Caedus IMO reached or got very close to Palpatine's power, but I think Bane is a little superior to Malgus.
Can Caedus hold his own against Sidious ROTS? I think so, he was adequately fighting GM Luke in a lightsaber duel, the same Luke that when he was far less powerful and less refined was beating DE Sids in a duel.
In Force power I would like to think that Caedus would be able to hold his own as well, so they would probably go at it for a long time.
Long enough for Bane to take down Malgus and then possibly tip the balance enough to take down ROTS Sids.
Sidious will defeat Caedus with difficulty or oneshot Bane easily
Malgus on the other hand has dominated HoT/Barsen Wrath/Nox with TK, either of those users collectively are more powerful than himself
Malgus is also far superior duelist to Bane, and can dominate him with TK as he did with HoT and Barsen long enough for Sidious to defeat Caedus.
Even if Caedus beat Malgus, Sidious would SLAUGHTERHOUSE Bane and then finish Caedus off. Malgus can hold off Bane either way.
Bane is an inferior duelist to Malgus
Bane fought evenly/gradually was overcoming Zannah (who only has beaten Set Harth) and Sarro Xaj (only due to the ineptitude of Johun Othone), beat a featless trainee Sirak, beat a featless Trainee Fohargh, and only beat Kas'im due to drawing on a nexus.
Malgus has beaten Kao Cen Darach, beaten Satele Shan twice, beaten Aryn Leneer, beaten a Zabrak master that toppled buildings on him, beaten Ven Zallow, beaten Lord Adras, and dominated two of the most powerful Jedi/Sith of the era with Telekinesis.
The only difference between DOE Bane and Orbalisk Bane, is Bane is protected by armor and is amped to a high degree. Bane is inferior in skill, power, and dueling feats to Malgus and there is nothing in Bane's showings off nexus with Orbalisks to suggest he doesn't get smashed around by Malgus's TK.
Originally posted by Lord Stark
Team 2. Malgus is stronger than Bane imo.
You think so? I would think the advantages of body-covering lightsaber-proof armor that provides passive dark side healing, and noticeably greater speed would provide something of an advantage on Bane's part, even if Malgus were as powerful as he.
Team 2 in a good fight.
Originally posted by NewGuy01
You think so? I would think the advantages of body-covering lightsaber-proof armor that provides passive dark side healing, and noticeably greater speed would provide something of an advantage on Bane's part, even if Malgus were as powerful as he.
In addition, Malgus have Force Maelstrom. A powerful multi-tasking Force ability should be good enough to overwhelm most opponents.
Noticeably greater speed? Malgus is extremely fast. He have successfully contended with foes who are stated to be unbelievably fast even by Jedi standards.
Also, if I am not wrong, Orbalisks slowed Bane down.
Originally posted by S_W_LeGenD
Team 2 in a good fight.Problem with Darth Bane (Orbalisks) is his vulnerability to Force powers such as Force Lightning. Darth Malgus happens to be extremely proficient in the use of Force Lightning.
In addition, Malgus have Force Maelstrom. A powerful multi-tasking Force ability should be good enough to overwhelm most opponents.
He is vulnerable, though hardly much moreso than anyone else I'd wager, but he does have a lightsaber.
Caedus could probably kill Malgus via force storm tbh, he's actually demonstrated the power unlike him
He remembered the wild joy of release as the power of the storm had
roared into him and through him and became a mad vortex within the
underground chamber, lifting stone and brick and chunks of duracrete to
whirl and batter and slash the Yuuzhan Vong, pounding the warriors with
pieces of the planet that had once been Jacen's home. A shrug of wind had
crushed the Yuuzhan Vong into one corner of the chamber, and he
remembered bubbling laughter exploding with malice into a shout of
victory as he had reached up his hand and brought down the building
around them. He rocked back on his ankles, hands going to his face.He had fallen so far... The wall of rubble closed off most of the
chamber: tumbled hunks of duracrete, fallen in a steep slope from
uncountable floors above. The only light in the much-reduced chamber was
leakover from glow globes in the ruined hallway outside. The ceiling had
collapsed, he remembered that much, remembered the roar, the pounding,
the dust and flying splinters of stone. No, wait, it hadn't collapsed...
He had pulled it down. He remembered swirling within the red tide,
remembered feeling Vergere lose consciousness, remembered reaching for a
new target, a new victim, reaching for Nom Anor with the lightning that
had felled Vergere...
And being unable to find him. He could see the Yuuzhan Vong
executor, could hear him shouting orders to the warriors around them all,
but he could not touch him with the lightning. There had been a circuit
missing: the lightning would ground harmlessly into the floor or the
walls or arc back to make Vergere's unconscious body spasm in
convulsions.
The lightning of his rage could only span gaps between poles of the
Force..
. neither Nom Anor nor his warriors could conduct that current.
Frustration had compounded Jacen's fury; he had thrown himself
outward seeking power to do these creatures harm...
And the storm above the crater had answered.
He remembered the wild joy of release as the power of the storm had
roared into him and through him and became a mad vortex within the
underground chamber, lifting stone and brick and chunks of duracrete to
whirl and batter and slash the Yuuzhan Vong, pounding the warriors with
pieces of the planet that had once been Jacen's home. A shrug of wind had
crushed the Yuuzhan Vong into one corner of the chamber, and he
remembered bubbling laughter exploding with malice into a shout o
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