The Military Science Of Indivisible

The Rules

• disregard all magic/iddhi/etc
• scale down weapons to their closest real world version if the have something impossible about them (a dragon-tail spear would simply be a steel spear, for example)
  
• do not subtract points for having no helmet (facial visibility is a visual design choice, so we can’t criticize their lack of inclusion).

• Vasco - Would be an absolute killing machine, with a gun that has the ability to fire more than one round before reloading. Also has plate chest armor, preventing many killing blows.
  
• Baozhai - if we grant that a portable cannon of that size were possible, that would make her, like... impossible to beat? How do you beat naval artillery? With the closest real world analog, though, she becomes somewhat less deadly than Vasco, with her only having one shot per load. There's certainly an argument to be made that the unwieldy nature of her weapon could cause her some problems, but a gun's a gun.

• George – Plate armor and a spear: it doesn’t get more clean-cut and effective. Aside from a powerful projectile weapon (like a gun, crossbow, or possibly a longbow), nothing is getting through that armor… and you’d probably never get the chance, because of the range of his spear.
  
• Qadira – Looks to be leather braced & studded chain armor, or possibly just studded leather. Either way, the most important part of her ensemble is the sword and shield. In combat, having a shield against somebody that doesn’t is like an ancient cheat code. A strong shield will take you farther than almost any other tool of melee combat.
• Zebei – A skilled shortbowman will get most fighters before they can even get close, so only the most well-armored (or longer-ranged) will be able to even engage him.

• Dhar - an experienced warrior, with a strong, sharp blade. All good, there, but with an inability to stab, and a lack of substantial armor, he does not have the means to successfully engage S or A tier.
  
• Naga Rider - he appears to have good armor, which, ignoring its magical origins, we might assume to be brass. No weapon, though, so he'd have to beat an opponent to death with his gauntlets... which could actually best a lot of the other characters, but still isn't great.
  
• Phoebe - if we grant that she actualy can fire her spear, that means she had exactly one arrow in her quiver, and then becomes nearly unarmed, though she does have that small blade on her bow as a last resort. Also, the speed at which that arrow could travel would be much lower than an arrow, making it easier to avoid or mitigate in a fight. Still she has a freaking spear, so she's doing pretty well. Negligible armor, though, means she wouldn't be able to stand toe-to-toe with better-protected foes.
  
• Kaldi - ranged weaponry is a huge boon to any combatant, but the actual effectiveness of these blades against armored opponents would be almost nil.
  
• Toko - has shoulder armor, and two swords. Decent, but would falter against armored or ranged opponents.
  
• Antoine - fencing is good, but no armor means he's completely at the mercy of anyone who could take a single blow and respond.

• Tungar - the urumi is simply not that effective of a weapon. Most rajput opted for the simplicity and battle-tested effectiveness of a sword.
  
• Kushi - a falconer actually could do pretty well in a fight. I mean, imagine trying to fight with that fucking bird in your face, that'd be brutal. Thing is, Kushi herself doesn't appear to have anything else, so beating her is as simple as killing Altun, who has zero defense against any weapon.
  
• Narssus - a scythe is a crap weapon for actual use, simple as that. It's merely a symbolic weapon, and would lose to almost any other real weapon.
  
• Lanshi - a dog that size would be scary as hell, and fairly deadly, but would also be easy to kill if you had a weapon.
  
• Leilani - She's armed, but the shark-tooth paddle is among the worst weapons available. It will lose to pretty much any armor, unfortunately, as it simply does not have the cutting power needed.

• Razmi
• Thorani
• Yan
• Zahra
• Tenoch
• Nuna
• Tatanka

Ninja said:

okay dude. uh science time. If the force of a mini cannon like that was firing from her position and she was tied down the force of that shot would throw her back and then once the rope goes taunt the sudden stopping of momentum would put all of that force into her back where the rope is tied. Effectively she would fire her cannon have a high chance at breaking her spine.

BUT WHO CARE THIS IS VIDEO GAME WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PHYSICS AND REAL WORLD STUFF.

ppfffffftttt.... i look into stuff way too much.

Kyugetsuki said:

Why can't she have a quiver that carries multiple spears?

Gamrdogg said:

Well I wouldn't really call Pheobe unarmed when she fires the spear since her bow does have the circular blade on it. But her firepower does still decrease dramatically when she does.

boboflesserdoom said:

Given that the ball used in ulama, the modern version of ōllamaliztli, uses a solid rubber ball of around 7 lbs (3kg), Tenoch has a potentially deadly projectile.
It's not actually a weapon, but it is easily improvised as one. Also, I'd imagine Yan could kick your shit in with those shoes.

EDIT: Are guest characters going to be analyzed too?