Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26863727-20160714041222/@comment-26084195-20160715060338

Aramirtheranger wrote: Huge speed advantage? HUGE SPEED ADVANTAGE?!
 * laughs at how ignorant Shade is of how martial arts work*

A greatsword can be more than twice the length of a rapier, so the reach advantage alone would do in the bastard, especially considering it's impossible to parry a zweihander with anything other than another zweihander. The difference in mass means that the rapier wielder would have only dodging as a defensive option, something almost impossible to do. Yeah. Zweihanders are pretty scary, though I think a big enough claymore might be able to parry one.