Comments on: Deadliest Warrior – Samurai vs Viking

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:01:52 +0000

I still think the Viking would win. Everyone thinks Samurai are highly advanced warriors from hollywood movies and a flawed view that Eastern martial arts are superior. The truth is ANY warrior class is extremely good at what they do. Deadly Warriors does biased and un-scientific comparisons using an arbitrarily coded video game as its “proof” that a particular warrior would win. A viking would be much stronger then a Samurai, has superior armor, and also has much more variety of weaponry. Granted, a Katana is the most advanced blade made by man, however an axe has superior weight and penetrative power over any sword. It boils down to the fact that axes are simple, and effective. It doesnt need to be steel folded a hundred times to be effective. It has much more mass then a blade concentrated in a smaller point. Furthermore, a viking wielding a shield would be able to repel most katana and arrow attacks. I have seen videos of Viking armor taking multiple arrows without any penetration of flesh. Viking armor was chain mail over padded armor. Arrows penetrate chain mail, however, an arrow slows down sufficiently enough that it does not go through the padded under-armor. The so-called “computer expert” in the Deadliest Warrior series is a total diletant. He drives me crazy with his douche-bag remarks and pretentious attitude. The program he uses to do these ridiculous “simulations” is a video game where he just arbitrarily assigns values to weapons in. Its hardly objective and a total sham.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:01:52 +0000

By: thrand

thrand — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:16:06 +0000

Check out my video Viking vs Samurai : thrand's Aftermath on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpu2NRg-HEg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_qFq7QfUjI

let me know what you think

By: hunter

hunter — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:35:15 +0000

out of spartan and ninja i think spartan will win becase spartan hase armer and he has a sheld and armered head to towe like a knight to use ninja is good becasehe jumps and thinks he can move faster bat the ninja will die if he jumps becase the spartan can stabe him while the ninja is up in the air.

By: hulkster

hulkster — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:35:10 +0000

vikings raised their weapons above their heads?

since when?

because i happen to be a viking re-enactor and i can tell you that a blow like that would only be used to kill a downed opponent, and that most viking styles were based off defense and trickery. one of their promonent sword and shield styles actually involved hiding the sword totally behind the shield in a low guard, then stabbing your opponent low (where he was usually unarmored) when he wasn't expecting it. then there's the whole seaborne raider thing, which would mean the viking would have been long gone before any samurai could have even been mustered.

vikings weren't dumb. they knew how to fight. it's just that vikings, not being christians, were demonized by most of europe, and since they had no paper, very few first hand accounts exist of the viking era.

most of what we get was either written a long time after the fact or comes from biased sources. the japanese didn't have this problem, and were also a quite isolated culture who retained their old traditions long after many other cultures were forced to abandon them.

it's not really a matter of the viking being dumb or untrained, but rather one of us not really knowing just how well trained he would have been.

By: Norzanis

Norzanis — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:37:35 +0000

the battle axe is very fast which isn't mentioned in this show. I'll agree and say the katana is much faster, but not that fast where a samurai will cut his neck or leg and leave the viking immobilized. and the only way to stop a viking is by cutting his head off….if he still has a pulse he still is a threat. both great warriors, but c'mon…the axe isn't always in the downward position. He'll surely cut off your samurais legs as well. Do some research in the viking battle axe and see how quick it is. if not…the history channel has something on viking warriors with that dude from the green baret.

By: Norzanis

Norzanis — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:28:08 +0000

ummm…..yeah. vikings were actually very skilled fighters. on that show they failed to mention how quick the battle axe moved in combat. swords have nothing against chainmail (even the katana). a 7 foot naginata vs. a 5 foot axe….unless that samurai slices his neck…an axe coming on top of you will leave you immobilized. This show was done poorly. 5'3″ samurai vs. a 6'3″ viking oh and vikings purpose in battle was to die. One little samurai was not going to take out a viking without him taking 1 or 2 samurais down. Before you take down the vikings, do a little research.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:28:39 +0000

I hate how gimmicky this show is. I watch it because it's interesting to see how much damage these weapons can do, but I put little stock into any verdict the computer gives.

The truth: A fight between a seasoned Viking warrior and a seasoned Samurai warrior would depend on circumstance. Modern day society has a very low regard for the VIkings, mainly because medieval Europe had such a low regard for them. They're thought of as big, dumb, lumering oafs, but reality is much different. Their advances in metalworking, craftmanship, and seafaring prove a much different tale. One thing many people don't know about the Viking culture is that honour was an extremely vital part of their society. They revered the honour of battle and the besting of one's foe every bit as much a the Samurai did, it just isn't as romanticized as much as the Samurai's code of honor is. Read some history books written by Scandinavian authors and you'll come away with a much different view of the Viking than you had originally.

As for who would win, like I said it depends on who's got better footing. Does someone catch a glare of the sun at the wrong time. Does the Samurai's katana catch in the shield for a split second? Does the Viking's axe deflect of the Samurai's helmet awkwardly? Battle between two master warriors is a test of luck as much as skill.