i dunno, i just read a book about maul (which kinda slants my view;, but then again i read both books about bane too, and i wasn't that impressed by his abilities) and it seems like maul had exactly ONE bad moment in all of star wars. That moment when he freezes for some reason right before Obi-Wan cuts him down. other than that, he seemed like an almost unstoppable assassin, though he was missing a lot of the ambition that seem to characterize sith. He had no plans to overthrow sidious, he merely wanted to kill jedi.
I'll take his extensive training and give him a draw in the light saber battle, but Bane whens the second two. (this is assuming that neither can use the force during their light saber battle, lets say they are surrounded by yammarlsi or however its spelled, because otherwise its partially a force battle as well. )
POD Bane: Bane would struggle with the lightsaber battle a lot, but will eventually emerge victorious. We have to take on account Bane does have experience battling someone who wields a double-bladed saber, which will definitely be an important factor in the fight.
ROT Bane: Maul will have an extremely hard time getting past the Orbalisks. He goes down after a difficult battle.
People look past exactly how much better Bane was than Kasi'm in lightsaber combat. Sure, he got beat when Kas'im possessed an unfair advantage on his side, but when they were on equal footing, Bane owned his ass, and Kas'im, by virtue of demonstrated abilities, is leagues beyond Maul in saber technique, stronger with the Force, and quicker in combat, whilst not as physically conditioned. PoD Bane would logically decimate Darth Maul based on his performance against Kas'im. Factor in how much greater Bane becomes, both with his Force abilities and with the lightsaber by Ro2, as well as the Orbalisk armour, and the fact that Bane's natural form would be alien to Maul, and a fight between Ro2 Bane and Maul would be absolute overkill.
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Unfair advantage? LOL.. What was the unfair advantage jackass? Two blades? We always knew you were an idiotic bane fanboy but this is too much. You can't even begin to make a cogent argument when Bane is the topic. The ONLY thing that kept Bane from getting killed by Kas'im was his force mastery, and that meant nothing when Kas'im unleashed his dual blades. Overkill? This is why you're an idiot
I have Nebaris on ignore, and my respect for his (derided and ignored) intellect notwithstanding, I truthfully don't see how he comes to the conclusion that Kas'im's advantage was "unfair" as if he's a cheater in a football game; it's proposterous. Kas'im possessed far greater experience, technique, and expertise with a lightsaber than Bane. It's simple fact, as you say, Bane was only able to compete at all apparently by virtue of his superior attunement to the Force. Darth Maul was trained to be "one of the most dangerous Sith apprentices in history" -- and as Nai Fohl has provided for us before, that would include the likes of Bane as well -- and his "physical and Force assisted abilities were pushed to the utmost" as well as being an undisputed champion of melee and martial combat (his technique curbstomping Bane's own). Add to the fact that he was able to, despite being exhausted, tap into enough rage to pose a threat to the most powerful Sith Lord ever (Sidious) in combat, as well as handily defeat Anoon Bondara, a Jedi whose technique with a lightsaber was "second to none" in a time that Mace Windu, Count Dooku, and Master Yoda were among the Order (Lucas's "the prime of the Jedi"). Finally, according to Fight Saber, being a master of Juyo requires being a high level master of other forms.
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