Yet we have no context on how much more than the two of them combined she is channeling.... we also know she spends the whole day repelling FS attacks, via her shield, so in theory she's much stronger than simply Elza and Merise combined!



Yet she is the only Novice mentioned aside from Sharina, Elle, Jancy and Nicola... she's clearly being made much over.



I think you are stretching the text here. Much more likely is that one of the women told Be'lal how strong the three were. As for Rhavin, he could have also heard via BA sources, thus far in the series there is nothing discovered that allows men and women to know the relative strength of the opposite sex.



Again, you're speculating to make the text say something that simply isn't there. Moghedien laughs off the BA around her, yet makes note of Elaynes strength. While it's obvious that Nynaeve is the strongest, Elayne's strength is so far above the standard AS as to be noticeable.



Vague and often inaccurate histories! Kiruna's about as credible as Moiraine, and for the record she's wrong, 6 AS hold Rand's shield without problem.



Yet 100% of Alivia's skill is in combat, not to mention the ter'angreal in her possession made the situation even more lopsided! Moiraine v. Merean is a bad example for several reasons... 1. Merean is much older (probably above 200) and vastly more skilled. 2. Merean is not restricted by the Oaths and is thus able to kill people Moiraine is trying to protect! 3. The battle is in no way a straight up duel since Merean is busy killing innocent by-standers!



Fair enough, I am speculating. But you misunderstand my 6 AS point ... I don't think Egwene can come close to the raw power of 6 linked women. I think she would be more effective in single combat than 6 AS. Her skill alone would keep her in the game against the likes of Semirhage for a while.

I think Egwene could hold her own against Moghedien and possibly Mesaana (assuming she is only one level about Mogs). She could probably hold out for a while against Nynaeve based on the skill levels, but wouldn't be able to deal with Semirhage or above (3+ levels). On the flip side 6 linked AS wouldn't be much more powerful than Alivia was when facing Cyndane, and they would have none of the ter'angreal to help and very little in combat skill.



We know she took note of the *angreal net she wears. But my point is that Semirhage would have been been less impressed by Cadsuane if she had Moiraine level strength. Cadsuane is impressive for many reasons, one of them is her strength.



Egwene is exhausted in this scene! She could barely Channel at all... hardly a credible situation.



Which makes her at least equal to Silviana! No way Silviana could hold Egwene alone.



I don't see how these situations equate... IMO there are too many conflicting quotes around this topic to make for anything approaching conclusiveness.