You lose reach when you’re swordfighting if you have the high ground, and reach is a much more significant advantage. It’s also far easier to guard your head than it is to guard your ankles. Given the choice between the two, I’d take the low ground.
This changes significantly with mixed arms. If you have spears, you want the high ground. If you have bows, you REALLY want the high ground. If you’re duelling someone, sword to sword, you do NOT want the high ground. And this is the voice of personal experience.
When you’re duelling, what you actually want is the sun at your back, and solid ground behind you - and for your opponent to be on uneven ground, without good options to back up safely, and the sun in their eyes.
You lose reach when you’re swordfighting if you have the high ground, and reach is a much more significant advantage. It’s also far easier to guard your head than it is to guard your ankles. Given the choice between the two, I’d take the low ground.
This changes significantly with mixed arms. If you have spears, you want the high ground. If you have bows, you REALLY want the high ground. If you’re duelling someone, sword to sword, you do NOT want the high ground. And this is the voice of personal experience.
When you’re duelling, what you actually want is the sun at your back, and solid ground behind you - and for your opponent to be on uneven ground, without good options to back up safely, and the sun in their eyes.