The Saberlock can be explained away by precise positioning of his blade on their blades. Makashi is very precise. But I doubt his one arm is actually stronger than both of Kenobi's and Anakin's combined lol.
That said I actually think Makashi is almost ideal at defending against Power blows, much like Soresu (but being very distinct from Soresu being a one handed style therefore having to give more ground but using less energy). We see that in Savage's training session where Dooku's easily side stepping and deflecting Opress's power blows to the side, tripping him up. We also see that when he's defending himself against Anakin and Obi-Wan's combined assault in TCW and in ROTS, and against Anakin's rage enhanced assault in TCW- Crisis on Naboo.
No idea where the rumour began that Dooku is the one who is weak to physical attacks. Considering when Anakin has landed that one kick on Dooku in Crisis on Naboo it was no where near as lethal as the kick Dooku landed on Anakin in ROTS.
Aside from that I don't remember Dooku getting hit (physically) very often, if at all.
Last edited by Darth Thor on Aug 24th, 2015 at 10:21 PM
I never said, that Dooku is physically stronger then Anakin or even Obi-Wan. But his Force mastery may enable him to generate such kinetic power, that would much their's combined. Anakin needs boost of rage to dominate Dooku. Confirmed in "Rise and Fall of DV". He was also using a lot of ager at the end of their fight on Naboo.
__________________ "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
True but Anger comes pretty naturally to Anakin. Like it does to Opress tbh.
Dooku has displayed amazing bursts of Force enhanced strength like his kick on Skywalker in ROTS. But that's not really an option to use throughout the duel (I mean to that extent). So it's mainly down to his superior combat skill that helps him to engage both Kenobi and Skywalker together IMO.
To be honest they would be a Lethal team. Given that they're both probably a level above Ventress and Opress.
Last edited by Darth Thor on Aug 25th, 2015 at 10:34 AM
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