Darth Bane vs Darth Malak

DarthAnt66 wrote:How would you reckon Drew would word the quote if, rather than writing about Bane and Revan, he wrote about Bane and Palpatine?

CuckedCurry wrote:Bane smacks

IG wrote:Yes, cite evidence for a well known fact while in your phone, outstanding move. Honestly, you realize that “common knowledge” requires no citation, right?

Corvinus wrote:This actually puts Bane over Vitiate so rather than being a peer, Revan becomes an inferior of Bane.

We won't just stick with that quote though, we should then move onto feats. I'll get one thing out of the way immediately, Revan's battle precognition won't do him any good here, as Bane has held his ground against the Echani Jedi Master Raskta Lsu, who had help:

Corvinus wrote:With Revan's vaunted battle precognition out of the equation we move onto something that has incapacitated Revan time and again, Force Lightning. With the first quote I provided we can say that Bane's Force Lightning is more powerful than Vitiate's, and indeed Bane has some of the best Force Lightning feats in the mythos:

Revan wrote:
She raised her free hand above her head and fired off another burst of lightning. Both Scourge and Meetra threw themselves clear of the deadly electrical bolt, but in doing so they gave Nyriss the early advantage.

Before they could recover, she leapt at them. Despite her withered appearance, she moved with the all the speed and ferocity of a dark side warrior in her prime. She landed right between her two adversaries, her blade flashing back and forth in a series of slashes and cuts that immediately threw her two opponents on the defensive.
Scourge barely managed to parry the first wave of her assault, unable to even think about countering with an attack of his own. Another quick thrust forced him off balance and he staggered backward.
Nyriss seized on the opportunity to focus all her efforts on breaking through Meetra’s defenses. The Jedi was clearly overmatched; though she managed to hold her ground, she was forced down to one knee.
In the awkward position her right flank was exposed, and Nyriss brought her blade in to deliver a crippling cut. At the same time, Scourge lashed out with the Force, catching Nyriss flush in the center of her chest.
An ordinary foe would have been thrown clear across the room, but Nyriss instinctively threw up a Force barrier to protect herself, absorbing and redirecting the brunt of the impact. Even so, Scourge’s attack knocked her off balance just enough to send her lightsaber wide of the mark, giving Meetra the opportunity she needed to scramble away to safety.
Scourge rushed forward, hoping to drive Nyriss back into a corner, but she met his charge with an invisible wave of rippling energy. It picked Scourge up and tossed him head-over-heels, sending him crashing to the wall.
Dazed, he looked up just in time to see another bolt of violet lightning catch Meetra in the chest. Like Nyriss, she threw up a barrier to save herself from the worst of it, but she was still knocked from her feet.
'Did you think I would be as easy to defeat as Xedrix?' Nyriss shouted, raising her lightsaber triumphantly above her head.
The air around her began to crackle and grow hot as she gathered herself for the killing blow. Scourge felt the energy building inside her, and he knew he would be powerless to stop it. Nyriss was too powerful; her command of the dark side was too strong.
'Gaze upon me and see your doom!” she declared. “I am Darth Nyriss, Lord of the Sith. I am the conqueror of Drezzi, the destroyer of Melldia, and a member of the Dark Council!'

Scourge braced himself for the end."

Corvinus wrote:As already evidenced by the Raskta quotes, I don't see Revan beating Bane in a lightsaber duel, and as evidenced by the Force Lightning quotes and Revan getting taken out by lesser users of Force Lightning, the case is made that Bane can do the same.

All this actually indicates Bane's superiority over Revan in fact.

IG wrote:Vitiate's lightning is "infinitely more powerful" than lightning that ashes a Meetra++ being, and Revan negates 99% of his attack.

If you want to take a look at lightning stuff for Revan, then look no further than his casual ashing of Darth Nyriss, a being that speedblitzes both Scourge and Meetra Surik, both of whom share rough parity. Revan absorbs and reflects Nyriss' lightning back at her, and The Essential Reader's Companion describes it saying that, "Revan's raw power in the Force bends Nyriss' Sith lightning back at her, utterly destroying the Sith Lord". Given Revan is able to instantaneously summon enough power to absorb and reflect Nyriss' lightning, it stands to reason that he should be able to do the same with his own lightning, as force abilities are directly proportional.  Meaning Revan's force energy gathered in a split-second is enough to tear through Nyriss' defenses and vaporize her. Nyriss is able to speedblitz Meetra and Scourge, as I've already mentioned, so let me cite the fight here.