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Longsword vs. Katana
Topic Started: Dec 31 2011, 08:24 PM (211 Views)
POOHEAD189
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This is a discussion thread on which weapon is more useful in combat. Tell which one you think is better, and explain your reasoning.
I'm neutral in this. I'm more of a battle axe guy.
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Edited by POOHEAD189, Dec 31 2011, 08:26 PM.
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Hell Coos
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I have to say that it depends on what kind of enemy you face. The Katana is a masterpiece when you have to cut, slice and stab, but against someone using a full body chainmail it becomes a bit uneffective.

The Longdsword, in the other hand, wasn't made to cut and slice. More like to slash and make great damage while giving a blow. Staying with the chainmail example, if you hit that enemy with a longsword, you will (most likely) not vut through his defence, but the power of the strike will remain giving him damage by hiting him.

Personally, I stay with teh Katana, but again, it depends on the enemy you face.
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Rasen
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It really depends on the swordsman, but I guess that isn't the discussion.
I'm going to say this, equally skilled swordsman.
The weaker the two are, the more the longsword is going to work. With more skill it favors the katana.

I believe this due to it being the faster sword and in the right hands would be difficult to counter with a heavier sword.
But if they're both weak, then the longsword is more likely to get a good shot in.
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GogetaSsj4
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This really depends on preference, I think.
With the katana, in experienced hands, it's a long "combo" to slice you up. Basically, speed for power.
The long sword is the exact opposite. In experienced hands, it can be fast, but not nearly as fast as the katana. It's a "beater" which means that, even if you have an armor, it will literally beat you until you are on the ground crying for your mother.
It also depends a lot on the kind of use you're going to give it, along with the experience you have with it.
In a general case, I chose the katana, just because it looks "cooler" and I'm one of those guys who prefers to be quick and swift, rather than a strong beast.
Edited by GogetaSsj4, Dec 31 2011, 09:35 PM.
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Mistriousfrog
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As has beenstated, in untrained hands the longsword would be more effective as the katana relies more upon skill and speed. The longsword is obviously more geard towards killing those with heavy armour such as steel or such. Without attacking weak points in the armour katanas often lack the structural integrity to do substantial damage unlike the thicker sturdier longsword. However against light armoured foes, both could potentially cut their opponents but the superior speed offered by a katana would make them more effective.

In general though, i think in well trained hands, a katana has more potential to do harm due to it's superior capacity for precise and fast strikes while the longsword would be more effective for the less trained as the superior power could make up for the lack of skill in the user.
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Dragoknighte
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Alright, time to right a long, well thought out paragraph that I'm totally thinking up as I go along. Well actually this entire thing will probably end up as nitpicking the inaccuracies in the entries of others while making a few of my own. Whatever.

Alright, first off the katana is meant for slicing. Not chopping or stabbing. It does ts job and it does it rather well, however it does have several faults. First off, the katana is one of the few heavy swords, this comes from how actual katanas are made. The sword it created from some rare metals and only a few real katana can be produced each year. A katana is not actually one set density, the inside is made up of a soft metal but as you go farther out, the metal gets harder. I forgot why they do they but they do. So you end up with a really heavy sword. Well what does that mean? Well it's a sword that requires skill and knowledge to wield, basically making the katana a Difficult But Awesome weapon. As long as you use it for slicing, and nothing it wasn't designed to handle. However, enemies that wear full-body armor will be rather immune to your slicing antics and you end up pretty screwed over if all you have is that katana.

The longsword on the other hand is an entirely different beast. First off is that there is no one "longsword." A longsword comes in many different shapes and sizes simply because the qualifications of a longsword entails that the sword is longer than a certain length with a double edged blade. I'll just go with the general strengths and weaknesses for such. First off, the longsword is actually a much lighter weapon than you'd expect, ranging from around 2.5lbs to 4lbs. This allows a more inexperienced swordsman to wield the weapon with a degree of competence. The weapon was more of a mario than anything. It could chop, slice and stab, this is also its biggest weakness. If put up one on one against anything that was more specialized it would probably lose. Plus it was a double edged sword, so there was the risk of self harm there too.

All in all they're two different tools for two different tasks, it depends more on what the circumstances are to really determine which would trump the other. However the better weapon overall is none other than the good ol' pistol. Boom. Headshot.
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Mistriousfrog
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The pitol is not better. In fact if you look at early pistols (because that is the time period where both these weapons were still practical) they were haphard enough that they were rarely accurate or efficient. This is one of the main avantages of melee weaponry. It is as accurate as you make it and short of going blunt over extended periods of time, they have unlimited ammo.
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