Darth Nihilus runs the gauntlet
Full rest/recovery, victor /10, no giga-drain, Legends.
Warm-up/trash: Darth Bane
Warm-up/trash: pre-Nathema Vitiate
Warm-up/trash: Nyriss, Scourge and Meetra
1. Darth Thanatan
2. Darth Malgus
3. Obi Wan
4. Exar Kun
5. Dooku
6. Anakin
7. Darth Jadus
8. The Dread Masters
9. Revan Reborn
10. Galen Marek
11. Darth Vader
12. Darth Krayt
13. Amped! Mace Windu
14. Dark Empire Luke Skywalker
15. Darth Caedus
16. Yoda
Bonus round: Nihilus gets the rest of the Triumvirate
Probably stops at Amped Mace Windu.
But, anyway, I have compiled what I feel is the best set and showings of Nihius' power. I've gone through great length sto accumulate all I could on him and this is the sum total of my research.
Enjoy.
Darth Nihilus telekinetically tore a fleet of Star Destroyer sized vessels from the extreme gravity vortex of the Mass Shadow Generator from Malachor V, then held the ship together throughout the galaxy.
"This ship is from Malachor. This Sith Lord of yours bolsters his fleet with the ships from that world... he's nothing more than a scavenger..."
"This ship, is it his weakness? It should not exist, yet it cruises the darkness between the stars. He tore it from the mass shadows of Malachor, along with his fleet, that is a measure of his power."
"This ship is barely holding itself together. The structural damage should have destroyed it long ago."
"He holds it together. And he keeps us all alive, just enough, like rotworms within a dying beast."
―Canderous Ordo and Tobin (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: The Sith Lords)
"The Ravager was hauled from the gravity well at Malachor V by its new master. He used it to escape imprisonment on Malachor V."
―Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: The Sith Lords
"Darth Nihilus' dark will held the vessel and its crew together."
―The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
"Darth Nihilus, using only the dark side, holds the ship together from his command post on the bridge."
―Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Prima Guide
Nihilus destroyed Kreia with the Force before she could even react to him - despite staring right at him. The fact Nihilus can do the below to her with one arm is pretty insane:
Sion was basically an unkillable zombie, and Nihilus dropped him like a 50lb sack of garbage when Sion tried to challenge him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IobIhctxRXg
Nihilus more or less has a planet-wide Force Drain / Death Field. It was said that he "spoke" and everyone on Katarr died.
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He was beat by the Exile.
This is true but Obi-Wan beating Anakin is true as well. We must actually look at what we know - the factors involved to understand the context in which this fight took place.
First and foremost, what shape was Nihilus in prior to the fight with the Exile?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Eie5kxm8U
(skip to 2:10)
"The Master suffers... If he can not feed, then the hunger begins to consume him The planet Telos... He may feed on something upon its surface to sustain himself a while longer."
(And then skip to 3:00)
"[Kreia] spoke of the Jedi academy here on Telos...and my Master was forced to come here." -Tobin
"If there are no Jedi here, then my Lord cannot feed his hunger. He will destroy the planet, the station... he will cleanse it of life. ...and if there are no Jedi below, he will have no other choice." -Visas
So...this is the shape Nihilus is in. He “suffers” and is “forced” to come to Telos to try and “sustain him[self] a while longer.”
So, the Exile, Visas and the Mandalore all proceed to the bridge of The Ravager and confront Nihilus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8iniopJ3U
The subtitles aren’t in English but it’s the clearest vid I could find of this.
At 00:34, Nihilus stuns the Exile. The Exile and everyone else is at his mercy with no more than a gesture after turning around. Nihilus already won the fight you could say. He could have whipped out his lightsaber and cut off all their heads with zero effort.
But he chooses not to. Why? Because he "suffers." He chooses instead to try and drain The Exile. The Exile, being a wound and anomaly in the Force like Nihilus himself, is immune to the move. In fact, the results of trying to drain The Exile hurts Nihilus judging by visuals.
So, let’s go over what we know.
-Nihilus “suffers” because he needs to feed and was “forced” to come to Telos as a desperate attempt to “sustain him[self] a while longer.”
-He had the Exile at his mercy and chose to try and drain her, thus further weakening himself.
Jump to the end of the fight. After the Mandalore, Visas and the Exile have been assaulting him.
What were the results of that initial conflict?
Visas: “He... is too powerful...” (1:56)
So, the only canon account we have of how that first skirmish went was that apparently he was either beating the crap out of all of them or whatever they did had no effect. And this is him doubly weakened.
So, that’s all there is to it.
Yes, the Exile beat him but the circumstances and facts more than make that a wholly pointless blackmark on Nihilus’ power.
So, tallying up all of Nihilus displayed powers:
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[*]the ability to destroy every living thing on a planet “with a word.”
[*]the ability to pull starships away with telekinesis.
[*]the ability, while weakened, to stun people with a gesture.
[*]the ability to make a wrecked old skeleton starship fly through space while simultaneously keeping the crew all alive.
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And and how can I forget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wt4fwDx1lE
Force Choke.
