Originally posted by Ursumeles
Syn said, that he could see Nihlius being more powerful. Also, Sidious faked the fight.It doesn't gives evidence that they are.
Also, that would only verify Traya's claim.
Given that's the only reason to assume he is one I'd say it's pretty likely they are.
Traya's claim isn't substantiated in universe. And the character itself expresses no interest in any particular alignment.
Originally posted by Beniboybling
That's completely irrelevant tbh given that Plagueis is regarded as the most powerful Sith Lord who ever lived from an out of universe source. Though even so the historical record remembers Darth Nihilus as just that, a legendary Sith Lord.
I guess that's fair. Regardless of what he considered himself to be, he was historically remembered as one. Yeah I can agree with that.
Originally posted by Deronn_solo
Seems no one has yet proven Plagueis can resist drain.Nihilus kills him then.
Originally posted by Azronger
Plagueis muses that there is not a single Force technique he cannot attain by a simple effort of will. If you buy into this, it means Plagueis could simply resist Nihilus by willing himself to do it, even if he doesn't know the technique.Even if you don't buy into it, you'd still have to prove that Nihilus can drain someone as powerful as Plagueis before the latter slices him up with his lightsaber. Or in other words: instantaneously.
Doubt it.
Nihilus' drain works at the speed of thought and really, given speed and such is more often than not, a matter of power, I see no reason why Nihilus would be vastly slower than Plagueis anyway. Besides that: a vastly weakened Nihilus had no trouble taking on and keeping up with Meetra and her strike team.
Ninja'd by Beni. Dunno how Midichlorian manipulation can counter drain, lal.
I'd say Plagueis, you know, unbalancing the Force as a whole just by, essentially, thinking about it, is sufficient proof that he can attain specific Force techniques just by willing it. And then there's the fact that Plagueis muses he has absolutely no talent for Sith Sorcery, yet he pulls off illusions regardless.
You still haven't proven that Nihilus can drain Plagueis before the latter will slice him in two. I seriously doubt that, since Nihilus, as Nova mentioned, apparently failed to drain Traya, someone who Plagueis could erase out of existense by blinking. It's also a canonical fact that Force powers can be resisted by sheer willpower, which Plagueis has more than any other character, bar Sidious and possibly Luke and Yoda.
This should apply to drain, and also telekinesis.