Pong Krell: Combative Prowess Discussion

Originally posted by chingchangwalla
Constantly laughing and doing everything with ease, also adding in his obvious mastery of Ataru with two double blades. He used Ataru for a very long time, which is supposed to be used in short bursts. It says a lot about his endurance and strength.

I think that's Niman in the new Canon.

Described as using a Double Bladed Saber combined with heavy usage of Force attacks.

I personally see more evidence for it being Ataru.
- Heavy use of acrobatics
- Obvious proficiency in unarmed combat (which follows the rule of Ataru; using the whole body as a weapon)
- Like Niman, Ataru is also a pathway to Jar'Kai so that's not a valid argument in Form 6's favor :/

Plus Niman is supposed to be minimalist in its movesets, Krell's constant cycling blades are NOT keeping with Niman's core focus.

Killing Clones = God's work, tbh.

Ain't nobody touching Krell, he beats all yalls.

Originally posted by chingchangwalla
Plus Niman is supposed to be minimalist in its movesets, Krell's constant cycling blades are NOT keeping with Niman's core focus.

IF that still is Niman's focus in the new Canon.

Niman is specifically stated to be the Saber Staff form with heavy Force Tk usage which is what Krell was doing.

However in the new Canon duellists don't tend to rely too heavily on just 1 form (going by Inquisitors assessment of Kanan's fighting style in their first duel). So it's possible he uses both.

It's not like he really integrated force attacks that often. He force pushed a shit ton of clones over whilst trying to flee, used a repulse before drawing his sabers and used a force push after getting picked up by a Vixus. He only used ithe force when absolutely necessary :/

I guess because it seemed to be a speciality of his like it is for Savage. And cause both use the Saber Staff. So it seems to fit with the Canon definition.

Will get the exact quote on Niman later.

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