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Quinlan Vos
He's a cool character who isn't discussed too often on Comic Vine. He has an abundance of combat feats and definitely deserves one of these.
This thread will be divided up into the following sections:
- Physical Prowess
- Lightsaber and Martial Art Skill
- Force Powers
Let's get to it.
Physical Prowess
Vos is pretty physically strong, although this isn't a feature of his that is expounded on in great detail.
Strength
Kicks droid heads off:
Breaks down a metal door, sending it flying off it's hinges:
Beats Tol Skorr to a pulp:
Durability and Endurance
Vos is incredibly tough and can carry on with even the most terrible of injuries.
Vos' chestplate is blaster-proof.
"Quinlan's blaster-proof chestplate is part of his Jedi uniform because he finds himself in danger more often than most."
- Lego Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
Braces himself for a large fall, and thus not receiving any injuries:
Using the Force to survive a ship crash without much of a scratch:
Holds up a boulder with telekinesis even while being pierced by multiple thrown shuriken:
Tanks a large fall without much damage.
Gets the better of a pair of Morgukai Warriors (one of which fought evenly with Tholme, the other who has given Aayla Secura even fights), decapitating one, while severely injured and exhausted from the shuriken seen above:
(This is also impressive because Vos' main form, Ataru, is not well suited to dueling multiple opponents, and only true masters of the Form can use it to combat multiple opponents. Vos likely implemented Shien techniques into the fight as well, which is a Form V variant focused on blaster deflection opposed to dueling, which is again difficult to bring into a melee encounter.)
Survives being shot directly by a tank (likely an AT-TE):
Speed and Agility
Vos is incredibly fast and one of the most agile combatants in Star Wars.
A few examples of when Vos has left large streaking afterimages in combat:
Vos and Aayla Secura fighting at such speeds that an ARC trooper could only see them as a blur, and would be just as likely to have hit Aayla as he would Vos (he was aiming for Vos):
Vos deflecting blaster fire from a droideka, and showing skill and precision by deflecting three simultaneously bolts on his blade:
Drawing and igniting his lightsaber in time to deflect a volley of blaster bolts from an ambush:
Here, Vos is sitting a fair few feet away from a Nightsister. A rock is falling and is only a few feet above her head. Vos is able to get up, ignite his lightsaber, and travel over to and cut the rock before it descends another foot:
Now for agility. This is where Vos really, really shines.
Dodging and deflecting blaster bolts from literally dozens of shooters simultaneously, then dispatching them after getting a little help from Aayla Secura:
Dodging and deflecting blaster bolts from dozens of droids, and then receiving help from Obi-Wan in dispatching them:
Showing his skill in Force Leap, just after his memory-wipe and during a fight with Mace Windu:
Dodging and weaving his body around an ambush of dozens of wall-darts. This feat really needs no explanation, just look at it:
Acrobatically leaping over a sea of lava, using a rock:
Jumping around an assortment of lasers, designed to set off an alarm if anyone passes through them:
Now, onto our next topic.
Lightsaber and Martial Art Skill
Staving off a bloodlusted Padawan Aayla Secura, while holding back:
Fighting roughly evenly with a far more experienced Aayla Secura, but winning by dominating her with telekinesis:
Rather decisively defeating the Anzati Dark Jedi Master Volfe Karkko, a Force User who was so powerful thousands of years ago (before he escaped from Stasis), that it required the Jedi's entire High Council to defeat him. He also evidently had the advantage in Force power, but Quinlan pulled through in the end:
While holding back from killing them, Vos humbles Tol Skorr and Kadrian Sey. What makes this more impressive is that this feat was performed on a potent Dark Side Nexus called "The Works" (an area of Coruscant which has been used to train Sith for hundreds of years and is strong in the Dark Side as a result). The nexus did no hinder Vos because he attuned to the Dark Side better than most Jedi, but it would have passively amplified the physical abilities of Skorr and Sey.
Duped by Dooku on several occasions, Vos had managed to track Dooku to The Works, though he apparently hadn't perceived just how deeply the dark side had taken root there.
