IF Im deuling an expert Djem so practicioner and we have all the same parameters(speed, hieght, agility, intellegence, force mastery etc..) whats the best style to counter his djem soi? o and im light and my opponent is dark if that helps.
I don't know if Soresu would be the best choice against Djem So. The biggest drawback of form III is that if you can't find an opening in your opponents offense, you start to get tired out. Given Form V's powerful strikes, a Soresu user would probably get tired out more quickly than dueling any other style.
Personally I think Vaapad would be good against Djem So.
I disagree. I believe Soresu is the perfect form to counteract Shien. Soresu focuses on an impenetrable defense, and focuses on prolonging combat to either force your opponent to make a mistake or tire out. Given Shien's extremely broad and hard swings, your opponent should tire out in a relatively short time, albeit in the Mustafar Duel, this was not the case.
I disagree. I believe Soresu is the perfect form to counteract Shien. Soresu focuses on an impenetrable defense, and focuses on prolonging combat to either force your opponent to make a mistake or tire out. Given Shien's extremely broad and hard swings, your opponent should tire out in a relatively short time, albeit in the Mustafar Duel, this was not the case.
If it wasn't for Anakin's big overconfident slip up Obi Wan would not have won that fight. He was getting very tired, and probably wouldn't have lasted much longer. I believe that is stated in the RotS novel.
But that was due to Anakin simply being a better duelist then Obi-Wan was. It was actually because of his fighting style that he survived as long as he did.
Soresu's whole point of existence is too have such a great defense and use minimal energy that your opponent will tire out before you, or make a blunder that you can key in on. Soresu is the bane to all who are overconfident and/or impatient.
hmmm, tricky one. Vaapad is an obvious first choice, it can annihilate most others, but i think ataru would be the best. Ataru's strengths are Djem So's weaknesses; speed, agility, and swiftness. I don't think it was Obi-Wan's mastery of Soresu that won him the fight aganst Anakin, i think it was more the time and place, the anger and frustration by anakin, and obi's experience. That rules that silly suggestion out
Well yeah he did, but that was because it was Anakin If both duelers are f the same skill and level, you want something to exploit Djem So's weaknesses. Vaapad has strikes just as agressive, but they are a lot faster. A master of Djem So would use the huge blows as his main strength, so if you use something which doesn't need a lot of strength, you got a winner
Dec 20th, 2007 11:22 PM
If both duelers are f the same skill and level, you want something to exploit Djem So's weaknesses. Vaapad has strikes just as agressive, but they are a lot faster. A master of Djem So would use the huge blows as his main strength, so if you use something which doesn't need a lot of strength, you got a winner 
