Nephthys
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Originally posted by ILS
Well how well exactly did she do, and how did the Orbalisks amp Bane? IIRC they increased his general stats as well as gave him regeneration. I can understand where you're coming from if his physicals went through the roof with the orbalisks, but if the amp wasn't substantial, then I'd assume at face value that Lsu fought someone who was relying on pure power and not skill. If that did end up being the case, and she still lost anyway, I'd need to vouch for Vos' skill against hers still.
You act as if Bane needs a huge amp to be far deadlier than Vos. He doesn't, in any area. Even without them he would curbstomp Vos. However, he was very deadly with them. Fast enough to appear to wield a dozen lightsabers at once, strong enough to disarm Farfalla in one strike, almost instant regeneration and with near-complete protection from lightsaber strikes which is a massive advantage.
I'll post Raskta's relevant showings in the fight:
Note that everything below is from the perspective of Farfalla and Johun, so when she's moving too quickly for them to see she's moving too quickly for them to see. Note also though that she is amped by Battle Meditation.
"Raska's blue blades flickered too quickly for the eye to see, neutralizing her enemy's initial, wild attack then landing half a dozen lethal blows to his chest and abdomen. But instead of toppling, the big man kept coming, never even breaking stride. He would have plowed straight into Raskta, trampling her under his heavy boots, had she not cartwheeled to the side at the last possible instant."
Nice speed, blocking Bane's attack and landing a dozen on him before he could run through her lightsaber range and bowl her over.
"Farfalla saw the Sith Lord turn toward him, sensing the intervention that had saved Raskta's life. Bane unleashed a barrage of Sith lightning, gathering and releasing his power at the speed of thought. The Jedi threw up a Force barrier to shield himself, but the electricity tore right through it and arced toward him. Then suddenly Raskta was there to save his life, repaying a debt that was only a few seconds old as she threw herself in front of him. Fueled by Worror's battle meditation, she switched styles seamlessly, and her arms and blades became a blur as they carved figure eights in the air to catch and absorb the bolts of dark side energy."
Rastka catches individual lightning bolts of a Force Storm.
"He spun back to the fight to see that the Echani Weapons Master had taken the offensive, sending quick flicks of her blue blades toward Bane's unprotected face-the only spot on his body seemingly not covered by the impenetrable shells. Remarkably, Bane was giving ground.
"Stay back!" she shouted at Farfalla. "You'll just get in the way."
Farfalla did as he was told, gathering the energies of the light side to throw up another protective Force barrier should Bane try to unleash his dark side powers against the Echani.
She seemed to be everywhere at once-in front of Bane, beside him, behind him, circling low, leaping to come in high, deflecting his blade with one of her own then stabbing three quick times in succession at his eyes. The big man's head ducked and bobbed, twisting and turning to avoid her blows as he tried to mount a counteroffensive.
Raskta's mastery of her blades was unparalleled, but even with her talents augmented by Worror's battle meditation she wasn't able to land a telling blow on such a small target through Bane's defenses. Still, the ferocity of her new strategy had turned the momentum in her favor ... or so Farfalla thought."
Raskta appears to be in multiple places at once from Farfalla's perspective and her skill is "unparalleled".
"Together the three of them held the Sith Lord at bay: Farfalla on the left flank, Johun on the right, and Raskta in the center. Between blocks and parries they cut and stabbed at his face, their combined efforts finally forcing their enemy into a defensive stance.
The young Jedi marveled at the speed and savagery of Raskta's blades. And while Johun's own clumsy efforts had actually seemed to impede Sarro when they fought side by side, Raskta appeared to thrive off his presence. When he went high, she went low. If he came from the left, she came from the right. It was partly a function of her choice of weapon: individually each of her lightsabers was more precise and accurate than Sarro's giant double blades. But it was more than that. Her reactions were so fast, her combat instincts so pure, that she was able to sense and anticipate what he was going to do even as it happened, then use his attacks to her own advantage."
It takes BM Raskta, Farfalla and Johun to force Bane on the defensive. And Raskta is able to turn even a slow, poor duelist like Johun into an asset through her superior skill and battle prowess.
Raskta didn't lose to Bane, she was backstabbed by Zannah after she'd dispatched her own opponent due to a momentary distraction. Her speed and skill were extraordinary, much greater than Vos' imo. Even accounting for the Battle Meditation.
Also in a comparison with Sarro, Raskta is significantly more skilled than him, despite Sarro being said to have elevated the act of combat to its purest and highest form and being hideously skilled in his own right.