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Re: Fair enough but the problem is... Sidious Send a noteboard - 17/12/2009 08:08:27 PM
Since we are talking effective strength, it means strength and skill are already factored into the equation. Therefore, you are leaving an incredibly small gap between Lews Therin and the top 6 Forsaken.

To me the top 6 Forsaken might have approached Lews Therin's strength level - on the respective male and female contexts - but Lews Therin has unique skill in the Power - with only Demandred among the top strength channelers who comes close to matching Lews Therin's skill.

In other words, what I'm saying is that Lanfear may be 100 on the female strength list - corresponding to Lews Therin's 100 on the male list. But while Lews Therin is also a 100 on the male dexterity list - which is a freakishly rare occurence - no one on the female side has 100 female strength and 100 female dexterity.

So Lanfear might be a 100 in terms of female strength, but only an 80 or 75 in terms of female dexterity. In contrast, Demandred is a 95 both in male strength and male dexterity.

This unique combination of strength and dexterity is what gives Lews Therin his edge in battle against channelers who are just a hair below him in strength. This is what makes him so lethal. And what made him receive such acclaim, amongst other things.

So what I'm saying is that while Lanfear is off the charts in terms of female strength, there is nothing that suggests she is also off the charts in terms of female dexterity.


I don't think Lews Therin was all that special. Lanfear said he was 'as strong as any', and I think that's a good description. He had maximum strength in saidin and he was very skilled with the One Power. A lot of his acclaim came from him being ta'veren.

Many of the Forsaken are absolute matches for him, and even he acknowledges it. I think any of the six top Forsaken certainly, and perhaps Aginor, Be'lal and Rahvin too. I think most of the time he would win against them, but he could also lose. We know that he had tactics to defeat Lanfear, Sammael and Rahvin, and he had no idea how to go after Graendal. Each Forsaken was special at something, and the same with Lews Therin.

