ie:
1) Lanfear VS. Rand at the docks (she was too skilled)
2) Cyndane VS. Alivia (who was trained in battle for nearly 400 years! Also had a strong angreal and a ter'angreal to fizzle weaves directed against her, yet SHE was the one who got fried)
3) Moiraine VS. Lanfear (nothing to do with the Power)
4) Moiraine VS. Bel'al (not even Rand can stop balefire)
5) Rand VS. Rahvin (again, balefire makes playing ground equal no matter who is stronger)
6) Egwene VS. Mesaana (all about skill)
etc, etc, etc
1) Rand didn't commit fully.
2) True
3) Exactly
4) But Bel'al did see Moiraine coming and didn't kill her: why?
5) I don't remember: why didn't Rahvin use balefire himself? Anyway it's not about skill, nor strength, but what they are allowed/prepeared to use to win.
6) Ter'aran'rhiold makes anything done with the OP irrelevant. It was skill in the Dream, not OP.
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- 14/12/2010 08:39:21 AM
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Skill is more important. But...
- 14/12/2010 11:49:02 AM
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Rahvin did use balefire himself. *NM*
- 14/12/2010 04:19:01 PM
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Thanks. Guess I focused too much on the T'A'R portion of the fight. *NM*
- 25/12/2010 10:06:19 PM
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strength still has some importance
- 14/12/2010 02:36:01 PM
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while I agree with your point, there are still exceptions
- 14/12/2010 04:48:43 PM
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that's true, but
- 14/12/2010 05:55:39 PM
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Hard to say
- 14/12/2010 07:36:31 PM
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He doesn't have enough strength
- 15/12/2010 08:32:56 PM
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perhaps it's more a match between inborn abilities and acquired ones
- 17/12/2010 03:28:20 PM
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