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I genereally agree Yondaime Send a noteboard - 08/02/2010 05:32:24 PM
I would just point out that I put skill and experience in the same category.

An unskilled or inexperienced fighter will have a hard time beating an experienced one. Alivia wasn't able to kill Cyndane because she didn't have any experience in the particular type of fight they were in. Alivia knows all about battlefield weaves; the type to take out large groups of soldiers. If Alivia and Cyndane had been fighting on the battlefield, Alivia would have probably killed Cyndane because she has so much skill in this particular area. When it came to dueling, however, Cyndane had much more experience, and Alivia wasn't able to win, despite her high power level.

If Lan ever fights Thom in a sword duel, Thom is going to lose. Thom doesn't have the skill that comes from years of experience in swordfighting. However, if Lan and Thom ever sit down to a game of stones, Thom will likely destroy Lan; in this particular area, Thom will emerge the victor. This analogy doesn't completely align with fighting. while fighting, how strong a person is gives him or her an advantage. However, if they are not experienced or skilled enough to know what to do with that advantage, that advantage is effectively lost.

So in a purely hypothetical situation, where an opponent who had only strength was fighting an opponent who was only strong, skill would win.
"Take the Gleeman!" Rand and Mat cried, throwing Thom to the Myrddraal. Then they ran away as fast as they could, and Thom's screams quickly faded into the distance along with any inconvenient feelings of guilt.
This message last edited by Yondaime on 09/02/2010 at 01:15:28 AM
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Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. - 07/02/2010 10:11:13 PM 1348 Views
Yes...1 OC fight trumps all the times when we have seen Rand's strength send Forsaken skill running *NM* - 08/02/2010 04:10:28 AM 421 Views
+1 *NM* - 08/02/2010 02:55:27 PM 301 Views
Yeah, Ryan kicked Luke's ass - 09/02/2010 04:23:43 PM 641 Views
Who's Ryan, and who's Luke??? Ryne and Lan? *NM* - 09/02/2010 06:18:03 PM 270 Views
Rand is very skilled thanks to LTT - 13/02/2010 05:37:42 PM 552 Views
Re: Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. - 08/02/2010 05:09:27 AM 704 Views
Re: Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. - 13/02/2010 05:32:05 PM 563 Views
IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP - 08/02/2010 06:20:09 AM 717 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP - 08/02/2010 12:22:05 PM 624 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP - 08/02/2010 07:22:56 PM 616 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP - 13/02/2010 05:33:24 PM 563 Views
all of which comes down to skill beating strength - 13/02/2010 05:32:42 PM 557 Views
Well, Alivia could just have shielded Cyndane, no sweat, just like Rand shielding Verin... - 08/02/2010 02:28:49 PM 2720 Views
Ehhh, I don't think so. - 08/02/2010 11:00:45 PM 665 Views
I agree - 13/02/2010 05:39:02 PM 668 Views
I genereally agree - 08/02/2010 05:32:24 PM 761 Views
This is too cut and dried... - 08/02/2010 07:43:56 PM 651 Views
I like "Alivia is essentially an incredibly strong retard" - 08/02/2010 07:57:32 PM 802 Views
My intent was to show that skill makes up for strength differentials - 13/02/2010 05:27:50 PM 531 Views
Also, we don't know how badly damaged Cyndane was, right? - 08/02/2010 07:44:04 PM 615 Views
sure we do - 14/02/2010 12:45:12 AM 561 Views
You are forgetting... - 09/02/2010 01:05:52 AM 673 Views
Good point. - 09/02/2010 04:15:26 AM 654 Views
exactly - 14/02/2010 12:47:14 AM 553 Views

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