Sup /b/? You have just been convicted of possession and distribution of CP. Or whatever other crime you committed. You have been given a lengthy sentence as a slave gladiator. You are allowed to pick your weapon but it must be a melee weapon. No bows, and certainly no guns. What do you choose?
I think I'd go with a mace.
>>689207502
Kek what is this autism?
>>689207208
You need a better grip on that thing
probably a spear
are those allowed?
Edgy sarcasm.
Because strong!
Halberd. Mostly because I'm dead anyway and I always wanted to try use any polearms. :>
>>689207801
Sure, I don't see why not.
>>689207702
I just grabbed a pic tbh. Agreed that grip doesn't look very good.
>>689208035
What?
>>689207208
I win
>>689208211
then id get a spear
all you fags with your short reach melee weapons wouldn't even get near me. im tall and fast and i could throw the spear too
>>689208433
>throw the spear
You'd be disarming yourself
>>689207208
Longsword, because I'm a big guy and swords are pretty versatile.
>>689208433
>>689208646
Also would make the weapon a ranged one, which is against the rules.
>>689208677
>not the superior Japanese katana, folded thousands of times
ill take the witch king of angmar's heavy handed approach to life
>>689208646
and if it was a good hit id win
>>689208826
welp i did ask if it was allowed
>>689208840
I don't like chain weapons. That seems like it would be really unwieldy.
>>689208898
Spears was allowed, not throwing them duh. Spears in hand = Melee
Spear elsewhere not in hand = Ranged
>>689207208
big fucking hammer because I'm a big tall motherfucker and guys that look like me always use big hammers for smashing skulls
>>689209024
true but its hard to counter, and keeps the opposing combatant on defense
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/509020896.html?tracelog=storedetail2mobilesitedetail
This. May I die in glorious faggotry
A Light Saber ?
>>689208837
Katanas could broke, and were used mostly to slash, which is not very usefull in a gladiators fight
I'd definitely go with bullets. As far as i know, a gun never entered someones body with the intention to kill, bullets on the other hand...
I have a strong hand.
>>689209382
That would not be a meellee weapon anyway
a grenade launcher..not a gun...not a bow.
>>689209382
>Throws bullets with strong hand
>deflected by bare skin
>executed by opponent
>>689209594
Well the nigger in charge of the pits just said no. So pick something else.
>>689209238
Nice choice. OP said melee weapons, but did not specify ancient ones, now did he
>>689209594
also not a melee weapon smartass. I'd probably go with a halberd or longsword
>>689207208
Senbonzakura
>>689209238
>>689209759
Well I think they need to actually exist. If you had a lightsaber you just would have waved your hand at the FBI and told them that you weren't the pedo they were looking for, so you wouldn't be in this situation to begin with.
>>689209716
fine.. I shall use my thu'um given to me by thy divine gods
>>689209573
Trust me, i can just slam my palm with the bullets on it.
I have strong hands.
>>689209688
Let's watch this "opponent" execute my bear skin.
I have very strong skin.
>>689207208
shield and sword probably
Depends what the opponents will be wearing.
If they have armor I want a mace and a shield. If they are unarmored I want a 1 handed sword and a shield.
>>689207208
So many throwing knives.
>>689210265
You ever actually tried throwing a knife so it would actually penetrate something? That shit is hard as fuck.
>>689210031
>bear skin
>mfw oppenent is a bear
>>689208318
Giant dildos are amazingly effective.
Video related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0IKmGdIIco
A sack of dynamite and a hammer. No one will fuck with me
>>689210548
>muslim detected
>>689207208
>Claiming the right arm of an Autistic Furfag,
>Mostly for lulz, partially because masturbation arm is heavy
Saitama's fists
>>689210466
<you don't get it bro
=i have the bear skin
>nothing can touch me, unless it's a real bear
I'm really strong. Bullet hands.
>>689207208
a bag of skittels
a morningstar. most badass melee weapon ever, tbh.
>>689207208
I would use my dubs.
I win.
>>689211823
Rest in fucking pieces
>>689212008
Then you realize that light sabers are fake and you get your ass handed to you.
