Kyle is not winning at all, let alone easily.
Dooku is more skilled. He has stomped AotC Obi-Wan, beaten AotC Anakin, stalemated TCW-RotS Anakin, contended with Yoda, contended/fought evenly with Anakin and Obi-Wan from RotS and TCW, respectively, stalemated/defeated Mace Windu on varying occasions during spars as a Jedi, beaten Ventress, stalemated Ventress and two of the best Nightsister warriors whilst drugged, repeatedly beaten Grievous, etc. Kyle has beaten the seven Dark Jedi, including Jerec, Boc Aseca, Sariss, Maw etc. before receiving much formal Jedi training, but these Dark Jedi, powerful or not, were mostly featless. Did they have some level of skill? Yes, undoubtedly. Are they really comparable to the characters Dooku has beaten? No. Obi-Wan from AotC is more skilful than his TPM incarnation, an iteration already capable of challenging Qui-Gon in spars (Qui-Gon being one of the best swordsmen in the history of the Order). AotC Anakin was comparable to Dooku in skill, stalemated Ventress, and has a strong set of telekinetic, strength and speed feats to supplement his skill. Yoda and Mace need little explanation, and are the two best swordsmen in the Order. Ventress has consistently troubled Anakin and Obi-Wan. Grievous is very much a formidable fighter by virtue of his own showings (ie. Stalemating Mace on disadvantaged ground, stomping Shaak Ti, beating a host of other Jedi, etc.) and so on. The Dark Jedi Kyle has beaten have nothing to compare to the duelists Dooku has beaten. The Seven Dark Jedi have power showings, but no skill showings.
Referring to other skill feats, Kyle has beaten Jeng Droga off-panel (it might not have been due to skill, though, since it was off-panel). He has also beaten Vong warriors, which is good because other Jedi such as Mara, Jacen, Corran, etc. have had difficulty with them, but that hardly matches Dooku's showings. Grievous wrecked several Magnaguards (beings of roughly Vong-class) during his first tenure with a lightsaber, and despite improving afterward, Dooku repeatedly outfought him in their sparring matches.
After Kyle became the Jedi Battlemaster, Darth Caedus, a character of eclipsing skill, speed and power comparative to Dooku, considered him a legitimate threat, but he was still disposed of without much issue. Kyle was also considered to be on the level of Kyp Durron (whom is mostly a featless duelist) and Viun Gaalan (whom has no feats aside from inconsistently contending with Luke), and being at least a tier ahead of Cilghal, whose only feat was wrecking a featless Jedi. These accolades came from Luke, so they should be usable, but they aren't entirely impressive. That, and Tyranus has his own accolades. He was one of the Order's best lightsaber duelists (Darth Plagueis), an equal for Mace Windu (Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, Star Wars Databank), Mace having been considered one of the best swordsmen in the Jedi Order, and in the history of the Old Republic (The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded). Jocasta Nu told Obi-Wan that in the old style of fencing, Dooku was matchless (AotC Junior Novel). Dooku has the better accolades as well. The Count is undoubtedly more skilful. Kyle does utilize Djem So, to memory, which is effective against Makashi, but not an automatic win. Contrary to popular belief, Dooku himself has fairly impressive strength feats (wrecking Ventress and Obi-Wan, for instance), so he should be able to withstand Kyle's Djem So.
Dooku is faster. Kyle doesn't have many combat speed feats to name at all, although his capacity to react to somebody like Caedus, who is well ahead of Dooku in speed, is a fairly decent showing. That said, he still has few combat speed showings to speak of, or at least to my memory. He did display a Saber Throw within two seconds during his duel with Caedus, but that was hardly overwhelming. Dooku has moved faster than Obi-Wan, made his blade appear to be everywhere at once, flickered his blade almost too fast for the eye to see, moved invisibly fast, formed 8 afterimages of his lightsaber, etc. His combat showings are superior to Kyle's, though probably not by much.
Dooku is more powerful. Kyle is fairly powerful - about the class of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He has displayed Protection to withstand acid rain, displayed Saber Throw, has dominated Tavion Axmis (whom is basically featless) whilst enraged, has telekinetically supported castle ceilings for a short period of time, but despite exercising maximum effort, he was still only able to last a few seconds with such a feat. That is, as I mentioned, about the level of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Which is good, but Dooku is much better. He has already ragdolled Obi-Wan, as well as other telekinetics of approachable and rivaling power, such as Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress, respectively. In respects to other feats, Dooku has lifted up over a dozen obelisks at once with no evident strain, easily Crushed the bases of cranes, casually collapsed cave ceilings and other portions of caves, effortlessly collapsed portions of a balcony onto Obi-Wan, effortlessly buried Tholme under rubble, effortlessly collapsed a bridge that was at least about 15-20m, etc. His Lightning has instantly killed several Kiffar warriors, and later killed several Nightbrothers, whom have enhanced durability. Admittedly, Dooku's showings in respects to environmental damage are less impressive than they could be, but as a character, he is more akin to Palpatine than Plagueis or Vader in the sense that his best power showings are seen in his domination of other powerful Force practitioners, not the destruction of the environment around him. His power showings are still much better than Kyle's, especially considering that he has already stomped characters at least as powerful as Kyle (Obi-Wan, Asajj Ventress) with the Force. With respects to power, Dooku also has much better accolades, for example, being one of the most powerful Force users in history, being one of the most powerful Jedi in the Order's 25, 000 year history, being an even more powerful Sith than Jedi, and Yoda stated Dooku was otherwise the most powerful and well-learned Jedi in the Order before he had left.
Tyranus has superior Force-based and overall versatility. He displayed Force Flight, Doppelganger, Detoxify Poison, Lightning, Drain Knowledge, Heart Stun, Deflection etc. Kyle has shown Lightning, Darkshear (admittedly a power Dooku has never known or seen, though Kyle himself only used it once, and Dooku could repel it via Deflection anyway), Protection and Tutaminis. Dooku has the edge in Force-generated skills and versatility. Most of this is useless in combat, but clearly, Dooku is more knowledgeable and masterful in the ways of the Force. He utilized Deflection to repel his own Lightning that Yoda sent back at him - and his Lightning is more powerful than Kyle's, which is just about featless. Deflecting Lightning itself is considered a challenge for even the most powerful Jedi Masters, as per The Ultimate Visual Guide. So he could repel Kyle's Lightning, and likely Kyle's Darkshear as well. Admittedly, Dooku has never seen that power before, so Kyle could win via that, but it's extremely unlikely given how Kyle himself only displayed it once, and Dooku's Deflection is powerful enough to repel it anyway. Kyle's Protection would be pointless in this scenario, as it won't be able to really save him from anything except a physical strike. He appears to know Tutaminis but he has no feats with that, to memory, so it would be useless. In turn, Dooku has shown Lightning that would be powerful enough to harm Kyle if it hit him (it was enough to harm Maul, whom has greater feats of resiliency than Kyle does), although Kyle could probably just dodge it or repel it on his blade, though he hasn't displayed enough with Deflection to suggest he could repel it that way.
So really, Tyranus has all the pertinent edges. He is faster, noticeably more skilled, immensely more powerful, more versatile, skilful, knowledgeable and masterful in the ways of the Force, has Dun Moch, etc. Kyle's only realistic edge is his martial skills, which might not even be an edge given Dooku's own displayed feats in the area, Darkshear, which he is extremely unlikely to use and can be repelled, and durability, which will not provide him a win, and which Dooku can circumvent. The Count should win every time.
Dooku, 10/10.
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