Lax's balanced stance reads Hirtius the Bull's defensive approach perfectly — a 5% tactical edge!

R1: Hirtius the Bull plants their feet and punches the gladius into Lax landing clean as the sand drinks the blood.

R1: Lax dances inside Hirtius the Bull's guard and opens a cut — a shallow wound, little more than a scratch.

R2: Hirtius the Bull shield-bashes Lax and drives the gladius home — a shallow wound, little more than a scratch.

R2: Lax spins low and brings both edges up into Hirtius the Bull — a shallow wound, little more than a scratch.

R3: Hirtius the Bull bulls forward behind the shield and stabs Lax and Lax grunts as the steel bites deep.

R3: Lax dances inside Hirtius the Bull's guard and opens a cut but the strike barely bites through Hirtius the Bull's guard.

R4: Hirtius the Bull hammers Lax with shield rim and blade — a shallow wound, little more than a scratch.

R4: Silence, then a roar — Lax lands a brutal CRITICAL hit on Hirtius the Bull!

R5: Hirtius the Bull grinds Lax down with a short, brutal thrust drawing a bright line of blood.

R5: Lax crosses the twin swords and rakes them across Hirtius the Bull but Hirtius the Bull turns it aside for only a glancing graze.

R6: Hirtius the Bull shield-bashes Lax and drives the gladius home drawing a bright line of blood.

R6: Lax whirls both blades in a screaming arc at Hirtius the Bull though Hirtius the Bull rolls with the blow and shrugs it off.

R7: Hirtius the Bull plants their feet and punches the gladius into Lax and Lax grunts as the steel bites deep.

R7: Lax spins low and brings both edges up into Hirtius the Bull but Hirtius the Bull turns it aside for only a glancing graze.

R8: Hirtius the Bull shield-bashes Lax and drives the gladius home landing clean as the sand drinks the blood.

R8: Lax dances inside Hirtius the Bull's guard and opens a cut but Hirtius the Bull turns it aside for only a glancing graze.

R9: Hirtius the Bull bulls forward behind the shield and stabs Lax and Lax winces, guard faltering.

R9: Lax whirls both blades in a screaming arc at Hirtius the Bull — a shallow wound, little more than a scratch.

R10: Hirtius the Bull grinds Lax down with a short, brutal thrust drawing a bright line of blood.

R10: The crowd senses the kill as Lax staggers, near collapse.

R10: Lax spins low and brings both edges up into Hirtius the Bull but Hirtius the Bull turns it aside for only a glancing graze.

R11: Devastation! Hirtius the Bull lands a CRITICAL blow that buckles Lax!

R11: Lax unleashes a blistering flurry of dual steel on Hirtius the Bull but Hirtius the Bull turns it aside for only a glancing graze.

R12: Hirtius the Bull hammers Lax with shield rim and blade landing clean as the sand drinks the blood.