Why is Maul such a mediocre force user?

He has no good showings of barrier, can't use force lightning, has no knowledge of Sith Sorcery, no good showings of weather manipulation, can't use tutaminus. Did Sidious train him only to be an assassin and a thug with a Lightsaber? Does Maul have a handicap that only enables him to be good with a saber? Why does Maul have hardly any variety with his force feats?

Pretty much yeah, he was designed as a weapon/assassin. Why bother really to study other things? That said, he has some pretty nice TP feats(Legends), he can Force cloak(Legends), and has some nice TK feats.

Trainee Zannah and Ben Skywalker have used cloak before their primes. Being an assassin doesn't excuse his lack of versatility with the force, did Sidious just hold back or is Maul just compensating by being 00b3r skill3d

Sidious trained him as an assassin and a weapon, he doesn't really need to know any Sorcery related things or what have you. His saber skills and TK abilities among his other few like TP and Stealth, are perfect set for what he was built as.

Because he hates using it, he believes it's cheating. So he was trained all his life as a pure lightsaber duelist and he's still shit at that...

Originally posted by chingchangwalla
Because he hates using it, he believes it's cheating. So he was trained all his life as a pure lightsaber duelist and he's still shit at that...

Wat.

Well for someone who spent there whole life training in lightsaber combat and obtained mastery of Teras Kasi, he isn't as good as he should be...

I used to rank Maul on almost Mace level but after Rebels he's on par with Trebor 🙁

Hello not versatile but he is a power house. He's survived things that most people would be dead from.

Originally posted by chingchangwalla
I used to rank Maul on almost Mace level but after Rebels he's on par with Trebor 🙁

Rebels Maul is inferior to his SoD incarnation.

No he isn't. That being said, Syndicate, it's time to pass the retard card onto to ching with that Trebor bullshizzle.

I never let go of what's mine. 🙂

Originally posted by Syndicate
Rebels Maul is inferior to his SoD incarnation.

Nah Rebels Maul isn't Trebor bad but SOD Maul would beat him :/

Based on what? Your opinions? Unfortunately they come second to Disney's.

Disney butchered Maul... I don't care what they think 🙁

That's nice. If you caring about things made them matter, the world would be a much darker place.

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Yeah Disney ruined Maul. They made him a lame villain.

Maul was already ruined before Rebels tbh.