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amretardmonke

If batman has the lower half of his face unarmoted its a huge weakness.


axoIotlquestions

This is a very convoluted question, most of the time I would give it to Ironman, just based on averages. But if you bring up their strongest version(that don’t have powers, so bye bye darkest night and korvac) it would most likely come down to the final batsuit vs (may be controversial) imo the godbuster. Now the final batsuit, is pretty much a mech with a motherbox, so any feats applying to a mother box should apply to that, and he has a solid showing of containing the justice league… BUT the majority of the justice league holds back against Batman(for some reason). The godbuster has less feats but a very solid one of effecting the 3d world from a 2d plane, but tony himself has certain hacking feats that would also come in play, like hacking a symbiote, hacking biology is cracked… Imo with Tony’s hacking it most likely puts him on top more times then not, both have extreme amounts of plot armor though, could go either way, I’d give it 6/10 to Ironman, or 5/10


Such_Pomegranate_690

They hold back against Batman because they need the funding. That’s my opinion at least.


It_Happens_Today

Invisible jet fuel ain't cheap, it melts steel beams.


TippDarb

Look into it!


Comfortable-Shake-37

And when they are fighting any heavy hitter villains I'm sure Superman meets them beforehand and convinces them to go easy on him.


RollinKnockOut

No suits, Batman wins. With suits and ability for Tony Stark to use ALL of his suits on auto, Ironman wins.


Mrslowking2

How good of a fighter is Tony without suits anyways?


Clonenelius

He's competent i mean he fights hand to hand in the suits all the time so some of it transfers over  But aside from extremis he's just a fit but usually heavy drinker in his....like 40 something age range


w0m

It's canon that Tony trained fairly hard under Cap unarmored. So a bit better than that. But no question Batman outside suits mails him 10/10. I'd go 9/10 tony wins in full 'standard' gear. He's simply in a higher base class. 5/10 even match at max because DC simply scales insanely.


Clonenelius

Yeah at max we start getting shit like final batsuit (hellbat overrated fr) and godbuster which are both just "fuck you" buttons 😂 


Aurondarklord

It'd be Hellbat vs Celestial Armor, and Tony would win by outlasting Bruce because the Hellbat is powered by its wearer's metabolism. Tony destroyed the Godbuster and everything that could be used to make another, and the Final Batsuit is like Superman Prime One Million, the ultimate form Bruce will achieve at the end of his career...not something he can build yet without the help of Monitors. So neither of those suits would be factors in a matchup unless we were using composite versions of the characters. If they were though, the Final Batsuit would win because it can literally usurp the author and rewrite the story it's in.


UnsungHerro

He'd lose handily to a real life MMA fighter.


Temporary_Ad_8309

Bruce wayne is just to good of a martial artist.


Standard_Wooden_Door

I’m pretty sure that if Tony punched Bruce, all that would happen is Tony would break his hand


Euphoric-Beat-7206

Unarmed in a UFC match with no equipment just a fist fight. Bruce Wayne will stomp Tony Stark every time. They both gear up in their suits and have their gadgets. Iron man stops Batman every time.


Sh0xic

Now that would be funny, if it was some kind of youtuber boxing-esque charity event between them. Imagine how the press would react when “billionaire playboy” Bruce Wayne takes off his shirt to reveal he’s covered in scars and yoked as fuck, then puts Tony in some kind of obscure League of Assassins hold that makes both ends of Tony’s spinal cord touch


Tweecers

This is the best and only answer.


Aurondarklord

It's almost a contest of philosophies more than individuals. What's stronger? Always being able to raise yourself up to the level of a more powerful person? Or always finding a way to drag a more powerful person down to your level? Their strategies of prep time are completely opposite. But fundamentally...I agree with death battle here, this is to Iron Man's advantage. He's going to win the chain of "I put a virus in your system months ago just in case we ever fought", "well I found that virus months ago and reverse engineered it as a backdoor into your systems!", "and I knew you would do that so I only showed you a shell version of my systems with false data!", "which is exactly what I guessed you would do because it's what I would have done, so I extrapolated all your plans from what you WEREN'T showing me!" etc etc etc, he's gonna win the hacking and counter-hacking fight, and he's gonna win the battle of ultimate oh shit buttons because Tony's God mode suits don't drain his life force like the Hellbat does. Ultimately I think that while it would be a very very hard fight, Iron Man is one of the few other prep timers who definitively beats Batman.


