Taskmaster has a healing factor on par with Spiderman IMO. He broke a bunch of bones in Agent X and they are healed the next day.
The only way Batman has a chance at winning the fight is if he is facing the original version of Taskmaster. He wasn't interested in being a supervillian and to be honest he did set him self up for his loses but current Taskmaster is a different best all together. The chances that Taskmaster doesn't already know 90% of the fighting styles Batman knows is slim and Taskmaster would be able to mix up his own fighting style to confuse Batman. Even with out his energy replicator Tasky would feed it to Batman. Be like fighting Batgirl with increased stats, a better move reading ability and better fighting skills.
That bullet time guy that worked for Sunset supposedly had "unsurpassed fighting skill," and after what Tasky did to him, he will be eating out of a tube for the rest of his life. At least after this fight Bruce can keep him company.
By switching his fighting style batman is going to beat Taskmaster. That is a weakness and batman is going to exploit it.
And by they way where have you seen a batman that has not been able to find a weak spot on anyone?
Let's clear the fog on this 127 fighting style. Ok batman does not know 127 fighting style, batman has mastered 127 fighting style or combat what ever rocks your boat. He is a master in 127 fighting forms who knows he may even know more.
Taskmaster would pose a crap-load of problems for Batman.
Batman's one of the best cause he spent his whole life studying
for his life's mission. He knows 127 different techniques,
but they're all being used by one man with his own style.
Taskmaster's different. It would be the combat equivalent of
fighting a schizophrenic. He didn't just "study" every style.
He "becomes" that which he observes. Batman would feel like
he's fighting a "combat split-personility."
Obviously Batman is smarter than crap and will figure out the he
can't just take Taskmaster on H-2-H combat alone.
Batman CAN win with his other equipment and smarts eventually,
but only after his ass gets handed to him by Taskmaster.
Is Taskmaster currently appearing anywhere?
I always thought he was one of the coolest characters ever.
He should be written properly and be almost unbeatable.
Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Taskmaster has a healing factor on par with Spiderman IMO. He broke a bunch of bones in Agent X and they are healed the next day.
Uhhh... no? When he gets the absoloute shit kicked out of him in the carnival fight, the next issue he is still wearing a cast. That doesn't even specify how much time has passed, Agent X is already on a new job and Inez has already healed from her wounds.
"The only way Batman has a chance at winning the fight is if he is facing the original version of Taskmaster. He wasn't interested in being a supervillian and to be honest he did set him self up for his loses but current Taskmaster is a different best all together. The chances that Taskmaster doesn't already know 90% of the fighting styles Batman knows is slim and Taskmaster would be able to mix up his own fighting style to confuse Batman. Even with out his energy replicator Tasky would feed it to Batman. Be like fighting Batgirl with increased stats, a better move reading ability and better fighting skills."
Taskmaster wasn't much different in the past then he is now, he likes to work by himself, for himself, and to make money. There is no inclination that he ever set himself up for the losses, he was trying to do his job. Yes, now he seems more experienced and less arrogant, but that's just character development. After watching him get his ass whooped by DD twice, I definitly say Batman can take him. Him getting his ass beat by Agent X obviously doesn't count, 'cause of the BS powers he absorbed.
"That bullet time guy that worked for Sunset supposedly had "unsurpassed fighting skill," and after what Tasky did to him, he will be eating out of a tube for the rest of his life. At least after this fight Bruce can keep him company."
"Unequaled hand-to-hand fighting skill and speed" Just cause he said it, ain't true. TM put him in his place, didn't he? As for bullet time, he caught a bullet, but never showed any other abilities beyond that. Yes, that is one hell of a feat, but any enhanced human trained well enough could do this. Monks catch arrows, which fly at around ~250 FPS.
As far as the fight is concerned, I don't think Bats will trounce all over TM, but I think he will win it. He's got much more experience fighting great fighters and the such. Yes, TM will know the majority of his styles, but it only took DD one style to beat on him for the majority of a fight.
Re: taskmaster v batman
Originally posted by leonidas
he's got the fighting skills of cap and DD, the throwing skills of bullseye and a host of other talents. can bats find a way to take him down one on one? about the only thing bats has as an advantage is his smarts. is it enough?
Again batman has mastered 127 fighting styles or combat he does not know 127 fighting style. (You want prove ask for it but be careful for what you wish for.)
No one never said that Taskmaster is not going to be a hand full but once batman notices that Taskmaster is just copying him it is all down hill for taskmaster.
And besides Taskmaster is kind of like Prometheus who has all the fighting styles of the jla and best martial arts he could find. And batman schooled him.
Originally posted by lifeisaglich
Again batman has mastered 127 fighting styles or combat he does not know 127 fighting style. (You want prove ask for it but be careful for what you wish for.)No one never said that Taskmaster is not going to be a hand full but once batman notices that Taskmaster is just copying him it is all down hill for taskmaster.
And besides Taskmaster is kind of like Prometheus who has all the fighting styles of the jla and best martial arts he could find. And batman schooled him.
I notice that Taskmaster does often proclaim his mimicked fighting style (as if he's bragging), but he has a very good chance at taking out Batman in h2h. I know they proclaim Batman knowing 127 styles, but I find it hard pressed to believe for him to master all of them and even then, Taskmaster has a repetoire of fighting skills that though may not cover all those styles, should be sufficient to counter Batman's choice of technique.