Just imagine if Krell was in the Temple during Order 66, Krell would've been the Mvp for the Jedi with the highest clone kill count and just imagine Anakin battling Krell. That would be one legendary lightsaber fight of the ages.
I fell was not on at least twenty jedi and dark side users levels during the clone wars. He does have one of most impressive knowledge only beat by Yoda, jocasta nu
@@jaredbanister369 True, Anakin vs Cin Dralig was the make or break point on who got to decide on the final outcome on the fate of the Jedi Temple. But if you were to pin Pong Krell and Cin Dralig against Anakin, Anakin's chances of beating both of them are highly unlikely.
Unpopular opinion: I liked Pong Krell as a villain. Don’t get me wrong, he deserved what he got and worse, but I can’t think of a better antagonist for the Umbara arc. He was exactly what he was supposed to be. Edit: Okay, I get it. My opinion is unpopular among my friend group so I thought the same would be true here. You have proven me wrong.
Agreed, I love Pong Krell, his hatebility mixed with his badass fighting skill makes him a perfect mini-villian. The episodes were focused on the clones, not Krell, so making him more of a relateble and likeble villian wasnt much of a point, since he died so quikly. He was just pure badass evil, like many Star wars villains. I would have loved too have seen more of him, especially in duels with other jedi, just to see how that would work.
@@ic218 nah bro i really do hate him but like you said hes good at doing that so he does goes as a good character if hes in any future stuff he just has to be an antagonist that pops up occasionally something like loki but hes just more evil im not trying to compare the two because their so different but i did some thinking hes the first thing that comes to mind because hes really not a main villain but he pops up often and not apart or alters the big plot
Yoda was a legendary duelist only ever losing to plo koon and sidious. Sidious was terrified of Yoda dueling skills that's why he ran in the revenge of the sith and just shot lightning and threw stuff.
@@CommanderCoaster We were never given an exact timeline. However I believe it was probably around the time of the phantom menace that this training dual took place since unlikely they would have had the time during the clone wars to be dialing each other with all that was going on.
In the novelization of revenge of the sixth we actually learn that Yoda disarmed insidious of his lightsaber essentially winning the duel side of things tho ultimately losing the fight... this guys saying Yoda sucked and combat and not known for his lightsaber skills is borderline blasphemy.
@@danbeauchemin9148 yeah, Yoda in my opnion was better then sidious. Sidious tried to run from his office so he wouldn't have to face Yoda. Sidious ran away from the 800+ year old jedi who was to old to keep up with him. He tired Yoda out in the chase. On the Senate pod we can see before the force explosion yodas determined face and sidious turn to fear and pain. Yoda was closer to the edge which is why he couldn't on to the pod. I think Yoda was better but barely and not enough to kill sidious. Yodas a legendary duelist and force user.
The way you described the weapons master who died by Grieveous’ hand was hilarious He mastered a powerful weapon and then died in 20 seconds to someone wielding lightsabers
The trick with Grieveous is that most people don't train to fight a buzz saw. He's a total out of context problem for most duelists first encountering him, but someone who is familiar with fighting him can pick him apart as Obi-Wan eventually did.
@@xaviershearer7503 there actually is one account name *Jek_Porgkins* who did Pong Krell vs Grievous (Canon) on May 20 ended on May 25 and the winner was Grievous. Reminder Grievous (Canon) won 16 victory and only lost 6 in his duel. Has beaten *Ahsoka* (even in their second duel she struggles and was hopeless against him.), *Pablo-Jill* duel over the world of Duro in a collapsing satellite city. Jill was ultimately left injured, *Obi-Wan Kenobi* (twice), *Adi Gallia* despite putting up a good fight with the general, she was ultimately defeated and captured by the cyborg, *Depa Billaba* (twice) who trained by Mace Windu and *Shaak Ti* during the captured of Chancellor Palpatine. We see him slicing clones while he knock out Rex and Denial, never once get down on his knee by a clone or easily tricked by one, Grievous able choked that one clone with his claw who tried to sneak up on him in Bound For Rescue and has slaughtered bunch of Mauldalorian across the hallway including crushing their armor with his bare mechanical hand in Son of Dathomir. In the book *Ultimate Star Wars* stated: "Grievous was highly skilled in lightsaber combat, in which he was trained by Count Dooku. With his cybernetic enhancements, Grievous relied on strength and agility when in combat with a Jedi. He was a master of many of the classic forms of Jedi arts, and was able to adapt quickly to an opponent's fighting style." He even the Separatists's best General, better than Krell. if you think Grievous a total loser, well he isn't since he won 16 victory, only lost 6 in his duel and currently gain the most kills more than Dooku, Maul and Savage Opress.
@@skello-oj5se How? General Grevious has killed more powerful jedi than Pong Krell. He only looks OP cause he's killing clones, who eventually kill him anyway
@@bennyjones7292 general grievous had the potential to be one of the best villains in star wars history--- behind Darth Vader of course, that is until George Lucas screwed him up making him a sniveling cowering coward...
@@chrisnyasia7 the Tartakovsky cartoon was my intro to Greivous so I was always disappointed how he acted in RotS. Before watching Filoni's Clone Wars I wondered if they might redeem him a bit, but apart from killing Kit Fisto's padawan, he just gets shit on even more. He even gets taken out by a bunch of gungans later on.
Really hate to nit-pick because I really enjoy your content, but Yoda was one of the greatest lightsaber duelist the Jedi Order had throughout their history. Master of all 7 lightsaber forms & heavily implied in the Revenge of the Sith novelization to have won the lightsaber duel with Darth Sidious who is himself one of the greatest duelist of all time. :) Love the content :)
True, I don't know what the video maker was thinking. Yoda: grand master, only lost two duals in 800 years(plo koon, sidious), has trained every jedi in dialing when younglings.... Yeahhh he not that good of a duelist😳
Ok a misconception with both your argument. There are techniques that one could use that the other opponent would not which would result in a victory. My opinion is that count dooku could beat sidious in a light saber duel.....and this is coming from someone who's second favorite star wars character is darth sidious. Like bruce Lee once said its better to master 1 kick a thousand times than a thousand kicks once. Palpatine and yoda were known for their force abilities the most and only falled back on dueling when the situation called for it
@@mylesstephens7791 There's a problem with what you said about dooku beating sidious. First if he could he would have. Second sidious originally had dooku try to kill ventress because sidious was afraid dooku would be able to beat him with ventresses help. Dooku was shocked was shocked when sidious said this because he'd never attempt to take over. Anakin beat dooku and obi wan was sent to face anakin because Yoda said he wasn't on the level to face sidious. So Anakin who beat dooku was considered the weaker of the two sith lords and this means dooku was definetely weaker as well.
