I just got into it for the very first time and I believe I have about 2 episodes left of season 1.You're right, it is fantastic but I believe once I binge through it I will feel the same way as you feel. I also found a show called Roadies, finished the 1st episode and thought it was great too, of course until I went to IMDB after the episode to read what other people though and saw it was only a season. I have only 1 episode left and hate that basically after tomorrow, I'll never see a new episode of that show ever again. Lol... aww. :(
One of the reasons that Vane could drive Blackbeard back( besides the man’s refusal to kill his all but adopted son) is because of Vane’s left handedness. Like boxing, fencing is mostly about line control, and knowing how to guard your center line and how to manage attacking and defending strikes from inside and outside that line. When fighting right on right, most of the more powerful strikes will come in from what in Blackbeard’s case ( right handed fighter’s stance) is his inside line. He can strike in the incoming direction of that blade moving his sword in a strong parry using the torque of his waist, step and shoulder. When fighting against a left handed opponent, most of their stronger strikes will come in on the right hander’s outside line( from their right). In order to guard or parry, they have to forcibly move their blade away from their own body. Anyone who’s ever lifted weights knows that the further away from your body or center mass you hold something, the more stress and strain it puts on your body. Because left handers often face off against right handers, they have more experience handling strikes from their outside line, and is why it’s often a good idea to learn to fight with your left hand against them since they themselves are unused to the typical inside line heavy game that is a same handed fight that righties are typically accustomed to. Yes, it’s a scripted fight, and obviously many moves are bit more exaggerated and telegraphed, but there is a basis in reality at least for how Vane was able to drive Blackbeard back with those heavy handed slashes from what looks like a hefty saber.
@@virtualworld2231 very true, but Rackham, Vane, and Bonney were close, and Rackham actually died on the gallows at the same time Vane did. its pretty goddamn awesome really
This is amusing to me. I never really cared about stuff like that, but this one.. I think its the most annoying thing ever. Goes to show how different people are :P
@@antoinedubuisson8940 I mean it's a story that fleshed out all of its characters - that were really well written and meaningful, whilst the plot was written, paced and performed perfectly
@@veritasaequitas2386 Honesty silver was the most annoying. Betraying flint and Billy pissed me off. I was also kinda mad at flint for killing gates he was a great character. Also mad he killed the samurai.
Agreed, flint was an accomplished naval officer and damn good pirate. Teach was exceptional and probably might have won, but not without serious damage if flint wasn't nearly starved to death.
Would of been close but I think blackbeard is the best fighter in the series with flint and vane being close 2nd. And of course Billy. And can't forget about the badass samurai pirate that never spoke a word. I really wish he played a bigger role and not just a background character.
Flint just had to aim lower for a body shot, but he went for the head. While both may be potentially same skilled, Flint's physical condition isn't good at that moment, so he would probably lose the saber fight. Contrary to that, BB was years out of buisness and so a little slower and less accurate. The show portrays this quite well. While Flint got a hit with his shot, BB misses completely. BB recognizes, that he nearly died in this moment, that it was basically luck he still lives. But then, in the saber fight, it is quite obvious how Flint just lacks strenght to keep up with BB. Technically he wasn't worse, but he was too weak to win against an equally skilled fighter, although this man may be still a little rusty. Keeping this in mind, Flint knew the gun fight would decide the duel. He decided to directly go for the kill with a head shot, gambling on his skill and recent activity in the buisness. After BB rises, you can see how Flint realises he lost. Well, a body shot with a higher chance to hit would have given him an advantage at the duel, but he was terrified enough from BB that he tried to evade the saber fight completely by going for the kill.
@Abu Troll al cockroachistan yes but buckshot behaves differently I don't know your experiences but as an American I can tell you buckshot spreads out and loses its kinetic energy much faster than for example a rifle which is why shotguns are generally used as burglar blasters here you will put an ass whooping on the guy in your house but there's less chance of it going through walls and stuff
Abu Troll al cockroachistan they did use shot, of a kind. They’d throw everything they had laying around in the cannons, but the most effective seemed to be chains.
