Nox dominated Thanaton with laughable ease. She casually backhanded his lightning away like it was a mosquito. She's got the combined power of 6 powerful Force users. She'd dominate Anakin or Dooku.
1. Ventress, as much as I love her, is a small fish in a big ocean of Force users. It's a good feat, but context is important. Darth Thanaton is vastly superior to her.
2. His own lightning is so weak Obi-Wan can block it without difficulty.
Tyranus can't defeat her so easily in actual combat though and he doesn't casually backhand it, he dramatically deflects it while looking visibly startled.
Both Nox and Thanaton have superior lightning to Dooku anyway. Nox was blowing up rock and statues even without the ghost amp, Kel was exploding metal 40 years before TOR. Dooku's lightning is weeeeak.
She still fights on par with and defeats Council members, some of which are amongst the greatest duelists in the Order's 25,000 year history.
Feat for Obi-Wan not a negative for Dooku.
Anakin strains a bit to deflect it in TCWs, Ventress barely is able to deflect it, Yoda deflects it "far from easily", and he is able to blast three people simultaneously with it.
I'll be honest, on Corellia I barely barely edged out a victory, surviving with under 10 HP. It was intense. On Korriban, I had a friend help me beat him in true Sith fashion.
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But she is not equivalent to a Dark Council member, is noticeably inferior to every other Sith in the PT in the Force, and is barely a Dark jedi with a few years' training.
It's a really poor example to use.
Dooku's lightning is noticeably smaller and weaker than Sidious' and Thanaton's (the latter can conjure entire storms in combat) and is deflected with little effort. Comparatively, Sidious' lightning, even when holding back, staggers Mace Windu. There's a huge disparity there.
Tbh, TK is Dooku's Force strength, not lightning. He spams it, but he doesn't generate much power behind it, which makes sense because he hasn't been a Sith his whole life.
But he doesn't no-sell Force Storms from Dark Council members, does he? Nox walks through shit.
I kicked his ass in Corellia. It was great, I walked through his allies and shat on his face right in front of everyone. But he was inexplicably badass on Korriban. Shit was embarrassing, yo.
Apr 22nd, 2014 02:50 PM
