[quote=Reaper]
Actually, it depends. Soldiers are taught to fight in a unit. Which means their martial training is heavily focused on not killing the guy beside you as well. If Guardians fight in smaller groups or alone, then they'd be better at one-on-one fights.This argument is pointless. Spies with bows, poison and daggers make armour useless. :D
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That is actually false - or, not the bit about soldiers being trained to fight in a unit, but the whole bows, poisons, and daggers making armor useless.

Sure, poison, bows, and daggers can get through little chinks and joints of the armor, but without armor, said weapons don't need to bother finding the weak points. So armor makes the job of poisons, bows, and daggers just a bit more difficult. Of course, armor is also typically cumbersome and heavy, unless properly fitted. Which is why Emil uses protection magic