Originally posted by ILS
*shrugs* Make whatever excuse suits you. Here it is:
And yeah, this was 13 year old Boba without Beskar. Not seeing how he's so outclassed personally.
LMAO. How was that CQC? Obi-Wan was an idiot who jump-kicked him and Boba elbowed him back in retaliation while he's open. That proves nothing. Afterwards Obi-Wan had been hit by a concussion missile and injured his shoulder and the full extent of the rest of the fight was Boba slamming into him and pushing them off a roof, at which point he smashed Obi-Wan against the wall. How does that prove he can hang with Ulic in a swordfight? Getting one hit on a post-RotS Obi-Wan doesn't mean anything.
Originally posted by ILS
As for the rest, from what I could tell there's a difference between resisting Force attacks such as the Sorcery Ommin used, and actually erecting a barrier that projectiles bounce off of. When Ulic's Force resistance kept Ommin's sorcery at bay, no barrier was visibly erected and Ulic was able to continue moving. When he erected his barrier, he had to gesture and visibly concentrate, and then when he advanced towards Mandalore he dropped the Barrier.
Not really. I didn't see a gesture or any overt concentration. Regardless, if there is a difference between those then if just means that Ulic's full concentration barrier would be greater than his standard resistance. In which case yeah Boba really has no chance of getting through.
Originally posted by ILS
You seem to think Boba's only mode of attack is "shoot shit!". He usually makes use of the environment and makes an effort to catch opponent's off-guard, which are two things if implemented in this fight that would bear much fruit in terms of winning. Of course Ulic can barrier a lot of Boba's weapons but, what happens when Boba drops the chain Ulic is standing on, forces Ulic to leap to another one, and then attempts to blow him away in mid-air? Just one example I can think of.
Ulic blocks it in mid-air. Easy. That tactic failed for Mandalore, it'll fail for Boba.
Originally posted by ILS
Yeah, he held Sylvar off, which is a great feat. Let's not pretend he did any more than that.
While you get to pretend that Boba was pressing Kenobi in H2H? Naw, single standards please. Ulic held her off for a shitton of time, vastly out of practice and past his prime. Prime Ulic was a beast.
Originally posted by ILS
Ulic doesn't actually have any feats with Force augmentation to back up your claims that he would fodderize Boba; there's evidence to oppose this on Boba's side. And I doubt Ulic could tear Boba's head off, if not because Ulic isn't even that strong to begin with, because Boba's Beskar armor would prevent that. Anyway, Boba's strengths in CQC don't solely lie in physical combat, either. He has voice/twitch activated weapons systems from his shin to his wrists which include various poisonous darts, two flamethrowers, explosives, a sonic emitter that incapped Rahm Kota/Proxy, a wrist laser, fiber cord whip, etc. Wouldn't be impossible for him to catch Ulic off-guard. Hell, one of Ulic's main areas for improvement was being aware of his surroundings and not underestimating opponents through arrogance, which is exactly what will get you killed against Boba.I think it's an even fight, personally, as someone who knows both characters pretty well. Maybe I'm alone in that....
Ulic matching Kun, who cut through a thick wall of Mandalorian Iron proves his strength. I'm pretty sure that if you're strong enough to cut through a sheet of Mando Iron you can tear heads off, although admitted I've not run the numbers yet. His speed can be established in his feats against fullmetal alchemist dude.
None of those gadgets are a serious threat to a Jedi of Ulic's abilities. And he won't get the opportunity to use many of them before Ulic closes the distance and engages him in a duel. Also as others have pointed out Ulic has Force Powers. If Boba tries to fly away he can TK him. Or maybe even **** up his equipment with Destroy Droid. It should work on other electronics/whatever.
