Originally posted by Kadesh
you ARE a fanboy of bane, especially kotor characters, And sorry kamhal but i can list everything that vader did which is more impressive than bane. And please if you do that prepare to get omgwtfffs pwned by JJ's list as well
You and JollyJim are known as huge fanboys of Vader. AcStyles and Sexy are known as huge antifanboys of Bane. Kamhal, as far as I can tell, is completely neutral, and I'd imagine that Vader1 would actually be more of a Vader fan, yet he still thinks Bane is more powerful. What does that tell you? And JJ's joke of a list hardly compares to mine, don't be silly.
Kopekz thought he might just be the sith'ari aka the ultimate sith and perfect being after only just one conversation with Bane, so he clearly sensed that the force within Bane was on the next level.
Githany believed his power was beyond the level of pretty much any jedi or sith master when he had only received a few months worth of training. The jedi and sith during those times were pretty uber, this speaks for quite a lot.
Kaan, the leader of the BoD was scared shitless of him before he had even met him; this was based purely on descriptions of his power.
When he was 18, he was able to instinctively choke his father to death, which greatly speaks for how prodigious he was, and how strong in the force he was.
He once lost his temper, and was able to instinctively project his fury on an entire room full of people; that speaks for truly how strong he was in the darkside.
He pretty much mastered force lightning after just 1 hour of having learnt the technique, and was even able to create a miniature storm. By BotS, after having grown much more powerful, he would likely be able to replicate this to much greater effect.
He was able to release a wave of energy that was able to collapse the entire 20 story Rakatan Temple, and the temple wasn't even hit by the entire attack (it wasn't hit by the portion that hit Kas'im).
He was able to choke Quordis to death like he was a child, and Quordis was one of the top sith in the BoD, the head of the academy in fact.
He was able to control the power of over 20 sith lords combined with his own to destroy an entire world. This speaks quite a lot for his mastery and control by that point
He was able to pull a moon out of orbit, and pretty casually too given he did it while riding on top of a flying beast.
He knew every move and sequence of the saber staff perfectly (and those are the moves and sequences for all 7 forms, and not just the regular forms, but Kas'im's perfected forms), and thus would be able to wield one to the same effect as Kas'im.
Sirak, the top apprentice at the BoD Academy was damn powerful; he was able to move in blurs, had mastered multiple forms..and Bane was able to completely outclass him in saber combat; his shatterpoint ability was so great that he was able to sense weaknesses in Sirak's style seconds after the duel began, and constantly throughout the battle, but held back because he wanted to humiliate Sirak, and tire him down first, and towards the end, was able to tool him with one masterful manoeuvre; his movements were faster than the eyes of everyone present could see, so fast that it seemed like time had stopped for them.
He as good as defeated Kas'im in a duel; Kas'im was basically The master of the lightsaber; he mastered every from, every primary art of the saber, and then furthered and perfected each form and constantly refined his skills, and Kas'im was only able to defeat him when he used a style that was alien to Bane.
While he was choking Quordis to death, Quordis begged him to stop and let them fight with sabers so that he could die with honour, and Bane said that he would be able to just as easily defeat him with a saber, and Quordis agreed. This implies that Bane would have been able to defeat him in seconds with a saber, and Quordis was one of the top sith of a pretty impressive order.
Bane possesses the orbalisk armour, which constantly pumps dark side energies and adrenaline into his body, and strengthens his muscles. It's also completely immune to the cutting power of even a lightsaber, and covers his entire body, except for his head (the only area where he can be physically affected), and a few joints where the gaps are too small for a lightsaber to pass through anyway.
His knowledge base was also pretty considerable too;
1. He pretty much knew the entire BoD archives inside out.
2. He had received most of the teachings that the then current Masters could offer via Githany.
3. He had gained most of the knowledge found inside Darth Revan's holocron.
4. He was able to access a jedi holocron.
5. He was able to plunder the tomb of Nadd's holocron, and gain access to his holocron.
Bane >>>>> Vader.