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Watermelon bar is the only honorable choice.

I choose the greatest weapon on earth folded over 1000 times by the Japanese masters the Katana.

It's gotta be the watermelon bar.

Crescent axe or war pick, depending on weight.

Halberd for god-tier

Hanzo steel

Crescent Axe

I'm sure I'd be able to wield it as well as my M&B character does.

Gotta go for watermelon bar.

/r/ing a set of cursors based on these.

definitely a polearm

probably the partisan

I win because I have the most reach

watermelon bar

cuteness is more important than sharpness

> Flamberg
Erm, excuse me, but I think you'll find that's a flammenschwert? In fact that sword's blade does not look like a flamberg at all, but rather a flambard or flammard.

Zweihander to compensate for my penis size.

There's no bō on that list so flail I guess.

No Scythe?

I suppose a glaive or guisarme then...

I would have to get a feel for the balance/center of weight in relation to the striking point for each to make an educated decision, but probably just a mace.

>>8401916
>scythe

That's a farming instrument. Useful only for harvesting wheat or the souls of the departed. But not for fighting.

>>8401926
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe

>>8401926
SHUT UP FAGGOT I'VE PLAYED OVER 300 RPGs (both Western and Japanese) SO I CAN SAY WITH SOME AUTHORITY THAT A SCYTHE IS A PERFECTLY VALID WEAPON!!

>>8401926
How come harpe is on the chart then? That's an harvest tool as well.

A warhammer. It has reach and it can bash through armor easily, also they're cheap and easy to make. Most underrated weapon of all time.

>>8401933
Did you even read the article you're posting? Take a look at a picture of a war scythe and a picture of a real scythe, and tell me what the difference is.

my choices:

main weapon-Zweihander

close combat-Gladius

reserve-swordbreaker(I break his sword and stab him good)

long weapon-Partisan

clubbing weapon-Morning star(will not just break skulls but put holes on it too)

defense-Tower Shield

why is the Hoplite(the one from the 300 movie) not included here for shield

>>8401949
There is more than one way for a scythe to look. Not every single one has to look like a grim reaper's scythe. Oriental scythes mostly looked like this, and also doubled as a weapon if need be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_%28weapon%29

What need do I have for any of those?

Arguably the most powerful martial arts in the entire world.

An Aikido practitioner is practically invincible, no one of any martial arts background can ever land a punch or kick on one.

Using the power of the attacker, the Aikido practitioner uses absolutely no energy to knock them down.

A fearsome martial arts it is

>>8401957
because it's not a shield... it's a type of soldier

>>8401957
>why is the Hoplite(the one from the 300 movie) not included here for shield
I'm guessing because the artist forgot it or some such reason.
You can't list everything in one image.

>>8401957
Using a man as a shield seems like an effective tactic.

>>8401964
It's been a while since I've seen Aikido copy-pasta.

>>8401962
The kama isn't a polearm. It's a completely different weapon.

Point is, using a farming scythe as a weapon is totally unfeasible.

Bastard sword and heater shield

sarranids are shit

Zweihander or Claymore

polearm master race

I always liked the look of broad-tipped swords, and the cinquedea

Pikes and Glaive are superior and practical weapons. Also like tridents for no particular reason, or any forked spear really.

Spear with bamboo instead of wood

>>8401993
But, bamboo is wood.

Not using bullets OP, I'm disappointed.

Glaive.

>>8402009
Thank you for pointing out that error even though you perfectly knew what I meant.

I remember seeing a claymore at a museum once. It was pretty impressive seeing such a huge sword.

War Pick.

Though I prefer the kind that has a guard around the outside of the tooth so you can pull it out of people and shields easier. Or if you do bury the guard in them you're sure they're very dead.

Also its really easy to maintain. My weapon of choice come zombie apocalypse.

Also everyone picking polearms is getting their shafts snapped.

wait... isn't a dirk supposed to be a really long dagger

like halfway between a dagger and sword

because Hourai is holding a really tiny dirk there

>>8402009
>>8402022
>>8401993
Why there are woods superior to bamboo in almost every aspect?

Can't I just have a Shanghai?

>>8402053
I don't care I just like bamboo

>>8402053
>woods superior to bamboo

pffffffffft

Samurai used bamboo spears and everything the samurai ever used is better than anything that was ever used in the west!

duh!

