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This page on the wiki houses trials run within the game by players, with the intention of arriving at conclusions on how certain combat situations work, or just combat in general.
 
This page on the wiki houses trials run within the game by players, with the intention of arriving at conclusions on how certain combat situations work, or just combat in general.
  
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If you want to know more about how to do your own testing go to the [[DF2010:Arena]] wiki article. To learn more about the military and how it works in Dwarf Fortress, go to the [[DF2010:Military]] article.
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If you want to know more about how to do your own testing, go to the [[DF2010:Arena]] wiki article. To learn more about the military and how it works in ''Dwarf Fortress'', go to the [[DF2010:Military]] article.
  
 
The format in which trials are presented here is by no means a strict rule. Feel free to add and change elements but make sure the information is easy to read and understand. Try to provide any information you think is relevant and useful without digressing too much.
 
The format in which trials are presented here is by no means a strict rule. Feel free to add and change elements but make sure the information is easy to read and understand. Try to provide any information you think is relevant and useful without digressing too much.
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
 
<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
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Like the dragon, the hydra has a very hard time with the dwarves. The fight is long and even though it can kill them all eventually, the damage it takes in the meantime is definitive. A slightly higher number of dwarves might have killed it and even if a whole squad dies, the threat the hydra poses is practically elimintated as it will probably eventually die on its own anyway.
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Like the dragon, the hydra has a very hard time with the dwarves. The fight is long and even though it can kill them all eventually, the damage it takes in the meantime is definitive. A slightly higher number of dwarves might have killed it and even if a whole squad dies, the threat the hydra poses is practically eliminated as it will probably eventually die on its own anyway.
  
  
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This study seems to show that (for legendary dwarfs), silver war hammers are about equal with adamantine battleaxes, even with both sides being unarmored. The previous time I ran this test, hammers actually won 6 of the 10 rounds, but this time it was evenly split.
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This study seems to show that (for legendary dwarves), silver war hammers are about equal with adamantine battleaxes, even with both sides being unarmored. The previous time I ran this test, hammers actually won 6 of the 10 rounds, but this time it was evenly split.
  
 
:(Is that because a grandmaster dwarf can disable or kill an unarmored dwarf with just one hit with either weapon?  Might be worth examining the combat logs.) [[User:Bognor|Bognor]] 09:08, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 
:(Is that because a grandmaster dwarf can disable or kill an unarmored dwarf with just one hit with either weapon?  Might be worth examining the combat logs.) [[User:Bognor|Bognor]] 09:08, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
 
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
 
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| #1: Dwarfs || 6 ||  Proficient Fighter and swordsdwarf, skilled Dodger, Armor and Shield user<br>  || Full iron armor&Shortsword
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| #1: Dwarves || 6 ||  Proficient Fighter and swordsdwarf, skilled Dodger, Armor and Shield user<br>  || Full iron armor&Shortsword
 
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|-
 
| #2: Skeletal horse || 6 || None || none
 
| #2: Skeletal horse || 6 || None || none
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
 
! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
 
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| #1: Dwarfs || 6 || 1 with minor wounds, one with head bruising and some broken parts || 1 unconscious (Dwarf with head bruising) ||
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| #1: Dwarves || 6 || 1 with minor wounds, one with head bruising and some broken parts || 1 unconscious (Dwarf with head bruising) ||
 
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| #2: Skeletal horse || 0 ||  ||  ||
 
| #2: Skeletal horse || 0 ||  ||  ||
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u>
 
<u>'''Notes:'''</u>
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Dwarfs began in a line, horses began slightly scattered
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Dwarves began in a line, horses began slightly scattered
  
 
<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
 
<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
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The test was a test of how a middling military would fare against an equal force of skeletal horses. The dwarfs did excellently with only one badly wounded and one other with a minor wound.
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The test was a test of how a middling military would fare against an equal force of skeletal horses. The dwarves did excellently with only one badly wounded and one other with a minor wound.
  
 
= DF2012 (0.34.02) tests =
 
= DF2012 (0.34.02) tests =
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Leaves little doubt that in case of naked men fighting each other with warhammers and maces the hammers win. The hammerman who lost consciousness fought several macemen before fainting.
 