I actually went to high school with an autist who bought a "power cell" off ebay and thought he was going to build a real light saber. It was hilarious hearing him talk about how he was so mad he couldn't get his money back when he realized hew had been scammed.
>>689207208
Id pick a tank and not use the cannon, just go full melee with it
>>689212008
Not after you lose a limb
![War14[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/uGxVc7x.jpg "War14[1].jpg")
Dane axe.
+fast and light
+long reach
+can be used to hook legs and shields
+good against cavalry and infantry
+good against armour up to transitional plate
+favoured by Vikings and crusaders, Richard the Lionheart's preferred weapon
-can't be used with a shield
-requires two hands
-limited defensively, best used with armour
-not good in confined spaces
gonna aim for their eyes
![whirling[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/uQXJuzo.jpg "whirling[1].jpg")
>>689207208
Win / Win
Chinese Horse Sword
test post; please ignore
>>689212840
I will
i dont need no weapon. im a strong independent black woman who will devour any who stand in my way.
>>689212840
Well will you look at this fucking faggot right here.
>>689207208
halbard
>>689212545
ahhh.. the good old stab 'n' scoop
>>689207208
>I think I'd go with a mace.
>>689211137
>a morningstar. most badass melee weapon ever, tbh.
Both are short, fairly unbalanced, and only really confer an advantage against heavily armoured opponents.
>>689208202
>Halberd
Good choice.
>>689208677
>Longsword
Poor choice. Swords are really secondary weapons, unless you're talking about Zweihanders/great swords. They also take a lot of skill to use effectively.
>>689208837
>Katana
As with European swords, the katana is a backup weapon. There's a reason samurai fought most battles with yari, naginata, yumi or teppo as their primary weapon.
>>689208433
>spear
Good choice. Easy to use, long reach, some armour-piercing capability, effective against infantry and cavalry. The spear was the main weapon of most soldiers for a majority of history, and for good reason.
>>55044826
If in the comparable time of learning, researching, and assembling a custom built computer, you are able to earn more money than you would have saved, it's perfectly sensible to get it built for you.>>689209081
By this bigger logi>>689208826
Nigger, any weapon can be lobbed at someone. Range weapons are things like bows, bolas, or throwing knives. Shit that is primarily ranged, not just something that can be thrown.
>>689210005
Running around until your thu'um is off cooldown
Doctor Freeman !
>>689207208
Dark Souls 3 Estoc.
Stunlock will be too much for any opponent
>>689212840
no way, faggot
>>689212492
>+fast and light
>+long reach
>+can be used to hook legs and shields
>+good against cavalry and infantry
>+good against armour up to transitional plate
>+favoured by Vikings and crusaders, Richard the Lionheart's preferred weapon
That's completely useless in his gladiator scenario
>>689213991
prototype portal gun
>>689214468
*over charged gravity gun.
A sock full of halfbrick
you bitches come at me!
>>689214419
>That's completely useless in his gladiator scenario
How so?
>>689213600
That's a gladiators fight, not a average fight that occurs on battlefield
>>689207208
A fuckin' huge dildo.
>>689207208
basic shortsword would be ideal.
a gladius would suffce
>>689215195
>That's a gladiators fight, not a average fight that occurs on battlefield
It would still be fine one on one - people used polearms in duels all the time. Just look at Hans Talhoffer's manuals - a lot of it concerns the use of polearms in a duel. I'm not sure why you think it would be ineffective.
>>689212840
a y y
>>689214922
Considering the rules apply to everyone the other gladiators will also only have to choose a weapon and won't be carrying shields and armor
>>689207208
I like maces but they are honestly shit in armored combat and without a shield
>>689215749
>Considering the rules apply to everyone the other gladiators will also only have to choose a weapon and won't be carrying shields and armor
Umm, ok? A dane axe is perfectly capable of lopping off unarmoured limbs, even better if they're not using a shield.
>>689211137
Works great as a dildo, too!