@@jaredbanister369 remember that first off dooku was told to toy around with anakin in Revenge of the sith. Also if you remember the fight in season 6 dooku single handedly dismantled the jedi orders resident prodigy anakin and THE master of Soresu....which yoda and mace dubbed obi-wan. Count dooku's form 2 pressed Yoda in attack of the clones and he only ran because he needed to get the death star plans to sidious. Dooku was gonna use ventress as a sacrifice while he struck the final blow. Sidious was a master duelist but dooku was a dueling master. Hes lived longer and has more experience than sidious. One on One I genuinely believe sidious would loose a pure lightsaber duel but since palpatine would use force techniques which he and yoda were famed for then yes dooku loses
@@mylesstephens7791 In the revenge of sith sidious was said to have told dooku that he would save him if Anakin was beating him which is why dooku was surprised when sidious told Anakin to kill him. Dooku ran from Yoda because he realized he couldn't win he used obi wan and Anakin as a distraction to escape Yoda. Sidious had ancient sith knowledge and force speed that dooku would be unable to hold off against that long. When Quinlon vos was to pretending join the dark side he suggested him and dooku kill dooku master and dooku thought it was such a crazy impossible fight for them to win he laughed. Plus dooku tryed to turn obi wan saying together they could beat sidious.
Mucn of Yoda's combat skills were augmented with the force, which he could only do for limited periods of time. By the time of the Clone wars, he was already in his twilight years, but imagine how powerful he could have been a century or two earlier.
@@Kainlarsen force abilities and augmentation are an integral part of lightsaber combat....due to both duelists being...you know for sensitive...hence the lightsabers.....
@@denen404 that’s what I was thinking. All of the greatest duelist were pretty much good because of their force connection so I don’t understand how Yoda isn’t a great duelist, he was just strong in the force 🤔 no one other than sidious could defeat him at the time during the clone wars lol
Non of the mentioned characters were fully able to beat him in lightsagbercombat. In fact, both dooku and Sidious and retreated from sword combat (dooku left completely and sidious switched to force techniques and keeping distance to yoda, trying to avoid another blade to blade fight. Besides, yoda still had mastered All 7 forms for hundreds of years. The pure skill is not enhanced by the force, but speed and flexibility are. So I would still call Yoda one of the greatest duelists of all time.
I would think even Master Yoda would have a hard time dealing with Krell. I still think it would have been cool if Anakin returned to Umbara and claimed his very first Jedi kill
If Krell survived the Clone Wars, he would’ve been an excellent Grand Inquisitor. The question is, would he retained his own double-bladed lightsabers or would he use the spinning saberstaffs like the other Inquisitors?
If I had to guess on Krell’s tactic in a lightsaber duel, I’d say that his method is similar to Grevious, employing the spinning buzz saw flourishing velocities to bash through an opponent’s defenses and overpower them.
Not sure if I agree with you're Yoda judgement, as it was stated the only jedi that could even challenge Yoda in pure lightsaber combat were Mace, Plo Koon, and Anakin
@@keagantimm9031 If that's the case, then doesn't it just show how good of a duelist he was? He was able to compete with and drive off Dooku/Tyrannous in episode 2 and compete closely with Sidious in episode 3? That seems impressive for an old little green man with atrophied skills.
@@justalex2353 your an idiot he def would have been very capable yoda would trash vader when he first got his suit but a 40 year old vader can beat a very old yoda on the verge of his death and anakin easily defeated count when he was no where near his full potential while yoda has a hard time fighting count at his old age i understand he didnt have intentions of killing count but if yoda could destroy anakin so easily he would have been able to dismantle count which he did not and if anakin has like 10 more years of training he woupd have been powerful enough to defeat any living sith or jedi at his time and thats facts nobody would have been able to defeat him if he would have just left padme alone and avoid obi wan he has already one at that point so
Krell's arc was so short lived, but he's easily one of my favorite characters from Clone Wars. It's crazy because he died in a room with only a few clones after mowing thru what looked like a battalion. I know it was a Clone development arc but I really hoped that Anakin would have come back to fight Krell and save his men. That would have been an awesome fight to see and that still would have developed the clones and Anakin's relationship with them.
He instantly became one of my top favorite "bad guys". I really wish they had done more with him. I would have loved to have seen a trilogy book on him converting to a bad guy completely. Would have been a MUCH cooler Doku apprentice than Ventress. I wish he had replaced her for a time or even been the character since the get go. He could have been such a badass.
Did he say Yoda wasn’t good in battle? The little guy disarmed Sidious to the point where he had to keep his distance from Yoda using force lightning and throwing stuff. He was able to hold off force lightning to a significant extent and survive.
I'm glad Pong Krell is still getting attention. Even though he's a very hated character, and aside from all the clones he killed, I honestly would've wished they built upon Krell more. Feel like with most small characters in SW they just introduce them and then they die the next few days lol.
You know, there were Jedi of other species that had more than four arms, although having 6 or more arms makes handling a lightsaber very awkward. Kreia was the most accomplished in that regard because she could wield 3 lightsabers without the use of her hands.
Excuse me, “less powerful ones, like Maul” WTF?!?! Who says Maul wasn’t that powerful?! The guy was brilliant! He’s the one Sidious referred to as “a true loss.” I think that was a serious underestimation of him.
@@camerontrivett1772 Probably the same thing he did to Dooku, keep him as his apprentice until order 66 was about to happen and then betray him for Anakin
One of my favorite Clone Wars characters! I actually wanted him to get away only so I could have seen him duel a few Jedi. Imagine Dooku with Pong Krell and General Grievous as "apprentices"! That would have been CRAZY!!!
I think the Umbara Arc was dope, the “It’s treason then” from Krell made me freak out a bit. Honestly kind of disappointed that there wasn’t more done with him. I think some showdown between Savage Opress, Ventress, and Pong Krell could’ve happened
Bruh what!? Yoda is the best lightsaber duelist in the galaxy durring the clone wars, that’s one of the reasons palpatine was running away from him in Ep3
Another thing that made krells lightsaber different was the fact that it wasn't even a lightsaber. Due to the large size and low pitched buzzing sound it made, it technically qualifies as a lightclub, and im pretty sure thats about as unique as you can get
@@yellowmelon5238 with dooku, dooku was losing so he made a diversion and escaped. And with sidious they got to a standstill. Otherwise yoda has always been SEEN to be a badass combatant with lightsabers. Against droids and such you see his full brutality
@@jesusgonzalez6719 I mean he didn’t win those fights either and like even the side characters have beaten the shit out of droids that don’t make yoda special
Finnaly somebody gives Pong Krell some justice, he were so badass, easily one of my favorite clone wars villains. Hes personality was so hateble, which was the point, but hes fighting scenes were just so badass. I think they pulled him of greatly.
I just want to see a high stakes battle between Krell and Fox (plus Fox's best and most trusted units). Winner gets to fall into a pit with three Rancors!
Yoda was one of the best duelist in the entire Clone Wars and the order during his time, which is a VERY LONG TIME, on par with Mace Windu who himself was considered by many as second only to Master Yoda. DON'T SLEEP ON YODA
3:06 He did not foresee Order 66; He only saw that the Jedi would be defeated from the inside. If he knew the clones were tools in destroying the Jedi, he would know that disrupting GAR victories would gain him no favor in the new order.
