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Especially in a PvP scenario, where all the flashy and fancy moves tend to get people killed when they come up against someone that just uses basic things to beat them.
I've been strongly considering having my Sith be a practitioner of Shii-Cho. Lightsaber forms are all just fluff and flavour, but it's fun to think about, anyway. Part of the reason I'm doing it is because I think it's an interesting style that never gets used, and the other part is that she's so lacking in confidence in terms of lightsaber combat that even if she wanted to branch out she probably couldn't. She'll probably stick to it because it has simple principles that she can get her head around easily, and then if she ever gains enough confidence to feel like she could branch out she'll probably like it too much to stop using it.
Indeed, flashy moves are just, well, flash. Sort of like how animals, and people to a similar extent, puff up/dance around/beat their chest/growl/etc... The saber practitioner that likes to use showy moves is one that likes to intimidate via appearance, they just need to be wary of the warriors that move with precision and efficiency.
Also, go for it! Shii-Cho is highly underrated IMO, in addition to being the best form to start learning about the LS with the fundamentals of fluidity and adaptation are key to pretty much every aspect of, well, life.
Edit: I've also got nothing against people that do like flash. Every creature does it for one reason, it works, just not on everything.
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