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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 1340 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 418 Views
+1 *NM* Skeeve the Great - 08/02/2010 02:55:27 PM 297 Views
The line can be blurry between Rand and LTT (most skilled channeler evaaaah) BlackAdder - 08/02/2010 05:52:06 PM 611 Views
Yeah, Ryan kicked Luke's ass AgentOrange - 09/02/2010 04:23:43 PM 636 Views
Who's Ryan, and who's Luke??? Ryne and Lan? *NM* Lord Haart - 09/02/2010 06:18:03 PM 268 Views
Rand is very skilled thanks to LTT darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:37:42 PM 544 Views
Re: Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. fairfax - 08/02/2010 05:09:27 AM 699 Views
Re: Strength versus Skill in battle ... Skill wins. darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:32:05 PM 556 Views
IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP Lord Haart - 08/02/2010 06:20:09 AM 710 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP Watcher - 08/02/2010 12:22:05 PM 616 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP Lord Haart - 08/02/2010 07:22:56 PM 608 Views
Re: IMO, that had nothing to do with skill in the OP darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:33:24 PM 557 Views
all of which comes down to skill beating strength darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:32:42 PM 549 Views
Well, Alivia could just have shielded Cyndane, no sweat, just like Rand shielding Verin... Shannow - 08/02/2010 02:28:49 PM 2711 Views
Ehhh, I don't think so. Heiko - 08/02/2010 11:00:45 PM 660 Views
I agree darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:39:02 PM 662 Views
I genereally agree Yondaime - 08/02/2010 05:32:24 PM 751 Views
This is too cut and dried... Narg - 08/02/2010 07:43:56 PM 646 Views
I like "Alivia is essentially an incredibly strong retard" Skeeve the Great - 08/02/2010 07:57:32 PM 792 Views
My intent was to show that skill makes up for strength differentials darius_sedai - 13/02/2010 05:27:50 PM 518 Views
Also, we don't know how badly damaged Cyndane was, right? Lord Haart - 08/02/2010 07:44:04 PM 610 Views
sure we do darius_sedai - 14/02/2010 12:45:12 AM 550 Views
You are forgetting... Heiko - 09/02/2010 01:05:52 AM 668 Views
Good point. Gher - 09/02/2010 04:15:26 AM 645 Views
exactly darius_sedai - 14/02/2010 12:47:14 AM 545 Views
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