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Rapier and dagger. Odds are he is very good with a smallsword which leads to blading the body so only your leading side is facing the opponent. A rapier and dagger in that stance means he is pretty much not able to utilize his dagger in the slightest. If I stand more squared, it gives me much more room to react with either rapier and dagger. Additionally, it would lull him into a false sense of security. Rapier is the primogenitor of smallswords and epees, yes, but the mechanical advantages both in a bind and setting up a play matter so much more. I am banking on him being unprepared to deal with the much slower and more force intensive plays. With luck, he will attempt a thrust, get parried with my offhand dagger, attempt a disengage and find he is much more used to lighter and shorter blades and get stuck, while I've already closed with a passing step and hit him in the upper arm with a thrust. Keep your range and know your measure with a rapier and unless he is easily able to mentally swap between smallsword and rapier measure, you can bait out and counter an attack a la Fabris in time if you are good enough. ESPECIALLY if you know he has no presence in the bind, a counter thrust will be extremely easy.
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