drallinix

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idk its your choice whichever to go with.

I agree with you on many things except I believe the wrestler to have the advantage. Having sparred both in real life the wrestler is much harder to deal with. I have grappling experience in a style that is much like aikido which is entirely skill based. The djem so user redirectin blaster bolts is not soresu it is shien the form that djem so derives from. I feel if the soresu user can manage for long enough he could have an advantage later. However the djem so user specializes in saber dueling and creating openings which makes me believe thatat the beginning and towards the middle of the fight he will have a distinct advantage. Not saying victory is absolute for either at any stage however as a style made for combat it is much better equipped for it. My real life example being Shotokan karate versus tai chi.

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but you forget obi wan was overwhelmed and had to resort to force as well. Im not saying it is ineffective, but it lacks offense so it is somewhat at a disadvantage. Its not a huge deal, but shien was made to utilize soresu's precise and perfect defense, while still maintaining offensive power. Soresu was made to fight against blasters, this does not render it ineffective in a lightsaber duel, but does make it not decisive and at a slight disadvantage to makashi and djem so. Against ataru the Soresu user holds a distinct advantage due to his defense and the Ataru user will tire. However against a djem so practicioner the soresu user will have trouble maintaining his guard as well as have very few ways to actually hit the djem so user. All down to it it is mainly based on who the duelist are, but as a style I would give the edge to shien or djem so in lightsaber combat, but the edge to soresu in terms of blaster defense and combat.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

Emerging in the entrance of the cave Adrian stared Arthur Greystrokes in the face. With him he had two other fighters. The first was a demon who had quickly joined him out of respect for his title. The second was a strange woman with unknown intentions. Adrian let his wings fold behind him as he glared at Arthur.

"Arthur Greystrokes......do you remember me? I should hope so. An innocent boy desperately fighting against his very nature. You attempted to kill me in that forest, but my father rescued me on that day. By rescue I mean he drugs me down into the pits of hell and tortured me for twenty thousand years! However fear not Arthur I slew him. YES!, I killed my own father and now I am the monstrosity you see before you. This time when I go back to hell you can be assured your going with me, and when we get there we are going to have a good time." finishing his speech Adrian let out a roar.

The boy was suddenly engulfed in black flaming armor made from hell energy. A helm of hell matter covered his head, and all that could be seen of his face was burning scarlet eyes. His mace began glowing with an ethereal red and he got into a powerful stance. The head of this mace was behind him and his feet were set in a backstance. He was ready to leap forward into a boneshattering strike.

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kk ill start working on the initial post. also lalliman ill have your guy working with Adrian out of respect for his title. I have no idea why evvie would join him I guess that's to be revealed.

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probably unless you want her to jump in after me and hellwolf over there go at him. just tell me which and ill get a post up.

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Jensari has always put emphasis on soresu's main usage being for deflecting blaster shots and not for dueling. The sith textbook says the same and you can reference it in many other areas. Its not a bad style, but unlike mkashi and shien it wasn't made specifically for dueling. literally the only difference between shien and soresu is shien is geared towards dueling so is more direct than soresu.

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Oh no Adrian is going to start with some sort of iconic I have returned im here to get my vengeance prepare to die etc speech if you don't mind.

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I mean my guy is literally here JUST to kill Arthur they have a previous score to settle. so do u want to be with me and the hellwolf or on your own before the battle starts.

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no makashi is based mainly on fencing soresu has origins in Chinese martial arts and djem so and shien have origins in kendo most of the styles also have some western longsword techniques present as well. In the original trilogy the props were so delicate that combat wasn't able to be as fast paced, but they made up for it by using wide powerful swings. The actual different styles weren't truly made present until the start of the new trilogy.

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kk got u once dude agrees ill throw up our beginning post.