Originally posted by Enyalus
You're not serious, right? Zannah and Sarro were at least about equal in skill. Sarro was being amped by battle meditation, so that the only time they are able to duel one on one, Zannah had spent most of her Force reserves while Sarro was still completely fresh and unwinded. One on one, I'm betting Zannah Sorseu would've worn down the bigger, bulkier combatant. Zannah seemed to be a natural with the Force, while Sarro devoted himself to pure lightsaber combat. Zannah had to have had more natural force reserve than him. She'd hold out longer.
"Were it not for the big man's brilliance, she would have quickly switched to an aggressive sequence and easily dispatched the smaller man. But were it not for the smaller man's mediocrity, her defensive talents would have been pushed to the very limits by her more skilled opponent. The arrangement suited Zannah just fine, allowing her to play them off against each other."
"Zannah slid to the side, her spinning weapon redirecting the blade of her enemy away from her throat and harmlessly up over her shoulder. Its twin came in quickly from the other side at her hip, and she threw herself into a back handspring to avoid it, landing nimbly on her feet. Grimly, she realized that she'd never understood the true meaning of the term martial arts until now.
The warrior assailing her had elevated the act of combat to its purest and highest form. He moved with the fluid grace of a dancer, his monstrous blade singing the deadly song of battle. He executed his moves with a perfect elegance born of obsession. Zannah knew it left him vulnerable to other forms of attack, but he pressed her so relentlessly that she never had a chance to effectively gather her power.
Had the Jedi enjoyed the same advantages Bane's orbalisk armor provided, their encounter would have ended long ago. Bane could shrug off otherwise lethal blows, forgoing all sense of personal safety in a reckless assault of pure offense to overwhelm her defenses. In contrast, the man before her, massive though he was, would still die if her blades caught him. He had to guard against her counterattacks, his style less aggressive so he didn't leave himself vulnerable. Even though his technique was more refined than her Master's, she'd been able to withstand his assault... so far.
He came at her again, his blade changing directions so quickly in midstroke that it seemed to bend and curve. Zannah repelled the assault with a furious defensive flurry, breathing hard. Her style was meant to prolong combat, exhausting her opponents as they tried to penetrate her defenses. But each time she clashed with the olive-skinned giant, she was the one forced to expend desperate, frantic energy. Slowly, he was wearing her down.
It was more than just his talent and training. Zannah sensed some type of greater power at work: the Force flowed through him as if it was being channeled by another, giving even greater strength to her opponent.
Another exchange drove her backward; the man was cutting off the room, herding her tightly into the corner to limit her movement. He was taking away her agility, knowing she was no match for his strength. And there was nothing she could do about it. Taking another step back, she felt her heel butt up against the edge of the wall. There was nowhere left to go; the end was near."
Battle meditation taken into account, she was about to get wrecked. Kun, while smaller and arguably less refined than Sarro, is probably vastly more powerful. His style is completely unfamiliar to Zannah, and he can change the length of his blades on a whim. It's unusual construction would be an advantage as well, since the handle is no longer than an ordinary saber, as opposed to Sarro's ridiculously large (ten feet from tip-to-tip) weapon.
Not so. Bane could take Exar fairly quickly, even with the amulet. It's a blast of purely concentrated rage - dark side power that the orbalisks feed on. It isn't electric. We don't even know if it would harm Bane.
That's absolutely absurd. The orbalisks - despite the fact that most of them
weren't killed by the lightning - were completely useless against Bane's deflected attack, to the point that in their pain they poisoned him almost lethally. As for absorbing dark side energy - they still allowed his skin and flesh to be charred to a grotesque degree. The amulets, which destroy temple walls, vaporize Massassi, and shred Sith monstrosities, would kill Bane instantly. It's not like he can live without a head, anyway.
Zannah would certainly, at the very least, stalemate Ulic until Bane can arrive and wipe him out.
Right. He's just going to walk though Kun.
Ulic's skills are vastly overrated based on what he's done. He killed his already wounded brother,
Cay wasn't wounded. He had a mechanical arm, which he received years earler.
who we don't know if he was even a skilled duelist or not. And he appears to be fighting Exar evenly for a few short moments before Ragnos interrupts their battle. That's it.
No, they're locked in combat, dead even, both declared to be "master swordsmen." Just prior to this, the wounded and
poisoned Ulic had floored two Jedi with a burst of rage while "rippling" with the dark side, and then required the combined strength of Dace Diath, Cay, and another Jedi to hold him back. Later, he would face down Mandalore while walking on
chains suspended several hundred feet above the ground, with nothing but his lightsaber. His opponent was in a basilisk war droid, and when he fired on Qel-Droma, the Sith simply stood his ground while furiously deflecting or dodging every bolt, and then proceeded to own Mandalore, even forgoing his lightsaber to use a Mandalorian weapon when the two began fighting on foot. He also killed the dangerous Warb Null in
one move, and I believe he jumped through the dark side attack of Ommin, who was powerful enough to floor Arca Jeth.
Even more impressive was his duel with Sylvar. As we all know, Jedi, Sith, and everyone in-between rely heavily on the Force to augment their skills, perception, and physical attributes in combat. Ulic - who by this point had gone for a decade without a connection to the Force, and had only recently begun instructing Vima Sunrider in the use of the lightsaber - managed to survive a ferocious assault by a crazed Sylvar, giving ground while trying to reason with her, until he was pushed to the edge of a cliff and simply put down his weapon, shaming Sylvar and bringing her back to her senses. This is an unprecedented demonstration of skill retention, and indicative of what he would've been as a combatant in his prime. When he was murdered by a pilot shortly afterward, his body returned to the Force and he managed to retain his identity despite the fact that he no longer had a connection to the Force.
Also, he was powerful enough and knowledgeable enough to survive and destroy the Dark Reaper, and as a spirit would later instruct Anakin Skywalker on how to do the same.
If Zannah doesn't take him out, she at least holds him off until Bane can.
Well Zannah
doesn't take him out - she dies. And then, probably does as well.