Where did you get this fact? And really, everyone Yoda had faced has had the same hard time against him, thing is, how do you put Dooku above Yoda since he was better than Dooku? Yoda's defence (which should suck for an Ataru user) was actually better than anyone elses in the jedi order, and his attacks was overwhealming and he was a small target to hit, next to impossible.
They fought for about 30 seconds then Dooku put Obi and Ani's life to risk so Yoda had to save them, thus he escaped. He would not hold out for long.... I remember Mace fighting Dooku for that amount of time too, except it didn't show as clearly who the winner would be, Mace didn't overcome Dooku.
And I still wonder where it says that Ataru is much better against Makashi than other forms....
So this would render Makashi as one of the worst duelling forms, because it cannot handle anything that is overwhealming? Makashi is very good at defending and it's precise attacks would be what's neccessary to take down a bad defender wouldn't it? Either way, Yoda has won over others who are not weilding Makashi.
And Dooku still had major advantages. What would you choose? Either have a style that is made for duelling in lightsaber to lightsaber combat, having your opponent distracted with helping someone with the force, and being boosted by the dark side, or....face a makashi wielder with Ataru but with all those disadvantages?
Originally posted by GM Nebaris
A Makashi user relies on the utmost concentration to duel effectively. Ataru is a completely overwhelming offensive form, which shatter's the Makashi user's concentration.
No, in most cases, Makashi is the greatest form. Meaning, on average, it would trump all other forms. The reason that Count Dooku could not overwhelm Yoda is that Yoda is simply more powerful than he is.
Dooku used Makashi to stalemate with Windu on Boz Pity.
Originally posted by kamikz
Wasn't that when he fled from Mace? I'd barley call fleeing a stalemate...
They fought for less than a minute. Dooku was on his way off-planet. He realized that they were near equals (like with Yoda and Sidious) and knew that:
a) He was in a hurry.
b) He had a 50% chance of losing.
So, he had Grievous's Magnaguards blindside Mace and he left.