Mjölrin (i think i misspelled it) aka thor's hammer (ofc with the ability to use it)
>>689215885
>I like maces but they are honestly shit in armored combat
Wrong. Maces was designed specifically to deal with armour - a blade will be deflected by armour and lose a lot of the power of the blow. A mace will send most of the energy of the blow through the armour - that's the reason they only really took off in the 14th/15th century when full plate harness became widespread.
>>689215245
Please tell me someone has a webm of her riding that thing!
assuming no armour, this:
Probably a halberd.
>>689216451
The folded nippon steel used in a katana can cut through plate armor, and is much lighter to wield than a mace.
>>689216407
Mjölnir. Unless you're Thor you wouldn't be able to use it - he has the magical jarngreipur ("iron grips") which give him the strength to wield it.
>>689216451
>A mace will send most of the energy of the blow through the armour
not really. they're better at doing so than a bladed weapon, but they're still likely to be deflected by armour.
they're a trade off. less reach, for slightly better chance vs armoured.
>>689216617
Kek. No.
These gladiator events will play out like the gayest rendition of 300.
>so many dildos
>>689216700
That is why i conditioned it with me having that
i think id go for a spiked morning star
Short spear or gladius and tower sheild.
![flanged_mace_by_astalo[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/bXKXv2K.jpg "flanged_mace_by_astalo[1].jpg")
>>689216765
>not really
Yeah, really. That's the whole reason they existed. Go take a look at a flanged mace (pic related) - the angular flanges are made to send most of the percussive force through the armour.
>>689212492
somebody read up on the tooltip
>not a battle axe
plebs
>>689207208
Probably a spear.
>>689217012
>That is why i conditioned it with me having that
OP said you're not allowed armour, and the jarngreipur are iron gauntlets sooooo . . . no.
Most of you boys got no melee training whatsoever. And in environment like this nothing competes with a simple spear. Preferably viking/germanic style blade, but any will do just fine.
>>689217373
>OP said you're not allowed armour
Where the fuck does it say that you autistic fucking faggot?
Only one weapon is fitting this chore
>>689207208
36" crowbar
ideal for breaking bones and cracking skulls
absolutely will not bend or break when blocking attacks from other weapons
flat point can be used for stabbing
hook can be used for forcibly relocating opponents
also far more useful for escape attempts than some dumb mace, sword, or dildo
>this
>not to win but for my amusement
![attachment[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/x0pFeCu.jpg "attachment[1].jpg")
>>689217334
That axe looks fucking retarded. The handle curving in would actually reduce the power of the blow, historical handles that were heat treated for a bend would bend back to increase power (pic related).
>>689217444
Trips of truth. And even against a skilled oponent in a 1v1 matchup any haft weapon has an advantage. It's also extremely easy to use if you have no experience with it.
>>689217977
4chan: where originality goes to die
>>689217266
>Yeah, really.
No.
Stop getting your reference from video games.
maces (and warhammers) are not some sort of instant "goes through armour" button. They are marginally better. The spiked types in fact pre-date plate, in the form of Kiripichnikov Type IV and Type I, and while they are effective, it is not, in any form, a forgeone conclusion. Maces and hammers are only a little less likely to deflect and glance off armour - which in reality is insanely effective at protecting from edged and blunt weapons alike.
However, as primarily weapons used on horseback, Maces and Warhammers are inherently designed with a shorter reach than most bladed weapons, which makes them a trade-off of range for a slight gain in performance.
>>689217116
Without a shield and proper technique, you would end up damaging yourself as much as your opponent.
Weapon mods
> use actual spear
Metal spear handle
Small lead weights attached to net on the outside fringe.
>>689217977
Nice dubs
>>689209759
>did not specify ancient ones
Ooh... OP also did not specify whether or not it could be powered, so would a bulldozer work?
>>689217936
not ergonomic at all
heavy
spear master race. Ease of use and long reach make it an easy choice for me.
I am Spartacus.
A spear.
A gladius will suffice.
>>689217444
Yep. This.
>>689207208
go back to /k/ you filthy fuck
>>689219415
my nigger
This wepon would have the greatest advantage.
