: 88
In a battle between two titanic leaders, it would be Oda Nobunaga who would claim a solid victory with 57.4% to William's 42.6%. It was thanks to his superior armor and long range weapon that granted him the win. William's deadliest weapon was his Dane axe which was a force to be reckoned with but his armor costed him the battle.
''William may have stood a better chance if this was army on army but even then Oda would've had muskets with him which would make it even more unfair. However it's not saying he faired poorly. The axe was his number killer and beat the yari out a lot of the time.'' DAM explained.
''It was a good battle and on a better day William definitely could win but this round goes to the Japanese warlord.'' Zivon commented.
''Superior armor, superior weaponry, superior technique, superior training, superior bow, the best man won.'' Demigod said.
''Oda won, doesn't really surprise me but if there was one general who could make the win a well earned one, it would be William. What a great way to start off this season's back for blood so chalk this one up to Oda Nobunaga, the Demon King and the deadliest general.'' Rice Man concluded with a smile.
(Oda is seen entering his tent, he walks over to the interior of it and places William's broadsword and Dane axe beside Ivan the Terrible's sablia and Pratap's khanda, two new additions as proof of his victories and he smirks as he knows England will be next on his list, soon he will become not only the Daimyo, but the King of England.)
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Next time on back for blood, two well-versed and famed generals of the 16th century's most powerful empires clash.
Suleiman the Magnificent: The greatest of the Ottoman Sultans who brought his empire to its greatest extent.
vs.
Hernan Cortes: The vicious and merciless Spanish conquistador who ended the powerful Aztec empire.
WHO IS DEADLIEST!?
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A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the first episode of back for blood, not much to say but I hope you all had a good new year and good fortune comes to my loyal readers.