Single, double, or dual?

[Wodaman]

So I got Star Wars Jedi academy in the sale. I have been playing with a single bladed lightsaber in normal (yellow) stance. I got the opportunity to use any kind of saber on one server, I used the double bladed lightsaber as a defensive weapon and it was really good. But what is the best weapon and why?

[(Shadow)]

i'd recommend mastering the single blade but that's just me

[Shwarts]

staff is the best. it comes back to you no matter what when you drop it, that cant be said for other sabers.
also, red slows movement speed when attacking.

but to know them all is to counter them all

[Puffin]

Single teaches you the fundamentals for staff and dual, not to mention single is more versatile and doesn't have as many disadvantages as the other variants.

[agmcleod]

For single player, i'd recommend using all of them at some point. I did so many playthroughs of this game back in the day :). For multiplayer I know when I did that alot strong style single blade was pretty key. Just hits so hard, and is tricky to block. Good movement helps you to avoid damage in pvp.

[gta5]

Back in the days people thought that staff/dualies where the best weapons since people had awful mindgames/footwork/spacing.

Now it more comes down to people using a mix of red/yellow since you can pretty much kill anyone in an instant hit with two techniques. One is poke which you basically aim your red swing and have the saber inside of their playermodel for the entire animation.
Or wiggle where you pretty much wiggle your mouse extremely fast in and out of their playermodel with a red swing.

Both will pretty much kill anyone from 100health 100armor when done right.

But that gets countered by good blue/yellow/staff/dual players who use movement and good footwork combined with deadly parries and blocking.

It pretty much comes down to experience and player preference but do not think that one is better than the other. Sure there are bad matchups but overall the game is very balanced regarding sabers.

[miqv44]

back in the day every "pro" was using a single saber, mostly on red attacks, sometimes changing to blue to finish someone off. Everyone using staff or duals was considered a noob, but community sucked back then.

staff has a limited range, but rather strong attacks, and I can't see any positive side of dual sabers, even tho they are my weapon of choice since forever. Depends what you like the most really, it's totally possible to defeat a single saber "pro" with predicting his jumps and not allowing them to aim properly. Just avoid spinning, spinning is the fastest way to die in duels- time Your attacks well

[Quaz]

It all depends on how you want to play.

Single fast style offers you a low damage but high speed lightsaber stlye allowing for extremely long combos. It's hard to counter, easy to counter other players with but doesn't do much damage.

Medium style offers decent speed and damage, a good balance of speed and power.

Strong style is by far the slowest and possibly hardest to use, but if mastered, allows for powerful strikes that do decent damage. It's slow and easy to counter, but if you can master it, you have a pretty devasting style.

Dual sabers offer more of a defensive playstyle with moves such as "Dual Saber Barrier" which will stop players from getting close to you and offers you a brief window to get a new force power ready or quickly plan a new stragety or just observe your surroundings. "Dual Sabers Twirl" can be used defesivley as a barrier, or offensively for a pretty devastating combo.

Saber staff is a much more offensive saber giving you more options for an offensive playstyle. Your kick allows you to send opponents off thin ledges or off an edge if they are very close to it, or give yo an oppurtunity for a few free hits. Nowhere near as powerful as a force push, but it can't be blocked. You can also press the middle mouse button to change to a single blade allowing you to the throw the saber. I'd reccommend this if you play offensvively as it is equally great at attacking groups of foes or unleashing devastating conbos on one person.

[gta5]

" This newfound diversity was reflected in the various ways that the scene had changed by the end of 2010: For one, Eastern Europeans had already been widely known for being great staffers, so it comes as no surprise that the amount of staffers playing on the ladders greatly increased in late 2010. However, there was also a shift in tactics as more and more staffers turned to passive styles of play, which made for an effective combination that would significantly change the way that JKA was to be played ever after. "

- https://jkhub.org/wiki/index.php/Competitive_Play

So no, every 'pro' back in the days did not play red.

It was much later until people found out about wiggling/poke which destroyed staff/dual users.

[Foolish Bastion]

I think the Staff and Dual Sabers look cool, but I stick with Single saber. I stink with Staff and Duals.

[Thanny DeVito]

i recomend dual wielding you can throw a light saber and still have something to fight with and you can press M3 to change to one lightsaber

[cotss2012]

Having played through the entire single-player campaign three times, but never having touched multiplayer, these were my findings:

- A fast single saber was MUCH better than a medium-speed single saber

- Darth Maul-style sabers were all right. They mostly just looked badass but also helped a lot if you had to fight two guys on opposite sides of you

- Dual sabers SUCK ASS. There was one boss fight that I kept dying on over and over and over when I was using dual sabers, then I realized I could switch to a single fast saber and won on the first try. I had also one-shotted the same fight on a previous playthrough using a Darth Maul saber.

- I never tried the slow saber style, but given how much better fast is than medium, I'd expect slow to suck. But probably not suck as much as using dual sabers.

[Dethlane]

Single saber strong style is quite cheat-ish when utilized properly. Double-bladed is still the sickest though.

[Foolish Bastion]

Originally posted by Dethlane:

Single saber strong style is quite cheat-ish when utilized properly. Double-bladed is still the sickest though.

Those Double-bladed backflip attacks are dope.