"If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you do your wit, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman. - Kenobi to Anakain." Hardly a comment to be made if Yoda was not one of the best swordsman in the order.
The title....what the hell is wrong with SW fandom? Are you confusing him with Anakin Skywalker? Krell the most powerful Jedi ever? Lol what? Krell is overrated as hell if people believe he's in the same tier with Vader/Anakin, Yoda, Sidious, Windu, Obi Wan etc. All because he was able to defeat some clones. The other Jedi were took by surprise, Krell was corrupted. Come on....
Another point to Krell's confidence and abilities, he turned off his lightsabers in the middle of combat while still surrounded by clones firing at him.
That was strategic. The region was covered in heavy fog, but his lightsabers made him easily seen. By turning off his sabers he was practically invisible and was able to sneak up on clones to beat them down.
Krell was just a Dark Jedi that happen to have the element of surprise, and would’ve eventually be taken down. One must remember that the Clone Army was secretly train to kill Jedi, and they damn good at it. Krell would be no different from any high Jedi Masters that die in Order 66. No force user can survive when there a Legion worth of Blasters gunning you down.
They had secret augmented troopers to kill jedi if they betrayed them with highly acrobatic skills and vibro blades attached to their forearms not to mention extensive training
I was thinking the same thing, they made it seem like "yeah he could do some flips and stuff, but he wasn't that great". Huge misstep there. Yoda was considered a serious threat even by top tier duelists like Palpatine and Dooku
Personally I think if Krell ever fought Yoda he'd be dead. All of his moves seem rehearsed and he didn't seem to be able to adapt quickly. He also was kinda dumb and hot headed. But yeah I see how people could mistake being able to use 4 blades to kill animals, and clones armed with blasters, as truly powerful. Those clones he fought were sleep deprived and exhausted, as well as low on morale. They still won. His weapons were cool but he was weak with the force. Also, Maul a weaker dualist? Really? I think we all know that's not the case.
5:27 Dude wtf. Thats just 100% wrong. Yoda was one of the best/the best duelist during tcw. Proof: The fight with Dooku. Dooku was meant to be one of the best duelists and was heavily outclassed by Yoda. Oh and even Sidious tried to run because he lost in Lightsaber combat
Krell was powerful in combat the man took down so many clones with ease. The clones needed help with a local wildlife to take him down. Definitely one of the top Jedi.
@@geetslys in the same way Obi wan could have been one of the most powerfull as him and Yoda who in your words was not a very good duelist wich i heavily disagree with managed to storm the Jedi temple after order 66 and vut don clones left and right
While we knew that he had figured out order 66, he still dared to call himself a jedi even after openly stating he wanted to side with Dooku... yes, we all cry at order 66, but here we all loved mostly all clones like actually family and i'm pretty sure nearly all of us think he got off too easy...
0:11 "Krel, too, was murdered by his subprdinates for being obnoxious." Obnoxious? OBNOXIOUS?! You consider ordering your own men to attack one another merely _obnoxious?!?!_
His strength with the Force and as a warrior was indeed great. I do wish we could have witnessed him fight other notable Force wielder’s. All we have is speculation based on the feats he presented (and didn’t present). Sure he was able to blow back several soldiers at once when he was cornered and easily cut through his own clones in the ensuing frenzy, two feats that make his capabilities noteworthy among his many colleagues, but he also failed to predict or sense their attempts to trap him using the Umbarian plant life, nor could he predict that he was about to be shot by Dogma (though I feel like he wouldn’t have been able to do much about it anyway since he was restrained and surrounded), only focusing on Rex’s hesitance on executing him. This is particularly interesting due to the fact that he was able to predict the Jedi losing the war, but not the full circumstances of their defeat. Additionally, part of what made his power so impressive was quite possibly his fall to the Dark Side, but like many who are exposed to it tend to become overconfident, prideful and less prone to strategy, three of Krell’s most distinguished traits.
Shows just how well trained the regular clones and ARCs were that they were able to capture him alive, makes me if the inhibitor chips hindered their combat ability considering that a lot of the same clones were involved with the attempt to carry out order 66 on Ahsoka and yet every single one of them involved died despite her refusing to use lethal force
Yoda was extremely powerful in lightsaber combat he was that good sidius was forced to abandon his lightsaber and try turn the fight into a battle of force where he would have the advantage.
Also, I believe he was insanely powerful and possibly even outranked some of the Jedi on Umbara. He outranked Anakin and Possibly Obi-Wan for the battle as when he wants to move to the capital to aid Obi-Wan he overrides Obi wans concerns. Master Tinn was the only other Jedi assigned to the ground battle and he’s a high ranking council member.
I really hope they do something so that Krell isn't dead, he'd be such a cool character to bring back, I mean, if Maul can survive falling for miles then Krell can survive one gunshot, right???
So it seems like you are pretty amazed by Krell. I think Krell is powerful, but definitely not close to the rank of most powerful guardian. His foresight was probably due to him being a darksider. See Krell can fight pretty well against the clones, but I highly doubt that he would last long in a duel versus a skilled lightsaber combattant. He is very powerful against multiple weaker foes due to his style and species. But imagine him fighting a Makashi foe, or someone like grievous. As seen in the clips where he fights the clones you immediately see that his footwork is rather sloppy and his movements slow, compared to a fighter like maul. Using two doublebladed sabers is very hard, so you can give him credit for doing well. Despite it being hard its probably the best style against blasterfire. But he probably sucks as a duelist. His lightsaber form is most likely ataru, or diem so. Compared to other ataru fighters in the clonewars he is slow and less dexterous. I reckon he wouldnt stand a minute against grievous, maul, or dooku. There are some guardians which are more capable: Obi Wan, Ki adi, Plo Koon, Anakin, Shaak Ti.
5:27 - “He kinda sucked at combat” I’ve never heard this claim being made before. By chance do you have any info on this? A link by chance? I always assumed by how to he could take on Sidious, Dooku, Tear through the clones at the temple after the Genocide, etc, that he was expectedly better than most at combat.
Yoda was one of the best duellists the Jedi order had ever seen, idk what this guy was on when making this video. Yoda trained two of the top five duellists of the era, Windu and Dooku, and defeated two of the top five in lightsaber combat, Dooku and Sidious. Geetsly was just straight up wrong when he said that
So your really going to just disrespect Master Yoda like that? Lol Master Yoda was a beast duelist had Palpatine running like a punk and Dooku told Grievous to pray he never had to duel him. Put some respect on Master Yoda name shoot lol
Since when is Yoda "not a good duelist"? He's actually regarded as one of the best if not THE best duelist of all time. Completely ignoring the fact that he trained Dooku who himself was regarded as one of the best in the order, he also went toe to toe and even gained the advantage against Sidious, who is also regarded as the best duelist in Sith history.
Gonna have to stop you there. He didn't train Dooku in Saber combat or even combat in general. He tried to stifle him. In fact, the only reason Yoda even took him as a padawan was because he thought his beliefs were dangerous.