Leaves little doubt that in case of naked men fighting each other with warhammers and maces the hammers win. The hammerman who lost consciousness fought several macemen before fainting.
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=== Single Unarmoured/Untrained Dwarf Weapon Test (tested by: RokRokRok) ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 5 Each
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarves || 1 || None || Copper Battle Axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarves || 1 || None || Crossbow (No ammo)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Rounds won !! Injury level !! Worse Health tags !! Cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Dwarves || 4 || Mild Bruising || None || Torn Brain
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|-ea
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| #2: Dwarves || 1 || Cuts || None || Torn Brain
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u> I am doing a 1 on 1 with every dwarf weapon to see what weapons are best against what weapons while unskilled. Not counting armor. I will only be recording Injury/Health tags to the winners.
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u> A dwarf bash with a crossbow is no match for a dwarf battle axe. No missing limbs, just a few missing teeth. The one time that the crossow killed the battle axe was infact not with a crossow. The battle axe stuck the hand, disarming the crossbow. The disarmed dwarf proceded to knock out the battle axe dwarf, and smash his skull in with his foot.
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarves || 1 || None || Copper Battle Axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarves || 1 || None || None
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Side & Creature !! Rounds won !! Injury level !! Worse Health tags !! Cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Dwarves || 5 || Minor to Major Bruising & Cuts, one lost ear || Nauseous, Pale, Pain || None
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|-ea
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| #2: Dwarves || 0 || -N/A- || -N/A- || 3 Torn Brain, 2 Bleeding
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u> This is to see if the one kill was pure luck or if unarmed was better.
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u> It was pure luck, but one time an unarmed dwarf managed to get the upper hand, bruising the guts, cutting off the ear, but eventually died from a torn brain.
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarves || 1 || None || Copper Battle Axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarves || 1 || None || Copper Mace
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Side & Creature !! Rounds won !! Injury level !! Worse Health tags !! Cause of death
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| #1: Dwarves || 2 || 1 with no injuries, 1 with upper leg bruising || -N/A- || 1 Suffocation, 1 Torn Brain, 1 Punch out.
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|-ea
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| #2: Dwarves || 3 || 1 with no injuries, 1 with upper arm bruising, 1 with moderate lower arm/hand cuts & disarmed || -N/A- || 2 Disarmed & Bleed out.
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u> Decided to get in detail for injuries since it was pretty evenly matched.
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u> Mace won overall. Once the mace was out of the arms, the axe dwarf won two out of three times. Further Tests coming.
  
 
= DF2012 (0.34.04) tests =
 
= DF2012 (0.34.04) tests =
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Notes : Each team was right next to each other, no more stacking dwarves like before. Hammerdwarves now won.
 
Notes : Each team was right next to each other, no more stacking dwarves like before. Hammerdwarves now won.
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= DF2012 (0.34.04) tests =
 
  
 
=== 3 v 1 Mail Shirts (tested by: Waladil) ===
 
=== 3 v 1 Mail Shirts (tested by: Waladil) ===
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Overall results: The added armor is only useful at higher levels of training. I didn't calibrate enough to find the actual midpoint, but it seems that the added layers drop off in efficiency and are not as useful, potentially being harmful if the user is unable to handle the weight.
 
