@jedixman:
Raiden is arguably faster - the guy was running on flying missiles. He was also able to slice people and objects mid-air ten to a hundred times before they hit the ground.
The missiles are fine, because it's necessary for Raiden to hop between them to progress - but with him slicing the helicopter are we sure that isn't gameplay mechanics? Because from what I can tell, how many pieces he slices is entirely dependent on how much the player can mash the controller. You could then argue that Raiden can probably achieve this anyway if it allows the player to do so, but I'd feel more comfortable with it if we see Raiden pull this kind of stuff off irrefutably in cutscenes and what not.
Still, I think Maul and Grievous can compete. Maul demonstrated a similar level of speed as a training exercise.
He performs a lightsaber exercise consisting of 10,000 slashes, a hundred times, per day.
When I complete my basic exercises, I power up my double-bladed lightsaber and practice maneuvers. My body is as strong as durasteel and as fluid as water. I shift from one position of attack to another. I fall on one knee and slash my lightsaber as I imagine cleaving my victim cleanly. I roll away and grip my lightsaber with both hands for a vertical sweep. I leap and twist and come down, leading with my left shoulder. I deliver a death blow and leap away, somersaulting in the air. I perform ten thousand slashes, lunges, attacks.
My lightsaber is no longer a separate weapon, but part of my arm. I move in the time it would take my opponent to blink. I move in the time he would take to raise his weapon. He would only see the space where I had been. He would feel the sudden shock of the blow that would knock him to the floor. I do these maneuvers a hundred times a day. I do them even though my body knows them intimately, even though I have not made a mistake or a misstep in years. I do them until the memory of the movement is part of the muscle itself. The goal of the Sith is to fight without thought.
Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
Between all of his other training and potential assignments from Sidious, Maul would have to be incredibly fast in order to perform 10,000 lightsaber maneuvers, a hundred times a day.
And then he potentially demonstrates this level of speed again by slashing an opponent a thousand times in between running away from a soon-to-be exploding engine.
My rage is a torrent, a burning river. I leap, twist, keeping my weight on my good leg. My lightsaber is part of my body now, merciless, hard, cruel. I dance around him, slicing his arms, chest, shoulders. I want a thousand cuts to kill him. He falls facedown without a cry.
I leap over his body and up the ramp. My leg wound screams in protest but I do not limp. I steel myself against the pain, disciplining my mind against it. I won't attend to it until I am safely away from this ship and have landed on Tatooine.
Then I hear the warm-up of the preliminary ignition of the freighter. I start my engines and activate departure procedures. A warning light tells me that the hatch will not close.
Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
As for Grievous, he's faster than Maul via being noticeably faster than Kenobi, who is generally on even terms with Maul during the clone wars, which is backed up by him fighting faster than Kenobi can think despite Kenobi being able to bat away an army's worth of blaster fire. Although Kenobi could obviously still react to Grievous and could still process the fight, the fact that Grievous' speed was more of an issue than all of that blaster fire is telling.
In my view.. I don't get too hung up on speed when it comes to characters like this. It's fair to say Raiden, Grievous and Maul are all in the same ballpark, and while this isn't necessarily an argument, if you put Raiden and Maul in a cross-universe fight against each other I doubt the creators would account for every single feat they have both accomplished and then portray their speed disparity based on that. They would likely just be as fast as each other.
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