Round 1:
ANH Vader vs Darth Wyyrlok III
Vader wins this solidly. While Wyyrlok is a master of Sith sorcery, and very good with the Force, he is seriously outmatched in the dueling and physical department. Vader has beaten four Jedi only one year after ROTS, beaten Sha Koon, beaten Celeste Morne, defeated Kai Huddora and Beyhgor Sahdett, easily beaten Kento Marek, nearly overwhelmed Prime Galen Marek, made Starkiller admit he was outmatched whilst not trying to kill the clone, defeated An'ya Kuro, and edged out Old Ben Kenobi in their confrontation. In dueling, Wyyrlok only held off Krayt for a short period of time, and Vader is at least as skilled as Krayt in ANH. Wyyrlok has Force Lightning, but Vader can deflect it; Vader should outmatch Wyyrlok in pure TK, such as when he nearly Choked Ferus Olin, crushed TIE fighters, scattered entire armies with Force waves, while Wyyrlok has hurled rocks, lifted and thrown corpses, and been stated as a master. What might factor in against Vader is sorcery; the deaths of Shmi and Padmé might affect Vader if Wyyrlok attempts Sorcery, but Sorcery is labor-intensive, and Vader will not give Wyyrlok the space he needs to pull out such a trick.
Arcann vs Darth Zannah
Arcann wins this. He has more potential, being a child of Emperor Valkorion himself, and he has shown more powers that are practical in a confrontation such as this; he disintegrated an assassin droid with Lightning, outright dominated The Outlander with TK, which put him above Zannah in TK/high-intensity combat Force power. Zannah is quite meh physically speaking, and Arcann should win there. Dueling-wise, this should not be very conclusive for either of the sides because Arcann has shown to be on the losing end of duels against the Outlander, while Zannah was nearly killed by a Jedi Knight, and when fighting the strike team she had to play on one Knight's straightforward technique and force him against the other Jedi and outmanuever them. While his strikes won't get past her defense, she has no way to counter. And his Force Powers are superior. She does have Sorcery; that could factor in. But I'm not seeing it. He can pummel her with TK, and she will be too focused defending his assault to use Sorcery. Then he'll bring hell upon her; she could get a few rounds, maybe 2 or 3, with her wild card, but not a majority.
Darth Maul vs Darth Malgus
Now, I know this might generate debate, but I honestly see Maul as the victor. Why? Because although Malgus in his prime has the serious power advantage, Maul has dueling. Maul, for dueling, has easily beat Anoon Bondara, easily beat Darsha Assant, easily defeated Qui-Gon Jinn (superior to Bondara) while Jinn had his apprentice, near-Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, for backup. Now, this is TPM Maul. TCW Maul has been stated to improve. And this is true. He easily fended off the assaults of an angry TCW Kenobi and used his physicals+Teras Kasi to force his nemesis to retreat, fight TCW Kenobi to an inconclusive standstill yet again on Florrum, beat Ko Solok while he had Force combat master Bruu Jun-Fan for backup, stomped Savage Opress who has beaten Plo Koon and Asajj Ventress, easily beat Pre Vizsla while negating use of the Force (Vizsla brought his whole arsenal on Maul, and without his full arsenal, Vizsla has gotten the upper hand against late TCW Ahsoka and held his own briefly against Kenobi.) Maul then stalemated Grievous in SoD, winning due to TK. Malgus has also beaten his fair share of opponents, but they weren't as impressive as the ones Maul beat. As an apprentice, Malgus nearly killed Satele, but she was a young student herself; he beat Kao Cen Darach, who in turn made short work of Vindican, but Vindican himself was quite average. Kao Cen Darach is a battlemaster, but certainly behind Maul. He beat Satele on the sabers portion of their fight on Alderaan, which Satele survived due to the Force. In Decieved, when he sacked the Temple, he beat Ven Zallow convincingly; Zallow had been blizting "elite" Sith warriors, but those are Inquistior level at best. Then he fought Aryn Leneer, but he had to resort to his powers and even got wounded by the Jedi Knight. Physically speaking, Maul has ripped the skulls of 4-meter tall creatures, kicked metal inward, broken durasteel, physically humiliated Kenobi, beat Savage due to his physicals, so Malgus is behind, plus his respirator is a gaping weakness; while Malgus has survived being literally buried alive by Satele, Maul survived being cut in half. Malgus certainly gets some rounds by unleashing hell on Maul with the Force, Maul is just more skilled and stronger; he wins a slight majority, maybe 6/10.