Overall results: The added armor is only useful at higher levels of training. I didn't calibrate enough to find the actual midpoint, but it seems that the added layers drop off in efficiency and are not as useful, potentially being harmful if the user is unable to handle the weight.
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=== Steel vs. Wooden Shield (tested by: apostle602) ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 1
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarves || 1*11 || Proficient Fighter, Proficient Swordsdwarf, Proficient Shield User, Proficient Armor User || Full adamantine armor set, iron short sword, steel shield
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|-
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| #2: Dwarves || 1*11 || Proficient Fighter, Proficient Swordsdwarf, Proficient Shield User, Proficient Armor User || Full adamantine armor set, iron short sword, cedar shield
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Dwarves || 3 || 2 unscratched, 1 missing both hands and a foot || 1 pale || Bleeding out
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|-ea
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| #2: Dwarves || 9 || Mostly unscratched, 1 with hands cut open || 1 unconscious || Bleeding out
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|}
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This is a test to determine what would be the best material for shields. Tested with 22 independent dwarves at different places of the arena, it was a long battle and in the end one of the winner dwarves found his way to a still fighting couple, hence total 12 alive dwarves at the end.
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Aside from that test I made a couple more with the same idea and always dwarves with heavier shields won only if they bashed opponents with these shields, f.e. if they've lost their weapons.
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So at the end the only important parameter for a shield is its weight.
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= DF2012 (0.34.11) tests =
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=== Axe vs. Spear ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 2
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || 1 || Grand Master Axedwarf, Grand Master Dodger, Grand Master Armor User || Full steel armor set (3 mail shirts), adamantine battle axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarf || 1 || Grand Master Speardwarf, Grand Master Dodger, Grand Master Armor User || Full steel armor set (3 mail shirts), adamantine spear
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|-
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Axedwarf || 0, 1 || Severed hand, Torn ligaments and tendons, Severed Nerves, Fractured bones, Opened arteries || -N/A-, -no tags- || Bleeding out
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|-ea
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| #2: Speardwarf || 1, 0 || Severed limbs, Torn muscle, Severed Nerves, Open artery || -no tags-, -N/A- || Bleeding out
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u> In the first round, speardwarf got his weapon stuck several times. Axedwarf attacked later, and only twice, missing both times. Speardwarf devastated axedwarf in this round. In the second round, axedwarf charges and topples speardwarf initially, then severs several limbs. Speardwarf landed only one bruising hit. Both made many misses. Axedwarf devastated speardwarf in this round. The victor barely got injured at all in both rounds, and the loser gets mutilated. Because of these polarising results, two rounds were deemed sufficient.
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In conclusion, both axes and spears are edged weapons that give a great advantage when making initial lucky strikes/hits against lesser-material armored oponents. The difference seems to be in the types of wounds: Fractured bones and open arteries for spears, and severed limbs for battle axes.
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=== Axe vs. Spear (2) ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 1
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || 1 || Grand Master Axedwarf, Grand Master Dodger, Grand Master Armor User || Full adamantine armor set (3 mail shirts), adamantine battle axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarf || 1 || Grand Master Speardwarf, Grand Master Dodger, Grand Master Armor User || Full adamantine armor set (3 mail shirts), adamantine spear
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|-
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Axedwarf || 1 || -no injuries- || -no tags- || -N/A-
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|-ea
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| #2: Speardwarf || 1 || -no injuries- || -no tags- || -N/A-
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u> Lots of misses. Every attack that hit got deflected by the armor.
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Both axes and spears appear pretty useless against equal or better material armor.
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=== Axe vs. Spear (3) ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 2
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || 3 || Grand Master Axedwarf, Grand Master Dodger, Grand Master Armor User || Full steel armor set (3 mail shirts), adamantine battle axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarf || 3 || Grand Master Speardwarf, Grand Master Dodger, Grand Master Armor User || Full steel armor set (3 mail shirts), adamantine spear
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|-
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Axedwarf || 0, 1 || Torn ligaments and tendons, Severed nerves, Fractured bones, Opened arteries, Torn internal organs || -N/A-, -no tags- || Shattered skull and torn brain
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|-ea
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| #2: Speardwarf || 3, 0 || Torn muscle, Severed nerve, Opened arteries, Torn internal organs, Severed limbs || -no tags-, -N/A- || Bleeding out
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u> Lots of misses again, but relatively less. Though the first fight was concluded with speardwarves ganging up on the surviving axedwarves, in each individual fight from the start, speardwarves dominated. In the second fight, the surviving axedwarf was moderately injured to two limbs. Each individual fight was dominated by one side. Speardwarf kills were faster.
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Though again polarizing, these results do show that axes and spears are approximately equally good, albeit only when used for the proper targets. If it is organic and is not clad in adamantine (as according to the previous test), spears will kill it faster. If it is not, and has many limbs, then an axe is superior. This makes spears better for regular use, and axes better against BC's and HFS. For a general-purpose weapon, an axe is therefore the best choice, though it may be worth it to specialize.
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=== Sword vs Axe (tested by: Terranaunt) ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 4
