I would say perfecting every aspect of all the lightsaber forms insinuates significant skill. Not to mention that in this case, time does insinuate that. Kas'im mastered all the forms in mere 'years.' If he can achieve such a level of skill in that level of time, then several decades worth of refinement certainly implies significant skill.
Why doesn't she?
Originally posted by Nephthys
The only means by which to gauge Zannah's skill is from her duel with Bane. That she does well against him is reason enough for me to think that she would do well against Yoda.What makes you think she can't rival him?
Also, you reply pretty fast.
Originally posted by Astor Ebligis
Not necessarily.
Extensive knowledge of something implies mastery, but doesn't necessarily imply innate talent. Skywalker's innate talent was far superior to Cin Drallig, despite having a fraction of the training time. This isn't an argument against multiple form masters so much as an admission that sometimes natural talent can augment or surpass rote training.
Originally posted by Nephthysin ur opinion is bane from book 2 and 3 head and shoulders above mace and yoda skill wise? I don't want to put words in ur mouth but I think you'd agree that at the end of Pod banes skill was superior to kasims in every aspect but duel wielding. I think that you'd also agree that banes skills increased between book 1 and 3. So if kasim as of Pod was a rival to mace and Yoda skill wise and he was below Pod bane who is less skilled than RoT bane, wouldn't DoE bane be far more skilled than mace and Yoda?
Bane did beat Kas'im and Kas'ims skills as a duelist certainly rival Mace and Yoda's.
Originally posted by Stealth Mooseneph said bane has beaten someone whose skills rivaled mace and I responded with asking him who he's referring to. How is that loaded or implying anything other than me wanting to know who he was referring to?
Loaded question, with the unproven implication that Mace and Yoda have beaten people as powerful as Revan/Bane.
Originally posted by Raptor22
neph said bane has beaten someone whose skills rivaled mace and I responded with asking him who he's referring to. How is that loaded or implying anything other than me wanting to know who he was referring to?
I already pointed this out; your question implied without proof that Mace and Yoda were on a higher tier than anyone Bane had fought. Any time you make assertions, you bear the burden of proof. Any time you ask someone else to prove a case against a baseless assertion, you've basically admitted you don't have a case yourself.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
I already pointed this out; your question implied without proof that Mace and Yoda were on a higher tier than anyone Bane had fought. Any time you make assertions, you bear the burden of proof. Any time you ask someone else to prove a case against a baseless assertion, you've basically admitted you don't have a case yourself.
Er... no... Neph claimed that Bane has beaten people whose skills rival Mace/Yoda's. Raptor was justified in asking who. It wasn't a loaded question; it was an entirely fair one.