Every single person here has fought Sidious in sabers.
Their respective performances:
Windu- Held his own, to say the least.
Maul- lost in 25 seconds.
Fisto- lost in 6 seconds, which just a brief exchange of blocks.
Kolar- Never even blocked a blow.
So, in sabers, I rate them Windu, Maul, Fisto, Kolar.
From this, one can tell I put team 2 above team 1.
You've ignored the game-changing advantage Mace Windu had in that extremely circumstantial fight. Without his very choice emotions in that fight, his Vaapad amp and the emotions of Anakin Skywalker he'd have performed far lesser.
A better comparison would be when Mace Windu fought Darth Maul and couldn't beat him despite Aayla Secura's aid. Agen Kolar has faced Mace Windu to a standstill IIRC. Kit Fisto supposedly equates any Council member bar Windu and Yoda.
Depending on how much you take away from Maul's ability to stalemate Windu & Secura, Darth Maul is superior.
Originally posted by AncientPower
You've ignored the game-changing advantage Mace Windu had in that extremely circumstantial fight. Without his very choice emotions in that fight, his Vaapad amp and the emotions of Anakin Skywalker he'd have performed far lesser.
Well, he pretty much won, so 'lesser' can still be plenty better than Maul.
Originally posted by Q99
Well, he pretty much won, so 'lesser' can still be plenty better than Maul.
But not through sheer saber skill and augmentation. His Vaapad enabled him to defeat Darth Sidious, without it I doubt he'd perform better than Maul. Not saying Windu sucks or anything as I believe Maul, Windu, and Dooku are all more or less equal in skill. Yoda and Sidious being solely above them at the time.
Originally posted by AncientPower
But not through sheer saber skill and augmentation. His Vaapad enabled him to defeat Darth Sidious, without it I doubt he'd perform better than Maul. Not saying Windu sucks or anything as I believe Maul, Windu, and Dooku are all more or less equal in skill. Yoda and Sidious being solely above them at the time.
Not even sure if Vapaad's canon anymore. In any case, both Mace and Dooku are above Maul. Maul is a peer to Kenobi (but probably better than him in the Tk department). And we saw the difference between Kenobi and Dooku.