Nah, it's not in the way you think. It has less to do with Bane than it does your general taste in evil Mary Sues. You say you'd want to be a Sith, which is strange because Sith are comprised of psychopaths and morons. You also want to maximize Vaapad, the deadliest and most powerful form... And supplement it with an impenetrable defense.
I don't think People would spend over ten years mastering it if it was shit...
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Yeah sure, depends on your interpretation of 'good'. You will never be as good in certain areas like Djem So's in strength based fighting or Soresu's defense but Niman is kind of the middle way.
No, actually. Niman is the easiest of the 7 forms to master; and no, mastering it doesn't make you exceptional in any area in particular, the technique just doesn't have exploitable weaknesses.
Easiest to master? I'm pretty sure it was the hardest or at least it took the longest to master.
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It's stated to be the opposite by Drallig, iirc. Something along the lines of Niman taking 10 years for the average Jedi to master, and others taking longer than that.
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@Nova: You commented about Niman being very powerful at its peak, and then used an incredibly vague quote to justify it (every form mastered gives amazing Lightsaber skill)
Do you have any sources? Normally I'd take your word for it, but Dralig actually notes that masters of Niman find it "insufficient"...
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@Selenial - It's not vague because that was from the same section that described each of the lightsaber forms. To go out of its way to specifically mention amazing fighting skill in the case of having mastered Niman would be utterly redundant if it was the case for each of the forms. The section was entirely about what distinguished one form from another.
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I would use a combination of Ataru and Niman, complemented by Soresu. Since Ataru lets the body open to attack, master Soresu would be perfect. And since Ataru isn't good for fighting against multiple enemies, I would mix it up with Niman, or maybe Shii-Cho.
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One standard lightsaber would be my choice.
I'd like to blend a few styles, combine Shien for offense, Soresu for defense, and Niman so I could also build up Force energy to use in Force attacks.
What I understand about Niman is that it's the most loaded toolbox of all the lightsaber forms. In the hands of a passive Jedi, accustomed to peacekeeping and diplomacy you'll get wasted pretty quick on a battlefield or against a specialist in practically any of the other forms. But for someone with excellent combat intuition and a knack for innovative combos it can be every bit as formidable as Makashi, Ataru or Djem So. In the hands of a Niman specialist who eschews balance in favor of aggression it can be just as lethal as Juyo. Personally, I think practitioners who can actually utilize Form VI to it's full potential are few and far between because too much of it's effectiveness depends on the amount of innate skills you can bring to the discipline. Better to master a rote form that tries to have an answer for any situation and minimize hybridization to focus strengths instead of spreading yourself too thin. Like Djem So with a bit of Sokan to address the mobility issues.
Jul 29th, 2016 05:45 PM
