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When I mean "History" I'm counting fiction too, who in all that you've read, is the MOST skilled swordsman/swordwoman in history, fiction, real-life, or otherwise. Try to make a top 10 if you can.

samurai

samurai jack

Originally posted by Tzeentch
samurai jack Oh, I forgot to mention, it can include supernatural swordsman/swordwomen as well, such as Sephiroth, Ichigo Kurosaki, Link, and Even Sora, to even Harry Potter at the end of the second movie of the harry potter movies, whoever has held a sword in their hand and used it in combat counts, everyone, fictional superpowers, real-life people, Ezio, Altair, and any of the famous Assassin's would count here too, just name the best person to ever successfully wield a sword in history. They don't NEED to be important, just REALLY friggen AMAZINGGGGGGGGGG with a sword.

All Hail Sephiroth

Probably some sort of Sword Saint or something. Someone so good with swords that they get superpowers.

Mifune from Soul Eater for instance.

Me.

Redguard swordsmen from the Elder Scrolls were so skilled with their absurdly sharp blades that they could cut atoms in half and start nuclear explosions.

Trunks, ichigo, me.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Redguard swordsmen from the Elder Scrolls were so skilled with their absurdly sharp blades that they could cut atoms in half and start nuclear explosions.

Sounds pretty suicidal to me. It's like firing a Lasgun at a Holtzman shield.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Redguard swordsmen from the Elder Scrolls were so skilled with their absurdly sharp blades that they could cut atoms in half and start nuclear explosions.

Thats ****ing retarded.

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
Sounds pretty suicidal to me. It's like firing a Lasgun at a Holtzman shield.

It is.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Thats ****ing retarded.

It is. Although, it is a magical technique of some sort.

Anyway, I don't think there is much to say Redguard Swordsingers are better than, say, Samurai Jack.

Vilma, aka Caerula Sanguis from Battle Angel Alita. She's.... incredibly good. I'd take her over Jack.


Now, that's just talking skill. There are more *powerful*, but that's not quite the same thing.

Originally posted by ares834


Anyway, I don't think there is much to say Redguard Swordsingers are better than, say, Samurai Jack. Other than creating nuclear explosions with the precision of their swordplay?

Originally posted by NemeBro
Other than creating nuclear explosions with the precision of their swordplay?

How does that mean they can keep up with Jack?

Originally posted by ares834
How does that mean they can keep up with Jack? By swinging their swords with such precision that a nuclear explosion happens.

Also, I assumed this wasn't a versus thread. Because if it was, why not just give Superman a sword and proclaim him the best? Because Superman with a pocket knife is still far more powerful than anyone who has been mentioned in this thread.

Well, creating the explosion kills themselves as well.

And I wasn't meaning to make this into a vs. thread, but rather I was merely pointing out that knowing such a technique does not make them the greatest swordsmen. It does't mean they are incredibly fast, strong, or even extraordinarily skilled. Rather they just have very sharp blades. After all, I can't recall the technique ever being actually detailed so we can't say they were targeting a specific atom.

Kosaka Shigure. If not, worth the mention.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Thats ****ing retarded. We agree on something, sound the trumpets.

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/3591700/q-star-treek-trumpet-o.gif

Originally posted by ares834
Well, creating the explosion kills themselves as well.

Based on?

It means they have the precise swordplay necessary to cut atoms in half.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2f04yfr.jpg

Originally posted by NemeBro
Based on?

Based on this:

'"As should this," Cyrus said, moving to the Pankratosword.

Vivec paused longer. And then he laughed loud. "You would not!"

"I say again, test me."

"You would destroy the home of your ancestors even more? And in the fashion that they had done, which is now forbidden in your hands?"

Cyrus didn't move from his stance.

"All for an Opal which you could never thereafter spend?"

"You would be finished," Cyrus said. "And I would be rid of the one who shamed me. So why wouldn't I? You shouldn't have sent your saints to me, Ansu-Gurleht. I am not much like them at all."

"Cut the atomos and you die, too."'


