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Originally posted by MythLord
Yes, there is a difference:Anakin meets the lightning with the plasma of his lightsaber, deflecting it and changing the angle to better counter it. Compare this to the idiot that is Teneb Kel:
The lightning's primary target is the hilt itself if you follow its stream and he's holding it out at it's most vulnerable, and not shifting directions.
Mace does something similar to Anakin, angling his lightsaber so that the blade catches the lightning:
"Lighting blasted the clouds above, and lightning blasted from Palpatine's hands, and Mace didn't have time to comprehend what Palpatine was talking about; he had time only to slip back into Vaapad and angle his blade to catch the forking arcs of pure, dazzling hatred that clawed toward him."
-- The RotS novelisation
As oppose to Teneb, who left his hilt exposed and it was the primary source of the attack. Good precision, but nothing special.
Anakin was only one example. His hilt was still no less exposed than anything else.
Windu angling his blade in that text is just a description of him raising his saber to block it, like in the movie. It doesn't suggest any special angle was used. As we can see in the movie, this is blatantly untrue.
When Sidious attack's Windu, his lightsaber isn't angled towards Sidious. If anything his hilt is closer and a clearly shot than his blade:
In fact, as you can see here, Sidious' lightning is actually curving up around his hilt to strike the blade, almost as if it's being drawn into it. Which it was. Windu's hilt was just as exposed as Teneb's was. Just like that of countless other Jedi's. Like the HoT, Barsen'thor, Tol Braga, Celest Morne's and many others.
Check this out:
Morne's lightaber clearly exposed and not angled to block Krayt's lightning, but the lightning is still only hitting the blade.
Or this example:
Maladi's lightning is actually splitting apart to hit the two sides of his blade instead of the hilt that's right in front of her hand.
The evidence is clear. Kressh's lightning simply overwhelmed Teneb's ability to direct it to the blades and contain it and therefore it destroyed his hilt as if ran rampant. It's the only explanation.
Originally posted by MythLord
So Mace wasn't angling his blade downwards, to more effectively counter Palpatine's lightning and throw it back at him? I'm sorry... did you see the movie? Or read the novel?
I'm looking at the scene right now.
His hands and hilt are completely open to attack.
Originally posted by MythLord
Armor? He doesn't have armor on his hands. I mean, gloves yeah, but they hardly add onto durability. Meanwhile, Dooku is making someone who no-sells blaster fire his b!tch with casual bursts of Force Lightning, which is easily more impressive.
That's the armor Inquisitor's wear. It's light, but still made from synthweave.
And it was Savage's armor that blocked those bolts, which Dooku's lightning bypasses. It's not like Savage's flesh was actually being hit, thus he'd feel no pain.
Originally posted by MythLord
What point? The fact that he had a Force Shield? Huzzah, so did Asajj, Sora Bulq, Savage Opress, and other beings with far superior endurance to Teneb Kel, they got incapped by Dooku's lightning.You could argue the lightsaber blades absorbed part of it, but then again, the primary target was Thanaton's hilt/palms, so they'd be suffering most of the assault.
They didn't get burned though. So bully for Dooku. And that's a shit comparison. As I said, not only was Teneb's shields and natural durability at work but he was also blocking the attack with his lightsaber. And as you said, only Tenebs hands and hilt were hit by the lightning, so he obviously wouldn't suffer any greater damage than his hands getting burned, and wouldn't be incapacitated like those you mentioned.
No, you can see the lightning being absorbed by the blades. And his hands were burned anyway, causing him to quickly drop it and then the hilt was disintegrated.
Originally posted by MythLord
Its hella better than anything Kressh did, or most of what Nox has done. 👆
It isn't. Nyriss turned armored guards into charred and smoking flesh, which is a hell of a lot more devastating than what Dooku did. And her breaking through Meetra's defense's (considering Meetra's defenses held against Traya's attacks that shat one near 20 Sith at once, who are >>>>> non force sensitive clones) and being able to incinerate her and Scourge is way more impressive than killing some shitty clones.
Originally posted by MythLord
And you're acting as if blowing up a ceiling is Dooku's limit, lmao. I don't know how retarded you have to be to believe that.
It's a clear display of what his lightning is capable of, in a case where he'd logically be going all out. And it's still inferior to what Act 1 Nox is capable of.
Originally posted by MythLord
Not really. The lightning's energy would clearly weaken every time a portion of it is absorbed or deflected, since that's how Force defenses work, unless you're willing to argue Teneb wasn't deafening the effects of Exal's lightning on his hands.
So did Nyriss' lightning also weaken when Revan absorbed it like Yoda did? Because if so it's even further above Dooku's lightning than it was before, lmao.
And the difference with Teneb is that he's actually blocking the attack, while Yoda absorbed it and returned it to him in his entirety. If he didn't, the excess energy would have harmed him. And Dooku merely deflected the attack, he didn't block it.
Originally posted by MythLord
Then how did he kill the people inside? The lightning magically passes through their armor?
That's... kind of how electricity works? It passes through a conductive surface. I'm pretty sure they teach that in high school.
BTW, its just been debunked that Dooku's lightning caused Yoda trouble. So that's pretty funny too. 👆