bugrimmar on 02 July 2011
| zarx said: shield & sword/spear > throwing knives |
you can't hold all three (plus the net) at the same time. gladiators didn't commonly use shields. actually, the show didn't even showcase it as one of the weapons of the gladiator. they more commonly use the trident and net. if so, a knife thrown accurately (which is easy to do for an apache who has been doing it for his whole life) can just kill him easily even before the fight begins. there's nothing much you can do if you don't have any decent range weapons.
