Originally posted by DarkSaint85Energy daggers are just that - daggers. They're glorified projectiles. They don't really bring any kind of versatility. If you have 10 opponents attacking you at once? Batarangs have got you covered.
Because they attack 'internally', for want of a better word.Batarangs? If I had a tough enough suit of armour, or was durable enough, they'd explode/bounce off harmlessly.
If I had a high enough damage soak (or was just that bloody minded), then I could conceivably tank a few. Hell, they have real world people now who can, when high/drunk, tank a taser shot or two. Against Punisher, for example? Deadpool? The acid would hurt like hell, but you'd better pray that it puts them down in one shot, because they'll be pissed as hell.
An energy dagger, on the other hand? Scrambles your brains. Bypasses physical durability (as shown with Ultron) and goes straight for your nervous system. Like a taser, but internally, on your brain.
In this thread, as tough as Bane is externally, I haven't seen his internal durability, as it were.
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/Standard%20Advanced%20Prep%20Time/batman38-batfoambarrier.jpg.html
Did you say something about the central nervous system being attacked? Batman has special batarangs for that, too, for Solomon Grundy level opponents:
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/batazerang1.jpg.html
Remember Namor vs Black Panther? Some versatility would have sure come in handy. Batman would have dried him up instantly:
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/bat%20pics%202/gothamsirens24-heatarang2.jpg.html
Black Panther vs Wolverine? How about some magnetic batarangs:
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/Standard%20Advanced%20Prep%20Time/greenlantern16-magnetbatarang.jpg.html
This would also be good for disharming any opponent. Remember Deadpool? Punisher?
Ghosts? Intangiblity? Batarangs have got you covered, too:
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/Standard%20Advanced%20Prep%20Time/batmaneternal6-nthmetalbatarang1.jpg.html
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/Standard%20Advanced%20Prep%20Time/batmaneternal6-nthmetalbatarang2.jpg.html
Large scaled opponents? JLA threats? Batarangs have got you covered there, too:
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/batfuserang1.jpg.html
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/batfuserang2.jpg.html
http://s289.photobucket.com/user/darknight2k/media/batfuserang3.jpg.html
That would one-shot Punisher and Deadpool combined. 🙂
I'm sure you've seen this scans, which makes this even more baffling.
The daggers have absolutely nothing on the batarangs.
The above display of raw power is above anything Black Panther's daggers have ever shown.
The above display of versatility is above anything Black Panther's daggers have ever shown.
This is not even discussable.