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || 5 || Proficient armor user, Proficient Dodger, Proficient Axedwarf|| full iron armor (with mail shirt), iron axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarf || 5 || Proficient armor user, Proficient Dodger, Proficient Swordsdwarf || full iron armor (with mail shirt), iron sword
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Axedwarf || 0, 3, 1, 4 || Torn muscle, Severed nerve, Opened arteries, Severed limbs, Missing Limbs || -N/A-; Pale, Unconscious; Pale; Pale, Unconscious || Bled to death
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| #2: Swordswarf || 5, 0, 0, 0 || Torn muscle, Severed nerve, Opened arteries, Severed limbs, Missing Limbs || Pale, -N/A- || Bled to death
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|}
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Third time last axedwarf actually fall into martial trance and finished three remaining sworddwarves, last sword guy just bled to death while fighting.
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It seems that the initiated distance of the engagement is a factor, though I'm not sure and this statement requires more tests.
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= DF 2014 (v0.40.24) Tests =
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=== Sword vs. Axe, with iron armor (Tested by: Gitaxias) ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 2
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || 5 || Adequate in all relevant skills || Full iron armor including shield, iron battle axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarf || 5 || Adequate in all relevant skills || Full iron armor including shield, iron short sword
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Axedwarves || 2 || Severed limbs<br>Bruised internal organs, mangled body parts || Tired, Extreme Pain, Pale || Bled to death
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|-
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| #2: Swordsdwarves || 0 || NA || NA || Head smashed by shield bash
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u>
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In both tests, all 5 swordsdwarves were killed by a single axedwarf after he lost his weapon arm and began favoring shield bashing attacks. No axe attacks appeared to have caused major injury.
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
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This test was intended to compare the effectiveness of swords and axes against armored targets. It shows fairly conclusively that the battle axe is the inferior weapon against armored targets, and that even if already injured a dwarf using iron shield bashes can still prove extremely deadly against enemies using weapons that cannot reliably penetrate their armor.
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=== Sword vs. Axe, with leather armor (Tested by: Gitaxias) ===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 4
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || 5 || Adequate in all relevant skills || Full leather armor, wooden shield, iron battle axe
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|-
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| #2: Dwarf || 5 || Adequate in all relevant skills || Full leather armor, wooden shield, iron short sword
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: Axedwarves || 0, 0, 4, 0 || Severed limbs, mangled body parts || Extreme Pain, Pale || Beheading or bisection
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|-
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| #2: Swordsdwarves || 5, 5, 0, 5 || Severed limbs, mangled body parts || Extreme Pain, Pale || Beheading or bisection
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u>
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In the first and second tests, the swordsdwarves won easily with token or nonexistent injury. In the third test, the axedwarves won with moderate losses. In the fourth test, the swordsdwarves won with moderate losses
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
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This test was intended to compare the effectiveness of swords and axes against weakly-armored armored targets. It shows somewhat conclusively that the battle axe is the inferior weapon against such targets targets, but that the disadvantage can be overcome with luck.
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=== MASTER-UNARMED vs. Wooden maces +  MASTER-UNARMED vs. 2 Cave spiders===
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 2
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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2 groups of 8 dwarves 7 tiles away
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || 8 || Adequate in all relevant skills || NOTHING
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|-
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| #2: Dwarf || 8 || Adequate in all relevant skills || 2 wooden maces
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: UNARMED MASTERS || 7 ,8 || broken bones, bruising || unconscious nocious || head shot
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|-
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| #2: Master Maces || 0|| extreamley dead || dead || head explosion
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u>
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master strikers and wrestlers are better than armed dwarves
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
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this was a good piece of evidence that wood weapons are ineffective.
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TEST#2
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u>
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2
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u>
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The remains of the previous tests with 2 tiles between them
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Dwarf || See ABOVE || Adequate in all relevant skills || NOTHING
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|-
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| #2: Giant Cave Spider || 2 || NOTHING || NOTHING
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
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|-
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| #1: left overs of last 2 tests || 6, 8 || no change || no change || Bleeding
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|-
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| #2: Giant Cave Spider || 0 || extreamley dead || dead || Brain bruised
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|}
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<u>'''Notes:'''</u>
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I had to force the dwarves to do suicide after so i could go to the next test.
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<u>'''Tester's conclusion:'''</u>
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master strikers and wrestlers are better than Giant Cave spiders
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= DF 2016 (v0.42.06) Tests =