I don't think Lanfear was some kind of freak in dexterity. I merely think that men can never equal women in that domain and this all of the females are probably close to or more dextrous than him. Same with males and raw strength. Dexterity is a natural thing - it isn't learned. Women are just better at wielding the Power, and men are stronger.
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The relative strength in the Power of Nynaeve vs Cadsuane vs Egwene/Elayne/Aviendha - 17/12/2009 03:32:03 PM 8795 Views
I assume you're referring to EFFECTIVE strength here... - 17/12/2009 04:27:53 PM 1749 Views
Re: I assume you're referring to EFFECTIVE strength here... - 17/12/2009 05:05:18 PM 1712 Views
Fair enough but the problem is... - 17/12/2009 05:13:39 PM 1523 Views
There's one thing that does suggest Lanfear is very dextrous... - 17/12/2009 05:49:14 PM 1632 Views
Re: Fair enough but the problem is... - 17/12/2009 08:08:27 PM 1202 Views
Re: The relative strength in the Power of Nynaeve vs Cadsuane vs Egwene/Elayne/Aviendha - 17/12/2009 04:52:56 PM 1711 Views
Alivia's rings and chains angreal multiplies strength by 4 times or more... - 17/12/2009 04:57:17 PM 1502 Views
Indeed, and not only that - 17/12/2009 05:10:46 PM 1197 Views
Re: Alivia's rings and chains angreal multiplies strength by 4 times or more... - 17/12/2009 06:07:39 PM 1241 Views
Moiraine at 45 strength is way too high. She can't be that high. *NM* - 17/12/2009 07:44:50 PM 793 Views
why? - 17/12/2009 07:57:37 PM 1329 Views
Re: why? - 17/12/2009 08:11:13 PM 1395 Views
I don't think there is one scale you can put both men and women on is the point - 17/12/2009 08:21:21 PM 1363 Views
and yet RJ does - 17/12/2009 08:27:39 PM 1272 Views
Re: and yet RJ does - 17/12/2009 09:49:20 PM 1149 Views
Re: and yet RJ does - 18/12/2009 04:20:16 AM 1205 Views
No more liberty than you are taking assuming only a woman like Graendal could do it! - 18/12/2009 05:08:04 PM 1354 Views
Re: No more liberty than you are taking assuming only a woman like Graendal could do it! - 19/12/2009 11:53:24 AM 1107 Views
Re: No more liberty than you are taking assuming only a woman like Graendal could do it! - 19/12/2009 05:12:47 PM 1041 Views
Meh... - 19/12/2009 06:01:56 PM 1052 Views
Re: Meh... - 19/12/2009 06:43:58 PM 1112 Views
Re: Meh... - 19/12/2009 06:46:03 PM 1394 Views
Re: The relative strength in the Power of Nynaeve vs Cadsuane vs Egwene/Elayne/Aviendha - 17/12/2009 05:07:28 PM 1332 Views
Re: The relative strength in the Power of Nynaeve vs Cadsuane vs Egwene/Elayne/Aviendha - 17/12/2009 06:24:12 PM 1266 Views
Let's work with your figures... - 17/12/2009 06:45:46 PM 1152 Views
Re: Let's work with your figures... - 17/12/2009 07:16:49 PM 1166 Views
You have a good point about Daigian and Semirhage. That may have been a BS mistake. *NM* - 17/12/2009 07:50:25 PM 764 Views
Re: You have a good point about Daigian and Semirhage. That may have been a BS mistake. - 17/12/2009 07:59:13 PM 1263 Views
Still, it's created more questions than it has solved. - 17/12/2009 08:13:26 PM 1282 Views
the obvious answer - 17/12/2009 10:06:33 PM 1126 Views
Re: You have a good point about Daigian and Semirhage. That may have been a BS mistake. - 17/12/2009 08:14:01 PM 1158 Views
Re: two women holding Nynaeve - 17/12/2009 08:17:10 PM 1114 Views
Re: two women holding Nynaeve - 17/12/2009 08:19:34 PM 1293 Views
I personally think Nynaeve gained strength slower than most because of her block. - 17/12/2009 08:30:44 PM 1372 Views
I think all the main characters were forced - 17/12/2009 08:38:41 PM 1258 Views
agreed! - 17/12/2009 10:01:37 PM 1181 Views
but we know as late as WH that she has not reached her full potential - 17/12/2009 09:50:12 PM 1187 Views
What? Where? *NM* - 18/12/2009 04:22:36 AM 1237 Views
I'll have to dig up the quote, apologies but I'm at work and don't have the books - 18/12/2009 05:00:20 PM 1185 Views
Sorry, Path of Daggers not Winter's Heart - 20/12/2009 03:32:33 AM 1124 Views
Don't links amplify stength? - 17/12/2009 10:26:12 PM 1075 Views
The opposite, actually. - 17/12/2009 10:36:51 PM 1178 Views
What do you think of the gap between Moghedien and Semirhage in relation to - 17/12/2009 05:40:41 PM 1329 Views
Re: What do you think of the gap between Moghedien and Semirhage in relation to - 17/12/2009 08:15:58 PM 1239 Views
Agreed! *NM* - 17/12/2009 08:19:08 PM 675 Views
Re: The relative strength in the Power of Nynaeve vs Cadsuane vs Egwene/Elayne/Aviendha - 17/12/2009 06:47:23 PM 1332 Views
Except tthat Egwene herself says she has no chance against Moghedien... - 17/12/2009 06:53:18 PM 1240 Views
Re: Except tthat Egwene herself says she has no chance against Moghedien... - 17/12/2009 07:26:55 PM 1463 Views
uhm.... yes she knows - 17/12/2009 08:04:08 PM 1317 Views
Re: uhm.... yes she knows - 17/12/2009 10:24:17 PM 1198 Views
yup *NM* - 17/12/2009 10:49:51 PM 635 Views
Re: Except tthat Egwene herself says she has no chance against Moghedien... - 17/12/2009 07:28:00 PM 1282 Views
Re: Except tthat Egwene herself says she has no chance against Moghedien... - 17/12/2009 08:23:01 PM 1464 Views
Ishamael told her that she would never be strong enough to face him - 17/12/2009 09:52:47 PM 1221 Views
And Ishamael was killed be a shepherd and Bel'al balefired by a "weak" Aes Sedai. - 17/12/2009 10:33:41 PM 1185 Views