Count Dooku vs Executor Sedriss
Not much to be said, here. Sedriss was outright stated by Palpatine not to be Sith-apprentice material, which means Sedriss is automatically behind Vader, Maul and Dooku. Dooku was one of the best swordsmen of his era, getting the upper hand against TCW Anakin+Kenobi, effortlessly fending off Ventress whilst pushing Savage back with Lightning, contending albeit briefly with Yoda, having outsparred Mace Windu, easily outsparring Grievous most of the time etc. Sedriss being the commander of a Dark Jedi group that are no better than low-level Knights is hardly impressive; in battle, Sedriss managed to land somewhat of a Force Choke on Kam Solusar, but he was never lifted and only brought one hand to his throat; he immediately got stomped by DE Luke in Force power. Dooku has lifted and ragdolled Obi-Wan Kenobi, choked Savage Opress, dominated Asajj Ventress who are all considerably above Kam Solusar. Dooku wins this, 10/10.
Round 2:
ANH Vader vs Arcann
Vader wins. While Arcann's Force Lightning could be vital, it has to land a hit on Vader, and Vader has his saber to effortlesly negate that. Vader's TK should be more powerful than Arcann's (Crushing TIE fighters, nearly killing Ferus Olin with a choke, choking Kento Marek, scattering armies with Force waves) and he is definitely a better duelist, seeing how he defeated Celeste Morne, Kento Marek, Sha Koon, Kai Huddora, Beyghor Sahdett, An'ya Kuro and how he was beating Old Ben Kenobi, against Arcann who was on the losing end in his duels with the Outlander. Physically, Arcann could be faster, but Vader is no slouch given he has contended with the super-speedy TPM Darth Maul, generated afterimages with his lightsaber, and is definitely stronger than his opposition.
Darth Maul vs Count Dooku
Although this has become a heated debate, and many people vote on each one of them, Dooku wins a slight majority. He clearly has more technical skill, but Maul's Juyo brings a lot of kinetic power here, and as shown against Anakin Skywalker, Dooku is weak to forms such as Djem So or Juyo that bring a lot of kinetic power into their strikes. Maul's impressive strength does the rest. And while they are quite close in pure TK (Dooku has collapsed a cave; Maul has collapsed part of a cave; Dooku collapsed part of a hangar; Maul collapsed part of a tunnel. They have both ragdolled Kenobi, but what really tips the fight in the Count's favor is his Force Lightning. Now, Maul has his lightsaber which can deflect the Lightning, but the Lightning can help in other ways. Maul is stronger and faster, but Dooku has the most important edges (skill and power.) A fight between these two would most likely occur like this; Maul starts on the offensive, pressing Dooku. While Maul does gain the initial upper hand, he can not bypass Dooku's guard. Somehow, probably through evasion, which Dooku is good at, Dooku breaks away from Maul and throws out some Force Lightning or a Force Push, and Maul would deflect the former and counter the latter. This, however, will break Maul's momentum, and Dooku can attack. Juyo is weak for defense, and Dooku will bypass Maul's guard, cutting him down.
Final:
ANH Vader vs Count Dooku
Many people would say Vader, yes, I know, and that would be the case if this were Prime (ESB/ROTJ) Vader. But Dooku is more skilled than Vader, given how he has defeated and faced more challenging opponents than the cyborg. While Vader's brute strength and mainly, his Djem So, would fare well against Dooku, since Vader is stronger than Anakin, and Vader does know Dooku's technique, but Vader lost to a TPM Maul which is less skilled than the Count. And Maul/Galen Marek have abused speed and agility over ANH/pre-ANH Vader, so Dooku could do the same. In TK, Vader is more powerful, but Dooku has Force Lightning, and although that can be countered by Vader, it will be fatal if it lands anything resembling a hit. Dooku wins due to his slightly superior skill that could bypass Vader's guard, and abuse of speed and agility.
Lord Tyranus wins.
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