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<blockquote data-quote="Rykion" data-source="post: 4233172" data-attributes="member: 33035">The greataxe is far more dangersous to a knight, assuming the person wielding it can use it effectively.&nbsp; A mounted knight has to worry about being knocked off his horse or his horse being killed by someone with a&nbsp; greataxe.&nbsp; I guess a ninja would throw a dagger through the knight's visor or slit the horses throat, but most knights don't seem to have spent much time worrying about ninjas. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; On foot, a sword and board knight has a major reach and defensive advantage over a person with a dagger.&nbsp; The dagger wielder would need some advantage such as fighting an exhausted or injured knight, or again be a ninja himself to have much chance.&nbsp; Archers used daggers as effective secondary weapons when dealing with unhorsed knights.&nbsp; In this case, the archers are likely to be dealing with an injured or stunned knight facing several enemies.&nbsp; Against a greataxe wielder, the knight would have to seriously worry about the weapon damaging or getting through his armor and shield.&nbsp; Then there is the fact that a blow from a greataxe can bruise, break the bones of, or stun a man even when his armor itself isn't damaged.&nbsp; &nbsp; The greataxe's main disadvantages are that it takes a lot of strength, stamina, training, and space to be used effectively.&nbsp; That makes them poor choices for any sort of close formation combat.&nbsp; They are also poor choices for mounted combat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rykion, post: 4233172, member: 33035"] The greataxe is far more dangersous to a knight, assuming the person wielding it can use it effectively. A mounted knight has to worry about being knocked off his horse or his horse being killed by someone with a greataxe. I guess a ninja would throw a dagger through the knight's visor or slit the horses throat, but most knights don't seem to have spent much time worrying about ninjas. ;) On foot, a sword and board knight has a major reach and defensive advantage over a person with a dagger. The dagger wielder would need some advantage such as fighting an exhausted or injured knight, or again be a ninja himself to have much chance. Archers used daggers as effective secondary weapons when dealing with unhorsed knights. In this case, the archers are likely to be dealing with an injured or stunned knight facing several enemies. Against a greataxe wielder, the knight would have to seriously worry about the weapon damaging or getting through his armor and shield. Then there is the fact that a blow from a greataxe can bruise, break the bones of, or stun a man even when his armor itself isn't damaged. The greataxe's main disadvantages are that it takes a lot of strength, stamina, training, and space to be used effectively. That makes them poor choices for any sort of close formation combat. They are also poor choices for mounted combat. [/QUOTE]

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