ANH Vader, who's factually a hell of a lot less than Anakin as a duelist. Or even Obi-Wan as of RotS.
Anyways, the scaling isn't anywhere near as concrete as you're suggesting. TPM Maul has five years on the one that fought Siolo, and against Vader, they were described by the Prophets as being "evenly matched" - presumably Maul's edge was through agility rather than skill.
That's fair.
Depends. KotOR Revan basically stomped Malak (if you factor in the circumstances), whilst KotOR II Exile beat Traya (who I hold to be around Savage Opress-level as a duelist) under some pretty negative circumstances.
Dooku's one of the greatest dueling masters in the history of the galaxy. I don't think he's sitting below Maul at all.
I'm curious, but how much of a setback do you think Gravid destroying Sith knowledge was? It obviously wasn't a setback in terms of power, since Gean still killed and succeeded him, and since Darth Plagueis suggests that Gean's powers weren't diminished by her prostheses, her apprentice would've legitimately continued the Banite scaling by killing her.
Well, some of that refers to potential, which isn't applicable here.
I think it has more to do with Sidious not expecting Maul to be able to survive it as opposed to thinking that it's impossible to survive. Your interpretation makes no sense considering relative nothings like Maw do the same.
The stylistic advantages bit is overblown. Dooku's (routinely?) sparred with physical superiors to Maul in Yoda.
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Maul wins. The biggest factor in Qui Gon's death was his old age and resulting physical handicap. Qui Gon was 50, Dooku would be 70 years old in TPM. Without the dark-side to draw from he would inevitably lose to Maul for the same reasons as Qui Gon.
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I doubt Dooku could beat elites like Black sun non force sensitives and practice against combat droids. Dooku loses
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Probably due to his injuries, not training at all for 10+ years, not learning anything further from Palpatine, then going into hiding for 15+years.
But the fact that he picked himself back up each time and still improved on his previous prime speaks to that "classical Sith training" (as Witwer puts it) ingrained into him.
True but like Vader, much of that increase in rage had to first compensate for his injuries before it started to make him more powerful than his previous prime.
Yeah probably, I just don't think it's a huge difference. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see Rebels Maul stomping TPM Maul, the way say ROTS Kenobi would stomp TPM Kenobi.
I personally see Rebels Maul winning with difficulty against TPM Maul and with a lot of difficulty against TCW Maul.
That's Legends now I believe. Not confirmed in the new Canon as of yet. Although the author of Shadow Conspiracy probably got notes from Filoni when writing the novel.
But yeah, either way, the massive rage boost had to compensate for his injuries first, so the end result was a more powerful Maul, but perhaps only slightly more powerful.
Lmao @ someone who gets cut in half by a padawan beating Dooku
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