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=== War Hammer material effectiveness comparison (ongoing) (Tested by: Adonkares) ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> After editing the object testing arena into 896 4x1 duel rooms and 84 5x5 5v5 brawl rooms the premise of gold war hammer superiority was put to trial using a variety of different hammer materials. A program was written to populate the arena more quickly as well as equip the dwarves. (If anyone has any tips on counting the results quickly or via a program, please let me know.)
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<u>'''Acronym explanation:'''</u> Each test was assigned a number from 1-3. Each row in a table is named after Duel or Group results and is followed by a -s -g -c suffix to denote the material of the weapon equipped. And so 1solo-g means a group of 1v1 dwarf fighters with steel armor and gold hammers.
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<u>'''Information:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| 1solo-s: Dwarf || 1 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full set of steel armor plus a steel shield, with a silver war hammer
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|-
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| 1solo-g: Dwarf || 1 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full set of steel armor plus a steel shield, with a gold war hammer
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|-
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| 1group-s: Dwarf || 5 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full set of steel armor plus a steel shield, with a silver war hammer
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|-
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| 1group-g: Dwarf || 5 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full set of steel armor plus a steel shield, with a gold war hammer
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|-
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| 2solo-s: Dwarf || 1 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Unarmored, with a silver war hammer
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|-
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| 2solo-c: Dwarf || 1 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Unarmored, with a copper war hammer
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|-
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| 2group-s: Dwarf || 5 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Unarmored, with a silver war hammer
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|-
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| 2group-c: Dwarf || 5 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Unarmored, with a copper war hammer
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|-
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| 3solo-s: Dwarf || 1 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full iron, with a silver war hammer
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|-
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| 3solo-c: Dwarf || 1 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full iron, with a copper war hammer
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|-
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| 3group-s: Dwarf || 5 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full iron, with a silver war hammer
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|-
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| 3group-c: Dwarf || 5 || Master in Fighter, Hammer, Dodge, Shield and Armor user || Full iron, with a copper war hammer
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Winners !! Win percentage !! Sample size !! Comments
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|-
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| 1solo-g: Duelists using Gold War Hammer || 56.47% || 1792 || Slight but consistent edge (more adequately flat) for gold hammers, it is reasonable to estimate gold's superiority over silver to be within 3-8% range.
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|-
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| 1group-g: Team of 5 using Gold War Hammer || 55.3% || 168 || Borderline standard error, more tests are needed. Duel results suggest a slight advantage for gold hammers.
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|-
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| 2solo-s: Duelists using Silver War Hammer || 53.57% || 1792 || Slight advantage for silver hammers, sample size too small and falls within standard error. For practical intents and purposes copper is equal to silver when used against unarmored opponents.
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|-
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| 2group-s: Team of 5 using Silver War Hammer || 59.5% || 168 || Sample size too small, more tests are needed. Duel results suggest no noticeable advantage for either material.
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|-
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| 3solo-s: Duelists using Silver War Hammer || 53.01% || 896 || Slight advantage for silver hammers, sample size too small and falls within standard error. For practical intents and purposes copper is equal to silver when used against ironclad opponents.
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|-
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| 3group-s: Team of 5 using Silver War Hammer || 56.5% || 84 || Sample size too small, more tests are needed. Duel results suggest no noticeable advantage for either material.
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Based on the above 3 tests there's a slight ~5-6% advantage of gold war hammers over silver and by extension copper ones. There is no significant advantage of silver over copper against unarmored and ironclad opponents and whatever advantage there might be it falls within mean error range and requires a bigger sample size. I hope someone found this useful, I sure did when I was doing the tests out of curiosity. In the future I'm planning to include platinum hammers, adamantine armors and increasing the sample size of all tests.
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=== Scourge versus Whip (Tested By Admiral Obvious) ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> Fiddling around in the arena after installing DF on a public PC which is wiped daily. Attempting to determine which weapon is more effective, and why. Unarmored targets were used for this test. A separate test set will/should be make with armored specimens.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 10
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u> Single unskilled human, versus unskilled human, given weapons. Test saved prior to start, and restarted after each result.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Human Male|| 1 || -no skills- || Iron Whip, no armor
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|-
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| #2: Human Male || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Scourge, no armor
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
 +
|-
 +
| #1: Human Male || 1 || Chipped Bones || Tired, Extreme Pain || Passing out from broken limb, followed up by head cave in.
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|-
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| #2: Human Male || 9 || None || Tired || Upper spine shattered in the one instance of death, suffocation.
