The Commentator Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 The harder material cuts through the softer material. A lance tipped with vs punches through plate armor if driven with sufficient force. An axe edged with vs cuts through breastplate. Are these fair assumptions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Sword Donor Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Honestly we can't really guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepbollywood Motte Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Nope, leather can stop steel in the right circumstances... Water can cut steel for all it matters. What we know of Valyrian steel is that it is lighter, sharper and keeps its edge. But not that it cuts steel armour like its made of butter. So not a fair assumption in my books and like said above, we can't really assume much about this because there is little actual combat with VS seen on page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ckram Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Valyrian Steel easily cutting through steel: Quote TWOIAF - The Vale They came together as the battle raged around them, the king in bronze armor, the hero in silvered steel. Though the Falcon Knight's armor flashed brilliantly in the morning sun, his sword was no Lady Forlorn. The duel was done almost before it began, as the Valyrian steel sheared through the winged helm and laid the Andal low. For an instant, as his foe toppled from the saddle, Robar Royce must surely have thought his battle won. In addition, the effect of valyrian steel on copper armor: Quote ADWD - The Windblown The rest was butchery, but this time it was the Butcher King on the wrong end of the cleaver. Caggo was the one who finally cut him down, fighting through the king's protectors on his monstrous warhorse and opening Cleon the Great from shoulder to hip with one blow of his curved Valyrian arakh. Frog did not see it, but those who did claimed Cleon's copper armor rent like silk, and from within came an awful stench and a hundred wriggling grave worms. Cleon had been dead after all. The desperate Astapori had pulled him from his tomb, clapped him into armor, and tied him onto a horse in hopes of giving heart to their Unsullied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Sword Donor Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I wouldn't put too much stake in the historical account That was thousands of years ago. This is Brienne fighting with Oathkeeper: “He wounded her in the shoulder as she came at him, but she slashed off his ear and half his cheek, hacked the head off his spear, and put a foot of rippled steel into his belly through the links of the chain mail byrnie he was wearing.” “ Steel crashed against steel as her blade bit through his rags and opened a gash in his chain mail” “and Oathkeeper punched through cloth and mail and leather and more cloth, deep into his bowels and out his back, rasping as it scraped along his spine.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo the Crow Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 What I really wonder is, how good is VS armour. Does it have any advantage over steel apart from being lighter and the longer shelflife(stainless steel)? Also I would love to see some Valyrian on Valyrian action, sword vs armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commentator Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 10 hours ago, Ckram said: Valyrian Steel easily cutting through steel: In addition, the effect of valyrian steel on copper armor: Nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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