Your hero chooses the main-gauche because no one chose it and he's a hipster.

>>8402019
I smell guns.

I also smell someone who hasn't moved on to something bigger then a .308

Heater shield to block attacks and close the distance. After that I'll just spam vindicate for the victory.

>>8402074
As a widdler I can tell you that you're wrong.

Though bamboo does give an interesting taste when used to make a pipe (briar is better but gotta let bamboo have something)

>>8402078
Fuck off BOOF.
I like you too much to see you turn into a, "LOOK AT ME I HAVE A GUN I'M SO AMERICAN xD," shitposter.

>>8402078

Norinco m305's are the SKS's of Canada give me a break i'd like to see you try to graze a .308 boofy.

The gladius is the most effective infantry weapon of all time, y/y?

>>8402094
he's been doing that for years.

Shit he shows off anything he can get a picture of google images of.

Kukri, it's perfectly balanced and is still used by the gurkha. It can easily cleave through flesh.

>>8402118
>>8402094

u guys jelly u aren't as cool as BOOF?

Lighting Zweihander + Havel's + Mask of the father.

Halberd all the way.
Slash & stab, slash & stab.

The battle will be won by my stomach, so watermellon bar.

I choose a Bill bec-de-bardiche glaive-guisarme.

Macuahuitl is an obsidian sword from mesoamerica, stupid OP.

>>8402066
Only correct choice.

Gravity magic.

>>8402080
That shit is garbage. You're gonna die, hero.

Wut, no scimitar?
I'd go for scimitar, but if I've to make a choice out of what's given, then it'd be Melon bar, Partisan, or Claymore.

Saber, glaive, or macuahuitl.

What the fuck is an iuruun.

>>8401858
Sniper rifle.

BOOM NOSCOPE HEADSHOT XD

Zweihander or Battleaxe.
Is there a translated version of this?

This one.

>>8402577
was it a persian sword? also since when was mexico oceania?

charkram cuz wtf

Chackrams so I can be like Xena.

>>8401910
Lets not forget that a flamberge is a type of decorative blade, not a type of sword.
And macuahuitl are a type of macana, South-American swords made out of obsidian.
Lets not forget that claymore is just another name for longsword.

Y

>>8402151
I prefer Lightning great scythe +5
It has better range and it's faster + better moveset

Lightning Zweihander +5 for those no skill kills.

>>8404339
But weren't claymores supposed to be longer and broader than longswords? Longswords are just two handed swords, but claymores were used to kill horse riders.

watermelon bar

Partisan obviously, not only i get Remilia with it but it's also not any partisan, it's fucking Spear of Gugnir

>>8404339
>>8404372

You people mean Broadswords.

Longswords are one-handed.

But melee fighting looks tough. Can't I just get a crossbow or something?

>>8404406
Just throw a shamrock or a tomatohawk then run away. Unless you throw like a little girl.

if i want to do damage

then positron shooter

I'll take two tomahawks.

Or the watermelon bar.

Or maybe two bucklers.

>>8404339
>Lets not forget that claymore is just another name for longsword.
Not at all... the claymore is heavier than a standard longsword and less sharp, it resembles a contundent weapon in some ways. At last, You can say the Zweihander and the Claymore are practically the same weapon, but they don't work the same way.

For me I would pick.

Primary: Corsican(Window Spear). It can deflect most of the weapons with ease and kill with precise stabs. Also, if you're good (and all the side are sharpened) you can even decapitate your enemy. You can do this with a Halberd, but the halberd is heavy as fuck.

Secondary: Kukri. Because it's really sharp, usually doesn't weight too much and it's easy to use. Also I prefer my secondary weapon being a cutting one.

Reserve: Watermelon Bar. Because I'm hungry.

Masterwork Bastard Sword.

Rapier/Lance/Longsword

>>8404934
That's it. I'm sick of all this "Shitwork Katana" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Bastard swords deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.

I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine bastard sword in Europe for 2,000,000 Euros (that's about $3,593,987.26) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut butter with my bastard sword, if it's heated.

