Artanis/Master Chief/Commander Shepard vs Darth Maul and Savage
Rules
Win by death
Composite Shepard
Chief has forerunner weaponry of his choice
Artanis has both warp and psi blades
area
Artanis/MasterChief/CommanderShepard vs Darth Maul/Savage
@juiceboks said:
@tparks: I'd be reluctant to put Artanis on par with these two on speed alone, how is he blitzing them both at the same time?
All Protoss have their Charge ability which is what they lead off with to basically speed blitz everytime,
and Artanis is no exception:
And that was against a hybrid, who have been described as fighting faster then the human eye can see in the Flashpoint novel. The Hybrid was able to get it's tentacles into Primal Kerrigan, who has been described as faster then the eye can see as well, and has had well beyond supersonic reaction times since before any of her upgrades.
As soon as the mission The Infinite Cycle starts, the game has Artanis use his ability called "lightning dash" to speed blitz four enemies at the same time:
A charge is quite a bit faster then any Jedi, and even without using a charge, Protoss elite like Artanis, are capable of fighting at speeds that rival any of these jedi. When Artanis and Zeratul fought, their movements were faster then Raynor's eyes and even visor's tracking functions can keep up with, and Raynor's been able to see lasers fire at his face, admire the beauty of them, and then get out of the way. This is all while he is driving 300 mph on Vulture too.
Protoss are just on a different playing field then Jedi for the most part.
@echostarlord117: Only one of those examples were of him teleporting, the rest was his actual movement speed, it's just much faster then the eye can see, so it appears that he's teleporting. I was just commenting on how his charge would let him speed blitz. His charge is a LOT faster then any jedi/sith moves. There is just no denying that.
On top of that though, Artanis has centuries of experience on all of these characters combined, a shield that will deflect all attacks, and AOE attacks much more powerful then the SW team.
He's just on a whole other playing field.
@echostarlord117: Psiblades do wonders, also
Artanis can cast lightning, Here he is casting it,
Another protoss high templar casting it, but lets not forget Artanis is above a fodder high templar,
A decent ranking protoss zealot brings down an ultralisk,
Warp blade would break a saber in half over time. The Run of the mill protoss is as strong as a regular terran marine. Again Artanis is above this, as he easily lifts up a zergling whos IIRC 400 pounds. Other zealots that are below Artanis have lifted up Hydralisks whom are half a ton or higher, which means physically Artanis is just as strong or stronger than either sith.
Handles a zealot with utter ease while the zealot tries to kill him, he doesn't try to kill the zealot.
Furthermore, takes spikes that can punch through plenty of armor with ease
Tanks a psiblade with his psi shield
Is able to keep up with Selendis whom as quoted to be very fast,
Moved so fast that before rosemary could react Selendis had killed Ethan. Ethan was a zerg/ghost hybrid whom was leading a charge with zerg.
A sudden golden-blue blur interposed itself between Rosemary and her prey. Before Rosemary could react, Ethan lay lifeless before her, his head severed from his body, the flesh cauterized by a psi blade. Selendis stood before her.
-Starcraft: Twilight
moved so fast that the hypersonic spikes before they even hit where "she use to stand." Lets also note moved so fast her psiblades left trails like other jedi..... Especially people like Mace Windu
He wanted to see this Executor Selendis ripped to pieces, too, and with a jerk of his hairless head another pack suddenly pulled itself from fighting the Dominion ground troops to tear off toward Selendis. She met them halfway, leaping from the courtyard into the fray. Ethan could appreciate good fighting, and he knew what he was seeing was magnificent. Glowing blue blades erupted from Selendis‘s wrists and she whirled and almost danced as she fought. Her bright armor glinted in the merciless sunlight, the glare bright enough to make Ethan wince and probably harsh enough to be a weapon on its own at close range. Selendis dispatched two zerglings almost instantly, then turned on a third. The hydralisks fired a volley of spikes. Selendis cocked her head, as if listening, then leaped and flipped in midair. Her blades moved so swiftly they were a blur, and Ethan realized that she‘d been fast enough to simply not be there when the spines reached her, and had sliced to pieces those she couldn‘t elude.
-Starcraft: Twilight
Sorry, but a run of the mill protoss zealot would give these guys a hard time, Artanis as Tpark's shows one shots either of them since its not in character. He tps and begins a simple psi storm.
@merulezall: You know what's crazy about him tanking the Hydralisk spines, is that his armor must have kept them from penetrating his skin at all. Hydralisk spines are deadly once they pierce the skin from the venom they carry, and he was hit with multiple spines. Seeing as how easily spines pierce even Marine's armor, that really is saying something for how durable he is even after his shield is down.
I never really consider Protoss armor to be greater then Marine armor, but I'd probably give at least Artanis' armor a significant durability advantage over a standard marine.
I suppose he may have also just fought through the venom coursing through his veins, toughed it out, and was healed when he returned to the Spear of Adun, but I don't see how he could heal from shots in the torso. Warfield had to have his arm cut off to survive, and marine armor will sever blood flow to damaged limbs to keep them from killing the rest of the body, so that makes sense for Warfield, but I can only imagine Artanis' armor deflected those spines, or at least is bulky enough to keep them from touching his actual body.
@merulezall: Ya, it was almost like Blizzard was saying, "we really need a tank character for Heroes of the Storm out of StarCraft, can we make Artanis more beefy?". Because he went from a guy who looked like he was starving to death, to a massive mountain of armor.
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