Hm... even someone way stronger who'd cut down one or two fairly easy will have trouble with 10.... gotta think about this one. It's not remotely easy one way or another.
__________________ "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
She has 'get out of the way,' and yes, there's ten of them- meaning if she gets among them, it may be hard to target only her. They'll get in each other's way, is my point.
Also, as a group, they pretty much can't use the double-bladed or spin features of the Inquisitor saber, at least not if they're fighting more than two at once. Not enough room.
Raskta is from the Sith War, where fighting groups of low-level force users is probably the bulk of what she did. Let me remind you that she has an obscene kill count- some compare it to the number of sith casualties from the Thought Bomb.
Granted, very large numbers of those would be weaker than the Inquisitor, even a good deal weaker, but still.
Yup. Even Raskta's inferior in martial combat, Lord Hoth, was plowing through a horde of Sith and soldiers while they tried to swarm him. I wouldn't be surprised if Raskta's done similar or greater things.
__________________ "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
Eh...weren't the Sith Infantry described more or less as fodder in the novels? To just be sent to die?...Mowing through a horde, doesn't really sound impressive.
Savage's chances of taking 20 magnaguards are far greater than Raskta taking 10 inquisitors, who, unlike the guards, have offensive force powers.
Season 1 inquisitor had a good understanding of perhaps every saber form. His TK is more refined than Kanan's, with rivaling raw power. I mean, his position is hunting surviving jedi from an order of very high quality. And his frustration at failing to subdue Kanan with TP likely indicates that he's good at it and has done so to other surviving jedi. Physical strength-wise, he's proved to be Kanan's superior on a number of occasions--Kanan being able to deflect fire power from ties without losing his saber. From what I've seen, he's a pretty advanced warrior. I'm sure one of the new source books has good stuff on him.
He's no Plo, Ventress or Obi Wan (according to Filoni, he's not council material), but he probably rivals low level masters, since I think it's implied Kanan reached that level by the end of season 1 (though I might be wrong).
__________________ "The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of" -Darth Plagueis
We're still talking force sensitives with some training and lightsaber.
And we're talking a kill count in the hundreds if not over a thousand.
Point is, groups of enemies are something she's done, probably in notably greater number than 10 to 1.
Granted, the Inquisitor is better trained than those, and I can see an argument for 10 being simply too much, but she's going to inflict some real casualties.
There'd been other cases where badass individuals have killed groups of properly trained force users. Antares Draco turned 7 trained sith guards into a pile of bodies, though he was exhausted in the process and fell right after. I'd put Raskta above Draco... mmm, though 10 is better than 7 and the Inquisitor would have more surprises....
Kanan's a padawan who's gotten back into practice. Knight level, yes, but not Master level.
My impression is a council member would flat steamroll him, and he shouldn't be sent against masters unless they're the type promoted for diplomacy, wisdom, or something other than combat power. I do think there's plenty of Knights that could beat him 1 on 1.
Raskta has no feats to suggest she can beat multiple duelists with comparable knowledge of Lightsaber forms, her only feats are blatant hyperbole
__________________ "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
Even if the numbers are an exaggeration, there's still no question that she's killed a gigantic pile of Sith lords, and her performance in her on-screen duel was itself very impressive.
Note that Farfalla is a renowned master known for his elegant, graceful, and clean movements while dueling, and even he was considered just a load next to Raskta. Being precise and having good form is good, but has limits.
Note that like Kanan when he won, she wields two lightsabers. And she was known to switch between styles, which is likely to catch the analytical Inquisitor off-guard- he may recognize what she's using, but not what she switches to in a second because she realizes he's beginning to expect X or Y style.
I mean, arguments are making me lean towards Inquisitor victory more, but he's a well-knowledged but relatively minor talent, while she's the most naturally talented and experienced swordbeing in an era when everyone was killing each other with swords, and even her answer to foes-with-force-offense was 'more dueling skill.'
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