I always thought he had some sort of a oneness moment kinda thing that made him use vaapad to its full potential since he performed much poorly against weaker dark side users. If you're saying that the stronger the dark side aligned opponent is, the better for Windu; then The Son of Mortis should be pretty easy for Windu to defeat.
Except vapaad is a lightsaber form and to my knowledge doesn't amp his force offense and defense which wouldn't stop the Son of Mortis from TK'ing the hell out of him.
Btw, I'm not saying Windu used something else against Sidious. I'm simply saying that he doesn't always perform that good and since Nox is no Palpatine, it makes more sense to assume he would perform like he did against Dooku so I'm using that incarnation as stated in the OP.
Sidious permeated with the Dark Side, from Mace's perspective with Shatterpoint, he seemed to be the Dark Side, for good reason. No, the amp Mace received there is never, ever, going to be comparable to the amp he would get from anyone else.
Vaapad also channels Force energy out of the user without harming them. Only Palpatine has ever pushed it to it's limits. Nox isn't as saber oriented as Dooku, and wouldn't fare the same.
You're right it's not but you're the one who brought it up..
It's mostly semantics but the OP didn't really make sense. Vapaad would have given him a different amp whether or not you stated it because that's how it works. In the OP you made it sound like Vapaad was forbidden which was a total nerf.
What? No, Vaapad doesn't feed on the force energies of the opponent. Vaapad's mechanics are almost unrelated to the force, really, at least directly--it's more about emotion.
Sith become more powerful by drawing on their rage, their inner darkness. Mace, as a Jedi, invented Vaapad to put use to his own inner darkness, channeling his negative emotions into something positive.
And just as Sith feed on the fear or anger of their others to stack on their own strength, Mace too accepts the fury of the opponent, the darkness within them, and channels it along with his own--competing the circle.
The effects of Mace's fighting philosophy are not that much different than Sith, it's simply more efficient--Probably most comparable to Scourge's affinity for gorging on the emotions of others.
Mace was at his best in RotS partially because Sidious's inner darkness was greater than the ores he faced, and also because he submerged himself more deeply into the fight--he wasn't holding back like he usually does. Really though, the difference in performance then and in his other showings is overrated. It's certainly significant, but not what is made out to be.
Novel says Vaapad is a channel for "darkness" that allowed Palpatine to hardly even touch Mace with his Lightning. Vaapad isn't just about enjoying fighting; it's more than that. Otherwise, it's just be Juyo.
He clearly wrote in his post that it channels Mace's inner darkness and the darkness of his opponent's. He said nothing about enjoying fighting either.
I'm late for this but it has been argued that Mace was boosted a shitton in that fight by how insanely pissed off he was at Palpatine being the Dark Lord.
Yeah, there is a huge skill disparity between Nox and Windu as well. Windu is significantly faster, more powerful (naturally), and a much better lightsaber combatant.
Nox is strong but there is no reason to believe his/her ghost move will prove a substantial factor in a majority.
Windu still takes this
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Sep 21st, 2014 04:30 AM
