Why is Maul the weakest of Sidious's apprentices?

Whether it's losing to Padawans or having inferior force feats to Dooku and Vader, what are the reasons you believe Maul to be so far behind Sidious's apprentices. Why is it Maul has no notable showings of barrier, can't use force lightning, and only focused on Swordsmanship like a jock meathead. Why can't Maul be on par with Dooku or Vader in the force?

Because while Filoni still draws breath. Maul will continously under go Saibamen worthy failurs✅

I like the EU explanation that he was only trained and meant to be used as a Sith Assassin. Makes perfect sense and explains why he's so inferior.

The EU has two different explanations on Maul.

Well Dooku was decades more experienced than Maul and had pretty much fulfilled his potential (minus the boost he could have gotten from any dark side secrets Palpatine kept from him).

And Vader was just a superior choice to both Maul and Dooku being the chosen one and all.

Also Maul's Potential was likely capped after he got cut in half.

It's down to the fact that Maul was just the youngest of the lot.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Also Maul's Potential was likely capped after he got cut in half.

Originally posted by SunRazer
It's down to the fact that Maul was just the youngest of the lot.

Vader's younger than Maul.

Not when you're comparing Maul as of his apprenticeship to Sidious to Vader as of his?

Well yeah not then. I guess him losing his Master/Teacher caused more harm than him losing his legs.

Originally posted by relentless1
I like the EU explanation that he was only trained and meant to be used as a Sith Assassin. Makes perfect sense and explains why he's so inferior.

Tbh, though I wouldn't say he's inferior to them in all aspects. But yeah, I'm not sure why the EU tried going in two different directions with him before the Canon revamp.

Now Canon wise...yeah that is kinda weird given he's further expanded upon with TCW.

But Legends it's pretty straightforward despite the EU trying to write something else.

Vader is weaker.

Originally posted by The Merchant
Vader is weaker.

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Because his competition is the Chosen One and a prodigy with 7 decades of training?

Originally posted by Nephthys
Because his competition is the Chosen One and a prodigy with 7 decades of training?

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And yet despite that would give either of them a fight.

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There's kind of a reason every time something embarrassing happens to Maul it becomes a meme.

Shit doesn't make sense.

They created the perfect warrior and then ran out of shit to do with him.

A perfect warrior who can't react to a guy jumping over him and attacking, yeah.

Maul was a failure from the start. There was nothing perfect about him.

It's almost like he spent the last 10 minutes having the time of his life fighting that guy and his master at the same time. Yeah, because then it'd seem a little disingenuous to assert that he now can't react to said guy jumping over him, and was simply caught off-guard.

Maybe it has something to do with that guy needing to return in 5 later instalments of the franchise.