srankmissingnin
VP of Comic Knowledge
Originally posted by Marvelknight
Who gives a damn what Oracle said. I know Cassandra and Connor couldn't hold a candle to Bruce or Black Canary. Batman has beaten Shiva, Bronze Tiger couldn't gain the advantage on Bruce the second time around and Richard couldn't beat Bruce neither. Even Slade said he wouldn't fight Batman without his enhancements and you're telling Steve would beat Batman without the SSS. WOW!!! This is gething way too far now.
Who gives a damn what you say? You don't even know how long Batman trained for or when he started, meaning you likely haven't even read Year One. Both Cassandra and Connor have more to their names to support their skill than that Black Canary. Anyway all of those characters are considered more skilled than Bruce in DC continuity by Batman's peers.
Batman has beaten Shiva twice with the help of Robin and once while she was mind controlled. Dragon didn't want to or even try to fight Bruce with any effort and still stalemated him. Batman also has armored suit that gives him an advantage in melee against characters that don't (ie Dragon, Shiva, BT), and in the case of Shiva he is much stronger and has about a hundred pounds on her. Point being Bruce has other advantages that serve to close limited skill gabs.
Slade is a piss pour fighter. Both Winter Green and Addie were supposed to be more skilled than he was in their prime, and neither of them is Batman.
Captain America is more skilled than Bruce. Equal bodies, he takes him 6-6.5/10. In his weak pre SSS body he loses.