European smiths spend minutes working on a single bastard sword and fold it up to a quadrillion times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

Bastard swords are about four hundred times as sharp as katanas and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a katana can cut through, a bastard sword can cut through eventually. I'm pretty sure a bastard sword could easily bisect a samurai wearing wooden ceremonial armor with twelve or so simple vertical slashes.

I'll go with a buckler and a longsword. Generic combination is generic, but it's effectiveness has been largely proven.

>>8404997
>are about four hundred times as sharp as katanas and thrice as hard
Yeah bastard swords are sharper and harder than jesus dick Now go whine to some other place

For some reason I never choose a heavy armor class in RP games, to an extent it's almost like a phobia. Maybe it's just me a skinny guy talking, but hiding behind thick shield and wielding heavy swords would restrict your mobility a lot, making you an open target.

fa/tg/uy here.
Long sword for maximum chance of finding magic weapons, and I don't need a feat to wield it.
If we're not using 3.5 might be tempted to go heather shield and one handed spear.

>>8404406
Dual wield Javlins.
Laugh manically at anyone who comes near.

shotgun!

I'd probably go for a Zweihander, I've found myself using characters that wield two handed swords more often lately.

Tower shield + Spear and kukuri on back.
Fucking spartan way with a good close quarter option ready.

Dual wield tower shields.

Claymore has the best moveset and low stat requirements, only choice.

DUAL WIELD ZWEIHANDERS

Fairy-echanted bazooka

Dirk for travels
Zweihander for battle

>>8405106
This guy....is going places

>>8405106
>>8405197

I think they call that a barrel

Zweihander and off hand Watermelon Bar.

>>8405106
Surprisingly effective as the old monk in demon souls (I've killed people with it...)

>>8405210
Clamp?

Combat knife.

Crosspunisher

War hammer or Rapier & Buckler.

Too bad we live in an age of guns.

Watermelon slice.

Zweihander is really only the best sword.

Honestly it's a shame that martial weapons went out of favor. Why must all the aesthetically interesting weapons be rendered impractical by time?

Such as fixed artillery emplacements, the anti-tank rifle, the anti-tank Vespa, and the watermelon bar.

Truly time is cruel.

>>8405411
I fucking loved that thing.

>>8408685
watermelon bar's application is timeless

Ahlspiess, the optimal stab-people-in-the-eyes-after-dropping-them-off-their-horses weapon.

Rapier, easily. Fencers can strike at the heart at lighting speed. You dont really need any flesh mutilating power after that. May keep an flail hand in case someone went for a shield.

Dat watermelon bar is looking pretty useful...

which one is magical sword

I cannot believe there isn't a katana or something.

Honestly, the hand and a half sword is appealing (for those with enough upper body str). With a focus on speed rather than strength I would probably go with a curved sword such as a cutlas. Though ideally if I had to choose right now with 5 minutes to prepare and receiving no training... If Dorne taught me anything its go for the spear...

>>8409523
Euro fags are going to Eurofag.

I choose the assault rifle.

>>8409530
I dont think AK-47s are on the list.

>>8408685
>the anti-tank Vespa
The what?

>>8408685
Why are there so many Momiji's in that picture?

Was the bastard sword made for illegitimate children?

>>8409542
This thing.
There is no fucking way this thing actually worked.

>>8409549
There are quite a few images with clone momiji soldiers.

>>8409557
Ohh wow, thats the coolest bike ive ever seen.

>>8408685
The strongest aesthetic weapons last for life times.

>>8409557
It doesn't zip around blowing up tanks, if that's what you're thinking. The gun's got a tripod; the scooter is just transport.

>>8409556
Its size is inbetween a long sword and a two-handed sword.

In other words, a bastard child of the two swords

>>8409571
Sounds like the best of both worlds. What's the catch?

>>8409564
Ohh Really. I, I have to groom them all!

>>8401858
Shark Teeth sword from Oceania.

>>8409567
Wtf, why did you tell me that? Why did they even bother. It would have soooo much cooler if that was a tank-bike. Think about the enemy moral loss when a schooter blows up their tanks.

>no scythe
Guess I'll go for the watermelon bar

>>8409580
I'm sorry...I'm sure you could rig it up to do that, though. The gun's got very little recoil, so there's no problem there. Good luck hitting anything, though. It's like firing a bazooka from the hip.

