Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26863727-20160714041222/@comment-26863727-20160715041129

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.