Dropping all the unnecessary stuff and start rocking. Yesterday I killed rufio in a fair duel, with but a +3 elite scimitar and me deli cap.
Also, back in mid 2012, I won a 1v14 as 1h/lancer cav. Countless times I acheived something like 1v5 at round end then died to the last one, which often happens to be a peasant.