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this is a tough one. In many ways they are very similar. Assaj is supposedly dead from Anakin during the Clone Wars ( Star Wars Republic issue 71 ). She is definitely not as good as Mace, becuase she flees when they fight. She puts up a really good fight against Obi-wan on numerous occasions, yet Maul fought both Obi-wan and Qui-gon...
I am gonna wait a while to see what other people think, then vote
I didn't describe the setting much because the battle is what inerested me.
Asajj Ventress stood before the great and powerful Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. Beind around him, she felt such a high concentration of dark powers it nearly made her dizzy.
"So," Sidious spoke. His voice sounded dry, arrogant, but commanding at the same time. "You wish to be a Sith do you?" he paused as the doors at the other end of the room slid open.
It was Darth Maul, his Sith apprentice, recently returned from sabotaging a Republic military base. Although his hood was covering his face, Sidious could feel the prsence of his perfect Sith weapon. He could also feel the satisfaction from Maul's thoughts.
"He had succeeded," Sidious thought.
"Master," Maul said coming to Sidious' side and bowing his head, staring at Asajj through the corner of his eyes all the while.
"You've done well my apprentice. Now teach the young one what it means to be a Sith."
Maul wasted no time and immediately force pushed Asajj backward and had both ends of his lightsaber ignited and chargin her before she was up.
She managed to get her green blade up to block the first attack, long enough to removed her blue saber and get to her feet. Maul was using his staff like a spear, poking forward with only one edge, occasionally slashing at the sides in an attempt to estimate her speed. When he had studied her enough, he began use the second edge with upward slashes after he attemtped a thrust.
Ventress, although no sith, was a skilled warrior and was completely driven by the darkside. She tapped into her hatred and lust for power and began driving back Maul's attacks and began returning her some of her own.
After a failed slash, Ventress used both of her sabers to push Maul's staff to the side, and she managed to force push him backward, but he merely flipped backward and landed on his feet. She admired his perfect balance, his timing, and his focus was on her eyes only.
Maul could feel the fear inside her, and decided there wasn't enough. he was a Sith Lord, and she needed to be punished. Maul was concentrating on all of his training, all of the obstables he had overcome to become Sidious apprentice, and there was no way he would go through all of that to lose it to this pathetic attempt at a Sith.
Maul caught both of Asajj's blades with each end of his staff. He flipped backward using his hands to balance himself upside down on the ground as he flipped. His legs landed swift kicks into each of Asajj's wrists and her lightsabers were sailing across the room away from her while Maul was charging forward with his staff ready.
Asajj called her sabers to her through the force, but Maul could feel the call and interfered in the reception. He flipped foward in the air, using an incredibly aimed twirl of the staff that sliced both sabers in half. Asajj's face dropped from both the shock of Maul's skill, but then from the shock of the kick that landed in her face.
Maul deactivated his lightsaber and tossed it aside, much to Sidious and Ventress' surprise. He came to her with two hook punches that crossed right to left. She stumbled backward and readied herself as Maul paced around her with a grin.
Ventress used the force to leap over Maul and twist her body into a graceful flip. She landed directly behind Maul where she wrapped her arms around his neck, squeezing with all of her physical might, and using the force to amplify the choke.
Maul was losing air fast and dropped to a knee, feeling the air leaving his body. He was failing, and as he looked to his master, he realized that Sith do not fail. Maul sent his right elbow backward into Asajj's chest, then flipped her forward over his right shoulder. He snapped a kick with his right leg into her lower spine and she screamed in pain.
Sidious smiled with pride, the fight was going as he had planned. Only a worthy apprentice would be the victor.
Asajj rolled to the side as Maul tried to bring his foot down on her head to end the battle, but she distracted him by causing several large chunks of the roof to cave in on him. He flipped backward to avoid the stones crashing into the floor and was temporarily blinded by the dust.
Through the dust came a familiar red glow as Asajj began swinging Maul's own lightsaber at him. Maul could do nothing but use all if his powers to dart and dodge past every swing. The dust was beginning to clear and Maul could feel his master's displeasure given the circumstances.
Maul was able to escpae each swing, but he was growing tired in this situation, and Ventress was too power hungry to relent. Maul then saw his oppurtunity and went for it. Allowing her thrust to come forward, Maul darted to the side at the last second and brought his right elbow down across her mouth, dazing her long enough for him to grab his saber.
They both struggled over the saber, bringing it over Asajj's head, as she slowly brought the blade down, coming inches from his head. Maul's hands were losing grip as they scurried around the hilt of his lightsaber, until he found what he was looking for.
Asajj's strength faded almost as quickly as the second blade of Maul's lightsaber pierced into her chest. Another quick twirling thrust and a loud grunt later, Maul was bowing his head to his master as his opponent's head dropped to the ground.
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Another well written battle from Nefarus. If that was anime, Maul would probably try to sexually assault her after he sliced her sabers, or maybe I've been watching Ninja Resurrection too much.
You all have some very interesting thoughts, but I don't believe Sith are capable of love.
This would be a close one, but I'd say Maul. I believe he started his training at a very young age, so he'd be more skilled, more experienced and more adept at the Dark Side. It would certainly be interesting, pitting Asajj's two-sword style against Maul's double-bladed sabre.
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I qagree, I hate grevioue I have only seen him once but ´**** he is stupid.
I like VYentress though. But Darth Maul uis a real Sith so this is a really tough one.
Maul should be the more powerful force user and the more skilled duelist, IMO. But if you are someone who ignores context (Arhael) or if you just have absolutely no grasp of context at all (DARTH POWER), then it would seem as though Ventress is the more capable combatant when comparing their performances against Obi Wan.
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Kenobi used Soresu against her, which lacks offensive power as I am sure you know. In other words her excellent performance against Kenobi is as non-factor as Fisto's against Grievous. Maul would beat her fair and square.
Not to mention that she confronted less skilled Kenobi at the time.
So he fared worse against Ventress while using a style he's best at? Is that what you're saying?
Oh, here we go with this again. Yes Kit's casual tooling and taunting of Grievous is a "non-factor". I wonder why it took Obi Wan so much tries just to do just as good. I wonder why he couldn't even disarm a Grievous, who used only two blades against him on at least two occasions. But yeah, Kenobi is miles ahead of Fisto.
And if Kenobi does better when fighting offensively, then why doesn't he when he is up against Ventress? Why is it that your arguments contradict eachother. You say Kenobi is untouchable when utilizing soresu, but yet Ventress would have killed him in his most recent duel with her if it weren't for Anakin. So Ventress did better than Maul and Opress despite the fact that Obi Wan was using a style he was best at when fighting her.
But you're also the one who argues that one doesn't limit himself when he is not willing to kill his opponent.
__________________ "The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of" -Darth Plagueis
Kit Fisto was equal/ slightly superior to Kenobi in AOTC, after that he gets absolutely demolished. No way could Fisto dream of contending with the Maul brothers.
If Kit can casually tool Grievous while taunting him, whereas it took Kenobi several tries of consistent struggling just to as good, why should we consider Kenobi far superior to Fisto?
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