Candidates for Tier 9 combatants?

We have Sidious, Yoda, Anakin and Mace Windu confirmed to be in tier 9. Dooku, Maul and Obi-Wan fit into tier 8.

So who else is (potentially) eligible for tier 9 status as a combatant? We're measuring all facets of dueling (skill, experience, Force augmentation and reserves, etc.), but not offensive/defensive Force powers.

My picks would be Luke Skywalker, Revan, Reborn Krayt, Exar Kun & Darth Plagueis.

Tenebrous probably fits in the highest notch of tier 8, as would Vader and the wanked Ancient Sith duelists. The TOR protags as well.

You're pretty much spot on, although I still stand by Dooku being tier 9 :/

I would, too, but Gillard's confirmed (apparently) that he doesn't rank him there.

Vader, Dooku and Mace are all more or less equals IMO
Dooku > Mace
Mace > Vader
Vader > Dooku
That's how I see it anyway, so they should all be on tier 8 or all on tier 9.

The ancients are all stated to be below Kun anyway so Nadd, Ragnos and co are tier 8 at most

Vader and Caedus

Caedus sucks

I forgot about Caedus. He's between tier 9 and 8. Not sure where he is precisely as of yet.

I know Caedus is supposed to be more powerful than Vader, but I still see a fight between those two being Vader's game, So low-mid tier 8 for me

I'm not too sure about Caedus being more skilled than Vader, either, but his speed and agility would give him the edge there.

He would've stomped Katarn in seconds while exhausted, was the 2nd greatest swordsmen in the galaxy after Luke/Jaina admited inferiority in Dark Journey, was stated to be greater in the force than Jaina and Mara. Not sure what Vader has done that places him as being more skilled

Not too sure about the others, but Caedus being able to trounce Katarn in a few seconds whilst injured is actually very good. Yeah, he's tier 9.

Vitiate/Valkorion, or is this strictly saber skill?

He doesn't have anything by way of dueling to be ranked.

Starkiller??

Originally posted by SunRazer
He doesn't have anything by way of dueling to be ranked.

Yeah Starkiller is on here if we aren't going completely by technical skill

@Carthage - Wasn't Vader matching him whilst holding back? I doubt Vader's tier 9 to begin with, so SK's definitely tier 8.

The candidates for tier 9 should be easier to rank than tier 8.

My ranking would be:

1. Luke Skywalker

2.Darth Sidious/Yoda (DE Sidious might be a bit higher)

3. Mace Windu

4. Darth Plagueis/Darth Caedus

I'm not ranking Anakin, since it depends on his state of mind. He could be anywhere from 2-3 here to somewhere in upper tier 8, based solely on his mindset.

Luke and Sheev are prolly on another tier altogether tbh

Isn't it stated as a preface that Gillard refuses to rank tier 10's because "nobody's perfect" or something? That makes sense, especially considering low showings and how random lightsaber duels are/can be.

Disregarding that, Luke in his prime, holistically, might be a tier 10. DE Sidious might belong there, too, but RotS Sidious was one of the tier 9 benchmarks. There's no way he's tier 10 if Yoda's tier 9.

Originally posted by SunRazer
Not too sure about the others, but Caedus being able to trounce Katarn in a few seconds whilst injured is actually very good. Yeah, he's tier 9.

Already disproved.

You can stop repeating broken memes Nova as well as pretending Gillard knows what he's talking about. Caedus is not even Dooku level and Nick 'lightsaber forms do not exist' Gillard, is not a canon.

Stop reaching and I won't have to shit on you, like I did on CV.