Abu Troll al cockroachistan yep! Lengths of chain fired from a cannon (hopefully) will stretch out in the air. It’s perfect for destroying the rigging and sails, leaving the target ship disabled.
Maybe the greatest series ever created. I just wished they didn't ruin the end...I loved Flint and Blackbeard was amazing...it was sad what they did to him and Vane...
duuuuude, i can't remember when something made me laugh so fucking hard, like that fucking misplaced music starting while blackbeard faceplants the sand. YOU ARE A GOD
Blackbeard was easily the better swordsman of the three from what I see. I think flint was really good and even he probably knew going against Blackbeard wasn't in his favor but vane just hacked at him like a butcher hard and fast but no skill precision or grace to his moves where as Flint and Edward have a pretty realistic fight in terms of how it probably would have went back then.
Proper late reply buuut...I think with Vane though he isn't trying to kill Blackbeard. He knows he'll block the blows, he's just making his point about which side he's chosen. Vane was always shown as a more brawling fighter but even by those standards winging the same blow at someone 3 times in a row isn't what you do if you're trying to win. He's just making sure Blackbeard ends the duel, making a point, and probably venting his frustrations at the relationship between the two rather than actually hoping to land anything
Well, it didn't fit, but it was funny. On a side note, I know who the composers are very well. The Lion King, The Last Samurai, Amazing Spider Man 2, Gladiator, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel, BvsS.....and it goes on....
Did it look like Teach starting going down before Flint actually pulled the trigger to anyone else? Choreography error or intentional attempt to dodge the ball?
Wasn’t about who cared about him, vane went for what he felt he needed, if it had been about who cared about him no question he’d go with teach but vane isn’t the most sentimental chap, he hated that he did this to teach but at the end of the day he wanted to free Nassau, former slave wanting to free himself and others from the yolk of oppression, always enjoyed his character and I was so sad to see him die
This fight was the series biggest disappointment for me. Admittedly well choreographed, I always wanted flint vs Blackbeard to be an epic clash . Instead flint is half dead before the fight even starts and he's exhausted after the first few swings.
I found it sad that black beard became the last true hope for the new pirate kingdom and ended up getting dragged and killed by barnacles. If only Jack Rackham didn't surrender his Man O'War to a dinky ship just because black beard was bested in combat. If anything he should of pulled a jack sparrow and fired all his cannons to cause a distraction so black beard could of gained the upper hand.
Flint was in bad shape after nearly starving to death when their ship drifted away in the storm just a few episodes before this. I also think Vane mentions this.
tho it wouldn't have been weird if he got fully hit. In real life he was captured after he took 5 musket shots and the sword 20 times. After that they decapitated him, but legend has it that when they threw his headless body overboard, it swam several times around the ship before sinking to the bottom of the sea
I know like when I first watched it I was like; Me: *sees Blackbeard shot down* Also me: "Get up man, I know you're not dead unless you're playing. You're the greatest pirate of all!"
It was shot not bullets. Like ballbearings, just round not pointed like bullets. And no rifling in the barrel of the guns back then (screw like carvings to make the bullet spin on it's axis when it exits the chamber to make it more accurate).
+Bajingo It was shot, like a musket balls for example, but obviously smaller and not musket sized, a bullet is the pointed shape ones that came later on, and rifling was also invented after the invention of the pointed bullet to add spin stabilization, which would not occur on a sphereical object and would be useless hence the order of invention.
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this show was so goddamn awesome I miss it so bad.
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@Alastor you're nutsack crazy, this shows awesome
I just got into it for the very first time and I believe I have about 2 episodes left of season 1.You're right, it is fantastic but I believe once I binge through it I will feel the same way as you feel. I also found a show called Roadies, finished the 1st episode and thought it was great too, of course until I went to IMDB after the episode to read what other people though and saw it was only a season. I have only 1 episode left and hate that basically after tomorrow, I'll never see a new episode of that show ever again. Lol... aww. :(
Was* is right, the show became about gay speeches and posturing.
Yeah and now it isn't free on Amazon Prime anymore :(
-What's your name? Rickon, isn't it?
-Dickon...
-Hahahahaha....
