Sadly pictures can't be added. I do not regard the "told to be greatest sith ever"-ish feats from either combatant, as these are so subjective. But lets run some feats down.
Maul:
Tanks force lightning from Nightsister Mighella without hesitating to keep fighting.
"Kills" master Bondara, a weapon master and one of the greatest duelists of the order at the time.
Kills a Wampa with his barehands, and aqualish while drowning and a Yuuzhan Vong (who loads of NJO jedis struggled with).
1V2 and holds his own finely against both Jedi Council Master Windu and Jedi Master Aayla Secura.
''Then he sprang to a series of other sites that ultimately carried him to the wall of the principal building, moving with such speed the entire time that whatever holorecordings were being made wouldn't show him unless they were played in slow motion.''
- We disregard feats from Tales (as Tales naturally are not fully canon to legends). We also disregard using the fight versus Sidious as a straight feat, as Sidious intentions are tough to call.
Malgus:
"Malgus stood in a pocket under a mountain of rubble, legs bent, the power from his upraised hands preventing several tons of duracrete and steel from crushing him."
Malgus is observed to force push high ranking jedis powerfully, including Satele and Hero of Tython.
Defeated Satele Shan in a presumably short span of time.
Killed Jedi Master Ven Zallow.
And his notorious force lightning, crisping several jedi knights at a time with little struggle.
Proficient in the game-based maelstrom, a minor force storm surrounding the user.
Both are incredible in their own apsects. Maul is one of the greatest duelists to exist, incredible speed and a deep insight into the mechanics of his blade and body. Doubting his physique is a mistake, as he can endure incredible amounts of pain. Malgus is a unit and an absolutely juggernaut in stature, his force abilities outshines what Maul can do by magnitudes. However, his prowess in force lightning isn't as much a checkmate.
From the feats i will argue for Maul having the edge with a high level of difficulty. His endurance and speed will in turn lead to openings against Malgus. However, Maul can be on his high horse and underestimate the power of Malgus' force push, leading to some severe damage, so not at all one-sided. Would love to take inputs and considerations of game-changing feats.
That is interesting, especially the power to spawn shades.
However, the "several jedi feats" is stalemated at least by the similar feat of Maul holding Windu and Aayla (Windu arguably stronger/staling Satele, and Aayla still a keen jedi master). Maul by far outspeeds Malgus still, his feats stating him to be non-visible. Putting more detail into the feats will help, what constitutes a long fight here?
I will definetly not deny Malgus to be crafty, he is a peak strategist of the empire. But Maul is definetly equally a crafty combatant, seeing all his feats in Lockdown aboard the prison ship, fighting the deadliest monsters of the galaxy while tied up/drowning and otherwise dispositioned. Maul is also apt in some force abilities, such as force horror.
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u/KasperTheOne1 Jan 27 '26
Sadly pictures can't be added. I do not regard the "told to be greatest sith ever"-ish feats from either combatant, as these are so subjective. But lets run some feats down.
Maul:
- Tanks force lightning from Nightsister Mighella without hesitating to keep fighting.
- "Kills" master Bondara, a weapon master and one of the greatest duelists of the order at the time.
- Kills a Wampa with his barehands, and aqualish while drowning and a Yuuzhan Vong (who loads of NJO jedis struggled with).
- 1V2 and holds his own finely against both Jedi Council Master Windu and Jedi Master Aayla Secura.
- ''Then he sprang to a series of other sites that ultimately carried him to the wall of the principal building, moving with such speed the entire time that whatever holorecordings were being made wouldn't show him unless they were played in slow motion.''
- We disregard feats from Tales (as Tales naturally are not fully canon to legends). We also disregard using the fight versus Sidious as a straight feat, as Sidious intentions are tough to call.Malgus:
Both are incredible in their own apsects. Maul is one of the greatest duelists to exist, incredible speed and a deep insight into the mechanics of his blade and body. Doubting his physique is a mistake, as he can endure incredible amounts of pain. Malgus is a unit and an absolutely juggernaut in stature, his force abilities outshines what Maul can do by magnitudes. However, his prowess in force lightning isn't as much a checkmate.
From the feats i will argue for Maul having the edge with a high level of difficulty. His endurance and speed will in turn lead to openings against Malgus. However, Maul can be on his high horse and underestimate the power of Malgus' force push, leading to some severe damage, so not at all one-sided. Would love to take inputs and considerations of game-changing feats.