Please, VD, you're making it sound like this pirate has absolutely no training/is drunk/is blind/is Cappn' Crunch, and like the ninja has 20 years of training/can wavedash/has superhuman speed. If this were the case, then of course the ninja would win.
This is interesting, Zook, because there are a couple points you've stated that would eventually level to Captain's loss. Pirates are notoriously heavy drinkers, so the pirate would probably be at least somewhat drunk. If you've been drunk before you know that intoxication can lead to both impaired basic or advanced skills that would normally be top-notch and a difficulty to keep balance. Also noted is that the pirate could be vision impaired with an eye-patch and/or lethal injury. This and these would further the loss of basic combat skills for a pirate, among them aiming during the time that one would shoot a rifle, swinging accurately with a sword, and crucial fight movements.
Now I won't say that a ninja can wavedash and he doesn't have superspeed, but his agility is definitely higher than your average pirate. BUT! Mr. Ninja probably does have 20 years of training, give or take a few years. You say next paragraph that he is devoted to the art of ninjitsu. He's probably spent either a great deal or his whole life training in that art and probably more fighting arts. It isn't ridiculous to think that much is true.
Let us say, however, this pirate isn't the stereotypical Kid's Seafood Meal pirate, and has both hands. Now, while the ninja is a very disciplined fighter, devoted to the art of ninjitsu, the pirate is a scurvy badass who is not a devout to any rules. For fairness, let us say that the fight takes place in an empty room (That way, the ninja can't slit the pirate's throat out of the shadows, and the pirate can't use his ship [Which he undoubtedly has {Which has cannons and a crew, so they could just stay out of range from any number of ninjas and blast the badly-translated English nerdy anime out of them}]).
Understandable; only the weapons directly available to the combatant. Empty room, no shadows, no water, ships, cannons, etc.
The pirate is probably using a cutlass of some sort and has a few rifles and knifes tucked away, and the ninja is, most likely, using a katana and throwing stars.
I'm confused here; not of the cutlass, but rather the rifle(s). Sure, the pirate could carry multiple rifles, but, realistically, would he have a chance to drop, switch, replace, or somehow quickly switch his main weapon that is the cutlass to a probably bulky firearm that would take even more time to load (assuming it wasn't preloaded, although kudos if it was), aim, and shoot? The rifles would probably add weight as well, slowing his disadvantaged speed to a more frisk-moving ninja. These two facts combined could make the pirate sort of a glass cannon. Shoot and hack strong blows, sure, but it would ultimately be futile against a faster opponent. Speed wins the game.
The fight starts off with the ninja jumping out from the shadows and throwing a few stars at Capt. Morgan. Pirates dress rather heavily (normally), and I doubt that a little shard of metal could inflict major damage anyways, but they still hurt a bit.
I thought there were no shadows...
Whatever. Ninja stars don't pack the punch of a pirate's rifle or a good blow with a blade, but the ninja probably has good knowledge and training in using the metal stars. Why not just aim for the throat or face, areas that are no doubt exposed?
As long as I'm here too--and this could switch the whole debate--what kind of pirate are we talking about? Probably a captain, the standard a first-come image for a pirate, but he could also be an underling, a seadog of sorts. One who lives to serve and protect the captain exclusively? I picture those as sort of these mid-weight, mid-30s guys in cloth bandanas, shirts, and shorts with either sandals or no shoes. If this is the case, the ninja stars could hurt quite a bit, seeing as they could easily pierce the cloth and have a higher chance of piercing skin. But that loss of baggage could increase a pirate's quickness...whatever, that's for another day.
Now, this is a crucial turning point. The pirate, angry, shoots at the ninja. He either a) kills him, b) wounds him, or c) misses. A and b lead to a quick victory for the pirate, so let us say it is c.
Only two counter here. First, if B were to happen, a ninja would probably have an extremely sturdy resolve and inner strength or focus. The wound wouldn't necessarily lead to a quick victory. Neutral point though. Secondly, would he start with the cutlass or rifle in hand as the fight began? As stated, it would take time to switch weapons if the cutlass was the starting arm. Otherwise, neutral.
Next, the pirate shoots again. In real life, ninjas can't fly/walk on walls/shoot energy waves out of their hands/wavedash, but they can keep themselves low. Donatello keeps himself low (let us say the awesome pirate misses [of course, if he hit, that ninja would be dead]) and strikes at the pirate.
Nothing to say other then the ninja wouldn't have to strike. He could always wait and execute a counter.
The pirate blocks the blow with his cutlass, and blows the cookies out of the ninja's head.
Crucial point! Again, does the pirate start the fight with a cutlass or the rifle? The fatal flaw with this point is that the pirate cannot wield the cutlass and rifle at the same time! The best you could Does he block with the rifle and shoot with it as well? Or does he block with the cutlass and hack with it also?
Let’s take scenario 1: Wielding only the cutlass. Blocking could be difficult to execute; the ninja could either counter the counter—easily executable—with either a block, attack, or dodge. If he dodges, the pirate would either have to switch to the rifle (leading to death due to switch time) or do a run-and-rush approach that could help or hurt his chances depending on the ninja’s next move, most likely being a counter. If he attacks, a counter and finish would, well, finish him. Finally, a block would start the scenario over, but this time the pirate would be vulnerable from the heavy blocked blow against his blade.
Scenario 2: He holds the rifle exclusively. Everyone knows that you can’t block a bullet. That’s how people get hurt or killed. So, unless the ninja miraculously counters a bullet, he has two options—attacks and dodges. If the ninja decides to launch offense he would have to be quick about it. Even an absolutely ******** pirate isn’t stupid enough to not know that if a bad guy is in your scopes you should shoot immediately. The ninja would have to strike faster than the pirate’s reaction time to see and bring that motion to his trigger finger. The ninja could either bring a devastating blow or quickly stun the pirate. Obviously a death-bringing blow is a death-bringing blow but a stun would give space between the combatants and time for the ninja and pirate to react accordingly. Now, if a dodge were the decision, again, it would need quick reflexes. The best thing a ninja could do after his dodge would be to, again, follow up with a counter. From there the pirate would either have to go melee with the butt of his rifle or attempt to shoot at him again, depending on the circumstances and ultimate decision. Both options are slow and would leave the pirate quite vulnerable.
Seriously, guns beat swords, martial arts, everything. If you don't think so, you're dumb.
I’d say that’s true. But a gun can’t do jack if the shooter doesn’t know how to put it to use effectively. In this case, the gun is probably a poorly crafted rifle from the mid-1800s and the shooter is a drunken and enraged one-eyed pirate