🤣😂🤣
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkk
I died laughing when he shot him down and that music started playing.
lol glad you enjoyed it XD
😂did too, beer squirted out of my nose...i dont know why everyone is upset I thought it was funny and fit perfectly 👌
@@georgewashington6225 Its just so anticlimactic xD
I wasn’t expecting that music LMFAO
For fuck sake, it was hilariously ridiculous.
One of the reasons that Vane could drive Blackbeard back( besides the man’s refusal to kill his all but adopted son) is because of Vane’s left handedness.
Like boxing, fencing is mostly about line control, and knowing how to guard your center line and how to manage attacking and defending strikes from inside and outside that line.
When fighting right on right, most of the more powerful strikes will come in from what in Blackbeard’s case ( right handed fighter’s stance) is his inside line. He can strike in the incoming direction of that blade moving his sword in a strong parry using the torque of his waist, step and shoulder.
When fighting against a left handed opponent, most of their stronger strikes will come in on the right hander’s outside line( from their right). In order to guard or parry, they have to forcibly move their blade away from their own body. Anyone who’s ever lifted weights knows that the further away from your body or center mass you hold something, the more stress and strain it puts on your body.
Because left handers often face off against right handers, they have more experience handling strikes from their outside line, and is why it’s often a good idea to learn to fight with your left hand against them since they themselves are unused to the typical inside line heavy game that is a same handed fight that righties are typically accustomed to.
Yes, it’s a scripted fight, and obviously many moves are bit more exaggerated and telegraphed, but there is a basis in reality at least for how Vane was able to drive Blackbeard back with those heavy handed slashes from what looks like a hefty saber.
Ah, the shortcomings of sword-fighting they don't show in movies.
Thanks for this mate. A lot of the terminology escaped me, but I get the point
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I am not left handed 🤡
OK virgin boi
Someone's been reading some sun tzu.
When Vane fought him, you could really see the hurt in Blackbeard's face.
why vane fought him?
in history charles vane wasn't realy a close friend of blackbeard he was just a partner
Like pirate could have friends
@@eikosarandra6856
To save Flint, he realised he wanted to save Nassau and would need Flint to do that.
@@virtualworld2231 very true, but Rackham, Vane, and Bonney were close, and Rackham actually died on the gallows at the same time Vane did. its pretty goddamn awesome really
That pose Blackbeard has with his legs when they face each other down is just so perfectly pirate-y. What an excellent actor.
He shall be greatly missed.
and now he's gone forever
Its why he got shot. Make your body thinner by stepping to the side like Flint did. Why give a wider target to shoot at?
The potc theme kicking in when Blackbeard got shot is hilarious
When it was still kicking when he tried to stand up was even more hilarious
Probably first time i'm not annoyed by someone adding music to a clip I searched for
Haha true
This is amusing to me. I never really cared about stuff like that, but this one.. I think its the most annoying thing ever. Goes to show how different people are :P
Really wish jack sparrow popped out of nowhere 'my peanut'
Blackbeard got up like: That was just a flesh wound.
I wasn't expecting He's A Pirate to play when Blackbeard fell. That was brilliant 😂
Thanks! 👍
Hehehe. When Vane came in I would've switched to ''i know what i want and i want it now...''
I want YOU! Cuz I'm Charles Vane! Lmao! Someone needs to make that remix happen. 😂
lmao yea@@user-km4gl3ru5t
I can hear Jack Sparrow saying “This is politics”
LOL!!!!😂😂😂😂
Damn I gotta rewatch this masterpiece of a show
@@antoinedubuisson8940 watch it and you'll find out
@@antoinedubuisson8940 I mean it's a story that fleshed out all of its characters - that were really well written and meaningful, whilst the plot was written, paced and performed perfectly
It was ok
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Its one of those underrated shows that really never grows old. So well done.
I really hope we get a Treasure Island series so we can see our favorite pirates again..
Do you realize that by the time of Treasure Island all these dudes but Silver and Billy are dead?
@@Lestat236 well silver was the worst pirate character so i think people would pass on it
@@veritasaequitas2386 Honesty silver was the most annoying. Betraying flint and Billy pissed me off. I was also kinda mad at flint for killing gates he was a great character. Also mad he killed the samurai.
