Originally posted by Ziggystardust
As in, who has Dooku defeated in lightsaber combat that is worth their salt? From all the evidence available, he seems to be doing well in his era because combat was on the steep decline.I mean... we know that Maul isn't worth mentioning here:
Defeating (legends) Grevious is rather impressive, but by his own omission in Labrynth of Evil, he's not doing so easily. He's also keeping secrets from the Cyborg and likely capitalizing on the flaws in his programming. I do think a random encounter between the two would look very different, if neither had prior knowledge. On the other hand, Revan has faced armies of Assaj Ventress', they're called - Sith Assasins.
I agree, defeating Legends Grevious is something very few people could do I think. As far as Dooku vs Revan would go (back on the OP's topic) Dooku is probably a better duelist than Revan, but I don't think the difference is very big, Revan CAN contend for an extended period. Where Revan wins this fight is in his Force powers, he can't defeat them both (Dooku and Maul) in a straight lightsaber duel, but Revan's Force ability makes up the difference massively.
Originally posted by Nephthys
And how big was the saber/blaster advantage for the HoT, Darth Marr, Satele, Lana, Theron, Shae Vizla and Jakarro?
This. HoT alone is easily on Maul and Dooku's level as a duelist, and that's just him. Not including the Wrath, Nox, Barsen'thor, Satele Shan and Darth Marr.
Originally posted by |King Joker|
Yet wasn't Revan winning during the duration of the fight until the intervention of his spirit?
Originally posted by darthbane77No, he was winning, and would have won if not for his other half.
Maybe not "winning" but he was contending well, and he was dominating them for at least a short time. Even though he lost, the fact that it took two strike teams that big and that powerful to kill Revan is testament to his power.
Revan's spirit explicitly aided the protagonists in the Temple of Sacrifice fight, talking to them throughout it, moving structures, and teleporting them to various levels of The Core. It shouldn't be any different in the second fight. In the Forgotten Terrace, the fissures and echoes of dark side and light side energy canonically spawned can easily and logically be attributed to the intervention of spirit Revan, especially considering he shows up in full physical form directly thereafter the fight.