Originally posted by |King Joker|
This is Asajj Ventress as of Dark Disciple. She is equipped with her two red-bladed lightsabers. Setting is the Teth Monastery.
Does she give them a strip tease like she does Kenobi?
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 1: Ezra Bridger
Round 2: Tionne Solusar
Round 3: Grand Inquisitor
Round 4: Aayla Secura
Round 5: Tholme
Ventress stomps no question. Ezra needs a lot more training, Vos was giving Aayla the smackdown, Tionne is shit, the Grand Inquisitor is confirmed to at the very very best be slightly beneath Ventress, and Tholme being smoke won't save him.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 6: Darth Maladi
Maladi could give Ventress trouble with her mind ****ery, but given the extent of Ventress's other advantages I don't see it being enough to tip the fight in her favor.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 7: Qui-Gon Jinn
Jinn certainly won't go down easily given the fight he gave TPM Maul, and I don't really see Ventress doing anything to unbalance him, but she would inevitably overcome him nonetheless.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 8: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Attack of the Clones)
Given how this version of Kenobi is beneath Qui-Gon (via Dooku's comparison and Qui-Gon's performance against Maul) and Fisto (via his own admission and Fisto having to hold back for them to duel evenly), as well as Kenobi only stalemating a pre-prime Ventress a few months after AOTC, Ventress should conclusively take this one.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 9: Anakin Skywalker (Attack of the Clones)
Though I take Anakin's performance against Dooku as an indication that he's above AOTC Kenobi, I don't for a second believe that it proves any degree of parity between him and Dooku, and given that a pre-prime Ventress was matching a slightly later incarnation of him on Yavin until he drew upon his anger, and that she dueled well against him on Kamino once he got the Jedi mullet, I'm inclined to think that she'd beat this incarnation of him.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 10: Quinlan Vos (Legends)
Vos while decently impressive in his own right has been displayed as being beneath Agen Kolar and Sora Bulq, and Ventress just strikes me as his superior in almost every respect, so I'd say she takes him here as well.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 11: Kit Fisto
She only bested him circumstantially in cestus deception, though this was pre-prime, and I'm inclined to think she could replicate that performance at her peak given the fight she gave Grievous in Season Four considering Grievous's feats between his fight with Fisto and then.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 12: Sora Bulq
This fight does interest me, though I'm truthfully unsure what to make of Bulq so I can't really comment on this one.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 13: Plo Koon
Ventress held out better against Savage than Plo did IMO, and I'm also more impressed with her other feats and her Force feats, so I'd side Ventress but Koon would make her work for it.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 14: Darth Talon
Talon basically strikes me as Ventress light but with lightning, and I'm more impressed with the opponents Ventress has matched or defeated than I am with Talon's
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 15: Satele Shan
Satele strikes me as having a Force edge (teleportation, greater telekinesis, rather insane tutaminus, etc.) while Ventress strikes me as having the sabers edge. Normally I'd be inclined to lean Ventress but as of right now I'm uncertain as to what extent Satele can utilize teleportation in combat to mitigate her dueling disadvantage so I'm unsure.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 16: Darth Marr
Darth Marr is largely unexplored, however from what I've seen of his speed it's pretty damn insane, his combat abilities are stated to be second to none in the empire, and he's a hell of a tank. I'm unsure given how sketchily defined Marr is but I'm leaning his way.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 17: Darth Malgus (Deceived)
This is where I'd say she definitively stops, as Malgus's force abilities (matching freighter's engines with TK, blasting several tons of rubble off of him, overpowering Aryn with lightning, killing Jedi with lightning) and physicality (considerably greater physical strength and much greater durability) lead me to side with him.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 18: Kyle Katarn
Kyle Katarn's status as a threat against Caedus (substantiated by him landing a kick to Caedus's head and him and the three other Jedi matching him evenly for most of the duel in lightsaber combat despite the three other Jedi being collectively no threat to him and Caedus TKing one or two of them away), him defeating Desann (who as stupid as it is managed to last briefly against Luke), and him being on par with Viun Gaalan (who did hold off Luke briefly in a very impressive manner) all lead me to believe Katarn would outduel Ventress. Luke chose his battlemaster well and I think she would stop here as well.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 19: Lord Scourge
Scourge I'm impressed with as he was superior to an incarnation of the HOT that was still the greatest Jedi in the Order (including Satele Shan, Jaric Kaeden, Gnost Dural, pre-prime Barsen'thor, and Tol Braga), the dark council feared him, and he had three hundred years of improvement on top of already being comparable to Meetra Surrik, so I'd say she stops here as well.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Round 20: Darth Maul (The Phantom Menace)
Maul as of this point hasn't gotten the exposure to give him his greatest dueling feats, but he still has the dueling feats of stomping Komari Vosa while injured, completely dominating a Jedi Weapons Master to the point of an hero, and controlling the Naboo fight are still very good feats, his physicality is utterly insane (especially in Lockdown), is one of the deadliest Sith Warriors in history on top of having refined his skills to a rather insane degree, and possesses enough Force power to collapse barracks. With all of that in mind, I'd put this incarnation of Maul above Ventress, and even if they were even, Maul would still undoubtedly outlast her.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Boss: Obi-Wan Kenobi (The Clone Wars: Season 5)
Obi-Wan's ability to match Maul in lightsaber combat as well as he did leaves me inclined to believe him the superior duelist, particularly with his feat against Maul and Savage at the same time, which though it was circumstantial, I definitely could not see Ventress replicating it. Stops here as well