He is absurdly powerful in the Force, to the point where he moves around black holes. He also knows an incredible array of techniques as seen by his planetary-scale illusion, as well as the library of techniques he "tries on" while trying to learn the weather-control technique in one of the newer books.
Z
Maul requires at least three feet of clearance. Vader can't move fast enough to get out of the way. Maul guts Vader. Really not a very synergestic team/:
That said, Vader's broad, six foot seven frame moved fast enough to sidestep Aurra Sing's [?] lightsaber
Spoiler:. In his higher showings he's fairly agile.
so he could overload it with hisbaregloved mechanical hand
tj
wait, he did WHAT to Sing's lightsaber? When?
Coruscant Nights: Street of Shadows
Instead of following up his first move with a direct assault, however, Vader did something completely unexpected. He just stood there, ignoring her as casually as if she didn't exist. As she stared, he inspected her lightsaber thoughtfully; then, holding it out at arm's length, he reactivated it. The crimson spire of destructive energy pointed straight up from his gloved fist. At first, nothing seemed to be happening. Then Sing realized that the shaft was getting brighter. Its brilliance intensified until she had to raise a hand to shield her eyes from the all-but-blinding scarlet radiance. The refulgence dazzled her eyes, overwhelming everything else; the street, the buildings, the wrecked landspeeder. Only Vader remained somehow visible; standing there, holding the weapon easily, seemingly unaffected by the blade's terrible radiance. The familiar deep hum that was the weapon's identifying sound rose in pitch, higher and higher, until it tore at her hearing. And then, in a final burst of screaming incandescence, the lightsaber's shaft vanished.Sing stared in sheer disbelief. Her eyes were capable of adapting much more rapidly to changes in ambient light than were a human's. A couple of blinks and the afterimages cleared, normal vision returning almost immediately. Vader stood motionless, the weapon's hilt still gripped in his outstretched fist. She could see a tiny wisp of smoke curling from the emitter.
He had overloaded the lightsaber's energy crystal through the Force. Sing prided herself on her knowledge of weaponry and their individual strengths and weaknesses. It was her profession, after all. But she had never seen or heard of such a thing before.
The Dark Lord opened his hand. Reduced to a cylinder of useless metal, composites, and components, the now harmless weapon clattered onto the pavement.