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@WhoWouldWin13 Both of these warriors are well trained assassins, though Arya is far superior at being undetected until its too late (partially due to her ability to make herself look like people that she's killed, and also by the fact that she is a small woman (due to the way women

@WhoWouldWin13 were thought of in historical periods, many would never suspect that there were many, if any female assassins, let alone ones coming after them. This is one reason why female ninjas were said to be so highly effective). Arya mostly fights with a Valryian steel rapier, which will

@WhoWouldWin13 prove superior to the steel of Ezio's swords and daggers. Indeed, since Ezio usually fights with a wider variety of weapons (not just with his sword), He'll not only have less experience with sword fighting that Arya, he'll possibly therefore be less skilled than she is

@WhoWouldWin13 (though his greater number of years may compensate for this).

However, Exio wont ever be fooled by Arya's face changes; his Eagle Vision, which gives him the ability to differentiate between friend and foe, will immediately see right through her skin masks.

Along with this,

@WhoWouldWin13 he also has a serious size advantage, being much larger, stronger and taller.

Now, let's look at the 800 pound silverback in the room; gender

@WhoWouldWin13 It is true that men are generally larger and stronger than women, with thicker skulls and superior reach. However, women can compensate for this by realizing the physical differences and thus fighting harder. Indeed, when it comes to martial arts (which both characters have

@WhoWouldWin13 studied), women are often better at taking lessons in, while men (who have more experience fighting, in part due to brawls in boyhood), they are usually more inspective of moves they are taught. Along with this, due to differences in upbringing, women are more limber, and being

@WhoWouldWin13 limber or more flexible can be a great asset in learning martial arts. The fear of physical attacks from men, including rape, is another great asset in learning self defense (it can give them more determination to learn self defense and even lethal offensive fighting

@WhoWouldWin13 techniques). This is one reason why Scythian and Sarmatian warrior women were so fierce and formidable (indeed, so much so that they inspired the Amazon myth). Along with this, women have a higher tolerance for pain, illness and superior coordination. They also have a higher

@WhoWouldWin13 level of determination.

Plus, in martial arts, people learn to use their flexibility, balance, and as many muscle groups as possible when doing a technique, thus giving a smaller person the potential to strike even harder than someone who is larger and strong than they are.

@WhoWouldWin13 Having said this, there is one thing we need to understand about Ezio; he seems to be peak level physicality. Though he doesn't have superpowers, his speed and strength have been honed over time due to his training, to the point that some believe that these physical capabilities

@WhoWouldWin13 were given to him by the devil. On occasion, he has demonstrated superhuman physical feats (which wouldn't be a surprise; if a person with peak level physicality had an adrenaline surge, they'd instantly be at superhuman level physicality, and Ezio lives a high-octane adrenaline

@WhoWouldWin13 lifestyle, to say the least).

Along with this, he also has firearms, weapons that, to my knowledge, do not exist in Westeros (though guns were known about in the latter dark ages, I've never heard of hand cannons (early guns) appearing in GOT).

Thus, Ezio has a tech

@WhoWouldWin13 superiority.

If this was the Arya from the book...then its possible that in a face to face encounter, she'd get the drop. His eagle vision would clash with the fact that a small girl was standing before him, and if he hesitated (quite possible. This is a child, after all), then

@WhoWouldWin13 she'd stick him with the pointy end.

However, this isn't the Arya from the GOT books; this is Arya from the HBO series, who isn't daddy's little girl anymore.

Though I think Arya has what it takes to sneak up and take Ezio down from behind, when it comes to a clash, most

@WhoWouldWin13 of the time, EZIO AUDITORE WOULD TELL ARYA "GAME OVER!"

(pun intended, in more ways than one!).

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