Originally posted by DarthAnt66
@LordStark
I'm in the process of creating a Bandon Respect Thread.
Here is what I have so far: http://www.comicvine.com/profile/darthant66/blog/darth-bandon-respect-thread/97193/
Geez, thats even less that I thought he had.
Originally posted by UltimateAnomaly
I've read the Bane books, but what apart from accolades given to him and the fight with Bane, using a style he wasn't prepared for makes Kas'im seem so amazing when it comes to lightsabers?
Well he's basically mastered the art of the lightsaber to a greater degree than anyone else, and has an extremely impressive Force Shield. Probably beats anyone except for truly top tier Force Users such as the Exar Kuns and Galen Mareks or people with comparable skills such as Ulic Qel-Droma.
He'd beat the likes of Yoda and Caedus imo.
Well he's basically mastered the art of the lightsaber to a greater degree than anyone else, and has an extremely impressive Force Shield.
Which is simply a 3rd person perspective quote from Bane's duel on Lehon. No feats support him being a great duelist, indeed, he relied on trickery while using Jar kai and he still sucked badly enough to lose to a semi-trained Bane.
extremely impressive Force Shield.
Bane even stated that creating force shields was one of the first lessons they learned. Its a basic skill and hardly that impressive, not to mention he had a potent force nexus to draw from.
He'd beat the likes of Yoda and Caedus imo.
Wow.
Bane had literally memorised every single combination Kas'im could use with a double bladed lightsaber and could defend against them perfectly, and Bane at that point was already more powerful than 99% of Force Users.
When Kas'im switched to Jar Kai, he completely took over, and while Bane had a specific weakness to that, it's still reflective of the advantage Kas'im possesses in being able to use whichever form best works against his opponent's form and skillset.
The quote certainly wasn't from Bane's perspective, as it detailed information Bane wasn't familiar with, and it didn't read as likely coming from Kas'im's perspective, so I'd be interested in hearing why you're so sure it was coming from the perspective of a fallible third party.
Nexus is something that Bane also had access to, and he had the advantages of having charged the attack, and the darkside nexus likely being of greater benefit to offensive use of the Force rather than defensive.
Its a basic skill but a fundamentally important one that people use at the highest levels.
Also, this thing here is not an argument: "Nexus, The End." By all available evidence the boost of the average nexus is not so great that it would greatly detract from feats performed on them.
Styles make fights bro. Going by a gameplan of defending against any Force attacks, and keeping the battle a saber battle, he has a great chance against both Caedus and Yoda.
The quote calling him "best in the galaxy" or whatever was taken from his own mind when he was fighting on Lehon. Even then Kas'sim sabotaged Bane's training with Jar Kai, and while he put Bane on the run nothing suggests he's on par with Exar or any other high tier duelist. He was still literally struggling with a trainee lol.
Originally posted by carthage
The quote calling him "best in the galaxy" or whatever was taken from his own mind when he was fighting on Lehon.
Its not important that Bane thought him the best in the galaxy. I agree, thats just Bane's opinion and while I'd probably agree, it doesn't mean much by itself.
The relevant part is when Bane supports that opinion by pointing out that Kas'im had mastered all lightsaber forms (in at least single, dual and double-bladed styles) and had gone on to spend decades refining his skill with them to near perfection. Which is a hugely impressive level of technical lightsaber skill. I give him the win over Kit Fisto any day.