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If I were a Jedi: I'd have two yellow sabers with standard hilts, specialising in Niman

If I were a Sith: I'd have a regular red Saber, specialising in Juyo coz I'm a psycho

If I were a jedi, I would specialize in Soresu with a green or yellow lightsaber
As a sith i would use a red lightsaber with Juyo as well

If I were a Jedi, I'd wanna master every saber form, but probably Soresu and Ataru.

Sith, mix of Juyo, Djem So and Makashi, Red lightsaber with spiked brass knucks built into the saber hilt

Sith, black single bladed lightsaber, Vaapad as my primary with Djem So and Soresu thrown into the mix.

Jedi, Niman, blue saberstaff.

Green lightsaber, Sith, Soresu/Makashi mix.

I'm fine with just throwing rocks at people with my mind.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
I'm fine with just throwing rocks at people with my mind.

Don't forget bricks.

I don't think I'll ever reach that level.

Originally posted by Total Warrior
If I were a jedi, I would specialize in Soresu with a green or yellow lightsaber
As a sith i would use a red lightsaber with Juyo as well

Oh maiiii~

I've seen that avatar pic TW, impressive.

As for moi, I'd be a Grey Jedi, Green lightsaber and my main form would be Makashi, ataru and Shien.

Grey Jedi, green and purple lightsabers, Makashi / Soresu / Niman blend.

Originally posted by NTJack0
Green lightsaber, Sith, Soresu/Makashi mix.
Terrible.

Sith, Red blade, Djem so/Makashi hybrid

Single green-white blade, Jedi, A composite of all the forms

Technically, if you master Niman and lightsaber combat in general, you have amazing fighting prowess and no real deficiencies - you technically are strong in all areas of lightsaber combat.

Wait, I changed my mind. As a Sith I would use a darksaber, not a red one

Originally posted by SunRazer
Technically, if you master Niman and lightsaber combat in general, you have amazing fighting prowess and no real deficiencies - you technically are strong in all areas of lightsaber combat.

It's my fave form tbh, often overlooked

Single purple lightsaber, a makashi-djem so hybrid and I'd rather not join either the Jedi or Sith but if I had to I guess it'd be Jedi.

Originally posted by SunRazer
Technically, if you master Niman and lightsaber combat in general, you have amazing fighting prowess and no real deficiencies - you technically are strong in all areas of lightsaber combat. Nah, Niman just gives you a basic knowledge of everything, but does not allow you to specialise in anything. I think I read somewhere the popularity of Niman with Jedi was one of the main reasons so many were killed in the petranaki arena

So? Sources have directly stated that it's incredibly difficult to actually master Niman, but you have amazing fighting prowess once you do so.

Originally posted by Emperordmb
Sith, black single bladed lightsaber, Vaapad as my primary with Djem So and Soresu thrown into the mix.



So very revealing.

All the special snowflakes in this thread think they have a choice.

Jedi, single green blade, Soresu with Makashi for precise counters.

Originally posted by The_Tempest


So very revealing.
Oh wow, I posted my answer based on personal preference on a thread asking for such an answer. Ooooooh! I've really dug myself into a hole on this one!

How do you turn everything into a way to be condescending Temp?

Originally posted by SunRazer
So? Sources have directly stated that it's incredibly difficult to actually master Niman, but you have amazing fighting prowess once you do so.
Quote? (I believe you - I just want a quote for my Revan RT)

Gray Jedi: Mix of Makashi and Djem So with a standard hilt if possible
Sith: Makashi and Juyo mix with a primary blade being Dooku's and secondary being a darksaber for Jar Kai

Originally posted by carthage
Sith, Red blade, Djem so/Makashi hybrid

Originally posted by Nephthys
Single purple lightsaber, a makashi-djem so hybrid

Oh, God, Carth, you're more Bane-like then Neph ;<


I would pick blue or red saber, curved hilt and Makashi

Technically speaking, I'm probably the most Bane-like as a Sith with forms III, V, VII, though that's not why I picked the forms. It's mere coincidence that the three forms Bane uses are the ones I'd find most favorable, though I'd hold a preference for Form VII of the three of them rather than Form V

Oh, my mistake. Bane wasn't Makashi user, right? Just used a cruved hilt?

Yarp, Carthage would be more like Vader since Vader also used Makashi.

Ahh, allright, my mistake. Still, similarity between Carth and Neph strikes me

Originally posted by Emperordmb
It's mere coincidence that the three forms Bane uses are the ones I'd find most favorable I've never seen so much bullshit concentrated into such a tight space in all my years.

Form VII has always fascinated me the most, especially Vaapad, yet I'd find a brute Force offensive effective as well and want to back both up with the most defensive form.

If the entire purpose of my form selection was to suck Bane's dick as everyone seems to think it is I'd go with Djem So as the primary, not Vaapad.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Terrible. Oh neat, I really value your opinion.

