User blog comment:Awesomesix/ERB Contestants Battle to the Death/@comment-4998540-20150305055459/@comment-4328703-20150306014128

Leonidas might be more militarized but he's also 1700 years less developed than Wallace and 2200 years behind Washington. I don't care how strong he is, a rifled bullet will have absolutely no problem going through his shield and into him.

Also yeah Blackbeard has cannons, but there's only 20 on one side of the ship, and 3 people on his side. Cannons take about 30 minutes to cool down before you can fire again, so they'll have better luck rowing to shore and fighting on their own.