DoE Bane runs a gauntlet

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I was not speaking to Bane's lightning against 7. As he's never fought Horn he'd obviously have to learn about that weakness on his own. I think Horn & Anakin's weakness against the Force here are Force Void and the strength of Bane's Force Wave.

This is an instance where CW just adds more ambiguity. I think we get a very straight-forward picture of Maul can do in Shadow Hunter and some of the other novelizations, but then we have someone like Vizsla giving him more than a hard time, though I don't think there was ever a question of how the battle would go.

That said, in the Bane vs Windu thread Bane has the slight edge, and considering that is factoring in Windu's ability to turn the dark side against its practitioners during combat that weighs pretty heavily into what someone like Bane could go against Maul. Maul is not at Windu's level. Maul is not a better combatant than Bane. It seems like established arguments about how Bane fares against high level duelists is being utterly ignored by some in this thread.

As to Force Illusions from Horn, we see Bane survive and overcome Zannah's direct Sith Sorcery attack on his mind. The others that she used it on went mad instantly, lost to their fear of the illusions that their own minds conjured. As elsewhere, I also point to his ability to overcome Kaan's mental domination, which was enough to hold his entire rank of Sith Lord' in thrall to him throughout the entirety of the war. We see some become disillusioned, ready to flee, and he turns them back. Kaan's Battle Meditation and control of others through the Force was more than formidable.

Force Illusions are not going to be Bane's undoing.

Maul's fight with Vizsla was more about honor.

Originally posted by Intrepid37
Maul's fight with Vizsla was more about honor.

Agreed...

I agree Ascendancy....I see trouble with Anakin,maybe Djem So vs Djem So.
Savage and Ventress not so much...my first comment was Saber to Saber....
w/Force Lightning. either way you understood...no disrespect...to your comment
or Intrepid 37.

No problem.

Indeed, nothing out of sorts. Let us carry on =D

Originally posted by Intrepid37
Maul's fight with Vizsla was more about honor.

Understood. I was just saying that it really doesn't fit that Maul should have had much in the way of trouble with him. If you didn't know his relative abilities and were new to Star Wars you really wouldn't have had a correct grasp of where Maul fits if that fight were all you had seen. That's how I see it anyway.

Bane has actually mastered all styles known during his time. Djem So will end up being me with Juyo or Soresu.

I never actually ended up reading Dynasty of Evil; could somebody post all of Bane's feats from the novel?

Originally posted by Intrepid37
4 would give him definite trouble.

Yeah, I think Bane stops at 5. He'd be too exhausted at that point.