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> From what testing that was performed, it seemed that the whip was an easy weapon to parry compared to the scourge. This might be in relation to the weapon velocity modifier, or potentially attack preparation time. It was noticed in this test that the scourge user attempted more successful attacks than the whip user. The scourge rarely "one shot" the enemy, however it did chip bones regularly against an unarmored target. The whip on the other hand, when it landed it's shots were far more devastating to the target than otherwise. Further testing will be done with different materials.
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== Adamantine: Test: 2 ==
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 10
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u> Single unskilled human, versus unskilled human, given weapons. Test saved prior to start, and restarted after each result.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Human Male|| 1 || -no skills- || Adamantine Whip, no armor
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|-
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| #2: Human Male || 1 || -no skills- || Adamantine Scourge, no armor
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
 +
|-
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| #1: Human Male || 0 || Sensory and motor nerves severed, lots of parts cut open. || Pale, Severe Bleeding || Crippled due to loss of motor ability, bones almost never damaged. Bleeds to death on every test.
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|-
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| #2: Human Male || 10 || Bruising, occasional broken fingers and toes. || Tired, Pain || Reset of the universe.
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Adamantine is far too light for a whip to have any noticeable impact against the target, only causing minor bruising, and the occasional shattering of a finger or toe. The Scourge on the other hand, being an edged attack weapon seemed to be like the death of a thousand paper cuts. The scourge rarely inflicted any damage to the bones of the target, but every single successful impact against the target cut into the muscle of the target, and in many cases severed motor, and sensory nerves. Getting killed in this way appeared to be torture, especially considering how long it took to run each one of these tests.
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 +
== Platinum: Test: 3 ==
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 10
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<u>'''Initial setup:'''</u> Single unskilled human, versus unskilled human, given weapons. Test saved prior to start, and restarted after each result.
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Human Male|| 1 || -no skills- || Platinum Whip, no armor
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|-
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| #2: Human Male || 1 || -no skills- || Platinum Scourge, no armor
 +
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Survived !! Injury level !! Health tags !! Most common cause of death
 +
|-
 +
| #1: Human Male || 6 || Many cuts, and broken/fractured bones. || Pale, Severe Bleeding, Severe Pain || Typical death caused by bruising of the brain.
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|-
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| #2: Human Male || 4 || Either completely unharmed, or completely crippled. || Tired, Trouble Breathing || Head "explodes into gore" usually. One other death was caused by ribs puncturing the heart causing a bleedout.
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> This was a far fairer fight, I assume if I run the test more, the results would average out to be nearly equal. Whip impacts are absolutely devastating, in many instances involving the total collapse of the impacted area. The Scourge is also equally dangerous, but with much less one shot potential, and a quite high tendency to chip, and break bones. The Scourge is inferior in this case compared to the whip, but this is made up with an apparent higher attack frequency.
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 +
= DF 2018 (v0.44.09) Tests =
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 +
 +
== Unarmored Peasant Best Weapon Test (Tested by: RoyalAssassin3) ==
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> My goal in this series of test is to identify the “best” natively producible weapons for random unskilled unarmored peasants.  This might be used to stockpile the “best” weapons around the base that can be grabbed in an emergency situation where enemies have breached the fortress and you need to start conscripting everyone to grab something and fight. 
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I did not test maces because previous tests (by hostergaard) have established that maces are in all respects worse versions of war hammers.  I also did not test crossbows because they require more finesse to be effective, in close range cells, like my testing environment (or a goblin breach of the main fortress), they are pretty much just glorified clubs.  I used iron weapons to simulate the best goblins.
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After a few slow and tedious tests, I created a modified arena with 20 adjacent 5x12 dueling cells (enough space to dodge and maneuver) with the combatants starting 4 paces apart.    Injury Level, Health tags, and Cause of death data were too tedious to tabulate on this scale and so have been excluded.
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=== Unarmed v. Short Sword ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> Baseline test.  If all is right in the world unarmed unskilled peasants should get slaughtered by swords.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 25
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Unarmed Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Unarmed
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Short Sword
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Unarmed Dwarf || 0 wins (0 ties) || 0% (0% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 25 wins (0 ties) || 100% (0% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Unarmed Peasants predictably slaughtered by armed peasants
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=== Unarmed v. Hammer ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> Gitaxias in a prior test found that unarmed was superior to wooden maces.  Could unarmed peasants be better than Warhammer equipped peasants?  Perhaps the warhammerers would get exhausted and pass out before doing enough damage with their inept swings?
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 25
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Unarmed Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Unarmed
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|-
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| #2: Hammer Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Warhammer
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Unarmed Dwarf || 5 wins (9 ties) || 20% (36% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Hammer Dwarf || 11 wins (9 ties) || 44% (36% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Close, slight edge to hammer.  Two stalemates ended with both dead, 7 both sides passing out.
