Who takes the win?
Who takes the win?
Funny. I've never seen this fight before. I'll go with Achilles.
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"One of the maddening but beautiful things about comics is that you have to give characters a sense of change without changing them so much that they violate the essence of who they are." ~ Ann Nocenti, Chris Claremont's X-Men.
Leonidas was a freak of nature fighter, but Achilles was a TOTAL monster. Like, not just a fantastic fighter, but blatantly superhuman at points and casually superior to other top notch opponents of his period. He can cut the head off of a solid bronze statue as an example and one shot the best soldiers that enemy armies can muster.
He cant one shot Leonidas, but he wears him down after a prolonged confrontation like he did with Hector.
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After dispatching King Leonidas, Achilles barked a challenge to the Spartan army, "Who's next?!"
299 Spartans stepped forward.
Achilles cracked a grin. Fighting battles was their profession, but winning wars was his.
Achilles. He at least wore more than just a helmet. What's more, his only weak spot was his heel (hence the term, "Achilles Heel"). Leaving the rest of him invulnerable.
Leonidas would yell, "Beware our short-shorts!"
Achilles would respond, by stabbing Leonidas through with a spear.
300 spartans may be superhuman in their own right but Achilles was even more superhuman.
Compare their spear throws. If Achilles was in place of Leonidas, Xerxes would not have survived that final throw.
Achilles also throws a sword through a helmet.
He throws it such that the edge of the blade - not the point - smacks into the helmet. It cleaves through, into the wearer's skull. This is bullcrap on a truly unbelievable level, and yet.
Why are we here?
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