Originally posted by DarthAnt66Well then your respect for Bane must be infinitesimally low...
I might have actually lost respect for Dooku.
I thought he was more impressive then that. 😬
http://www.comicvine.com/profile/shootingnova/blog/count-dooku-darth-tyranus-respect-thread/95276/
Oh look at that, I can post links now. That is the respect thread that I drew several of my sources from, feel free to give it a good read.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Well then your respect for Bane must be infinitesimally low...http://www.comicvine.com/profile/shootingnova/blog/count-dooku-darth-tyranus-respect-thread/95276/
Oh look at that, I can post links now. That is the respect thread that I drew several of my sources from, feel free to give it a good read.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Well prepare to disagree...1. Faster and stronger? Dooku was able to keep up for a time with Grand Master Yoda, whose speed rivaled that of Darth Sidious - a Force wielder who was able to obliterate three powerful Jedi masters in seconds because he was just too damn fast. He was also able to easily hold of General Grievous, who could strike if I recall 20 something times a second at speeds fast enough to almost overwhelm Kenobi, THE master of the defensive style.
That, at its very least, surpasses Bane's rain dance feat.
He also has plenty of "moved like a blur blah blah blah" feats.
Bane's attack on Zannah in RoT had Zannah claiming that Bane was moving so fast that he appeared to be wielding a dozen lightsabers at once, a feat that Dooku has utterly unequalled. And Bane became even faster than that in DoE. Grievous striking that many times is ignoring the fact that he has 4 arms so can make quadruple the attacks if he wielded a single lightsaber. The number of lightsabers leads to that figure, not his speed.
Dooku keeping up with Yoda proves that Bane isn't going to blitz or seriously outpace him, but he's not as fast as Bane is.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
2. Lightning vastly more powerful? Bane has been recorded to have killed two non-Force sensitives with lightning, which left their bodies presumably charred and smoking.Dooku on the other hand as killed twice that many non-Force sensitives and twice that many minor-Force sensitives (Dathomirian zabraks) - admittedly there is no evidence that they're bodies were charred, but they were killed just as quickly. If we concentrate that energy down to just two non-Force sensitives however, I have no doubt they would have received similar injuries. And on top of that Dooku has incapacitated, with but a burst of lightining, Ventress, Anakin and Sora Bulq - all powerful Force Users.
This is an accolade in particular Bane has failed to match.
Actually Bane has turned people to ash with his lightning, turned a drexl into a charred husk while disintegrating 2 riders, disintegrated stone and (I assume) plastic and melted blaster rifles while weakened.
Dooku hit those Force users under their guards. Obviously if someone was unable to block Bane's lightning with a lightsaber or was taken off-guard his lightning would take them out.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
4. Telekinesis more devasting? Bane's most impressive feat was collapsing the roof of the Lehon temple on Kas'ims head. However he required substantial time to build up that energy and was on a potent dark side nexus - and after he was exhausted.
No, Bane's best telekinetic feat was disintegrating a dozen technodroids in RoT with a flick of his wrist. He did this multiple times.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
Quinlan Vos, a powerful Force User
Lol.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
5. Greater Force Shields? We lack comparable feats so can't comment.
Bane blocked a half dozen concussion grenades with his force shields in DoE, while his power was being suppressed by the Huntress.
Sure. But that only increases the difficulty in defending against him and how many blades you need to trace and respond to. You don't need to actually be capable of blocking twice as many attacks as you would if he was using 2 arms. Just like you don't need to be twice as fast as your opponent if they start dual wielding. It's all about positioning and skill, not speed. If you watch GG and Obi-Wan's fight in RotS, Kenobi straight up avoids a lot of the Generals attacks through superior footwork or blocks multiple strikes with only minimal saber movement.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Sure. But that only increases the difficulty in defending against him and how many blades you need to trace and respond to. You don't need to actually be capable of blocking twice as many attacks as you would if he was using 2 arms. Just like you don't need to be twice as fast as your opponent if they start dual wielding. It's all about positioning and skill, not speed. If you watch GG and Obi-Wan's fight in RotS, Kenobi straight up avoids a lot of the Generals attacks through superior footwork or blocks multiple strikes with only minimal saber movement.