Dark Saber. Master Soresu and Juyo.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Quote? (I believe you - I just want a quote for my Revan RT)

For difficulty mastering Niman, or the amazing fighting prowess upon mastery?

Both.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
Both.

For the former, I think in The Jedi Path Obi-Wan or someone else mentions that it's difficult to master the art of combining Force attacks with lightsaber fighting - that may have been TPM or AotC Kenobi though.

There's also Cin Drallig suggesting that you need to spend at least ten years on Niman to master it, and that's if you focus solely on Niman:



For the latter:

Originally posted by Emperordmb
Oh wow, I posted my answer based on personal preference on a thread asking for such an answer. Ooooooh! I've really dug myself into a hole on this one!

How do you turn everything into a way to be condescending Temp?

Nah, it's not in the way you think. It has less to do with Bane than it does your general taste in evil Mary Sues. You say you'd want to be a Sith, which is strange because Sith are comprised of psychopaths and morons. You also want to maximize Vaapad, the deadliest and most powerful form... And supplement it with an impenetrable defense.

Other than your choice of faction, it's smart.

Sith Lord
Almost pure Makashi with only light traces of other styles.

Originally posted by SunRazer
Technically, if you master Niman and lightsaber combat in general, you have amazing fighting prowess and no real deficiencies - you technically are strong in all areas of lightsaber combat.

Wasn't that Niman has no weaknesses but also no strengths? That doesn't automatically make you good in all areas...

Sith: Single red lightsaber or lightsaber pike with Juyo.
Jedi: Single green lightsaber, a Djem So-Ataru hybrid.

Originally posted by DarthDuelist9
Wasn't that Niman has no weaknesses but also no strengths? That doesn't automatically make you good in all areas...

Yes, but if you master it (or lightsaber combat in general), you are good at all areas, lol.

I don't think People would spend over ten years mastering it if it was shit...

Can't we just say Niman is like low-key way of mastering all of the forms in a nutshell?

Originally posted by SunRazer
Yes, but if you master it (or lightsaber combat in general), you are good at all areas, lol.

Yeah sure, depends on your interpretation of 'good'. You will never be as good in certain areas like Djem So's in strength based fighting or Soresu's defense but Niman is kind of the middle way.

Jedi= green or just pure white saber, and I would specialize in djem so mainly, but secondly soresu, makashi, vaapad, ataru in that order

sith= red and yellow saber, so it looks like fire, and i would specialize in vaapad mainly, but secondly ataru, makashi, djem so, and shii-cho

Originally posted by Kurk
Can't we just say Niman is like low-key way of mastering all of the forms in a nutshell?

No, actually. Niman is the easiest of the 7 forms to master; and no, mastering it doesn't make you exceptional in any area in particular, the technique just doesn't have exploitable weaknesses.

Easiest to master? I'm pretty sure it was the hardest or at least it took the longest to master.

It's stated to be the opposite by Drallig, iirc. Something along the lines of Niman taking 10 years for the average Jedi to master, and others taking longer than that.

@Nova: You commented about Niman being very powerful at its peak, and then used an incredibly vague quote to justify it (every form mastered gives amazing Lightsaber skill)

Do you have any sources? Normally I'd take your word for it, but Dralig actually notes that masters of Niman find it "insufficient"...

Here's what Drallig says.





Here's what the JP says.





There's nothing said about it being insufficient other than it's not demanding.

@Selenial - It's not vague because that was from the same section that described each of the lightsaber forms. To go out of its way to specifically mention amazing fighting skill in the case of having mastered Niman would be utterly redundant if it was the case for each of the forms. The section was entirely about what distinguished one form from another.

Jedi Sentinel (I don't need to be famous for what I do)
I would use a combination of Ataru and Niman, complemented by Soresu. Since Ataru lets the body open to attack, master Soresu would be perfect. And since Ataru isn't good for fighting against multiple enemies, I would mix it up with Niman, or maybe Shii-Cho.

One standard lightsaber would be my choice.
I'd like to blend a few styles, combine Shien for offense, Soresu for defense, and Niman so I could also build up Force energy to use in Force attacks.

What I understand about Niman is that it's the most loaded toolbox of all the lightsaber forms. In the hands of a passive Jedi, accustomed to peacekeeping and diplomacy you'll get wasted pretty quick on a battlefield or against a specialist in practically any of the other forms. But for someone with excellent combat intuition and a knack for innovative combos it can be every bit as formidable as Makashi, Ataru or Djem So. In the hands of a Niman specialist who eschews balance in favor of aggression it can be just as lethal as Juyo. Personally, I think practitioners who can actually utilize Form VI to it's full potential are few and far between because too much of it's effectiveness depends on the amount of innate skills you can bring to the discipline. Better to master a rote form that tries to have an answer for any situation and minimize hybridization to focus strengths instead of spreading yourself too thin. Like Djem So with a bit of Sokan to address the mobility issues.