>>689209270
Slashing is actually more useful than stabbing in a gladiator fight because your opponent is wearing minimal or no armor.
>>689208060
>>689219696
Anything goes on /b/
>>689218962
>not ergonomic
it's not a video game controller. it's a piece of very hard steel to whack people with.
>heavy
that's exactly why it's effective for breaking bones, skulls, and your emo fingernails. real weapons aren't featherlight like your plastic-handled katana made of pot metal. real weapons have weight to deliver kinetic energy when you land a blow.
and before you tell me it will tire me out, i carry one of these every day at work. i've got the strength to use it and, unlike swords, spears, nunchaku, etc i've had plenty of practice hitting shit with crowbars.
A stick with some shit on the end of it.
Assuming i can have some fuel, i'd take a hedge trimmer. Not so good for defense, but I would have fun the short time I'd last.
Chaos-Flame Zweihander +10
No question
>>689220361
that's a stupid weapon choice. the shit would fall off and then you'd just have a regular fucking stick you nigger.
Assuming my opponents will wear some kind of armor, then this would be the obvious choice.
>lightweight, easy to use while dodging blows
>same effects on armor as a mace, but with the added flail "whip" force, making it more strong than a regular mace
>???
>Profit
>>689220315
Not the fag you're arguing with but what do you do for work that has you whacking shit with crowbars all day?
>>689220968
>assuming a flail is easy to use
>thinking that "whip" force bullshit
>fucking up the ??? PROFIT maymay
i'm going to enjoy watching you over-swing and stick yourself in the thigh with that ball,
>>689207208
A chainsaw.
>>689220252
>Slashing is actually more useful than stabbing in a gladiator fight because your opponent is wearing minimal or no armor.
"A stroke with the edges, though made with ever so much force, seldom kills, as the vital parts of the body are defended both by the bones and armour. On the contrary, a stab, though it penetrates but two inches, is generally fatal" - Publius Flavius Vegetius, De Re Militaria
>>689208268
Are you, A Nunja?
Kamikaze airplane but parachute last minute. Beat that faggots
>DOOT DOOT
>>689220315
Most single-handed sword were only about 2 or 3 lbs. A weapon being overly heavy is a disadvantage.
>>689207208
tetsubo, cause surviving as a gladiator is only possible if the people like you, and nothing is as charismatic as clubbing people to death with studded medieval baseball bat.
>>689221698
I hope you get tangled and land in a tree so i can poke you eternally with>>689220315
>>689207208
seriously ? no one ?
>>689215563
Kendo vs Naginatado matches are held often in Japan, and there is usually no significant advantage beyond the standard "whoever has the higher rank / most experience / higher competition rank usually wins."
Of course, these matches don't allow grappling or the use of non-"bladed" areas, both of which can put the naginata at a significant advantage (unless the naginataka is much smaller/female versus the kendoka, in which case it was smarter to keep distance).
When we experimented a little in fencing with making longer blades in the armory or using a makeshift "spear" against an epee for the hell of it, the basic finding was that
1. You need lots of wrist strength and point control to be effective using the piercing-only long weapon in a duel.
2. If you can't use the body/shaft of the spear, you're done as soon as the point is taken, so the only strategy is to attack (this resembles the strategy for those who always pommel a French grip). Hence the only sensible way to have a "bout" is to allow use of the shaft and to fight in a square, not on a strip.
3. If you can do all this effectively, you can control the bout, at least for the few times we did it. The only real way to test this point would be to train on it for quite a while longer so that the raw intimidation of facing a giant spear with a dinky sword was no longer an issue.
Hope this helps for all you enthusiastfags.
>>689221098
i'm an electrician.
hold on, this will make sense, i swear.
On commercial and industrial sites, we run the wire in metal pipe. When you run from one floor to another, it's easiest to do it inside the walls which are either poured concrete or cinder block (which is usually filled with mortar).
So everywhere you have a riser (usually all four corners or at least one at each stairwell) you will have pipe turned out of the wall above ceiling height for you to couple onto and continue it to wherever the circuit needs to go. These stub-outs are usually only 6-10 inches long and are never, EVER straight.
