Originally posted by quanchi112
We don't see an energy gauge but weakened means less than at their best. That's undeniable.Kicking and forcing him to engage and literally press him. Maul won but that doesn't change the fact he did press him. Anakin according to you only beat Dooku due to his rage amp so you aren't that impressed. Maul would capitalize on how unbalanced he was due to Anakin rage just as he clearly stated against Kenobi in their first duel in the clone wars series.
Sheev won and yoda even said afterwards he failed. Maul wins just like Anakin did by powerful strikes.
Doesn't detract from the fact that Dathomir is a nexus and would help her. So while I'm not questioning the novel I'm saying that she had some power up due to her being on a nexus.
So he want engaging him the entire fight? Was he not fighting/engaging him. He wasn't pressing Sidious not even close. While I admit he got a kick on Sidious a good feat he didn't press him. You are correct I belive Dooku only lost due to a rage amp from his opponent because in the preceding strokes and maneuvers Dooku had kicked Anakin in a wall and was evading and taking and redirecting everything Anakin had really. You are terrible at making comparisons. Look at kenobi in TPM then look at him in TCW. He received a rage amp but it worked in two separate ways. First one worked pretty effectively he was able to disarm maul of one of his blades and actually require maul to do something he prefers not to do. Use his force powers. Then he was an Ataru specialist. In TCW he is a soresu specialist. So how do you get a peace keeper with the nickname the negotiator with the most paciistic form and think he's going to do well in that situation. Anakin being a Djem so specialist is going to have better succes due to his style being a very aggressive style.
Again was yoda the only won who came off the pod? The two are stalemates as before they both fell of yoda pushed the bubble of energy back but couldn't successfully put it back on Sidious showing a stalemate as he was able to put it as far as he did but cou don't go all the way. Again powerful strikes are not going to guarantee you victory. We must also look at the multiple times Dooku has defeated Anakin who is a power duelist. Or how Dooku easily redirects the powerful strikes of general Grevious. So really just because his style is aggressive and dookus style is weak to a specific thing maul has Dooku can effectively deal with it as he has compensated for this weakness to an extent.
I can easily say that Dooku wins due to his precision which maul can't afford due to his style being so sporadic it leaves him open. Also Dooku has a massive force edge and we have seen that Dookus force powers work on maul.