Venamis has no feats to make this a challange. He has one fight 7 paragraphs long, 4 of which he's getting humiliated. And even though - " Tenebrous had made venamis an expert in plagueis' s style, and so the bith could not only anticipate but counter plagueis' s every move." He was only able to land a single flesh wound on plagueis before getting utterly stomped.
Being part of the Banite lineage is enough on it's own to warrant a challenge; but besides that? He's an ambidextrous master of multiple lightsaber styles with a particularly unorthodox technique, and respectably powerful in his own right. Furthermore, he gave Plagueis quite a bit of trouble, and that's more than enough to contend with Mara standalone.
He was only beaten when Plagueis reached a battlemind like state and overwhelmed him. Before that he was fighting at an advantage even fighting him while hovering:
Realizing that the fight could go on indefinitely, he took himself out of his body and began working his material self like a marionette, no longer on the offensive, instigating attacks, but merely responding to Venamis’s lunges and strikes. Gradually the Bith understood that something had changed—that what up until then had been a fight to the death seemed suddenly like a training exercise. Exasperated, he doubled his efforts, fighting harder, more desperately, putting more power into each maneuver and blow, and in the end surrendering his precision and accuracy.
They fought evenly until Plagueis used some sort of technique. I agree Mara would win, but to say she'd stomp him is ridiculous
Originally posted by NewGuy01Except he wasnt really part of the lineage, more like a possible successor that was too weak to carry the mantle.
Being part of the Banite lineage is enough on it's own to warrant a challenge; but besides that? He's an ambidextrous master of multiple lightsaber styles with a particularly unorthodox technique, and respectably powerful in his own right. Furthermore, he gave Plagueis quite a bit of trouble, and that's more than enough to contend with Mara standalone.
Where does it say hes a master of multiple lightsaber styles? It says hes an expert in plagueis style, and he mixed forms, not that hes a master of multiple. And his unorthodox fighting style consisted of twirling his surprisingly limber body, and tossing his lightsaber from hand to hand. Forgive me for not being too impressed.
Outside of the flesh wound to plagueis neck, due largely to him being trained to counter plagueis every move, what trouble did he give him that would constitute quite alot? They fought thru some trees and streams while plagueis wasnt even giving him his complete attention. He even took a moment mid fight to wonder what the fight looked like to people at the fort thru the trees before he basically let the force guide his moves and completely dominated venamis. If he really was giving plagueis quite a bit of trouble dont u think he would have given him his full attention?
"He even took a moment mid fight to wonder what the fight looked like to people at the fort thru the trees before he basically let the force guide his moves and completely dominated venamis."
I'm pretty sure he was thinking about that after the fight but I might be wrong. Either way there's nothing to suggest he wasn't giving Venamis his full attention. Descriptive writing doesn't mean a character's own thoughts are wandering lol.
"The contest took them backward and forward thru the trees, across narrow streams, and up onto piles of rocks that were the ruins of an ancient sentry post. Plagueis took a moment to wonder if anyone at the fort was observing the results of the contest, which, from afar, must have looked like lightning flashing thru the forrests understory."
"Realizing that the fight could go on indefinitely, he took himself out of his body_and began working his material self like a marionette, no longer on the offensive, instigating attacks, but merely responding to Venamis’s lunges and strikes._Gradually the Bith understood that something had changed—that what up until then had been a fight to the death seemed suddenly like a training exercise. Exasperated, he doubled his efforts, fighting harder, more desperately, putting more power into each maneuver and blow, and in the end surrendering his precision and accuracy."
It definitely seems to me like his thoughts were wondering for a moment there.