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Anakin (Invisible Hand "Zonakin" vs. Rots Sidious

Sabers only

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This is a legit queston, despite your Anakin hate, lmao.
Anakin destroyed Dooku worse than Yoda did.
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That being said, I go Sheev.

Originally posted by Ursumeles
This is a legit queston

No, it's really not.

Originally posted by UCanShootMyNova
No, it's really not.
Yes, it really is.
Also nice how you didn't responded to the other part of my post, lol.

Originally posted by Ursumeles
This is a legit queston, despite your Anakin hate, lmao.
Anakin destroyed Dooku worse than Yoda did.
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That being said, I go Sheev.
I don't hate Anakin lol he's my favorite character along with Vader

No, it's really not.

The other part of your post being a biased look at a circumstantial fight without acknowledging the circumstances of the other one.

In other words, I didn't feel it was worth my time you dolt.

Originally posted by Rebel95
I don't hate Anakin lol he's my favorite character along with Vader

Same.

I do however despise Anakin wank.

Didn't you said shortly ago, that you didn't think that Yoda held back in his fight with Dooku? Also, that Zonakins performance was better than Yoda's is true. I mean, I think non-holding back Yoda/Sidious > Zonakin, but the gap isn't vast, lol.
Originally posted by Rebel95
I don't hate Anakin lol he's my favorite character along with Vader
I meant Syn lmao.
And yes Syn, I know that you like him as Character, but I refer to his stand as duelist/character.

Originally posted by Ursumeles
I meant Syn lmao.
Oh, my b

I think in sabers only Anakin would have a shot at winning, if he performed like he did against Dooku

I agree, but I still would favor Sheev, like I said.

Agreed

Originally posted by Ursumeles
Didn't you said shortly ago, that you didn't think that Yoda held back in his fight with Dooku? Also, that Zonakins performance was better than Yoda's is true. I mean, I think non-holding back Yoda/Sidious > Zonakin, but the gap isn't vast, lol.

I meant Syn lmao.
And yes Syn, I know that you like him as Character, but I refer to his stand as duelist/character.

He held back in the sense that he didn't want to kill Dooku if he didn't have to but if he could have incapacitated or disarmed Dooku he would have. And no, by easily intercepting every attack thrown his way and not moving an inch in the junior novelization and completely outclassing Dooku in AotC is a better performance then Anakin's. On Vjun where Dooku was amped Yoda drove him back just as Anakin did the only difference being that he had been injured prior and he was also hindered by a darkside nexus.

And that's without covering the circumstances of Anakin's duel with Dooku.

I don't hate him as a duelist either. Heck in canon I think he's one of the GOAT duelists. I really just hate to see him overrated to all hell. It takes away from my enjoyment of the character honestly.

I'd say canon favors Anakin.

One of the things that bothers me is when people take statements like him being the most powerful force user ever and use it in vs threads when it's just referring to his potential.

Too circumstantial. A standard mindset Sidious could lose a majority while a desperate all-out Sidious might not

Hm, I'd lean Palpatine slightly.

Palpatine, but in an exceptionally close fight.

Originally posted by MythLord
Palpatine, but in an exceptionally close fight.

Palpatine.

Palpatine wins. Anakin competes in terms of raw ability with a lightsaber, but Sidious has edges in other areas (ie. technical mastery, mindset, dun moch, etc.)

Sidious. Dooku lost to Anakin specifically because his fighting style was weak against Anakins. Sidious doesnt have that problem, plus at that point he is still stronger than Anakin in the Force so there no way Ani can beat Sidious at this time. Had Vader even 6 months to a year as a Sith without Mustafar injuries I'm sure he'd beat Palpatine quite handily.