*Every one saying Krell desevered to die. Me: Am I the only one around here who can appreciate a good villian, who will do whatever he has to in order to make himself more powerful, whose evil as fuck, knows it, and simply chooses to stay evil and maybe he even likes it. Like we wouldn't get good stories with out them. Chaotic and Nuetral evil gang rise up!
Couple of things I take issue with in your analysis: * Yoda is not a bad duelist. Arguably one of the greatest. * I definitely wouldn't consider Maul one of the weaker dark side users. * Even in Legends, the color of a lightsaber and it's relationship to the type of Jedi it's wielder was was often quite inconsistent * Krell's success rate in his missions can be attributed more to his brute force tactics and use of the Clones as expendable resources more than any sort of Battle Meditation. From a story standpoint, to say otherwise undermines the cruelty and brutality of his character. His go to approach to warfare is to clog up the butcher's meat grinder. * Krell's slaughter of the Clones, may not be as impressive as it seems, though it is impressive. Yes, we've seen numerous Jedi killed by the Clones, but much of the initial success of Order 66 can be attributed to the sudden shock the Jedi experienced by such a betrayal. Krell was ready. As seen In EP III, the combination of surprise + shock + betrayal + overwhelming numbers was more than enough to take down several Jedi Masters. As much as attachment is forbidden, I feel many of the Jedi that were killed died brokenhearted. Not exactly the best mental state to be in in such a situation. Things I agree on which I agree: * Krell is a POS and got a more merciful end than he deserved. I liked the video, though, since there's a lot of good discussions going in the comments. Looking forward to more of your videos.
LOL what, Redditors are scum, there opinions are worthless echo chamber garbage, they all have the same opinions on most things... they are worse than the kids on twitter
Just imagine if Krell was in the Temple during Order 66, Krell would've been the Mvp for the Jedi with the highest clone kill count and just imagine Anakin battling Krell. That would be one legendary lightsaber fight of the ages.
I definitely agree with that, shame it wasn’t that way
Cin dralig was the best fighter in the temple during order 66 and it all was not on his level.
I fell was not on at least twenty jedi and dark side users levels during the clone wars. He does have one of most impressive knowledge only beat by Yoda, jocasta nu
@@jaredbanister369 True, Anakin vs Cin Dralig was the make or break point on who got to decide on the final outcome on the fate of the Jedi Temple. But if you were to pin Pong Krell and Cin Dralig against Anakin, Anakin's chances of beating both of them are highly unlikely.
So Rex and his troops killing Krell is the reason the Jedi fell. Got it.
Krell, the Jedi so powerful and evil that he grew a goatee without having a chin.
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Unpopular opinion: I liked Pong Krell as a villain. Don’t get me wrong, he deserved what he got and worse, but I can’t think of a better antagonist for the Umbara arc. He was exactly what he was supposed to be.
Edit: Okay, I get it. My opinion is unpopular among my friend group so I thought the same would be true here. You have proven me wrong.
If you make a character wanting people to hate him, and people hate him, you've won
Agreed, I love Pong Krell, his hatebility mixed with his badass fighting skill makes him a perfect mini-villian. The episodes were focused on the clones, not Krell, so making him more of a relateble and likeble villian wasnt much of a point, since he died so quikly. He was just pure badass evil, like many Star wars villains. I would have loved too have seen more of him, especially in duels with other jedi, just to see how that would work.
@@ic218 nah bro i really do hate him but like you said hes good at doing that so he does goes as a good character if hes in any future stuff he just has to be an antagonist that pops up occasionally something like loki but hes just more evil im not trying to compare the two because their so different but i did some thinking hes the first thing that comes to mind because hes really not a main villain but he pops up often and not apart or alters the big plot
Haha, I mean I don't think anyone was arguing that he is a bad villain. In fact, he was an excellent villain which made his character a bad PERSON.
@@geetslys yeah facts
He could have easily killed all the clones on Umbara but decided to play games with them. He was incredibly powerful but underestimated the clones.
He underestimated umbaras flora, if he underestimated the clones themselves he would have died almost instantly
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@@toby1061 welp 73 likes now
but i’ll still do it cuz why not
Yoda was a legendary duelist only ever losing to plo koon and sidious. Sidious was terrified of Yoda dueling skills that's why he ran in the revenge of the sith and just shot lightning and threw stuff.
When did he loose to Plo Koon?
@@CommanderCoaster We were never given an exact timeline. However I believe it was probably around the time of the phantom menace that this training dual took place since unlikely they would have had the time during the clone wars to be dialing each other with all that was going on.
In the novelization of revenge of the sixth we actually learn that Yoda disarmed insidious of his lightsaber essentially winning the duel side of things tho ultimately losing the fight... this guys saying Yoda sucked and combat and not known for his lightsaber skills is borderline blasphemy.
@@danbeauchemin9148 yeah, Yoda in my opnion was better then sidious. Sidious tried to run from his office so he wouldn't have to face Yoda. Sidious ran away from the 800+ year old jedi who was to old to keep up with him. He tired Yoda out in the chase. On the Senate pod we can see before the force explosion yodas determined face and sidious turn to fear and pain. Yoda was closer to the edge which is why he couldn't on to the pod. I think Yoda was better but barely and not enough to kill sidious. Yodas a legendary duelist and force user.
I don’t think he lost the lightsaber duel. He lost the force duel with Sidious which was like winning a battle but losing the war.
The way you described the weapons master who died by Grieveous’ hand was hilarious
He mastered a powerful weapon and then died in 20 seconds to someone wielding lightsabers
to be fair a lot of powerful jedi master met rather poor ends then facing oppenents who they weren't used to
Yeah but I think this is legends grieveous we’re talking about
@@SuperTintenfisch64 I mean even Canon Grievous probably could beat a guy in a duel wielding a stick.
@@nameynamename3758 jax: imagine if i had a real weapon
The trick with Grieveous is that most people don't train to fight a buzz saw. He's a total out of context problem for most duelists first encountering him, but someone who is familiar with fighting him can pick him apart as Obi-Wan eventually did.
He may be powerful, but he still fell for the "Hey ugly" bait
well its part of balancing, playing as pong krell gives you a buff at everything and a nerf at intelligence
@@seomahazuri8999 10/10 strength
-1/10 intellect
@@FancyNCR You mean 0/10 intellect?
@@I_Sankai_I -1 is below 0
@@FancyNCR Ah! But you see -inf is less than all
Pong Krell vs General Grevious
@Michael Stoica pong krell wins every time
I’ve asked so many Star Wars accounts on Instagram to do this as a head to head battle I think krell would best grevious tbh
Krel would best grevious but he would mess up krel
@@xaviershearer7503 there actually is one account name *Jek_Porgkins* who did Pong Krell vs Grievous (Canon) on May 20 ended on May 25 and the winner was Grievous.
