Strong style



The Strong style of lightsaber combat was a style used by New Jedi Order Jedi such as Kyle Katarn, Desann and possibly Jaden Korr.

Style and stance
The Strong style was based primarily on powerful strikes to batter through an opponents defense, sacrificing speed for unrivaled power.

Users of the Strong style would typically utilize an aggressive and powerful stance, the lightsaber being held high and back, ready to deliver powerful swings with the blade. A few more physically powerful beings such as Desann used a one-handed variant of this style to great effect.

The style incorporated great power, sharing some features with other aggressive styles associated with the Old Jedi Order - namely Shien and Djem So of Form V. Whether the similarities between the strong style and the mentioned forms was because of derivative relations or overlaps in functionality is unknown.

Due to the fact that Luke Skywalker mirrored Darth Vader's Form V bladework on the second Death Star and reproduced a unique Form V of Luke's variation, it is possible that Luke's knowledge was the major contribution of Strong style's moves.

The Strong style was a very offensively focused style, as the stance and windup time for each swing left the user very open to attack. The basic idea behind the Strong style was to batter your opponent into submission through raw power. Defense was limited to either the user swinging their blade directly at their opponent's strike, or blocking and then disarming the opponent, usually with a sharp spin of the blade.

Advantages and disadvantages
As with all other styles, the Strong style had both its advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages
The Strong style covered great distance, and was virtually unstoppable unless the opponent also used a Strong style. Due to its utilization of strength and power, the Strong style would cause more damage than many other forms of lightsaber combat, while its range and power made it especially efficient against single opponents who were armed with melee weapons. In lightsaber combat, the Strong style could tear through lightsaber blocks with relative ease with its powerful strikes. On rare occasions when a lightsaber lock occurred, a Strong style user would usually win the lock by ripping the opponent's blade away, leaving them defenseless.

Disadvantages
Being based on slow, powerful swinging attacks, users of the Strong style would often leave themselves open to counterattacks. The Strong style could thus be disadvantageous in one-on-one melee combat in terms of speed comparisons against faster opponents, although its range and penetration power could just as easily negate these disadvantages. The Strong style was weak against blaster shots, as the stance required that the user have to shift the blade quite a bit to cover the body. Thus, the Strong style was almost solely utilized in lightsaber combat.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy