User blog comment:Awesomesix/ERB Contestants Battle to the Death/@comment-4998540-20150305055459/@comment-13974523-20150306021855

Rather bold exagguration, but I can see where you're coming from and what you're saying. Wallace does indeed have the advantage in weaponry and has chainmail as well. I'm rather assertive on the fact that they would have been able to lob off SOMETHING with their swords back then, and I'm sure that there were decapitations at that point, too. The broadsword is indeed, however, much more proficient at larger blows such as hacking a man in half. Wallace has a strong advantage in range and power of his weaponry, but Leonidas has the upper hand in terms of raw strength; at least, from what I can decipher. He isn't exactly "naked", either, as he has his shield in particular, which I'm sure is capable of absorbing at least a few blows. He can utilize this more efficiently due to the lack of weight coming from his primary weapon. If Leonidas can get close, weapons aside, he can kick Wallace with his Spartan strength (it is a valid argument, however, that sandals aren't exactly the most efficient footwear for something like this). Leonidas has had much more of a fighting background, being brutally trained from childhood, and his tactics aren't to be ignored either (though, without a decent force with him, much less a full-sized army, it won't do him much good if he's resorting to something like a phalanx). Speaking of numbers, though, Wallace has one more man with him to fight. That just may turn the tides depending on the situation, or in some other situations, it could just give him the advantage from the beginning.