Originally posted by Sinious
Vitiate was immensely weakened. He proved how vastly superior he normally is to HoT when he stomped him a short time ago in his Space Station. However, HoT still pulled off something impressive since Vitiate was still powerful enough to collapse a huge part of the Dark Temple. That should say something about HoT's TK as well.
HoT grows more powerful after that, though. And it's important to note nobody was prepared for Vitiate or even knew what he was capable of. The second time around, HoT came prepared and knew what he was up against. And as I've said a couple of times, we don't know exactly how weakened Vitiate was. It's always unclear and ambiguous. Besides, even a Vitiate in the state he was against HoT is still one of the most powerful beings in the mythos. His defeat speaks volumes of HoT's power and skill. If not defeat him, SoR Revan and HoT should at the very least be able to give normal-state Vitiate the fight of his life (and that's saying something cause he's more than a thousand ****ing years old).