In 1.7 servers there would be a kit for duels called "Gapple" where the fight was all about who does the most hits so the opponents' armour breaks and you can kill them so it was pure melee, you couldn't win by purely eating at good times, or running away to heal, because the fight is all about damage dealt in the whole fight rather than getting a lucky chain before the opponent heals, or being good at potting and the opponent isn't.
Obviously that would be way too long for 1.9, so I think this kit would work well for 1.9:
Obviously that would be way too long for 1.9, so I think this kit would work well for 1.9:
- 2 sets of prot V iron armour
- sharp II unbreaking III iron sword
- permanent strength II and regen III
- hunger disabled in the fight