@@GolfInHawaii69 exactly, show was kinda inconsistent for shock value. some situations would not unfold this way in real life
There were several still alive. Israel Hans, Black Dog, Blind Pew, and Ben Gunn were also part of Flint’s crew.
The music started when he got shot destroyed it so much in a good way , it's so wrong and so funny 😂😂
I personally believe Teach would have won no matter what, but if Flint was healthy I don’t think he would’ve walked away without losing an arm.
Agreed, flint was an accomplished naval officer and damn good pirate. Teach was exceptional and probably might have won, but not without serious damage if flint wasn't nearly starved to death.
Would of been close but I think blackbeard is the best fighter in the series with flint and vane being close 2nd. And of course Billy. And can't forget about the badass samurai pirate that never spoke a word. I really wish he played a bigger role and not just a background character.
@GolfInHawaii he gave Flint a harder fight than Israel Hands even and I was not expecting that when I first watched it
@Captain_Insano_nomercy I wouldnt even call what Hands gave him a fight lol. Silver gave more of a fight then Hands
Flint just had to aim lower for a body shot, but he went for the head.
While both may be potentially same skilled, Flint's physical condition isn't good at that moment, so he would probably lose the saber fight. Contrary to that, BB was years out of buisness and so a little slower and less accurate.
The show portrays this quite well. While Flint got a hit with his shot, BB misses completely. BB recognizes, that he nearly died in this moment, that it was basically luck he still lives. But then, in the saber fight, it is quite obvious how Flint just lacks strenght to keep up with BB. Technically he wasn't worse, but he was too weak to win against an equally skilled fighter, although this man may be still a little rusty.
Keeping this in mind, Flint knew the gun fight would decide the duel. He decided to directly go for the kill with a head shot, gambling on his skill and recent activity in the buisness. After BB rises, you can see how Flint realises he lost. Well, a body shot with a higher chance to hit would have given him an advantage at the duel, but he was terrified enough from BB that he tried to evade the saber fight completely by going for the kill.
Imagine the stones you would need to stand 20 feet from a guy and stare down the barrel of a pistol without moving. LOL
Also, RIP Charles Vane.
Flintlock guns suck balls they did that because there is still a good chance you'd miss usually no rifling
@Abu Troll al cockroachistan yes but buckshot behaves differently I don't know your experiences but as an American I can tell you buckshot spreads out and loses its kinetic energy much faster than for example a rifle which is why shotguns are generally used as burglar blasters here you will put an ass whooping on the guy in your house but there's less chance of it going through walls and stuff
Abu Troll al cockroachistan they did use shot, of a kind. They’d throw everything they had laying around in the cannons, but the most effective seemed to be chains.
Abu Troll al cockroachistan yep! Lengths of chain fired from a cannon (hopefully) will stretch out in the air. It’s perfect for destroying the rigging and sails, leaving the target ship disabled.
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I never realized Vane was left handed
That is why he could fend off teach as he had in the clip.
Titus Pullo is a pirate ?
Yes, and it really looks like one
No sir, Titus Pullo is The Pirate.
@@paulozhan this is just a dramatic reenactment of titus pullos later years
Yarrrr, thirteen!
Formally a knight of King Arthur
OMG that was great. Like everyone else, I almost lost my beer. and I burst out laughing when the music came on. Haha. That was great.
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The pirates of the Caribbean theme on this makes me so happy
Even with a freaking bullet wound he can still beat both of these guys lmao
Maybe the greatest series ever created. I just wished they didn't ruin the end...I loved Flint and Blackbeard was amazing...it was sad what they did to him and Vane...
RIP, Ray. Yes, hes in Star Wars too. Respect.
Disney hasn't come after you for using this music?
They blocked the song for the first year I uploaded this and then all of a sudden it was unbanned and started playing this year
This is such an awesomely entertaining show
The addition of the potc soundtrack kinda fits and is funny but adds a bit too much cheese factor
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duuuuude, i can't remember when something made me laugh so fucking hard, like that fucking misplaced music starting while blackbeard faceplants the sand. YOU ARE A GOD
Which episode is this from?