Until you whack the shit out of them with a three foot crowbar, that is...
>>689221879
I'm drunk, I meant >>689220361
>>689221466
Not trying to be a fedora wearer, but I have used a flail before. The entire reason this was a more used weapon by knights is thanks to the whip, aswell as its' ability to reach around limbs/blocks from other weapons and hit people in the side.
The literal only risk with a flail is if your opponent dodges the blow, it will backfire as you said. There's a reason flails were favored against other knights and not against fast-moving, other people, hence the "assuming my opponents will wear some kind of armor".
>>689220315
>real weapons aren't featherlight like your plastic-handled katana made of pot metal. real weapons have weight to deliver kinetic energy when you land a blow.
Ha.
HAHAHAHAAHAHAAAaaaaaah.
oh, you're so fucking wrong.
Have a 15th C falchion. certainly not "pot metal".
Weight? 900g.
Real weapons are light.
They are light, because lighter weapons are faster. and faster weapons hit with more kinetic energy, and more importantly, hit before the other person does.
And frankly, I trust their experience more than your imagination about how weapons work.
>>689221906
>>689221527 you dumb nignog
>>689221859
That's actually probably a great weapon for the average untrained 4skin user.
>>689220825
Way to miss the point you subhuman cunt.
>>689221698
I assume you mean "eject", not "parachute", cause that wouldn't do shit for you. And if you eject it isn't melee
>>689221906
A chainsaw would be a shit weapon. The chain would come off if it connecting with another weapon with any force.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4beMWcQQuUA
>>689221906
really bad choice. Slow, heavy, so hard to manoeuvre, and the chain is notoriously fragile, get a weapon with steel in it, and it'll snap the chain and make it useless.
really not ideal at all.
>>689221906
You would run out of gas. It would become useless after that.
>>689221928
>these matches don't allow grappling or the use of non-"bladed" areas, both of which can put the naginata at a significant advantage
They don't even allow strike to the legs, which would have been a primary tactic of a naginata. Samurai leg armor (Sune-Ate) only covered the shins not the feet or back of the calf.
Polearms > swords
>>689207208
What is CP? Crack possession?
>>689222113
Fine then Ill take a helicopter and use the blades to slice all you faggots up
>>689212492
You've just described my dick
>>689207208
Chain because I might be able to steal my opponent's weapon
>>689222429
Club penguin, dipshit
If we are talking normal weapons and no magic bs, then certainly trident
>>689207208
dagger or shortsword. i dont think i'm strong enough for big melee wepons but i'm pretty quick.
I'd choose my sharp whit and humor
My enemy would either die of shame or laughter
>>689221906
>chainsaw
Dude, have you even played GtaVC? That shit slows you down so much that you can't run down a fat dude. Also in seriousness are there chainsaw blades that can cut steel quickly enough to rip through everyone's weapons?
>>689222558
>If we are talking normal weapons and no magic bs, then certainly trident
It has no real advantage over a spear, and it's heavier and shorter.
>>689207208
I'd go with a plain ol' butter knife
>>689216617
you do realize how stupid you sound, right?
>>689222653
>I'd choose my sharp whit and humor
>sharp whit
>doesn't even know how to spell "wit"
>>689222057
>implying 4cheng fag can survive a gladiator bout with any fucking weapon.
might as well look cool when dying. obv would wear tiger patterned loincloth
>>689222464
/thread
>>689222770
you can parry with it and disarm
>>689222869
Give me a brake, I'm foreign
I speak better than I write tho
>>689217591
kek
>>689222033
>look at me, i'm cherry-picking
greatswords weighed six pounds
lucerne hammers weighed four pounds
flails often weighed 10-20 pounds
you really think a fencing arm is the standard by which the weight of all weapons can be judged?
go ahead and try to block a crowbar with that, good luck with that
>>689222856
>Did someone say [Windfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker] ?
>>689222504
kek
>>689216503
someone has a webm of her riding that thing
>>689219415
the only decent weapon posted
>>689213802
>out of breath from running around during cooldown
>can't do thuum cuz out of breath
>>689216503
How retarded are you?
