Space M ummy
Senior Member
WOW this thread got off topic.
How did we get onto a "whose PIS feats are more impressive" debate? Look, we know that some characters- Wolverine and Batman in particular- are NOTORIOUS for beating people out of their league. Fun as it is to read the spiderman vs. firelord stuff when it happens in the comics, it isn't really relevant here. Batman would and should get flattened by wonder woman, superman, aquaman, or a team of titans under any reasonable circumstances.
Unfortunately, reasonable circumstances are what we use here for forum debates.
Getting back to the Taskmaster vs. Batman fight- using "reasonable circumstances", standard equipment for both characters, and no significant prep, it's very difficult to see how bruce pulls out a win.
In terms of skill, Taskmaster is superior. It's not a matter of who knows more martial arts (though Taskmaster has the advantage here) but who can adapt and counter an opposing style most efficiently. Keep in mind bruce is fighting a guy that can master styles that take years to learn in minutes flat, and knows dozens (if not more) that bruce has never seen, and can't easily counter.
In terms of standard equipment, Taskmaster is more heavily armed (guns, arrows, darts, swords), with better defenses (shields and image inducers.) Taskmaster also has perfect control over his vital organs (heartbeat, breathing, etc), and can shift his mannerisms and voice at will. If he wants to disappear and play cat-and-mouse, tracking him without a sense of super smell will be virtually impossible.
In terms of strength, both are assumed to be at peak human. There's no reason to assume either is significantly stronger than the other. In terms of agility, taskmaster has physical feats (some of his own, some by proxy) that put him just a bit beyond Bruce- and in the unlikely event Batman has crazy reflexes that surpass spiderman/daredevil/bullseye/Captain America (again, HIGHLY unlikely) those reflexes get copied and countered in a matter of minutes.
And 😆 at the guy who says "batman fights dirtier." Tasky is a trained assassin-debatably marvel's best-and will not hesitate to permanently cripple or kill at a moment's notice. Batman is ALWAYS going to hold back from a fatal blow, and since bloodlust isn't on here, that's a mark against him.
A win by batman isn't impossible since it's his home turf, but without prep it's going to be damn hard. What exactly can bruce do that Tasky hasn't already seen before, or be able to adapt to in a matter of seconds?
Taskmaster 8 or 9/10 here, at least.