I'd say this goes the same way as ROT fight, with Bane and Zannah splitting up and the jedi being forced to deal with that by also splitting up. Luke isn't beating Bane in a hurry, I'm sure everyone can agree with that, and Zannah would beat Ben. Then, if Bane can hold out from Lukes darkside boosted attacks, Zannah should be able to sneak attack/blindside him. Even Luke can't take out these two at once.
all Luke has to do is hurl zannah away, and thats basically it. and continue fighting Bane. After awhile, both combatants will tire, and zannah will also be drained from being force pwned by Luke every time she comes close. but then Luke will eventually wear down. Zannah's style is designed to wear her opponents down, and Bane doesn't really get tired.. well at least I haven't seen/read about him being exhausted (except the temple attack with ka'ism)
idk.. but I think Bane/Zannah wins cuz Bane is powerful enough to delay Luke, and with the addition of Zannah, they can mess him up.
I'll admit that I do want to see Luke lose cuz hes a god everywhere and always wins.
I'd go with team Luke here. I think the most likely scenario to play out would be the teams separate with luke fighting bane and ben fighting zannah. I dont see ben fighting bane or the teams being able to stay together the whole fight as a likely option. I think most agree that luke is above bane and zannah above ben, so next it goes to who would take out who first. Obviously if luke can dispatch bane before zannah can ben then she is screwed. I see this as not very likely but possible if ben is smart and gets a little help from his dad here and there. The more likely scenario in my eyes is zannah kills Ben before Luke does bane. (At this point I like to picture Luke hearing Mara's voice saying "u know what u have to do" or some shit like that). Unfortunately for zannah after cutting down Ben her life is pretty much forfeited, even with bane there I don't see her living for more than a minute after, leaving just bane and Luke then shortly after just Luke.
From what I understand, NJO is a long series. Would you say this is closer to the DE timeline or LOTF? The winner majorly depends on this.
LOTF Luke would be able to easily toss around Zannah, and he could take out Bane in a decent fight.
It would go much as Raptor22 put it, I'd say.
I'm voting Team 1.
Ben never had any amazing showings against opponents at this point. Zannah would be more than capable of defending herself against his attacks and likely able to turn the attack on him either with her saber or even more decidedly with the Force. Ben had almost zero mental training at this point and would be wiped by her sorcery with no issues. From what she showed even as a kid she has more than enough strength to overwhelm him with a direct offensive blast as well.
Bane can hold his own long enough for it to become two on one. As other said though, the question will be what happens when Ben falls and Luke gives in to the Darkside? Even then, I don't know that Luke will have enough to overwhelm an orbalisk-enhanced Bane with Zannah aiding him.
Team 1.
If Zannah makes the mistake to kill Ben, she's toast.
LotF Luke has force feats that eclipse that of Bane, plus he's arguably the greatest saber duelsit of all time, and he has Shatterpoint which will help him to spot Orbalisk's weakness, which he can later explore with Emerald lightining...
In short, Bane is royally srewed.
Originally posted by axel_jovan
Team 1.
If Zannah makes the mistake to kill Ben, she's toast.LotF Luke has force feats that eclipse that of Bane, plus he's arguably the greatest saber duelsit of all time, and he has Shatterpoint which will help him to spot Orbalisk's weakness, which he can later explore with Emerald lightining...
In short, Bane is royally srewed.
Increadible synopsis. I agree.
Originally posted by axel_jovan
Team 1.
If Zannah makes the mistake to kill Ben, she's toast.LotF Luke has force feats that eclipse that of Bane, plus he's arguably the greatest saber duelsit of all time, and he has Shatterpoint which will help him to spot Orbalisk's weakness, which he can later explore with Emerald lightining...
In short, Bane is royally srewed.
On shatterpoint, even those who have noted it in other threads have spoken to the fact that it's not clear that it would be an effective means of attacking the orbs given their affinity for the Force.
As to the lighting, with Bane's proficiency in his own right it would certainly be no easy thing for Luke to strike him with sufficient power to damage the orbs either. He fell to his own unshielded lightning previously.
Jacen's specialty was arcane Force techniques, yet he held his own against Luke for a decent time. Bane has certainly demonstrated himself a superior duelist to Jacen/Caedus both in terms of raw speed and ability, and is aided by his armor and Force juicing. He is literally only vulnerable at the hands and head, and even then the strike must sever the entire hand/head or he will heal as if nothing has happened.
This is by no means a stomp for NJO Luke. Heck, again, it took him believing that Lumiya had killed Mara Jade for him to go after her hard enough to take her life. Luke only steps up to the plate if Ben falls early to Zannah. If she manages to simply incapacitate the boy rather than kill him so that both she and Bane can focus on Luke he falls.
Last I checked, we don't factor in plot-induced stupidity or character idiosyncrasies when discussing these threads. Luke's restraint might hinder him in certain circumstances, but hasn't stopped him from unleashing a cosmic can of whoopass on a range of enemies from Vader to Sidious to Caedus to Abeloth.
Try harder.