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=== Axe v. Sword ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> We already established above that swords > warhammers vs. unarmored.  But what about swords v. axes?  I read axes have a larger cutting effect.  Perhaps that will prove advantageous against unarmored peasants?
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 25
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Axe Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Battleaxe
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Short Sword
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Axe Dwarf || 10 wins (1 ties) || 40% (4% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 14 wins (1 ties) || 56% (4% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Close, slight edge to sword.
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=== Sword v. Spear ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> The best weapon tournament continues with the previous round’s winner (swords) facing the challenger (spears).  I expect that swords will be superior with their cutting effect.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 25
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Sword Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron short sword
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron spear
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Sword Dwarf || 13 wins (0 ties) || 52% (0% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 12 wins (0 ties) || 48% (0% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Although swords won, but this is really too close to call.  I’m calling this a tie.
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=== Hammer v. Spear ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> Hammer performed pretty poorly vs. unarmed.  Was that a fluke?  I decided to test vs. the spear which was pretty much the same as the sword so far.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 25
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Hammer Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Warhammer
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron spear
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Hammer Dwarf || 4 wins (1 ties) || 16% (4% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 20 wins (1 ties) || 80% (4% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Clear win for Spears (and presumably swords).  Untrained peasants shouldn’t be wielding hammers vs. unarmored enemies.
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=== Pick v. Spear ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> Picks are often overlooked, but very “dwarfy.”  I don’t expect these to fare well vs. a military weapon.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 35
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Pick
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron spear
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 21 wins (4 ties) || 60% (11% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 10 wins (4 ties) || 29% (11% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Surprising clear win for Picks.  I read that picks were in fact “cutting” weapons, which bears itself out in the wounds detail with heads getting knocked off regularly.  Good news for dwarfiness.
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=== Pick v. Sword & Shield ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> Pick is our tournament winner based on single weapons.  But what about vs. the classic sword and shield combo?  I expect that a shield will give sword the edge.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 20
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Pick
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|-
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| #2: Sword & Shield Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron short sword & iron shield
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 7 wins (1 ties) || 35% (5% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Sword & Shield Dwarf || 12 wins (1 ties) || 60% (5% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> As expected, a shield gave sword the edge.
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=== Pick & Shield v. Sword & Shield ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> This test is to see whether X + shield combos follow the same pattern of effectiveness as weapons alone.  If so, the win percentage of pick & shield vs. sword & shield should match with the previous pick v. spear test (assuming swords and spears are equivalent).
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 20
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Pick & Shield Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron pick & Iron Shield
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|-
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| #2: Sword & Shield Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron short sword & iron shield
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Pick & Shield Dwarf || 12 wins (0 ties) || 60% (0% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Sword & Shield Dwarf || 8 wins (0 ties) || 40% (0% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Pick & Shield wins.  The 60% win rate for Pick & Shield exactly matches the win rate of Pick in the Pick v. Spear test.  This validates two premises. (1) X + shield vs. Y + shield = X vs. Y;  and (2) Spear = Sword for unarmored unskilled opponents.  The first premise is consistent with a shield giving a fixed percentage chance of deflection irrespective of weapon type.
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<u>'''Overall Tester Conclusions for Peasant Weapon Testing:'''</u> Pick & Shield > Pick & Sword > Pick >> Spear = Sword > Battleaxe >> Hammer > Unarmed.  Pick & Shield was the surprise best. 
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It is worth noting that according to the weapon article a significant percentage of dwarves are not big enough to wield both a pick and a shield.  In the testing arena, none of the pick & shield dwarves dropped their picks or shields which suggests either (1) the arena uses different rules; (2) size affects whether dwarves will pick up a pick and shield, but once they have it in their hands they don’t drop it; or (3) size and wielding limitations has changed since the weapons article was updated.  I suspect (2) is the answer, but further testing is needed.  Sword and shield might be more reliable.
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Despite the superiority of shields, I would probably recommend using only picks (not picks and shields or swords and shields) as an emergency defense fallback.  This spares dwarves the extra time of having to hunt around for BOTH a pick and a shield and thus gets them into the fight faster.  It also avoids the aforementioned possibility of not being able to wield both a pick and a shield leaving your dwarf potentially running into battle with just a shield.  Pick also has an advantage over sword & shield in that using picks provides extra insurance against the situation where your miners fall into hot magma or down a cave dragon’s throat with the fortresses only picks and you don’t have metal to replace them.
