@darthaznable: She has contended with Anakin well - and Anakin is faster than Vader, and much more agile.
Vader has more emotional control over himself, more durability, more telepathic ability, and more esoteric powers - but most of that isn't helping much in a fight. Furthermore, Vader is not a lot stronger than Anakin was.
In strength, Anakin has torn apart spider droids with his bare hands, struck against Ventress's blade hard enough to shatter stone beneath them, crushed the hand of a Magnaguard, thrown blows with the force of a meteor strike, etc. (no, that is not hyperbole, because it specifically states with the force, not the impact, of a meteor strike). Conversely, Vader has torn down crystalline pillars, slammed down people hard enough to shatter stone, torn doors off ships, etc. Yes, they are about even in this regard.
In speed, Anakin has fought fast enough to fill Count Dooku's entire line of vision with the light of his blade, encase himself with the light of his blade, generate afterimages/afterglows, fought fast enough to appear in multiple places at once, deflected blaster fire from miniature armies (which is both a feat of skill and speed), fought imperceptibly fast, dodged lightning, reacted to sub-light speed ships and so on. Vader has thrown his blade around his body to form a shield, deflected blaster fire from miniature armies, drawn his blade faster than thought, fought imperceptibly fast, moved faster than Obi-Wan (by Ferus's judgement, which may not be accurate), moved fast enough to seemingly vanish, etc. Vader has comparable speed, and has replicated a few of Anakin's feats ad verbum, but even so, Anakin has a few feats such as filling Count Dooku's entire line of vision with his blade's light, encasing himself with his blade's light and fighting fast enough to appear in several places at once which clearly indicate Anakin is faster. Agility is obviously in Anakin's favor - sources have already told us that Vader's cybernetic armor reduced his actions anyways.
Telekinetically, they are also about parallel. Anakin has moved Conqueror-class dreadnaughts, lifted and hurled boulders the size of huts, hurled Tusken Raiders thirty meters, manipulated platforms before his prime and still with little effort, thrown trees and tree branches, stomped Asajj Ventress with the Force, stomped Magnaguards with the Force, formed tornadoes of sand, and so forth. Vader has collapsed cathedrals, crushed massive droids, knocked down titanic trees, thrown around V-Wings, lifted and crushed massive tank-sized machines, crushed Jedi hearts, torn off parts of wall, ceilings, floor and other objects at a room to hurl at Ferus Olin, choked Olin into unconsciousness, thrown people several yards into a wall, torn apart platforms, hurled miniature armies with the Force, etc, so they are indeed rivals with one another in this category too. Force Scream is an involuntary power, but I might as well cover it anyways. Anakin has collapsed a thirty-meter tall and ninety-meter wide dome, while Vader has unleashed Force Screams that imploded droids, melted durasteel, cracked apartment walls, torn out parts of ceilings, etc. Anakin appears to have greater area of effect with his Force Scream, while Vader appears to have more potency when used against specific things. They should still be at least equal, or Anakin is ahead here.
In dueling skill, they are even. Anakin has fought evenly with Dooku (by means of Djem So, but the effects of Djem So are quite overrated), outfought Ventress, sparred evenly with Obi-Wan, outfought Cin Drallig, outfought Serra Keto, stalemated Obi-Wan on Mustafar while being hindered, casually slain Magnaguards, etc. Vader has outfought the Dark Woman, Celeste Morne, Roan Shryne, outfought multiple Jedi on Kessel, dueled evenly with Ben Kenobi, and so on, all up to and around the time surrounding ANH, which, while impressive, is not on Anakin's level, especially since sources have outright told us that at this point, Vader was a mere shadow of what he once was. By TESB, however, he not only outfought TESB Luke, but was listed as a far more formidable fighter than he was in ANH, with the RotJ novelization further stating that he was at his most powerful in RotJ, indicating improvement between TESB and RoTJ as well. So they are about even.
So really, Vader was not vastly more powerful, and he only possesses a few advantages which are less important in a fight. Furthermore, Anakin would win a majority of a fight between the two. So Ventress contending with Anakin consistently is not a low showing, it is evidence that she can contend with Vader.
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