I doubt Form I would be the very good here. It is useful against multiple opponents, but it is also less acclimated towards dueling as a whole. More dueling centric-forms, such as Makashi, Ataru, Djem So and Juyo will all be more practical in this situation, as well as being effective against Shii-Cho. Form III will be capable of withstanding anything a Shii-Cho duelist would send at him, and a Form VI user should be able to do the same.
Likewise, Form II is a dueling-centric form, but suffers against multiple opponents. Dooku's mastery of the form (and lightsaber combat as a whole), when supplemented by his mastery of varying other traditional and untraditional fighting styles, allowed him to face multiple opponents at once, but the Makashi user here does not have mastery over other forms, and Dooku has never faced so many other lightsaber duelists at once either. It could last, because a skilful Makashi practitioner can capitalize on mistakes and, instead of attacking them all at once, take out the most vulnerable duelists first, but I doubt it would be the ultimate victor.
I still support Form III because the offensive capacity required to break its defense, if at all possible, would require utter detraction of concentration from the rest of the fight and render one at the mercy of all the other five duelists, a risk I do not believe any skilful combatant would take, and I find the chances of multiple duelists taking on the Soresu fighter at once just as unlikely. Therefore, I'd support Soresu on the account of outlasting the other forms. It would require too much devotion to defeat the Soresu user, which would never happen except at the end of the fight, between only two combatants. However, Soresu's form being based on minimal energy expenditure and productive fighting would leave the Soresu user more efficient as a swordsman by the end of the fight. Makashi does follow a similar principle of limited energy expenditure, but it is also much more prone to being overwhelmed, either by sheer numbers or overwhelming physical kinetic force (Djem So), and otherwise overwhelming offensiveness, such as Juyo, and there is a strong chance of something along the lines of that occurring.
Regarding other forms, Ataru is less-suited to fighting multiple duelists, and its excessive energy expenditure through needless acrobatics and other lithe performances would tire the Ataru duelist first out of the entire group. Djem So is strong in that it is suited to dueling, can potentially overwhelm Makashi if the two come to fight, and is both offense and defense-oriented. However, it is still mostly stylized for single combat (not that it is entirely inefficient against multiple combatants, but there is the chance of the Djem So user being overwhelmed) and its lack of mobility may be a hindrance. It could perform well.
Niman I see as having a high chance due to its balance and versatility. Its lack of strengths or weaknesses grants it a very balanced fighting style, and usually the greatest drawback to the form is that the user is only mediocre in every aspect, but with this purportedly perfect mastery, this can cause the Niman practitioner to be good at every area, making him an amazing fighter (as Lightsabers: A Guide to the Weapons of the Force suggests), but a lack of specialization in any one area can stop the Niman user from winning. Form VII is incredibly deadly, but it is focused on ending single combat quickly. However, the situation here is not in the Form VII practitioner's favor, and he could quite possibly be overwhelmed due to having to face multiple fighters at once, and on top of Juyo not being appropriate for such situations, it is also offense-oriented, which hinders the duelist's ability to defend himself (but the defense of Form VII is not necessarily poor either). As a whole, though, I doubt Form VII would be the victor because the scenario is not very appropriate for the form.
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