#it's like when they disserviced castiel in spn

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Also, anyone who seriously debates whether...

I was reading this, and thinking it over, and it makes sense. It would explain why Sidious went to take out Maul himself in The Clone Wars, too. He knew Maul was well trained enough in dueling that he could probably trash Dooku. And since Ventress was trained by Dooku, he’d be able to take her out too. Fun stuff. Maul and Ventress areceventually going to meet in Cut Strings. In Heart of Shadow, too, but probably not for considerably more chapters.

Basically, yeah.  Also, the only person I can recall who truly bested Maul in saber combat -- like outright saber-to-saber -- was Sidious, until he died under Kenobi's blade.  And I can make a real argument that Maul went there to die, frankly, because no duelist that talented would pull a trick like that twice.  And Maul was goading Obi-Wan in that scene, too.

He'd slaughter Ventress.  I'm pretty sure he'd kick Dooku's ass.  I'm really sure he'd kick Grievous's-- er.  Bottom half.

Fact is, Maul is at his very best with his blade in hand.  His style suffered in some ways in TCW, he’s not as elegant, but he’s still fucking really good even if he’s not fighting for the joy of the fight there.  Like-- I get people have their faves, but the reality was that at twenty-fucking-two years old, he’d mastered several forms, including the hardest one; he was good at offense, he was good at defense, he was fast, adaptable, had incredibly good footwork, could throw in hand-to-hand and Teras Kasi without missing a single stride and he could use telekinetics when he needed to.  Trying to downplay Maul’s skills for-- who the fuck even knows what reason is taking away the one thing that sets him apart from other Sith, even other Force users.  It’s his one art, of course he’s fucking amazing at it.