Reminder Grievous (Canon) won 16 victory and only lost 6 in his duel. Has beaten *Ahsoka* (even in their second duel she struggles and was hopeless against him.), *Pablo-Jill* duel over the world of Duro in a collapsing satellite city. Jill was ultimately left injured, *Obi-Wan Kenobi* (twice), *Adi Gallia* despite putting up a good fight with the general, she was ultimately defeated and captured by the cyborg, *Depa Billaba* (twice) who trained by Mace Windu and *Shaak Ti* during the captured of Chancellor Palpatine.
We see him slicing clones while he knock out Rex and Denial, never once get down on his knee by a clone or easily tricked by one, Grievous able choked that one clone with his claw who tried to sneak up on him in Bound For Rescue and has slaughtered bunch of Mauldalorian across the hallway including crushing their armor with his bare mechanical hand in Son of Dathomir.
In the book *Ultimate Star Wars* stated: "Grievous was highly skilled in lightsaber combat, in which he was trained by Count Dooku. With his cybernetic enhancements, Grievous relied on strength and agility when in combat with a Jedi. He was a master of many of the classic forms of Jedi arts, and was able to adapt quickly to an opponent's fighting style." He even the Separatists's best General, better than Krell.
if you think Grievous a total loser, well he isn't since he won 16 victory, only lost 6 in his duel and currently gain the most kills more than Dooku, Maul and Savage Opress.
@@skello-oj5se How? General Grevious has killed more powerful jedi than Pong Krell. He only looks OP cause he's killing clones, who eventually kill him anyway
The bass from those lightsabers was glorious
Their equally terrifying and amazing
Imagine if Grievous used those sabers how badass his 2003 version would be......Un-freaking-belelievable!!!
Easily the best sounding lightsabers--- along with Ahsoka tano's in the mandalorian...
@@bennyjones7292 general grievous had the potential to be one of the best villains in star wars history--- behind Darth Vader of course, that is until George Lucas screwed him up making him a sniveling cowering coward...
@@chrisnyasia7 the Tartakovsky cartoon was my intro to Greivous so I was always disappointed how he acted in RotS.
Before watching Filoni's Clone Wars I wondered if they might redeem him a bit, but apart from killing Kit Fisto's padawan, he just gets shit on even more. He even gets taken out by a bunch of gungans later on.
Really hate to nit-pick because I really enjoy your content, but Yoda was one of the greatest lightsaber duelist the Jedi Order had throughout their history. Master of all 7 lightsaber forms & heavily implied in the Revenge of the Sith novelization to have won the lightsaber duel with Darth Sidious who is himself one of the greatest duelist of all time. :) Love the content :)
True, I don't know what the video maker was thinking. Yoda: grand master, only lost two duals in 800 years(plo koon, sidious), has trained every jedi in dialing when younglings.... Yeahhh he not that good of a duelist😳
Ok a misconception with both your argument. There are techniques that one could use that the other opponent would not which would result in a victory. My opinion is that count dooku could beat sidious in a light saber duel.....and this is coming from someone who's second favorite star wars character is darth sidious. Like bruce Lee once said its better to master 1 kick a thousand times than a thousand kicks once. Palpatine and yoda were known for their force abilities the most and only falled back on dueling when the situation called for it
@@mylesstephens7791 There's a problem with what you said about dooku beating sidious. First if he could he would have. Second sidious originally had dooku try to kill ventress because sidious was afraid dooku would be able to beat him with ventresses help. Dooku was shocked was shocked when sidious said this because he'd never attempt to take over. Anakin beat dooku and obi wan was sent to face anakin because Yoda said he wasn't on the level to face sidious. So Anakin who beat dooku was considered the weaker of the two sith lords and this means dooku was definetely weaker as well.
@@jaredbanister369 remember that first off dooku was told to toy around with anakin in Revenge of the sith. Also if you remember the fight in season 6 dooku single handedly dismantled the jedi orders resident prodigy anakin and THE master of Soresu....which yoda and mace dubbed obi-wan. Count dooku's form 2 pressed Yoda in attack of the clones and he only ran because he needed to get the death star plans to sidious. Dooku was gonna use ventress as a sacrifice while he struck the final blow. Sidious was a master duelist but dooku was a dueling master. Hes lived longer and has more experience than sidious. One on One I genuinely believe sidious would loose a pure lightsaber duel but since palpatine would use force techniques which he and yoda were famed for then yes dooku loses
@@mylesstephens7791 In the revenge of sith sidious was said to have told dooku that he would save him if Anakin was beating him which is why dooku was surprised when sidious told Anakin to kill him. Dooku ran from Yoda because he realized he couldn't win he used obi wan and Anakin as a distraction to escape Yoda. Sidious had ancient sith knowledge and force speed that dooku would be unable to hold off against that long. When Quinlon vos was to pretending join the dark side he suggested him and dooku kill dooku master and dooku thought it was such a crazy impossible fight for them to win he laughed. Plus dooku tryed to turn obi wan saying together they could beat sidious.
Yoda is considered one of the greatest swordsmen of his time, literally only matched by dooku sidious and windu?
Mucn of Yoda's combat skills were augmented with the force, which he could only do for limited periods of time. By the time of the Clone wars, he was already in his twilight years, but imagine how powerful he could have been a century or two earlier.
@@Kainlarsen force abilities and augmentation are an integral part of lightsaber combat....due to both duelists being...you know for sensitive...hence the lightsabers.....
@@denen404 that’s what I was thinking. All of the greatest duelist were pretty much good because of their force connection so I don’t understand how Yoda isn’t a great duelist, he was just strong in the force 🤔 no one other than sidious could defeat him at the time during the clone wars lol
That’s why he said “so close” lol
Non of the mentioned characters were fully able to beat him in lightsagbercombat. In fact, both dooku and Sidious and retreated from sword combat (dooku left completely and sidious switched to force techniques and keeping distance to yoda, trying to avoid another blade to blade fight.
Besides, yoda still had mastered All 7 forms for hundreds of years. The pure skill is not enhanced by the force, but speed and flexibility are. So I would still call Yoda one of the greatest duelists of all time.
Pong Krell: While you were studying the blade, I was studying the blade
....And transcendence.
I would think even Master Yoda would have a hard time dealing with Krell. I still think it would have been cool if Anakin returned to Umbara and claimed his very first Jedi kill
For sure but it would be a long battle because yoda would use his size to his advantage
I can imagine Anakin showing up and while Krell is distracted he just force chokes him
Both Anakin and Yoda stomps.
If Krell survived the Clone Wars, he would’ve been an excellent Grand Inquisitor. The question is, would he retained his own double-bladed lightsabers or would he use the spinning saberstaffs like the other Inquisitors?
He was obviously far more skilled and powerful than them so likely his own.
Probably. He wouldn't necessary need them but it would make the spinning even easier for him.
@@II-df6dw Was he, though?
He has no dueling feats.
If I had to guess on Krell’s tactic in a lightsaber duel, I’d say that his method is similar to Grevious, employing the spinning buzz saw flourishing velocities to bash through an opponent’s defenses and overpower them.
@@nutellaninja4667 fair enough. Although he is physically imposing and he seemed like a decent force user.
