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Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: jvc8996
Lightsabers could cut through an energy sword
This is just as false as the "Two Energy Swords hitting each other in canon harm both users."
A Lightsaber and energy sword are made of the same stuff, plasma, and formed in the same way.
Well in that regard, no, sword clashes don't harm you. It always seemed to me that the clashes in H3 and HR harmed you because you were just swinging heavily at each other. Perhaps the full blow was never blocked, and maybe throw in some EMP damage to the shields (whch, until in Reach we found that clashes do physical harm, seemed like a logical way to see it).
But another factor to consider I just recently remembered is that non-Force users cannot use lightsabers, without risking severe bodily harm on themselves just as well as the enemy. Having no blade weight made it difficult to swing properly. I remember reading a story when I was younger where a guy who killed a Jedi took his lightsaber and used it on another Jedi (think it was Dooku before he turned). Though still dangerous, he was clumsy, and swung it more like a club then anything.
Sword users don't appear to have this problem. And as the OP said, no Force, just two humans.
So neither side is effectively using either weapon. This is the clumsiest fight ever.
Though yet another factor to consider is that, if the two humans ran at each other, the sword would win in a jousting competition due to shear length. That gives a slight edge to the sword. A longer reach in a CQB goes a long way. Just as well, the sword's blade covers more surface area, doubling as a very small shield, and is much wider then a lightsaber.
Really, since neither side can effectively use the weapons at hand, lets break down the weapons themselves.
Length: goes to the sword
Width: the sword
familiarity with the handle in human hands: Lightsaber
Easier to use: Sword (swing it like a baseball bat).
Weight: Saber (lighter)
Practicality (regarding simplicity): I'd call it a tie. Similar to my reasoning for "easier to use", the Saber requires the Force to use effectively. The Sword, while likely heavier, is very simple. This ties into my next point.
Defensiveness: The Sword.
In the hands of a skilled user, the lightsaber's agility makes for a very defensive weapon. However, the natural design of the sword gives it a defensive edge. For one, cutting off the user's hand/lower arm is almost impossible, whereas the saber gives no protection at all to the user's limbs.
Secondly, as mentioned above, the sword covers more surface area in both length and width, giving both an offensive and defensive bonus. Like the Hunter's shield, which is a lot like a rediculously long sword. A lightsaber is a thin shaft of plasma energy.
To effectively defend yourself with a lightsaber, you have to move much, much faster and in different directions then you would with a sword, using pretty much every muscle in your upper body and some in your lower body, exerting more energy. With a sword, with its superior lenngth and width, the distance the blade has to travel to block something is much less great, compensating for its heavier weight.
Lightsabers are only defensively excellent when in the hands of a Jedi/Sith.
The Sword's design also gives it a unique tactical advantage. If something were to get caught in between the blades, the magnetic field produced by the two blades could cause any other magnetic object (such as a lightsaber's plasma blade) to get flung out of the users hand. A magnetic trap so to speak. The two opposing fields would meet at the blade, the blade would get forced out of the field.
In review, the Sword is actually better.