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== Iron Armored Peasant Best Weapon Test (Tested by: RoyalAssassin3) ==
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> The previous tests established that the pick was the best peasant weapons vs. unarmored foes.  But that’s only half the equation.  Goblins sometimes show up wearing up to iron armor accordingly, this test is to identify which weapon does best against max goblin armor.  I encased both sides in full iron armor (defined as Iron Helm, Iron Chain Mail Shirt, Iron Breastplate, Iron Gauntlets, Iron Greaves, Iron High Boots) so that the only difference between the sides is the weapon being used.
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I originally used an arena of 10, but decided I needed a larger sample size and so switched to my 20 test arena and added those results.
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=== Armored: Unarmed v. Short Sword ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> Perhaps the blunt force of unarmed will do better vs. armor?
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 30
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Unarmed Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Unarmed
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Short Sword
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|}
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 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Unarmed Dwarf || 9 wins (6 ties) || 30% (20% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 15 wins (6 ties) || 50% (20% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Sword Dwarves still won vs. unarmed but much closer than vs. unarmored.
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=== Armored: Axe v. Short Sword ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> The axe is primarily a slashing weapon so vs. armor I expect it to fare poorly compared to a sword which has more versatility.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 30
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Axe Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Battleaxe
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Short Sword
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Axe Dwarf || 14 wins (0 ties) || 46.6% (0% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 16 wins (0 ties) || 53.3% (0% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Surprisingly close.  Slight edge to swords, but effectively a tie.  Glad I ran this again because in my first 10 tests swords won 7 to 3.  Large sample sizes are good.
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=== Armored: Short Sword v. Spear ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> I expect spears to have difficulty vs. armor since they are penetrating attacks.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 30
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Sword Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Short Sword
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Spear
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|}
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 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
 +
| #1: Sword Dwarf || 14 wins (4 ties) || 46.6% (13.3% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 12 wins (4 ties) || 40% (13.3% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Inconclusive.  Slight edge to sword, but statistically a tie.
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=== Armored: Hammer v. Spear ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> I expect hammers to dominate spears since hammers are made for bashing armor.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 30
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
 +
! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
 +
| #1: Hammer Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Warhammer
 +
|-
 +
| #2: Spear Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Spear
 +
|}
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 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Hammer Dwarf || 14 wins (2 ties) || 46.6% (6.7% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 14 wins (2 ties) || 46.6% (6.7% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Surprisingly an exact tie.  In my earlier run of 10 tests spear actually won.
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=== Armored: Hammer v. Unarmed ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> I expect hammers to win as fists deflect off armor.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 30
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Hammer Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Warhammer
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|-
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| #2: Unarmed Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Unarmed
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Hammer Dwarf || 18 wins (5 ties) || 60.0% (16.6% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Unarmed Dwarf || 7 wins (5 ties) || 23.3% (16.6% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Hammer wins v. unarmed.  Matches fairly well with the sword v. unarmed test above which further validates the hypothesis of sword = spear = hammer = axe vs. armor.
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=== Armored: Pick v. Spear ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> The moment of truth.  Will Pick maintain its edge against armor?  (pun intended)
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 30
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Pick
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Spear
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 15 wins (4 ties) || 50.0% (13.3% ties)
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|-
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| #2: Spear Dwarf || 11 wins (4 ties) || 36.6% (13.3% ties)
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|}
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<u>'''Results:'''</u> Pick wins vs. Spear. 
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=== Armored: Pick v. Sword ===
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<u>'''Test description:'''</u> I want further validation that pick is best v. armor.  This can also help determine whether sword > spear or sword = spear by checking the previous test where sword slightly edged out spear.  Based on the sword v. spear test earlier, sword should do slightly better against pick than spear.
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<u>'''Times run:'''</u> 30
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Number !! Skills !! Items
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Pick
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|-
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| #2: Sword Dwarf || 1 || -no skills- || Iron Armor + Iron Sword
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|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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! Side & Creature !! Wins (ties) !! Percentage Win (ties)
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|-
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| #1: Pick Dwarf || 15 wins (1 ties) || 50.0% (3.3% ties)
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