Not sure if I agree with you're Yoda judgement, as it was stated the only jedi that could even challenge Yoda in pure lightsaber combat were Mace, Plo Koon, and Anakin
Anakin is not even close.
This is true but it was implied he was getting very old and hadn't done alot of practice coming up to the fight with sideous .
@@keagantimm9031 If that's the case, then doesn't it just show how good of a duelist he was? He was able to compete with and drive off Dooku/Tyrannous in episode 2 and compete closely with Sidious in episode 3? That seems impressive for an old little green man with atrophied skills.
@@Ramenloverwhoenjoyssteak sidious lost that fight & Ran to get the high ground
@@justalex2353 your an idiot he def would have been very capable yoda would trash vader when he first got his suit but a 40 year old vader can beat a very old yoda on the verge of his death and anakin easily defeated count when he was no where near his full potential while yoda has a hard time fighting count at his old age i understand he didnt have intentions of killing count but if yoda could destroy anakin so easily he would have been able to dismantle count which he did not and if anakin has like 10 more years of training he woupd have been powerful enough to defeat any living sith or jedi at his time and thats facts nobody would have been able to defeat him if he would have just left padme alone and avoid obi wan he has already one at that point so
How Krell was beaten by a vine
Edit: And Tup who killed a Jedi but failed to do much more because he had the element of surprise
5:35 I'm sorry but if he can saber fight against Dooku, one of the most famed duelists, that would make Yoda an *excellent* duelist.
Krell's arc was so short lived, but he's easily one of my favorite characters from Clone Wars. It's crazy because he died in a room with only a few clones after mowing thru what looked like a battalion. I know it was a Clone development arc but I really hoped that Anakin would have come back to fight Krell and save his men. That would have been an awesome fight to see and that still would have developed the clones and Anakin's relationship with them.
He instantly became one of my top favorite "bad guys". I really wish they had done more with him.
I would have loved to have seen a trilogy book on him converting to a bad guy completely.
Would have been a MUCH cooler Doku apprentice than Ventress. I wish he had replaced her for a time or even been the character since the get go.
He could have been such a badass.
Did he say Yoda wasn’t good in battle? The little guy disarmed Sidious to the point where he had to keep his distance from Yoda using force lightning and throwing stuff. He was able to hold off force lightning to a significant extent and survive.
I’m thoroughly convinced that if the battle was on flat ground, yoda would have mopped the floor with Sidious
“Yo can you cut me some melon?”
(He cuts Pong Krell’s chin)
“Sorry they just look so similar”
wait he has a chin?
i literally cant find it
*goard
*throat pouch
I'm glad Pong Krell is still getting attention. Even though he's a very hated character, and aside from all the clones he killed, I honestly would've wished they built upon Krell more. Feel like with most small characters in SW they just introduce them and then they die the next few days lol.
Yeah he was very interesting to me
That whole show had a massive issue with rushing story lines
@@WlatPziupp Yea I guess they didnt want too many seasons
@@WlatPziupp Seems like their keen to taking characters and building them in new shows like The Bad Batch
I'd like a SW show about the Jedi that survived tho, maybe call it "The Lost"
Lots of arms that’s why
Oh yeah he also had the force thing but still he had more arms than any Jedi could’ve imagined
You know, there were Jedi of other species that had more than four arms, although having 6 or more arms makes handling a lightsaber very awkward. Kreia was the most accomplished in that regard because she could wield 3 lightsabers without the use of her hands.
Excuse me, “less powerful ones, like Maul” WTF?!?! Who says Maul wasn’t that powerful?! The guy was brilliant! He’s the one Sidious referred to as “a true loss.” I think that was a serious underestimation of him.
The question is would he still try to turn Anakin to be his apprentice if Maul was still around or would he just kill him
@@camerontrivett1772 Probably the same thing he did to Dooku, keep him as his apprentice until order 66 was about to happen and then betray him for Anakin
Cherry picked. Read what he says in the next panel
You're right
Sidious beat maul lol
Someone: Y'know, Pong Krell wasn't that bad!
Me: *So you have chosen, death.*
Dogma (shoots blaster), "I had to. He supported Krell."
@nathaniel gray Same, I like to imagine he hates clones because he foresaw order 66 in his vision
Y’know, Pong Krell wasn’t that bad!
@@hyper.6952 It’s treason, then.
Y’know, Pong Krell wasn’t that bad!
One of my favorite Clone Wars characters! I actually wanted him to get away only so I could have seen him duel a few Jedi. Imagine Dooku with Pong Krell and General Grievous as "apprentices"! That would have been CRAZY!!!
"Even lesser force users like maul"
*excuse me?*
Umm... Did he just say Yoda wasn't a good duelist? Bruh....
I think the Umbara Arc was dope, the “It’s treason then” from Krell made me freak out a bit. Honestly kind of disappointed that there wasn’t more done with him. I think some showdown between Savage Opress, Ventress, and Pong Krell could’ve happened
Bruh what!? Yoda is the best lightsaber duelist in the galaxy durring the clone wars, that’s one of the reasons palpatine was running away from him in Ep3
I think Mace is a little better
@@eliminator1472 It would be close but Maces Vaapad wouldnt help against Yoda so personally I would give Yoda the edge.
@@eliminator1472 no he’s not
Another thing that made krells lightsaber different was the fact that it wasn't even a lightsaber. Due to the large size and low pitched buzzing sound it made, it technically qualifies as a lightclub, and im pretty sure thats about as unique as you can get
Rip waxer/hardcase
Yeah, I really liked them 😔
I was devastated that waxer went out like that
@@ffatmausl7404 it was a good thing Waxer clarified that Krell set the clones up to kill each other
I cried when Waxer died.
@@geetslys Same
You lost credibility at "Yoda sucked at combat." Come on, that's absurd.
Alone in combat yes all his dueling abilities were mainly from the force and didn’t have much stamina with them
@@chidile7567 maaan he was leading against darth sidious in a duel
@@hannespetersson529 I mean yoda has never won an on screen fight in the movies
@@yellowmelon5238 with dooku, dooku was losing so he made a diversion and escaped. And with sidious they got to a standstill. Otherwise yoda has always been SEEN to be a badass combatant with lightsabers. Against droids and such you see his full brutality
@@jesusgonzalez6719 I mean he didn’t win those fights either and like even the side characters have beaten the shit out of droids that don’t make yoda special
Finnaly somebody gives Pong Krell some justice, he were so badass, easily one of my favorite clone wars villains. Hes personality was so hateble, which was the point, but hes fighting scenes were just so badass. I think they pulled him of greatly.
I just want to see a high stakes battle between Krell and Fox (plus Fox's best and most trusted units).
Winner gets to fall into a pit with three Rancors!
Did you just say Yoda was not a skilled duelist?
Yoda was one of the best duelist in the entire Clone Wars and the order during his time, which is a VERY LONG TIME, on par with Mace Windu who himself was considered by many as second only to Master Yoda. DON'T SLEEP ON YODA
3:06 He did not foresee Order 66; He only saw that the Jedi would be defeated from the inside. If he knew the clones were tools in destroying the Jedi, he would know that disrupting GAR victories would gain him no favor in the new order.
