Originally posted by kotorfan
lol but that was when his thoughts were clouded by emo-ness, and ROTS anakin totally shits on ATOC anakin. I think ROTS anakin would have surpassed Hett by ep 3.
Absolutely. I was just pointing out that the fact he'd defeated Anakin previously would add to Krayt's confidence.
Originally posted by Darth SubjektKrayt's only claim to fame is a exceptional user of Jar'Kai and being good at Force Lightning and I agree Anakin will take this since Dooku>>Krayt.
Ok, then maybe I will switch over to Anakin's side. We can't always assume he'll be in the mind state he was in with OB1, cause he was out of character then.
Smashed everyone who was above Krayt? If you're referring to Dooku, Gideon pointed out that Anakin isn't superior to Dooku in saber combat, but that he won due to his rage. Since "in teh z0ne' Anakin isn't the usual Anakin, we can't simply assume that he'll transform into a raging sissy, otherwise we'd have to assume Obiwan would do the exact same thing since he did it against Maul. Also, with anywhere from 50 to 100 years more saber refinement for Krayt should definitely give him the edge.
I understand Anakin=Dooku saber combat. Just with him tapping into the DS and his Force Reserves he's able to make up for Dooku's advantage. With what I know about Krayt from the comics, unless Anakin goes DS Krayt will handle him.
Edit- Stop distracting me I'm meant to be completing Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Originally posted by Dr McBeefingtonI didn't say everyone. I said he smashed Dooku, who is above Krayt. You can have all the time in the world to refine your skills, but once your potential is reached, that's it. It's unlikely that Krayt was that close to the skill of Dooku, given the rave reviews of Dooku. And at that point in time, why can't we assume that "in the zone" Anakin isn't the norm? He was only a whiny b!tch about it when facing OB1 after having time to stew over what he'd done.
Smashed everyone who was above Krayt? If you're referring to Dooku, Gideon pointed out that Anakin isn't superior to Dooku in saber combat, but that he won due to his rage. Since "in the z0ne' Anakin isn't the usual Anakin, we can't simply assume that he'll transform into a raging sissy, otherwise we'd have to assume Obiwan would do the exact same thing since he did it against Maul. Also, with anywhere from 50 to 100 years more saber refinement for Krayt should definitely give him the edge.
He's not always going to be just turning to the darkside and just starting to realize what he's done, and just got done hurting Padme and fighting his "brother" in the midst of all this shit. There's no reason to assume that would consistently make the same arrogant choices when not clouded by the actions of evil he had just done in the movie.
Originally posted by Darth Subjekt
Not saying Akain would win, but he would surely do better now than the first time. If Dooku's 80 years were turned into a joke, what's 20 more?
What you have to remember though was that in that fight with Dooku, Anakin was goaded into unleashing his rage against someone he had a personal hatred towards, plus he was fighting to save two of the people he cared about most (Kenobi and Palpatine).
Here he isn't trying to save anyone else and he doesn't have a personal hate towards Krayt (who he probably won't recognise as A'Sharad). Even if he did recognise him, he didn't hate A'Sharad like he did Dooku.
Originally posted by Darth Subjekt
And at that point in time, why can't we assume that "in the zone" Anakin isn't the norm?
Because he doesn't have that kind of intense, personal hatred towards everybody.
Anakin still gave Dooku a good run for his money on Tatooine. If I remember correctly, they were almost evenly matched until Dooku owned him with the force.
Something in me wants to say Krayt takes this, but what does Krayt have on Anakin? As long as Anakin has his saber, force lightning will do no good.
Dooku's lightning =/= Krayt's lightning. Krayt's displayed far greater control over the power (surrounding Darth Talon with it, where it was literally inches from her body, without actually harming her, not to mention his ability to released it omnidirectionally from his body) and even if it were to come to saber combat, he has decades of experience which combined with his exceptional talent would make him an exceptionally dangerous opponent (and he displays as much when he slaughters four elite imperial knights in close combat in moments), and he also happens to have the added advantage of the Vonduun Crab Armour (high resistance against lightsaber attacks, allows him to fight in an unorthodox manner and focus more on the offence without as much of an expense on his defence). On paper, Krayt wins this one, and he'd take Dooku
Spoiler:too.
and Yoda
Originally posted by NAESRBI
Dooku's lightning =/= Krayt's lightning. Krayt's displayed far greater control over the power (surrounding Darth Talon with it, where it was literally inches from her body, without actually harming her, not to mention his ability to released it omnidirectionally from his body) and even if it were to come to saber combat, he has decades of experience which combined with his exceptional talent would make him an exceptionally dangerous opponent (and he displays as much when he slaughters four elite imperial knights in close combat in moments), and he also happens to have the added advantage of the Vonduun Crab Armour (high resistance against lightsaber attacks, allows him to fight in an unorthodox manner and focus more on the offence without as much of an expense on his defence). On paper, Krayt wins this one, and he'd take DookuSpoiler:too.
and Yoda
I don't know how good Krayt rely is (i red some of his comics, not all of them), but he certainly couldn't take Yoda, probably even Dooku, maybe Anakin, but only trough the Force, certainly not in a saber fight.
Sure all the stuff you mention sounds impressive, but you have to put in in context. The people Krayt fought, aren't nowhere near as powerful, as people like Anakin faced. He couldn't do these feats on people like Dooku, Yoda... top tier of PT.
And i would put Anakins trashing of Dooku above everything Krayt has done.