Editing Sigismund (section)

===Master Duelist===
Sigismund is sometimes referred to as the best duelist in all the Legiones Astartes. Regardless, several named characters could probably give him a run for his money; among them are [[Abaddon]], [[Khârn]], [[Lucius]], [[Sevatar]], [[Dark Angels#Notable Members|Corswain]], [[Azkaellon]] and [[Nassir Amit|Amit]] (the original [[Flesh Tearers|Flesh Tearer]]) of the Blood Angels, and [[Argel Tal]] of the [[Word Bearers]] (but he had daemon powers, so that's kinda cheating). He not only bested [[Khârn]] in a duel many, many times (although Khârn was never serious in these fights, and preferred losing, a trait that he shared with Argel Tal), but also during the Great Crusade, the Fists and the World Eaters crusaded together for a while, which allowed Siggy to regularly fight in the World Eaters arenas against all of their best fighters. He never lost. Not once. This went on for around '''10 years'''.

He also avoided lethal duels, viewing it as a sin to kill a cousin: the first Astartes he offed was during the Heresy. In the novel ''Betrayer'' and the novella ''Templar'', Khârn and Sigismund ended up becoming good friends until [[Horus Heresy|Horus fucked everything up]], and Sevatar mentioned dueling him for 20 hours before he got tired of no one winning and decided to cheat by headbutting Sigismund just to end the bout.

It should be pointed out that in the HH Book: Templar, he is described as having never lost a duel. Ever. This means either:
*He's never duelled any Primarchs.
**However, Primarchs are [[Cheese|OP]] and therefore an unfair opponent for any Astartes and typically don't stoop so low as to demonstrate it. They occasionally say, in novels, maybe a dude could tangle with a Primarch because they can't grasp just how OP those bastards are. Any mortal from any species, including freaks like [[Tyranids]] or technically [[Necrons]] would get smashed to paste and even super soldiers will only marginally last longer before literal demigods. 
*Doesn't consider it a loss if his opponent cheats in the fight, as happened with Sevatar.
**Because he cheated, Jago is technically considered to have lost that sparring duel. Besides, if they had been trying to kill each other Sev would have been way dirtier way earlier, but Sig would have been expecting it as well. That duel was all around still a good indicator of their skill in regards to one another. Sev is regarded as one of the best Astartes close combatants and they basically tied. If the stats in the HH books are anything to go off of ''(admittedly not always, like the Primarchs being nerfed so they can still [[Magnus the Red|be balanced]])'' then Sig, Sev and the Nemean are the overall best close "dueling" Astartes period. 1-on-1 ruleswise: Sev has almost no chance due to lack of Eternal Warrior.
**It's worth noting that Khârn later tried copying the move. Sigismund dropped him face-down on the floor.
*Always ended in a draw. This option is possible, although the context didn't seem to suggest this at all.
*It doesn't mean anything at all, because a sparring bout ''(even amongst Astartes who are at real risk of being maimed)'' does not accurately represent the fighters' true potential.
**For example, Khârn actually disdained the fighting pits because it's not about killing your opponent, making it an entirely different situation. While Nathaniel Garro also beat a Custodian in a duel, but realised that he would not likely be able to take him in a real fight.
*<s>He had some really, REALLY crappy Marines training him how to fight, seriously, surely he would have lost as an initiate.</s> Sparring isn't the same as a duel ya git.