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My intent was to show that skill makes up for strength differentials darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 13/02/2010 05:27:50 PM
Your conclusion seems to be that skill always trumps strength. But the evidence only shows that better skills can make up for lower strength in some situations.

Cyndane is one of the most skilled channelers ever. Compared to her, Alivia is essentially an incredibly strong retard. How close in skill to cyndane would Alivia have to be in order for the tables to turn against Cyndane? If we knew the answer to this question we would be able to assess how strong your statement is.

Certainly skill can make up for a lack of strength, and strength can make up for a lack of skill. But it is a continuum, not just "skill beats strength" or "strength beats skill".



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Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. darius_sedai - 07/02/2010 10:11:13 PM 1505 Views
Yes...1 OC fight trumps all the times when we have seen Rand's strength send Forsaken skill running *NM* Cannoli - 08/02/2010 04:10:28 AM 479 Views
+1 *NM* Skeeve the Great - 08/02/2010 02:55:27 PM 374 Views
The line can be blurry between Rand and LTT (most skilled channeler evaaaah) BlackAdder - 08/02/2010 05:52:06 PM 779 Views
Yeah, Ryan kicked Luke's ass AgentOrange - 09/02/2010 04:23:43 PM 814 Views
Who's Ryan, and who's Luke??? Ryne and Lan? *NM* Lord Haart - 09/02/2010 06:18:03 PM 338 Views
Rand is very skilled thanks to LTT darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:37:42 PM 698 Views
Re: Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. fairfax - 08/02/2010 05:09:27 AM 873 Views
Re: Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:32:05 PM 706 Views
IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP Lord Haart - 08/02/2010 06:20:09 AM 877 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP Watcher - 08/02/2010 12:22:05 PM 786 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP Lord Haart - 08/02/2010 07:22:56 PM 803 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:33:24 PM 694 Views
all of which comes down to skill beating strength darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:32:42 PM 704 Views
Well, Alivia could just have shielded Cyndane, no sweat, just like Rand shielding Verin... Shannow - 08/02/2010 02:28:49 PM 2898 Views
Ehhh, I don't think so. Heiko - 08/02/2010 11:00:45 PM 818 Views
I agree darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:39:02 PM 831 Views
I genereally agree Yondaime - 08/02/2010 05:32:24 PM 921 Views
This is too cut and dried... Narg - 08/02/2010 07:43:56 PM 803 Views
I like "Alivia is essentially an incredibly strong retard" Skeeve the Great - 08/02/2010 07:57:32 PM 959 Views
My intent was to show that skill makes up for strength differentials darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:27:50 PM 677 Views
Also, we don't know how badly damaged Cyndane was, right? Lord Haart - 08/02/2010 07:44:04 PM 777 Views
sure we do darius_sedai - 14/02/2010 12:45:12 AM 727 Views
You are forgetting... Heiko - 09/02/2010 01:05:52 AM 835 Views
Good point. Gher - 09/02/2010 04:15:26 AM 806 Views
exactly darius_sedai - 14/02/2010 12:47:14 AM 690 Views
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