Nope, YOU said he was talking about smothering him, whatever that's supposed to mean... - Edit 1
Before modification by Shannow at 15/06/2010 09:27:29 PM
The point is that you initially took Rand's statement about 3x Semirhage and made it all about strength. Then you added skill in later posts.
We've seen channelers of similar strength shield one another : Nynaeve/Moghedien, Rand/Lanfear, Nynaeve/Talaan.
As I said in my original post, Rand is saying that it would take 3x Forsaken powered people to smother him, and he would not be able to counter it in any way. You disputed this down the page, but in a post before this you admit that it would take that much power to overwhelm Rand's strength and skill. So which is it? You can't have it both ways.
Lanfear obviously thought that she could get a shield through with Rand, or she never would have wasted her time.
What I'm saying MAY be the same thing, but I see your ability to resist a shield as a combination of strength and skill.
Lews Therin is saying that he can resist the shield of any woman who is weaker than him (i.e. any of the Forsaken females), and he can resist the shield of any TWO of the Forsaken females, even they may slightly exceed his strength.
But it would take THREE Forsaken females to cut him off beyond his ability to resist.
That's what I've been saying all along. And because this ability to resist does not merely consist of holding on to the Source at the maximum of his ability, but also to slice attacking weaves, to launch attacks of his own etc., this means that if Lews Therin was at his full potential, Lanfear would not be able to threaten him in the way she did at the Docks.
The Docks was a dangerous situation for Rand due to a combination of his lack of full strength, and significant lack of knowledge and experience.