I can hear Matt Easton asking "Why would Blackbeard do a spin before striking down on an opponent nearly underfoot?"
And the gods respond "context."
@@kronos1794 youtube video ' Scholagladiatoria breaks down Black Sails fights'
Ray Stevenson will always be Titus Pulo above all else.
To me hes the punisher
13!!!!
Isaak Sirko from Dexter for me
BB’s ending was just sad.
Alright, the Pirates of Caribbean's song was funny and all.
But the best song in this video is Vane's Visions
at the end.
Change my mind.
XD
Did not expect that music to work so well
Blackbeard was easily the better swordsman of the three from what I see. I think flint was really good and even he probably knew going against Blackbeard wasn't in his favor but vane just hacked at him like a butcher hard and fast but no skill precision or grace to his moves where as Flint and Edward have a pretty realistic fight in terms of how it probably would have went back then.
Don't forget that Flint wasn't at his best after nearly starving to death with his crew on the ocean.
Proper late reply buuut...I think with Vane though he isn't trying to kill Blackbeard. He knows he'll block the blows, he's just making his point about which side he's chosen. Vane was always shown as a more brawling fighter but even by those standards winging the same blow at someone 3 times in a row isn't what you do if you're trying to win. He's just making sure Blackbeard ends the duel, making a point, and probably venting his frustrations at the relationship between the two rather than actually hoping to land anything
Simplemente amo a flint!!
@1:14 is that Dickon
lol
Aye
actually rickon rofl
Dickon
that was a joke dude. cuz jaime alway called him rickon that was funny
“Under the old laws, only one can survive.”
Great casting
The music.......HAHAHAHAHHAHAH
Glad you enjoyed Hanz Zimmer and Klaus Badelt - He is a Pirate
Well, it didn't fit, but it was funny. On a side note, I know who the composers are very well. The Lion King, The Last Samurai, Amazing Spider Man 2, Gladiator, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel, BvsS.....and it goes on....
lol
No quarter will be given
2 dimes and a nickel
Please just 25 p! Have mercy upon my broke ass!
Best scene ever
Did it look like Teach starting going down before Flint actually pulled the trigger to anyone else? Choreography error or intentional attempt to dodge the ball?
Parties have agreed that that is my laptop
They need to get their actors from biker gangs.
Essa musica ficou perfeita com a cena ❤
Rest in peace Ray Stevenson ❤
2 months later and I still feel it 😢😢😢
1:55 "Is that it? I was just starting to enjoy myself."
Magistrate's Court Trial. The Law is the Law.
wait.. does this movie use the Pirates of the Caribbean music?
1,2,3! Bang! *potc music* me: HA! HAHA!
Просто интересно: пуля, если ствол держать вниз, не выкатывается?
Насколько я понимаю , после пули туда вставлялась затычка, чтобы пуля не выпадала. По-моему, называлась пыж.
Nice add with the music.
We all know the rapier keeps distance and the cutlass can’t thrust when zoned out by the rapier, only slash in close
True, the cutlass was around 30-28" in that period.
And santa fe protector of my backstage me blackbeard ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤loooowwie camaroula oleee 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
What a badass
Bien joué papounet teaguuue ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This beard came to party.
21st Century's Army & Navy.
Who's the fox at 1:11 ?💕💕
She slept with Blackbeard. I'm not sure if she was a hooker.
i dont know why everybody hating on the music... i think it kinda fits
Both of their heads !
Legionary PULLO!
FOR THE 13TH!
THIRTEENTH!
1:33 Thirteen! THIRTEEN!!!
I want to see Vane Dual weild swords.
RIP
He fought like a butcher apprentice holding a sword for the first time lol
Ohter was Blackbeard??
Where's Luffy?
Pullo you dog ! What have you done now !?
Tis but a scratch.
Dark Times.
Vane was wrong, (as much as I love Vane) Teach loved Vane like a son Flint only cares for himself
Yeah but flint earned he's respect
At first Flint only cared for himself yes, but that changed after.
Wasn’t about who cared about him, vane went for what he felt he needed, if it had been about who cared about him no question he’d go with teach but vane isn’t the most sentimental chap, he hated that he did this to teach but at the end of the day he wanted to free Nassau, former slave wanting to free himself and others from the yolk of oppression, always enjoyed his character and I was so sad to see him die
@@davidbirdowner982 yes!