>>689222152
modified chainsaw that doesn't let the chain go off so easily then ?
>>689222517
Game fucking over if you succeed, but ballsy fucking gamble bruh.
>>689218527
>not flailing it around like a helicopter retard
Come on desu, that's the only way
>>689207208
Kaiser Axe. It's sitting right next to me in my apartment as I type this.
>>689223434
were you looking for that?
>>689222429
the good ol' cheese
>>689223207
>Thunderfury
>>689216617
>>689220255
milk is bad. don't drink it thinking it will make you strong
>>689208837
~16*
>>689223553
looks like a billhook
>not picking an entrenching shovel
>>689223574
looks like it could work
>>689208840
unless you're a women.
>>689223917
Billhook, bush axe, brush axe or kaiser axe. Same thing.
>>689223532
>Not flailing it around like a helicopter retard
>Helicopter retard.
I'm laughing my ass of at the thought of "helicopter retard" being an actual term for an autist who spins shit around.
>>689224048
Blessed by God Emperor, sure to work against all heretics, xenos and mutants
no one
wow.
I'd probably go with a seax in my main hand and a spear in my off hand
>>689223574
Is that Necromunda?
>>689223434
>modified chainsaw that doesn't let the chain go off so easily then ?
Kek. I think you've played too much vidya, friendo.
>>689224194
You're right, this whole thread full of autists and nobody named that autistic piece of shit.
>>689224276
>I'd probably go with a seax in my main hand and a spear in my off hand
Literally retarded.
The blades tho so it's melee not ranged
>>689224356
I'm an engineer, kiddo
>>689224281
it looks more like an ultramarine holding chain sword, but whatever works, i guess.
>>689224567
Design a machine to kill yourself with
Did someone say [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]?
Dual wield shields.
>>689222409
>don't even allow strike to the legs
You don't know what you're talking about. Naginatado has suneate, which can be struck from the shin or side of the calf (the back cannot be hit with sufficient force with the blade to be worth protecting or scoring in competition, but historical armor protects the back of the calf, and now that there is no grappling there is no tripping), and in naganatado-vs-kendo the kendoka wears suneate.
Also I looked it up and in naginatado they train with many shaft techniques illegal in competition, unlike in kendo where we only do kata with old techniques (though I think the only things kendo has banned are leg strikes and munetsuki, the former of which was almost never used or scored and the latter is still allowed defensively but not scored).
I'm not sure whether in naginatado vs kendo the naginatadoka is allowed to use some of the competition-illegal techniques -- it probably depends on who's doing the demonstration and their experience. One should thus assess each youtube video individually.
A spear. It was the staple weapon for a reason. There's a reason swords were sidearms. No one went to war with just a sword.
You're all forgetting that reach or impact power does not help anything if you cant handle the weapon. Ever wielded a Yari (spear)? That thing is surely NOT for stabbing only. Same goes for a top-heavy axe.
Well, I know that katanas break easily, but at least I'm trained in handling it. As soon as it breaks, I'd prefer a knife. Simply because I'm trained with a knife rather than a baseball bat.
>>689224889
>>689223110
>flails often weighed 10-20 pounds
You want to know how I know you're making this shit up?
Let me tell you. Flails did not weigh 10-20lbs. Ever.
That's aside from the whole issue of "were flails used" (because what you think of as a flail, wasn't what they used. Look at the Hussite rebellion flails and Kettenmorgenstern; they're completely different in shape)
Lucerne hammers, and bec de corbin do sometimes, weight 4lbs. The majority of the original ones which I have handled in my career as a professional historian in arms and armour, in the collections of the Royal Armouries, The Glasgow Museums RL Scott Collection, the Wallace Collection, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, and a host of other places, are not 4lbs. they are generally about 1.5-1.7kg, with a head weight of around 200-300g max. and that is a hafted weapon, not a bladed one. Bladed weapons are almost always lighter.