>>8409593
The tiger managed to strike fear in to people hearts and it wasn't all that easy to fire.

>>8409584
a scythe is a fucking farming implement not a weapon

it's only a weapon if you turn the blade 90 degrees so it points up

we already had this discussion fuck

>>8409597
No, no. I mean you cannot aim for shit.

The only option is triple wielding watermelon bars.
One one each hand and one in your mouth like a fucking boss.

I would gladly take the gladius if there was also a pilum.

Other than that, halberd/warhammer.

I'll stick with the dagger for back stabbing purposes. Fair fights are for chumps.

>>8409576
Well, its CAN be wielded one handed if the user is strong enough, unlike a two-handed sword, but it is usually two handed.

And the reach is shorter than a two-hander, though longer than a long sword. Really its down to preference, strength and if the sword fits the occasion

>>8409631
It sound like a katana but much more slow.

>>8409633
Good luck in an open fight when your sneaking isn't enough.

>>8409644
No sneaking. Just stab people who aren't expecting to get stabbed at and preferably have no weapon of their own. Think like a murderer, not a fancy assassin.

>>8409670
you'll be useless on the battlefield

but if you want to be a back stabbing pussy-wuss go ahead

>>8409643
It relies on weight more than speed

Someone should take OP's image to /k/ and see what they pick.

I bet most of the replies will be Watermelon Bar.

en garde, have at thee, ect ect

>>8409688
let's watch

>>>/k/10541973

>>8409593
Yeah, unfortunately, real tank and anti-tank combat happens at the kilometer level. No running and running with the rocket Vespa (maybe in urban combat, though?)

Although I think the Germans had a magnetic mine in WWII that was primarily used by running up to a tank and sticking it on, then running for cover.

Are machetes just another name for kukuris?

Rocket Launcher!


Or a longsword.

No question.

>>8409730
Nigga everyone knows the laser is the best weapon in metal slug.

>>8409730
But the Rocket Launcher sucks.
No, really, it's so bad. The bare-bones Heavy Machine Gun is better.

>>8409724
>Kukuri
Machetes = Kukris

IDIOOOT!!!

>>8409734
Are you shitting me? did you forget about the shotgun?

>>8409708
>>8409688
oh wow, what a prediction.

battle axe

il grow a big moe beard and be a viking

>>8409788
Id like to be a loli dwarf wielding a huge battle axe, with a fluffy white beard.

>>8409895
Ohh god, moe bears are so cute.

Definitely, the Watermelon Bar!

Claymore

Morning star.

Primary: Halberd
Secondary: Mace
Tertiary: Stiletto or Dagger

I'm going to need a shield if it's a bigger battle involving arrows and other flying stuff.

Ice Pick[1]

Dirk or dagger.

Why would I waste my life in a fight if I can just stealth kill everyone?
For an open fight I would choose a spear or a rapier, though.

>>8401944
For battle, I choose War hammer too. It's not underrated at all!
And Main gauches for fun.

Warhammer as backup and a flail with tower shield.

>>8404372
>But weren't claymores supposed to be longer and broader than longswords?
No.

>>8404392
>You people mean Broadswords.
No we don't.

>Longswords are one-handed.
It's the exact opposite, longsword can be used one or two handed. Broadsword is another name for basked-hilt sword, they can only be used one handed.

>>8404447
>the claymore is heavier than a standard longsword and less sharp, it resembles a contundent weapon in some ways.
No, everything you said is wrong.
Depending on the period they were made they could be anything from a Oakeshott type XIV to XXII sword.
Claymore's aren't Bidenhanders, I don't even know why people would think that. Especially seeing how people used to wrongly believe that claymore was the Scottish Gaelic name of basket-hilt broadsword.

I don't even know why I'm responding after the thread died.

>>8410189
So that's how it's supposed to be wielded.

Heater shield plus DP katana
Everyone knows

>>8414227

I'd choose two weapons: A main weapon and a side arm. My main weapon would be a glaive, as pole weapons are superior if you have the space. My side arm would be a mace, for ease-of-use (anyone can use a glorified club).

Would a shield work against danmaku? Obviously not the patterns that curve behind you.

I thought everyone knew that halberd and crossbow were the two most imba weapons of the pre-industrial battlefield