jollyjim311
Scruffy Nerf Herder
Originally posted by ((The_Anomaly))
Its arguable that Mace is overall better then Sidious with a lightsaber. Mace can beat Sidious because of his style and the fact that Sidious is a darksider (which Mace is THE perfect person for fighting them). And Mace has his Shatterpoint ability, all of these lead to Sidious' defeat in saber combat against Mace, but overall (i.e. against other people) I don't think that Mace is a better saber duelist then Sidious, merely that he has all the weapons to fight darksiders. For instance, Anakin has a VERY VERY good chance of taking Mace in saber combat (before he becomes Vader), probably better then Sidious ever had against him. Plus, they're saber duel was not pwnage from Mace, Mace was sh!tting bricks for a bit, and the duel was close, despite all of Mace's weapons against darksiders. People who don't have those weapons would get "Kit Fisto-ed" by Sidious, who is still possibly a better saber duelist overall.
I agree mostly. In ROTS, they were even blade for blade, until Mace found his shatterpoint. Them being even, though, accounts for Vaapads prowess against darksiders. Without the specific advantage of Vaapad, perhaps Sidious would be marginally better (even with Shatterpoint, an edge Mace has over everyone). I say that because, given Kit, Agen, and to a lesser extent Seasse's reputations, I don't think Mace could beat them as easily as Sidious did.
A more extreme example of the point you're trying to illustrate would be Anakin and Obi Wan. Anakin, strength for strength, trumps Obi Wan (although, Obi is still a forced to be reckoned with). If you were to get into a fight, you would want Anakin to back you up, not Obi Wan. However, against each other, due to specific advantages for Obi Wan, they are about even, and Obi Wan would even win in most situations.