__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
Krayt's pretty damn approachable to Hego on the front of raw power, and I honestly think he could potentially be just as skilled (or only a notch or two behind at most). Hego's noticeable physical edges gives him the upper hand, though.
What has he done to show in sword skill? Every tough foe he fought, he merely held them off with saber but won with force. And that even with his high speed.
If he normally has a speed edge, and still doesn't win in saber, that suggests to me that his skill isn't particularly overwhelming (when compared to other high tiers at least).
He's only fought one person on-panel with a saber (and he didn't win with the Force), but the fact that the latter person was trained their entire life solely to kill Plagueis and replace him, and the other circumstances of the fight which were heavily skewed in his opponent's favor, such as his opponent knowing his form inside-out, makes the feat as impressive as anything Krayt has ever done, except possibly outskilling Cade "with ease", as some interpret.
Jesus lol. Venamis knew how Plagueis fought inside and out and had been training specifically to kill him for years, it's not really a surprise that Plagueis found that fight difficult on his first time fighting him (and he had no speed edge in that fight; he kept it at an impasse based on his skill alone, and won through goading Venamis into poorly managing his energy). It's a far better feat of skill and adaptability than people like to give credit for simply because Venamis is an unknown. Even having said that, again: Venamis is an ambidextrous master of multiple lightsaber forms and can switch between them at a whim, was noted as being particularly agile and unpredictable, is a lightsaber enthusiast just like Tenebrous (Plagueis in contrast found them to be tedious), and can even fight while suspending himself in mid-air. Despite being built up to being such a great fighter, and despite being able to predict Plagueis' every move seamlessly, Plagueis still managed to defeat him.
It's a fairly unique type of skill feat but it's definitely at least in Krayt's territory.
__________________ “The galaxy must experience the pain of death and the rapture of rebirth as I have. I will bring chaos. It is time for war.”
Jun 22nd, 2015 01:51 PM