I hope that's not your standard for dueling - 18/12/2009 04:24:09 AM 1185 Views
what you expect a Channeler to announce themselves and - 19/12/2009 12:47:17 AM 1182 Views
How can we be certain Egwene was at full strength when she said that? - 17/12/2009 07:58:39 PM 1133 Views
agreed - 17/12/2009 08:00:40 PM 1088 Views
Didn't the glossary say that Cadsuane was not far behind Eg/El? *NM* - 17/12/2009 08:05:32 PM 689 Views
I'll check *NM* - 17/12/2009 08:28:57 PM 653 Views
This thread has achieved absolutely nothing. When people don't accept quotes, what's the use... - 17/12/2009 10:22:45 PM 1231 Views
No people just interpret things differently - 17/12/2009 10:56:45 PM 1041 Views
But you ignore RJ's own quotes... who're you to talk? - 17/12/2009 11:13:40 PM 980 Views
You also forget something. - 17/12/2009 11:36:50 PM 1076 Views
Re: You also forget something. - 17/12/2009 11:43:50 PM 1103 Views
Re: You also forget something. - 18/12/2009 02:09:08 AM 1125 Views
That has nothing to do with what I said... - 18/12/2009 12:21:06 AM 1103 Views
Re: That has nothing to do with what I said... - 18/12/2009 01:28:53 PM 1005 Views
Dude, prove it in a random sample, not in a skewed sample like "women who want to be Aes Sedai". - 18/12/2009 05:43:22 PM 1037 Views
Show me a random sample in the series that we can use *NM* - 18/12/2009 06:45:08 PM 1022 Views
I cannot. That's the point... - 18/12/2009 08:33:38 PM 1078 Views
Re: I cannot. That's the point... - 19/12/2009 11:58:39 AM 1093 Views
Sorry, but no... - 19/12/2009 06:23:41 PM 1096 Views
The One Power Bell Curve's average strength is not 50, it is more like 15... - 17/12/2009 11:41:48 PM 1577 Views
but you are the person quantifying the actual strength levels. - 18/12/2009 12:09:08 AM 1069 Views
Yes, Sidious' scale is a relative scale not an absolute one *NM* - 18/12/2009 12:23:25 AM 959 Views
In a Bell curve, mean=median=mode. I suppose that is untrue now? - 18/12/2009 12:37:47 AM 1015 Views
Re: In a Bell curve, mean=median=mode. I suppose that is untrue now? - 18/12/2009 12:47:52 AM 1070 Views
What do you mean, relative scale? - 18/12/2009 12:53:29 AM 1027 Views
Re: What do you mean, relative scale? - 18/12/2009 01:16:53 AM 968 Views
Re: What do you mean, relative scale? - 18/12/2009 01:40:33 AM 1038 Views
OK, I have no interest in OP Strength, but you comments about statistics and bell curve got me - 18/12/2009 12:20:27 AM 1074 Views
1 to 100 works perfectly well as a range... - 18/12/2009 12:47:44 AM 997 Views
Here is an example with an absolute scale, converted to relative - 18/12/2009 01:03:38 AM 1132 Views
The Tower is not the whole range of channeler population! - 18/12/2009 01:28:38 AM 1140 Views
Re: The Tower is not the whole range of channeler population! - 18/12/2009 02:03:00 AM 1190 Views
Re: The Tower is not the whole range of channeler population! - 18/12/2009 03:16:25 AM 1136 Views
You're right, and that proves my point - here are the calculations and the evidence... - 18/12/2009 07:51:26 AM 1104 Views
Dude, read up on some statistics, then we'll continue this debate... - 18/12/2009 06:05:26 PM 1030 Views
Explain one thing to me... - 18/12/2009 10:40:00 PM 1056 Views
Who said she's stronger than two very strong AS? Silviana can shield her alone! *NM* - 18/12/2009 11:01:01 PM 588 Views
Aviendha said so in FoH. It is a direct quote. - 18/12/2009 11:04:21 PM 1016 Views
This is why I have a hard time with anyone using too many - 19/12/2009 12:22:40 AM 1055 Views
Can you provide the quote? - 19/12/2009 06:24:40 PM 963 Views
Well, I was curious so I went and found it - 26/12/2009 08:59:46 PM 1145 Views
which is also suspect - 19/12/2009 12:04:14 AM 1057 Views
No it's not - 19/12/2009 12:04:21 PM 1042 Views
we're in agreement - 19/12/2009 05:22:34 PM 1001 Views
OK, the Tower AS don't fall into a bell-curve, then. - 18/12/2009 10:34:16 PM 1067 Views
So, RJ made that statement for what reason? - 18/12/2009 11:03:30 PM 1039 Views
I don't think it's a lie - 18/12/2009 11:19:41 PM 1090 Views
Agreed - 18/12/2009 01:04:14 PM 1028 Views
Re: But you ignore RJ's own quotes... who're you to talk? - 18/12/2009 04:31:53 AM 1027 Views
Re: But you ignore RJ's own quotes... who're you to talk? - 18/12/2009 04:42:33 AM 1002 Views
Re: But you ignore RJ's own quotes... who're you to talk? - 18/12/2009 01:04:39 PM 1058 Views
Bell curves CANNOT be skewed! - 18/12/2009 06:06:15 PM 1109 Views
I've discussed this before... - 18/12/2009 01:06:07 AM 1110 Views
Re: I've discussed this before... - 18/12/2009 04:37:30 AM 1097 Views
Re: I've discussed this before... - 18/12/2009 04:58:48 AM 1054 Views
Egwene + Lelaine + Romanda is weaker than one male Forsaken...according to Egwene herself... - 18/12/2009 07:02:28 AM 1097 Views
Why are you entertaining this? - 18/12/2009 01:19:25 PM 1068 Views
Re: Egwene + Lelaine + Romanda is weaker than one male Forsaken...according to Egwene herself... - 19/12/2009 12:46:18 AM 1074 Views
I can't imagine it being about skill - 19/12/2009 12:06:42 PM 1099 Views
of course it's about skill - 19/12/2009 05:22:45 PM 1074 Views
Not it isn't! - 19/12/2009 05:52:02 PM 1099 Views
I always thought that without her angreal... - 18/12/2009 06:27:07 AM 1145 Views
Egwene, Elayne, and Aviendha are equally matched. - 18/12/2009 07:47:03 AM 1303 Views

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