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Originally posted by Sinious
1) Darth Bane's order enforces its members to master all kind of things related to the Force from its application in grandiose rituals to all areas of combat. So, it is a necessity for them to master melee combat in all ways.
2) Darth Tenebrous (the one man who trained Plagueis) was an enthusiast of dueling.
3) So due to (1) and (2), Darth Plagueis definitely had a lot time invested in mastering close range combat, despite his distaste for it.
4) He is physically superior to both his opponents here.
5) He is praised by Tenebrous himself to have great skill in dueling (can't recall Tenebrous praising him so explicitly in any other combat applicable category).
6) He trained Darth Sidious, the greatest Sith lightsaber duelist of all times by a large margin. He also trained him to master literally every kind of close range weapon and not just lightsabers.
7) Sidious himself lacks the kind of experience you're talking about, but that doesn't stop him from being the greatest combatant of all times.
8) Plagueis is significantly more powerful than either of them, so he doesn't even need to out duel them. He has the Force advantage.
9) Plagueis has accolades that make him vaguely relatable to ROTS Sidious, which by itself makes me feel bad for Revan and Kun here.Also, he atomized the assassins lmfao.
And this is why it's fun to lowball mister "gr8test Dahk Lord of da Sith."
Spend a lifetime acquiring power, no one bats an eye.
Spend a year waging war 'cause Marka told you to, everyone loses their minds.