Exar Kun runs a gaunlet

I think he feared the idea of someone being able to simply walk into his chamber and assassinate him, more than he feared Revan himself.

Not saying he wasn't "serious" but when he fought the Jedi Strike team he used FLS from the start and took them out ASAP, while with Revan he seemed pretty overconfident, using pretty basic attacks--Only using FLS after he became pissed with the situation.

He also didn't use those powers against the HoT and instead relied on "basic" lightning.

Are you implying that he went easy on the HoT as well?

I'd say the logical conclusion is that the powers he used to take down the Jedi Strike team are better suited to taking out groups of enemies than a single target. After all. it was an AoE attack. While the more focused "basic" lighting is better for 1 on 1 situations.

Either that or the power he used on the strike team involves certain circumstances.

Except he used that same power in his one on one fight against Revan, which is what put him down.

Upon further review on my part you may be correct. I never thought that final attack was lightning but just some quasi-shadow blast. I still don't see how that constitutes him not taking Revan seriously. Character in Star Wars do this all the time. Anyway, Revan gave him a fight as evidenced by the fact that Revan got some hits in and Vitiate's fear of further assassination attempts.

On a different note, I do wonder why Vitate did not use that technique against the HoT considering how effective it was on him the first time. Perhaps, Vitiate was weakened to such an extant that he could not fully use such a power.

Or he did use it in the fight during the gameplay section. Theres quite a bit of fight not seen, we only watch the very start and the end. And Vitiate is already on his knees by then.

Alternatively, the HoT just didn't let him charge up the attack.

Or he couldn't use. After all he is weakened and, even though he is presumably amped by a massive dark side nexus, the codex notes that "striking at him now is your best chance to defeat him once and for all".

To go further down the list, I think Exar vs Bane would be a pretty close fight.

I don't think I agree with that. If you're referring to DoE Bane, Exar would solidly beat Bane down. If you're referring to RoT Bane, Bane would solidly beat Exar down. Either way, I think there's a reasonable gap between both parties.

I would disagree with that. Exar Kun's amulet blasts are powerful and would be hard for Bane to deal with, but Bane has superior lightning, TK and lightsaber prowess, even as of DoE. And all of those would be hard for Kun to deal with. So while Bane will have a tough time blocking with Kun's blasts, Kun will have an equally tough time blocking Banes lightning and he has to be careful not to engage in lightsabers, where imo Bane will defeat him.

The same applies for Kun vs Sidious by the way, since I see Bane and Sidious as equals regardless of RoT or DoE incarnations.

Bane=Sidious? How so?

Just as fast and good in lightsabers, equal in terms of TK and equal in terms of lightning.

I don't see Kun going past Meetra. She'd use Jedi Dun Moch on him, rendering his vaunted skills: void.

The guy can swing sabers with the best of them, but philosophically, intellectually? "Mesa say he was a pawn. - Darth Binks"

Bane<Sidious in lightning.
Nah, he's not as good in sabers imo. Sidious has better feats than Bane does TBH.

Originally posted by Allankles
I don't see Kun going past Meetra. She'd use Jedi Dun Moch on him, rendering his vaunted skills: void.

The guy can swing sabers with the best of them, but philosophically, intellectually? "Mesa say he was a pawn. - Darth Binks"

Oh ok, so Meetra can beat Luke? Meetra's Dun Moch isn't a trump card.

Originally posted by Allankles
I don't see Kun going past Meetra. She'd use Jedi Dun Moch on him, rendering his vaunted skills: void.

The guy can swing sabers with the best of them, but philosophically, intellectually? "Mesa say he was a pawn. - Darth Binks"

Huh, her skills in reverse Dun Moch certainly didn't help her against Nyriss. Don't see why it would help her against the even more deadly Exar Kun.

Originally posted by ares834
Huh, her skills in reverse Dun Moch certainly didn't help her against Nyriss. Don't see why it would help her against the even more deadly Exar Kun.

Nyriss I don't think represents her best performance. Plenty of Jedi get beat by lesser opponents. Anyway, I can see Kun out dueling her, but by the time he gets past that duel, I think Meetra has already screwed with his resolve.

lolwut? I'm pretty sure has a strong enough willpower/confident enough in his abilities that Dun Moch won't do shit. Kun beats Meetra.

Originally posted by XSUPREMEXSKILLZ
Bane<Sidious in lightning.
Nah, he's not as good in sabers imo. Sidious has better feats than Bane does TBH.

Oh really? The way I see it is that Bane can handily disintegrate shit with his lightning and so can Sidious.

Nah. Banes moved fast enough to wield a dozen lightsabers in Zannahs perspective, beaten Kas'im when he wasn't using dual blades, moved so fast an entire room of Sith couldn't keep up with him, defended against a storm, penetrated Zannahs defense and almost blitzed Farfalla and Raskta (if not for the BM). They are comparable.

Originally posted by Allankles
Nyriss I don't think represents her best performance. Plenty of Jedi get beat by lesser opponents. Anyway, I can see Kun out dueling her, but by the time he gets past that duel, I think Meetra has already screwed with his resolve.

She has only ever done that to Sion who always came across as a weak willed piece of shit. Plus Sion was in love with her.

Can't Sidious turn people into skeletons with his lightning? These people being force users, and Sidious doing this with one hand?

Honestly managing to beat Kas'im before he whipped out jar'kai is Bane's best saber feat. Sidious has far better Saber feats (in terms of combative application) imo, and i'm pretty sure rain drops are slower than blaster bolts.