You definitely didn't give Yoda the credit he deserves
"If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you do your wit, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman. - Kenobi to Anakain." Hardly a comment to be made if Yoda was not one of the best swordsman in the order.
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Yoda is bad duelist my man
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The title....what the hell is wrong with SW fandom? Are you confusing him with Anakin Skywalker? Krell the most powerful Jedi ever? Lol what?
Krell is overrated as hell if people believe he's in the same tier with Vader/Anakin, Yoda, Sidious, Windu, Obi Wan etc. All because he was able to defeat some clones. The other Jedi were took by surprise, Krell was corrupted.
Come on....
I liked Krell and his entire race. Just imagine them in epic blast/saber- proof armor with yellow dual sabers and blasters in their 4 hands
Why stop there, let's give him a blaster arm like Bill Burr
Another point to Krell's confidence and abilities, he turned off his lightsabers in the middle of combat while still surrounded by clones firing at him.
He just starting boxing them with his huge fists Lmfao remember that clone that got two punches to the gut ooh that was nasty
That was strategic. The region was covered in heavy fog, but his lightsabers made him easily seen. By turning off his sabers he was practically invisible and was able to sneak up on clones to beat them down.
I love Krell. He's so cool and the fact he wields two double-ended lightsabers is so amazing.
Krell was just a Dark Jedi that happen to have the element of surprise, and would’ve eventually be taken down. One must remember that the Clone Army was secretly train to kill Jedi, and they damn good at it. Krell would be no different from any high Jedi Masters that die in Order 66. No force user can survive when there a Legion worth of Blasters gunning you down.
Wouldn't say dam good at it, since the Jedi still had a positive KDR when it came to order 66.
They never had secret training they had the chips
@@ramarblood7697 when do jedi not have a good KDR tho
@@someirishboi6308 Uhm, when it came to fighting the Sith maybe?
Or if non force sensitives are exclusivly targeting younglings.
They had secret augmented troopers to kill jedi if they betrayed them with highly acrobatic skills and vibro blades attached to their forearms not to mention extensive training
Yoda was considered the best duelist the Jedi order ever produced wym
I was thinking the same thing, they made it seem like "yeah he could do some flips and stuff, but he wasn't that great". Huge misstep there. Yoda was considered a serious threat even by top tier duelists like Palpatine and Dooku
Personally I think if Krell ever fought Yoda he'd be dead. All of his moves seem rehearsed and he didn't seem to be able to adapt quickly. He also was kinda dumb and hot headed. But yeah I see how people could mistake being able to use 4 blades to kill animals, and clones armed with blasters, as truly powerful. Those clones he fought were sleep deprived and exhausted, as well as low on morale. They still won. His weapons were cool but he was weak with the force. Also, Maul a weaker dualist? Really? I think we all know that's not the case.
Everytime I saw that episode of Krell slaughtering the clones, I was always a Little bit scared.
5:27 Dude wtf. Thats just 100% wrong. Yoda was one of the best/the best duelist during tcw. Proof: The fight with Dooku. Dooku was meant to be one of the best duelists and was heavily outclassed by Yoda.
Oh and even Sidious tried to run because he lost in Lightsaber combat
Krell was powerful in combat the man took down so many clones with ease. The clones needed help with a local wildlife to take him down.
Definitely one of the top Jedi.
viper Son Krell was the type of Jedi to go after the clones himself once they betrayed him...
Considering the other Jedi got taken out so easily, I'd have to agree!
@@geetslys in the same way Obi wan could have been one of the most powerfull as him and Yoda who in your words was not a very good duelist wich i heavily disagree with managed to storm the Jedi temple after order 66 and vut don clones left and right
@@geetslys they were surprise attacked dude
While we knew that he had figured out order 66, he still dared to call himself a jedi even after openly stating he wanted to side with Dooku... yes, we all cry at order 66, but here we all loved mostly all clones like actually family and i'm pretty sure nearly all of us think he got off too easy...
0:11 "Krel, too, was murdered by his subprdinates for being obnoxious."
Obnoxious?
OBNOXIOUS?!
You consider ordering your own men to attack one another merely _obnoxious?!?!_
5:25 what? This is the guy who fought the likes of Count Dooku and Palpatine as an equal. Are we talking about the same person?
You’re intro noise that’s from the old battle fronts just unlocked a deep memory from my brain that I forgot I had
Yoda was second to none in combat. Even Sidious kept trying to run from him.
Except of course mace was better then yoda, and sidious was his equal.
@@jaredbanister6880 no he wasn’t lmao. Mace only won because of Vapaad
@@Frozo-nt2ky Yes vaapad and shatterpoint. He still succeeded were yoda simply could not.
@@Frozo-nt2ky Many jedi had voiced their opinions that mace take over the order as he was more the warrior in fighting and thinking.
@@jaredbanister6880 in what ways?
My favorite CW story arc...I'd love to see a novel dedicated to Krell.
Master yoda was considered one of the best dualists
I like star wars. I have been going through a lot lately. But your vids lighten my day up a bit.
His strength with the Force and as a warrior was indeed great. I do wish we could have witnessed him fight other notable Force wielder’s. All we have is speculation based on the feats he presented (and didn’t present). Sure he was able to blow back several soldiers at once when he was cornered and easily cut through his own clones in the ensuing frenzy, two feats that make his capabilities noteworthy among his many colleagues, but he also failed to predict or sense their attempts to trap him using the Umbarian plant life, nor could he predict that he was about to be shot by Dogma (though I feel like he wouldn’t have been able to do much about it anyway since he was restrained and surrounded), only focusing on Rex’s hesitance on executing him. This is particularly interesting due to the fact that he was able to predict the Jedi losing the war, but not the full circumstances of their defeat.
Additionally, part of what made his power so impressive was quite possibly his fall to the Dark Side, but like many who are exposed to it tend to become overconfident, prideful and less prone to strategy, three of Krell’s most distinguished traits.
Can you do a video on Mandalorian customization? What they were and weren’t allowed to do with their armor and gear? Forbidden and preferred weapons?
He would have wrecked the clones in the jedi temple.
Shows just how well trained the regular clones and ARCs were that they were able to capture him alive, makes me if the inhibitor chips hindered their combat ability considering that a lot of the same clones were involved with the attempt to carry out order 66 on Ahsoka and yet every single one of them involved died despite her refusing to use lethal force
Yoda was extremely powerful in lightsaber combat he was that good sidius was forced to abandon his lightsaber and try turn the fight into a battle of force where he would have the advantage.
woah WOAH WOAH! Yoda not a good duelist? He was one of the best!
Also, I believe he was insanely powerful and possibly even outranked some of the Jedi on Umbara. He outranked Anakin and Possibly Obi-Wan for the battle as when he wants to move to the capital to aid Obi-Wan he overrides Obi wans concerns. Master Tinn was the only other Jedi assigned to the ground battle and he’s a high ranking council member.
Double inquisicopter!