THIRTEEN!
This is how Blackbeard in One Piece should have been .
He don't appeared after time-skip so far maybe he changed a little
That anime has a lot of episodes, it blows my mind. I think its cool though they are making it into a live action movie.
Greaze He’s still a morbidly obese idiot with no combat skill
tyller77189 That’s a horrible decision making it a live action movie .
@@tyller77189 they done few (maybe 8) movies. They are usually about 15mins per episode
Isn't that pirates of the caribbean music.
How Titus Pullo didn't bring down the Pirate Republic
This fight was the series biggest disappointment for me. Admittedly well choreographed, I always wanted flint vs Blackbeard to be an epic clash . Instead flint is half dead before the fight even starts and he's exhausted after the first few swings.
Well at least it was better then the series ending... imo
Well Flint was the antagonist and Blackbeard was the main character that's how i see it. They threw a fictional character to match up with him.
I found it sad that black beard became the last true hope for the new pirate kingdom and ended up getting dragged and killed by barnacles. If only Jack Rackham didn't surrender his Man O'War to a dinky ship just because black beard was bested in combat. If anything he should of pulled a jack sparrow and fired all his cannons to cause a distraction so black beard could of gained the upper hand.
Zachary Shepard Flint was never a good fighter. He was a good strategist. He only defeated Singleton in first season...
Flint was in bad shape after nearly starving to death when their ship drifted away in the storm just a few episodes before this. I also think Vane mentions this.
RIP RS😢
Allez mon teach chéri pour l'honneur des hôtels des étoiles des rêves ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Should not Teach have a free shot?
He did he missed
This song does not belong there, this ...song !
lol
Nice copy right cover up
hey that's piracy
I wish this wear,:
03:42 "Et tu, brute?"
Vane is a boss
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*blackbeard gets shot* WHAAAT *blackB turns into veiw* ohhh. . .it grazed his head. . .
lol
tho it wouldn't have been weird if he got fully hit. In real life he was captured after he took 5 musket shots and the sword 20 times. After that they decapitated him, but legend has it that when they threw his headless body overboard, it swam several times around the ship before sinking to the bottom of the sea
I know like when I first watched it I was like;
Me: *sees Blackbeard shot down*
Also me: "Get up man, I know you're not dead unless you're playing. You're the greatest pirate of all!"
Luffy is now safe.
Who's that ?
Don’t talk of the 13th…
Не должны они были дратся, надо было заключить союз !!! Фильм хороший но смысл лайно☝️☝️☝️
Toby Stephens did an amazing job learning how to fence. Why didn't Vane's actor do the same?
I think it’s in their character to be like that. Flint is a military man. Vane is a wild animal.
He learned fencing when he was in die another day in 2002
Both Flint and Blackbeard fence pretty well
Que frustrante debió ser no poder tener un hijo para Barba Negra
☠
how did beardy mess that up
The real Blackbeard would have run him through...
Lol no
❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 vive le lion sacré de teach yeyyy
Why is everything always so dark and brown and gray in series like these? People really did wear colourful clothing in the past!
Not really.... Dye cost money
Correct, only the wealthy wore vivid colors in the olden days.
Ah its rickon oh wait dickon
Nyo was born at a young university
Come on man lol take off the music.
How can you miss at that range?
Rifling and bullets weren't invented yet.
What are you talking about? They didnt shoot arrows. It was a gun and bullets
It was shot not bullets. Like ballbearings, just round not pointed like bullets. And no rifling in the barrel of the guns back then (screw like carvings to make the bullet spin on it's axis when it exits the chamber to make it more accurate).
+Bajingo
It was shot, like a musket balls for example, but obviously smaller and not musket sized, a bullet is the pointed shape ones that came later on, and rifling was also invented after the invention of the pointed bullet to add spin stabilization, which would not occur on a sphereical object and would be useless hence the order of invention.
Musketballs didnt have the same aerodynamic accuracy compared to our current ammo.
Blackbeard was the best swordsman in the series.