Originally posted by Darth_Glentract
It really depends on who the Vong was. They were as a species on average far better fighters then Humans. Some Yuuzhan Vong were able to beat Noghiri. 2 or 3 Noghiri were able to kill over a dozen storm troopers using only knifes. The Yuuzhan Vong placed fighting ability very high and were trained to fight pretty much from birth. Against, say, Maul, I think a Slayer would win. The way that Jedi predicted attacks from Yuuzhan Vong was by sensing the air movements around them since they couldn't since the actual Vong. I believe that this was described as being much more difficult then just sensing a regular person. It gave the Vong a large advantage against Jedi.
So they were a warrior Race, Kyp killed four of their most powerful warriors at the same time I assume? And these people had weapons that could block lightsabers or disable them? cortosis right?
If that is all true, I would rate that as pretty impressive, from the limited information I have it wouldn't make Kyp weak at all, probably as godo with a lightsaber as Ulic if not better. And he has shown far more powerful force attacks then Ulic, so I can see him taking Ulic down.
So they were a warrior Race, Kyp killed four of their most powerful warriors at the same time I assume? And these people had weapons that could block lightsabers or disable them? cortosis right?
Kyp fought four. He lost. He killed two of them if I remember correctly. He managed to not get captured though.You do have to remember that he was already tired from a large battle by the time he fought them though.
They used vonduum crab armor. Like cortosis, except that it was good at blocking blaster bolts too. Their amphistaffs were able to resist being cut by a lightsaber for several reasons, one of them was because it regenerated so fast that the lightsaber couldn't cut it(they were living weapons).
If that is all true, I would rate that as pretty impressive, from the limited information I have it wouldn't make Kyp weak at all, probably as godo with a lightsaber as Ulic if not better. And he has shown far more powerful force attacks then Ulic, so I can see him taking Ulic down.
Like I said, he fought four, killed only two. He managed to not get captured by them though. I didn't mean that Kyp sucks with a lightsaber, just that his force powers are far more advanced then his lightsaber skills, as he should have been able to kill at least five of the Slayers had his forve powers been proportioned to lightsaber ability as Luke's are.
Perhaps but still you said he fought a large battle before? Like what Luke fought slaughtering his way through a Vong base? Because if thats the case, killing 2 out of 4 great warriors from a warrior race after battling your way through many of said warriors... Well its pretty impressive and I would by that alone rate him higher then Ulic with a lightsaber.
Originally posted by Faunus
Kyp is a juggernaut in terms of the Force, and I don't see him being at all shabby with a lightsaber, either. Nobody in the New Jedi Order can approach Luke in in dueling ability, but Kyp could arguably give him some trouble in the battle of the Force. Arguably.
Just to emphasize on what Faunus is saying about Luke being the uncontested best in the NJO with a lightsaber I'll add a some from The Swarm War. In it Luke is stated to be better with his off hand then anyone else in the Order. There are multiple interpretations of this, one that says that even though the one handed style isn't the one that Luke prefers he can still use it better then people who do prefer it. There is another that says that even with his off-hand Luke is better then anyone using their preferred style, single handed or not.