I had read "Porg Krell", now i can't stop imagining the noise of the Porgs everytime Krell opens mouth.
I find it ironic that Krell wore clone armour on his legs and arms.
That's standard issue jedi general armour.
The legends and cannon make it clear many many many times that Yoda was not a bad in light saber combat. I dont know where you got that from.
Imagine liking Pong Krell.
This was made by the common sense gang
8:12 in and that face alone lets you know where his sanity is at
Yoda isn't a good duelist?!
He handed Dooku and Sidious's ass and only lost when he threw the senate at him
"I am the senate"
damn. Cant even imagine going against Grievous with a literal staff
What do you mean yoda wasn't great at deuling don't you know that plo Koon was the only jedi to ever beat him in a deul
So powerful that he didnt have the foresight to see how he dies and his defeat to clones whom he considered inferior beings.
His extreme hatred of the clones is interesting though. I wonder if it might have originated from sensing their impending betrayal under Order 66.
I believe he says something to that effect. I need to watch it again. I believe one of his powers was precognition though.
I really hope they do something so that Krell isn't dead, he'd be such a cool character to bring back, I mean, if Maul can survive falling for miles then Krell can survive one gunshot, right???
Lol what? He wasn't even close to be the most powerful Jedi ever. This character is OVERRATED asf.
Mate, did you say Yoda wasn't great in combat? Yoda was literally the greatest duelist of the order.
So it seems like you are pretty amazed by Krell. I think Krell is powerful, but definitely not close to the rank of most powerful guardian. His foresight was probably due to him being a darksider.
See Krell can fight pretty well against the clones, but I highly doubt that he would last long in a duel versus a skilled lightsaber combattant.
He is very powerful against multiple weaker foes due to his style and species. But imagine him fighting a Makashi foe, or someone like grievous. As seen in the clips where he fights the clones you immediately see that his footwork is rather sloppy and his movements slow, compared to a fighter like maul. Using two doublebladed sabers is very hard, so you can give him credit for doing well. Despite it being hard its probably the best style against blasterfire.
But he probably sucks as a duelist.
His lightsaber form is most likely ataru, or diem so. Compared to other ataru fighters in the clonewars he is slow and less dexterous. I reckon he wouldnt stand a minute against grievous, maul, or dooku.
There are some guardians which are more capable:
Obi Wan, Ki adi, Plo Koon, Anakin, Shaak Ti.
You forgot kit fisto
5:27 - “He kinda sucked at combat”
I’ve never heard this claim being made before. By chance do you have any info on this? A link by chance? I always assumed by how to he could take on Sidious, Dooku, Tear through the clones at the temple after the Genocide, etc, that he was expectedly better than most at combat.
Yoda was one of the best duellists the Jedi order had ever seen, idk what this guy was on when making this video. Yoda trained two of the top five duellists of the era, Windu and Dooku, and defeated two of the top five in lightsaber combat, Dooku and Sidious. Geetsly was just straight up wrong when he said that
@@ianmckenna6146 yeah I was very puzzled by that. But hey, good to know I wasn’t the only one to notice that. 😆
I hate him, but his lightsabers sounds soo cool
Yoda sucked at combat? Scared away Dooko, fought a draw against Sideous. What's are you talking about?
So your really going to just disrespect Master Yoda like that? Lol Master Yoda was a beast duelist had Palpatine running like a punk and Dooku told Grievous to pray he never had to duel him. Put some respect on Master Yoda name shoot lol
I agree, credit was lost when you said yoda sucked at combat
Since when is Yoda "not a good duelist"? He's actually regarded as one of the best if not THE best duelist of all time. Completely ignoring the fact that he trained Dooku who himself was regarded as one of the best in the order, he also went toe to toe and even gained the advantage against Sidious, who is also regarded as the best duelist in Sith history.
Not to mention that his apprentice Mace Windu single handedly bested Sidious by a wide margin
Gonna have to stop you there. He didn't train Dooku in Saber combat or even combat in general. He tried to stifle him. In fact, the only reason Yoda even took him as a padawan was because he thought his beliefs were dangerous.
But the most epic thing about Krell was his voice force abilities and epic dual saber sounds!!!! Those this sounded freaking amazing
*Every one saying Krell desevered to die.
Me: Am I the only one around here who can appreciate a good villian, who will do whatever he has to in order to make himself more powerful, whose evil as fuck, knows it, and simply chooses to stay evil and maybe he even likes it. Like we wouldn't get good stories with out them. Chaotic and Nuetral evil gang rise up!
I would've loved to see Krell fight Grievous, I feel like they would be a perfect match for a fight
not been this early before... and good vid. still never felt hate for a character as much in Clone Wars till him XD
Couple of things I take issue with in your analysis:
* Yoda is not a bad duelist. Arguably one of the greatest.
* I definitely wouldn't consider Maul one of the weaker dark side users.
* Even in Legends, the color of a lightsaber and it's relationship to the type of Jedi it's wielder was was often quite inconsistent
* Krell's success rate in his missions can be attributed more to his brute force tactics and use of the Clones as expendable resources more than any sort of Battle Meditation. From a story standpoint, to say otherwise undermines the cruelty and brutality of his character. His go to approach to warfare is to clog up the butcher's meat grinder.
* Krell's slaughter of the Clones, may not be as impressive as it seems, though it is impressive. Yes, we've seen numerous Jedi killed by the Clones, but much of the initial success of Order 66 can be attributed to the sudden shock the Jedi experienced by such a betrayal. Krell was ready. As seen In EP III, the combination of surprise + shock + betrayal + overwhelming numbers was more than enough to take down several Jedi Masters. As much as attachment is forbidden, I feel many of the Jedi that were killed died brokenhearted. Not exactly the best mental state to be in in such a situation.
Things I agree on which I agree:
* Krell is a POS and got a more merciful end than he deserved.
I liked the video, though, since there's a lot of good discussions going in the comments. Looking forward to more of your videos.
You know your a good villain, when you have an entire Reddit page dedicated to loathing every cell in your body.
Edit: ik I suk, blah, blah, blah.
I think theres 3
LOL what, Redditors are scum, there opinions are worthless echo chamber garbage, they all have the same opinions on most things... they are worse than the kids on twitter
@@anthonyschlessman1848 ur opinion is no better
@@GamerGregPaul it is tho
@Anthony Schlessman ....who hurt you?
Always wanted to see Krell in an actual Lightsaber duel
Why are his sabers two different colors. Also he has 4 different crystals. That’s a lot
Love All your channels Geet! Great video!
Think You Can make what if pong Krell never turn to the dark side and use his Force bishan to help the Jedi Order
Please make more Star Wars what ifs
Would of been most interesting light saber duel to see Pong Krell fight General Grievous four on four.
If he survived and became a sith lord he'd be awesome. Starwars should make non cannon series/movies of things that could've happened
That's what I've been saying. Already got a nifty little title for them too..."Star Wars Legends."
Ping Pong
Only weaponmasters could handle weapons like this.
Meanwhile...
**laughs in Bastila and Keeve Trennis**