Originally posted by AncientPower
The only one you can even reasonably argue he can best is Arcann, he's completely out of hiz league in a fight with any one else here though.Face it. Vader is Malgus tier.
That's lowballing, Vader steamrolls Malgus and he can literally beat anyone here solo, just can't take them together. A guy that's above ROTS Sidious is not losing to these chumps one on one.
He was never above ROTS Sidious. Strong drinking Assronger brand kool aid. Lucas himself confirmed he was never even close ROTS Sidious from Mustafar onwards.
But yes, Malgus has immense feats and accolades comparable to Vader even as of Decieved. He then gains a permanent boost to his connection to the dark side by the end of said novel, prior to spending twelve years of growing his mastery daily. In fact, Darth Sidious massively wanks his dark side power, he even goes so far as to state that Malgus like himself had discovered the true key to dark side power; willpower and focused rage.
The idea that Malgus isn't on, or even above, Vader's level is pretty disgusting lowballing to be perfectly honest.