- Labyrinth of Evil
(This is also impressive because Vos' main form, Ataru, is not well suited to dueling multiple opponents, and only true masters of the Form can use it to combat multiple opponents.)
Gets the better of a pair of Morgukai Warriors (one of which fought evenly with Tholme, the other who has given Aayla Secura even fights), decapitating one, while severely injured and exhausted from the shuriken seen above:
(This is also impressive because Vos' main form, Ataru, is not well suited to dueling multiple opponents, and only true masters of the Form can use it to combat multiple opponents. Vos likely implemented Shien techniques into the fight as well, which is a Form V variant focused on blaster deflection opposed to dueling, which is again difficult to bring into a melee encounter.)
It's also worth noting that the Morgukai have been renowned, highly skilled killers of Jedi and Sith alike since the the Old Republic era.
The red-skinned Kajain'sa'Nikto subspecies famously produced one of the most elite warrior traditions in the galaxy: the "Jedi-killing" cult of the Morgukai. These peerless duelists are among the only non-Force users to repeatedly defeat both Jedi and Sith in melee combat. Fortunately for their opponents, the Morgukai's numbers remain few, but their battle tactics are closely guarded secrets.
-Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
Fighting roughly evenly with his former Master, Tholme, but eventually defeating him by shorting out his lightsaber with his Cortosis Gauntlets:
Defeating Sora Bulq in a close duel.
Force Powers
Telekinesis
Vos destroys a stone cliff with a Force push.
Carries multiple rocks and boulders during a telekinetic assault on Aayla Secura, and then dominates her with TK:
Force pushes an ARC trooper hard enough to knock him unconscious, break an arm and give him a concussion:
Telekinetically pushing a speeder:
Holding up a large rock/boulder for a prolonged period of time for Aayla to jump on, even after sustaining terrible wounds from thrown shuriken:
Telekinetically dominating K'Kruhk, causing him severe injuries:
Showing great skill with telekinetic saber throws:
Psychometry/Telemetry/Image Reading
Psychometry is an innate ability in Kiffars, such as Vos, which allows them to read the memories of people from objects they once held. This ability is taken to the nth degree by Vos, because he is one of the Kiffar who, one out of a hundred times, will develop this ability in a far more advanced form. It can also be used on previously inanimate objects, such as corpses, but the Jedi forbid any within their ranks to do this, due to the heavy association death has with the Dark Side.
Uses it on his lightsaber in order to recover his memory:
Uses it on a corpse to recover information he needs:
Uses it on the corpse of Jedi Master Rancisis, to recover images of his battle meditations:
Beast Control
Beast Control is the ability to telepathically force a non-sentient animal to do your bidding.
Mechu-Deru
Mechu-Deru is the ability to manipulate electronics using the Force. This ability is considered to be more difficult than a Mind Trick.
Repairs a smashed activation panel using his mind, triggering a set of lasers to reactivate:
Destorys a torpedo in motion, using Mechu-Deru:
Empathy
Vos has the ability, like many Force sensitives, to feel the emotions and emotional changes of those around him:
Mind Trick
Vos using a mind trick, as well as putting two people to sleep using one:
Force Concealment
This is an ability that allows Force users to hide their Force signature from other Force sensitive beings. Quinlan is especially skilled in this ability, which was necessary during many of his covert missions.
Hiding his Force signature from Salje Tasha, an infamous Force sensitive assassin who was skilled enough in stealth to sneak right behind someone:
Vos taught Force Concealment to Aayla Secura:
Concealing his Force signature from everyone on Dathomir, including the Nightsister Shaman herself, all of her Nightsisters and their clan rivals. Obviously I can't post the entire comic, but here's where he first lands on Dathomir:
Force Healing
Force Healing is the ability to heal yourself, and others', injuries through the Force.
Force Precognition
Force Precognition is an ability all Force Users seem to develop (to varying effectiveness), that allows them to see things before they happen.
Vos would know if Vilmahr Grahrk was going to pull the trigger on a blaster before he did, which would allow Vos to activate his lightsaber as the trigger is pulled, resulting in both of their deaths:
Force Lightning
Vos using Force lightning:
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