Originally posted by NemeBro
It means they have the precise swordplay necessary to cut atoms in half.

How is it precise if they aren't even aiming for a specific atom? The simple fact is we don't know how they do it. Heck, they may not even be able to do it.

Vivec was obviously wrong.

You are aware that the human eye can't normally perceive or interact with atoms, right?

Originally posted by NemeBro
Based on?

..... the fact that no Redguard swordsman can survive a ****ing atomic blast no matter how skilled they are?

Originally posted by NemeBro
Vivec was obviously wrong.



Concession accepted.

Originally posted by NemeBro
You are aware that the human eye can't normally perceive or interact with atoms, right?

Yes... So? My point was we don't know if they are aiming for certain atoms or merely blindingly swinging their swords. If the latter, it is certainly not an act of precision.

Prove that Vivec had any idea of what he was talking about.

How would their ability to cut atoms in half be known if anyone who did it died?

It is obviously not the latter, since only the greatest of all Swordsingers could accomplish this feat.

Also, Nephthys, TES is a magical universe of great power. Sufficiently powerful magicians can create mathematical formulas proving that someone does not exist, and then imposing that will upon them. Their capabilities are not the same as our own.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Prove that Vivec had any idea of what he was talking about.

It's certainly more evidence than anything that suggest they could survive a nuclear explosion to the face.

Originally posted by NemeBro
How would their ability to cut atoms in half be known if anyone who did it died?

Or they never used the technique. After all, the only known instance of its use was supposed to be what caused Yokuda to be devastated.

Originally posted by NemeBro
It is obviously not the latter, since only the greatest of all Swordsingers could accomplish this feat.

Or they were the only ones who could use the proper technique to do so. The simple fact is, we don't know.

And why would they assume that swordsmen cut atoms in half to cause nuclear explosions unless that is what actually happened?

Come on man, that'd be stupid.

Originally posted by NemeBro
And why would they assume that swordsmen cut atoms in half to cause nuclear explosions unless that is what actually happened?

That is what happens. However, nothing suggests they could somehow survive it.

Edit: Ah, my last post was worded badly. I didn't mean to say that the Redguards never used the move but rather that not everyone that knew the move had to have used it.

1. Sephiroth/Jenova
2. Cloud Tied
3. Angeal
4. Genesis
5. Trunks
6. Ichigo
7. Link
9. SS
10. Deathstoke
11. Samurai Jack
12. Lancelot

In no particular order, Just some of my favorites.

Originally posted by ares834
That is what happens. However, nothing suggests they could somehow survive it.

Edit: Ah, my last post was worded badly. I didn't mean to say that the Redguards never used the move but rather that not everyone that knew the move had to have used it. I accept your apology.

They survived it by managing to tell the tales of doing so.

Originally posted by NemeBro
By swinging their swords with such precision that a nuclear explosion happens.

Also, I assumed this wasn't a versus thread. Because if it was, why not just give Superman a sword and proclaim him the best? Because Superman with a pocket knife is still far more powerful than anyone who has been mentioned in this thread.

I read this and immediately thought of the "Sword of Superman" :P

Originally posted by Supra
1. Sephiroth/Jenova
2. Cloud Tied
3. Angeal
4. Genesis
5. Trunks
6. Ichigo
7. Link
9. SS
10. Deathstoke
11. Samurai Jack
12. Lancelot

In no particular order, Just some of my favorites.

You are supposed to put most skilled, not your favorite.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Based on?

Don't nuclear explosions... Y'know... DESTROY everything around them?

Also, if someone successfully managed to cut an atom in real life, it wouldn't turn out too well.

Originally posted by Supra
1. Sephiroth/Jenova
2. Cloud Tied
3. Angeal
4. Genesis
5. Trunks
6. Ichigo
7. Link
9. SS
10. Deathstoke
11. Samurai Jack
12. Lancelot

In no particular order, Just some of my favorites.

First off, it's common knowledge that Sephiroth is naturally superior to Cloud, and has held back in EVERY SINGLE FIGHT against him.