Ephraim vs Hector

[PaChi2]

They fight in an arena.

Starting distance of 5 meters.

Both are dead serious but without intent to kill (consider this a training sesion)

Ephraim and Young Hector (Fire Emblem)

SBA

 

[Desmond253]

Hector one-shots with triangle advantage

 

[PaChi2]

So, when I choose the hot-headed, somewhat lacking in skill Hector against Ephraim, who is an unrivalled lance wielder, your only argument for Hector winning is "via triangle advantage".

Sigh.

Hector: 1

Ephraim: 0

 

[Desmond253]

not an actual vote i just don't know how to put the lines through my text sry

I assume we don't take things like effective damage into account here so i'll wait for more input

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

Hector is physically the stronger of the two, and he's actually a great Axe Wielder. He's reckless, but still a great fighter. With that said, I won't deny Ephraim being a better leader. Still, realistically, Axes are built to chop lances. Tough choice, but I'm still going to lean towards Hector.

 

[First_Witch]

I mean, Desmond isnt completly wrong tho. ASSUMING Ephraim to be on pair to Eliwood in pure strengh, Hector should have a feelworthy strength advantage. Yes, Ephraim is highly expierenced Combat genius, but Hector is no slouch either. Paired with the cursed weapon triangle i would give it to Hector in 6 out of 10 possible rounds.


Voting Hector, assuming that Ephraim dosnt absolutly outclass Hector into the ground in terms of skill

 

[PaChi2]

That's 3 for Hector.

 

[Naberius_Buster]

I'm voting for Hector the best Lord of FE7 too.

Hector is actually known for his strength in canon, while Ephraim is known for his tactical prowess. Hector would have the advantage in a duel.

For fun I will also give you a stat comparison, which is actually viable thanks to FE7 and FE8 having the same stat caps and similar stats for basic weapons which allows for easy scaling.

Since this is supposed to be a training matchso I will assume Iron weapons in the calcs and will use the average 20/20 calcs.

https://serenesforest.net/blazing-sword/characters/average-stats/hector/

https://serenesforest.net/the-sacred-stones/characters/average-stats/ephraim/

Hector's HP: 56
Hector's Might: 30+8=38
Hector's Defense: 28
Hector's Accuracy: 23*2+14+75=135
Hector's Evade: 21*2+14=56

Ephraim's HP: 55
Ephraim's Might: 27+7=34
Ephraim's Defense: 21
Ephraim's Accuracy: 26*2+26+80=158
Ephraim's Evade: 24*2+26=74

Hector has WTA on Ephraim.

Hector does (38+1-21) 18 damage at a (135+15-74) 76% hit rate.
Ephraim does (34-1-28) 5 damage at a (158-15-56) 87% hit rate.

Hector KOs Ephraim in 4 hits, and requires 5 attacks on average.
Ephraim KOs Hector in 12 hits, and requires 13 attacks on average.

Gameplay wise the result is clear with a Hector win thanks to significant strength advantage, massive defense lead, and WTA giving him some consistency at landing hits.
If you were to ignore the stat cap ramming on Ephraim he would have near 100% accuracy (97%), would do 2 more damage per hit (8 HKO now, and 8 attacks on average), and would receive 5 speed, which is more than enough to double Hector and would really start to mess with Hector's hit rate (drops to 66% hit rate, and 6 attacks on average).
All of this would actually give Ephraim a significant advantage.

TLDR: Hector is a wall of a man and Ephraim's toothpick won't be able to stop him canon wise or gameplay wise.

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

Well, taking game mechanics literally is a bad idea, but yes, these are fun facts.

 

[PaChi2]

Thats 4 for Hector.

 

[PaChi2]

Bump

 

[JustSomeWeirdo]

Ephraim never picks fights that he can't win, which means he brought an Axereaver and reverses this silly "Triangle Advantage" that Hector thought he had

Jokes aside, Hector's strength should give him the advantage in a 1 on 1 fight

 

[PaChi2]

5 for hector

 

[SuperKamiNappa]

Before I cast my vote I have 2 questions.

Question 1: Are they both promoted? More specifically is Hector heavily armored? Is Ephraim fighting on horseback?

Question 2: Are they using their rapier-equivilants and do they deal bonus damage if the answer to Q1 is yes?

That might have been more than 2 questions but whatever