Board Thread:VS Debates/@comment-27416494-20170316060947/@comment-4450205-20170316132753

If anyone in comics is more skilled in hand-to-hand combat than Batman, it's Taskmaster. Batman may have mastered 117 different martial arts, but Taskmaster has perfectly mimicked the movement of so many martial arts that his brain's maximum storage of memory has been hit with almost pure martial arts, and the brain can store up to 2.5 petabytes of information, or about 300 years' worth of nonstop movie footage, not to mention Tasky has the ability to predict and mimic his opponent's movements after seeing it just once. This is a rare case where Batman is genuinely outclassed in CQC by a truly superior opponent, and Taskmaster's weapons only help to close the gap in versatility. However, Batman still has strategy and stealth on his side, as he can tank Taskmaster's attacks with his better armor and stick to the shadows to wear him down from afar. I don't think this would be enough, though, as Taskmaster's bullet-time reactions and precognition should let him counterattack Bats' stealth. Overall, I give it to Taskmaster in a close match.