There are 6b greatswords. They are predominantly parade swords, such as the dozens of the sort in the Zeughaus Graz. Actual two-handed swords were uncommon, certainly in the medieval era, really only rising in popularity in the 16th C, but they, too tend not to be as massive - anything over 2.5kg, maybe 5lbs, tends not to be practical for actual use. that applies to scots twa-handit, german bidenhander, and iberian montante alike.
As an example, this is around 2.2kg.
>>689213600
I like you. You know what your talking about.
>>689207208
Realistically a Rapier.
Rapiers have the greatest range and the are the swiftest.
Stabs are hard to block and all it takes is well place poke to disarm and kill. on a second note A cut and thrust guard sword, has the legnth and pokey power of a rapier and the cutting ability of an arming sword.
>>689207208
Fencing foil.
Lightweight
Decent range
Not totally fucked if they close the gap
Different enough from most of the thread so I might stand out enough for them to give me easy matchups to keep me around for diversity.
Also I've actually used one... which is more than I can say for any other weapon.
>>689224889
My kaiser axe is fairly well balanced and it likely sounds retarded but I use it often, hence the dirty blade. Makes short work of the bushes around my place and has decent enough reach to cleave 3 inch wide limbs off of trees.
Fuck you I win and we all lose. You said no guns no bows. not no nuclear warhead tipped titan missles
Nunchucks
>>689207208
spear
>>689225604
>melee weapon
Good luck picking that thing up to club people with, anon.
>>689225821
>>689225604
>must be a melee weapon
Which part of that warhead says melee, you fucking halfwit?
>>689225649
>2nd worst choice ITT
are shields allowed or no? if yes then shield and mace/axe. if not then a spear.
>>689209874
Shred anyone that came into the arena
A large curved shield and a short stabbingsword.
Did somebody say...
I choose to bring my master forged kitana.
I'm able to pick it up because I picked it.
>>689209874
not even paying attention to the fact we're talking about a magical transforming sword made from your soul.
This has to be melee weapon. Shit-ton of pink, flying blades remote-controlled with your mind doesn't really fit the bill, i'd say.
>>689226509
is that bad to be so thin near the pommel? seems like bad design since the pommel is usually a point of percussion.
Here's my weapon of choice
>>689226037
Ok then i'll just bring water
Apache helicopter.
>>689226019
I can beat you with part of the launch Council after I use it to Launch you unimaginative thing you
>>689224889
>I know that katanas break easily
This is a meme spread by some shitty youtube vids. The problem is where they get their katanas -- how much do you think they're willing to spend on something they're trying to break? $200? $500? $1000? It's toward the latter end that you actually have the proper layering of hard and soft steel. A proper layering pattern is, incidentally, also necessary for the flexible sabres and longsword-type weapons as well.
Now obviously the rigid-body swords like the katana and many others will break when forced to bend around like a lever at full strength, but this is quite difficult to do unless it's your absolute intention. Otherwise, the sudden point-on-point impact failure that you see in some of those youtube videos are evidence of shittily-made swords -- what is supposed to happen, at most, is that the blade should chip. Flexible swords would do this too in such tests, as their cutting edge is also quenched to be hard and brittle in comparison to the body.
Another point is that in Japanese swordsmanship you never ever clash with the cutting edge, ever. (It is also disputed whether you do this in Western swordsmanship either).
And of course battlefield excavations show almost no catastrophic failures among the few katanas and other swords not recovered.
>>689207208
>not excluding technology or magic
Prob'ly gonna go with a lightsaber. Scratch that, I'll just take Frostmourne
But if I just HAVE to use a regular melee weapon I'm not gonna lie the poleaxe is where I'd have to put my chips.
>>689226837
Thats a good half inch of hardened steel rod
A spear. It has range and is easy to use even without previous experience
>>689227455
I guarantee I could snap that off through reasonable use. One good pommel strike to a hard target is gonna bend that unless it is hardened steel then it will crack and snap eventually. Too thin bro, back to the drawing board on that one.
I'd grab the nearest loli
Tasers, or high powered cattle prods. Come at me faggots,
>>689209226
Fucking kek
Halberd (pictured) or guisarme.
>>689207208
the sword of a thousand truths
