[quote=@Vordak]
[s]As per usual, i want to be that bastard that shrugs off your sword strikes like flea bits[/s]

It seems to me that Sigurd won't be able to put a lot power into his strike from his current position to actually muster a grievous wound; perhaps, an inch deep into flesh at most, since he is missing a lot of torque from the legs and has very little wind up space as well.
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I was thinking about this myself, but I do have a case for the sword strike.

1. Sigurd basically has supernatural strength, he can curl 80kg of weight so the amount of force he can generate with his bicep alone is fucking insane, and he can put his shoulder into this cut because the force is being generated by his shoulder in the haymaker esque move.

2. The amount of force actually impacting Gigue would fully depend on Gigue's actions. If he decided to just tank it out he might get lucky and get inside the arc of the blade, the force would be far less significant if a lower part of the blade impacted Gigue, though not insignificant and his own momentum would essentially drive him onto the edge.

3. Sigurd's strength doesn't really require him to step into sword strikes, but I believe the momentum of his roll would compensate some for the lack of torque.

4. He actually has a pretty decent amount of wind-up space, the sword frees itself from his body and in one continuous motion he rolls and pulls the blade leftward, evidently it would depend on when/if it hits Gigue as to the sort of damage it inflicts, if Gigue gets right up in the swords business it wouldn't be -as- effective, but Gigue's move is inherently quite slow because it has a lot of parts to it, if he carries out the same plan the sword could easily hit him before he can actually move closer, at least the way I see it.

Not saying it's the most effective attack of all time, quite the opposite, but I believe it would be at least equivalent to an ordinary longsword cut despite the odd circumstances. One inch of penetration would be short changing it a bit, though I agree it would be unlikely to be fatal in any sense because Sigurd's target isn't really marked with an abundant of arteries or anything, it's more debilitating than lethal.