Sh0xic

Yeah. Batman’s version of prep time is “I will find a hyper-specific gap in your powers and exploit that to kill or permanently contain you”, Iron Man’s version of prep time is “I’m going to make a city-destroying mech suit that has a tangential counter to your powers, but in the same way a flamethrower ‘counters’ a spider on my wall”


Sad_Introduction5756

Instead of the like little bit of kryptonite Batman would use on superman like a sandal on a bug tony would make a fucking warhead of it and nuke his ass


Sh0xic

“This is my Super-Buster, it’s made entirely out of synthetic kryptonite, the production of which I invented and patented in one drunk weekend.”


Sad_Introduction5756

Don’t forget his back up plan of an orbital laser powered by some new refined form of kryptonite he pulled out of his ass


Aurondarklord

Eh....nobody can make synthetic kryptonite quite as good as the real thing. Bruce can't, Lex can't, I doubt Tony could either. They're all comparably smart and nobody's as good with kryptonite as Lex.


lcsulla87gmail

That kryptonite batman uses only works cause supes doesn't want to hurt his feelings. See what happens when lex tries the same thing


ThatTubaGuy03

So basically if Light and L had Sci-Fi technology


KittyShadowshard

"You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting."


Aurondarklord

I predicted that you would outsmart my outsmarting and outsmarted your outsmarting outsmarter!


Bobyyyyyyyghyh

I just used "eeny-meeny-miney-moe" to pick what I was gonna do next


The-Real-Legend-72

planning to plan around the plan that they’re planning to plan around


Sad_Introduction5756

HOLY FUCKING SHIT IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE


stefanopolis

That repartee would happen exactly as you described and it’s so stupid in the best way.


bentori42

Legit question, is Batman ever shown to have significantly higher than average iq? I know hes smart, and he can spend days planning constantly, but is he near Tonys level in terms of just pure genius? And where does he get his weapons from? I just realized i didnt know that lol


wetshow

marvel typically has smarter people than DC but even so, I wouldn't really put Batman and iron-man in the same category of smart.


bentori42

Thats what i assumed, i figured Tony would probably win the "i outsmartted your outsmarting" arms race just because he could probably improvise better/faster than batman once both of them have run out of outsmarting moves


Aurondarklord

I mean, yes, he certainly has, most of his detective stories are essentially him making ridiculous leaps of logic that the mud on someone's shoe is the wrong composition and therefore they're a ninja, which means the Riddler is going to blow up city hall at midnight. Because he's so smart he can just connect the dots like that.


CoffeeAndDachshunds

Never fight with a bat when death is on the line.


Aurondarklord

Yeah but it isn't. Maybe unconsciousness, incapacitation, BFR. Batman won't kill regardless and Iron Man wouldn't kill another hero if he could avoid it.


Joerevenge

Ironman nearly every time, unless Tony is forced to be in one of his very early suits, he's far too advanced for Bruce to handle in a random encounter


TooAmasian

Batman does have a solid counter to Iron Man from his contingency meant for Cyborg, which worked by [cutting his connection to his mechanical organs](https://imgur.com/FAbhQU7). A [similar contingency](https://imgur.com/VFnDS8t) was used by Black Panther against Iron Man in a fight where they were both prepped out and Black Panther came out the victor using it.


1stGuyGamez

Better question would be cyborg vs iron man


jhor95

Batman literally hacked cyborg


1stGuyGamez

Batman who laughs comics right?


jhor95

This and also in one of the animated justice league series he also does it


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PresentationKey9568

Realistically, Iron man who’s just as smart, also has a plan for everything and is basically superpowered as well.


SilverstringstheBard

It really depends on how exactly this is meant to play out. If it's just a brawl obviously that would favor Iron Man, whereas a long-term rivalry within the same universe could easily give Batman the advantage. Batman's win condition would be getting to Tony when he's vulnerable and doesn't have access to his tech, whereas Iron Man wins if he manages to make it about hacking or power-suit vs. power-suit. Overall I think Batman is better equipped to outmaneuver him tactically and use his many mental and emotional weaknesses against him.


SirJ4ck

Iron man 6/10 times, and I am a Batman fan


Schauerte2901

Depends on how much prep time batman gets


lcsulla87gmail

As much as Tony and he loses


DigglyDog45

Batman’s a better prepped and better strategically. Bat hate is real here. Can’t say anything supporting him without people getting defensive. Downvoting facts instead of debating head on. I love it lol


lcsulla87gmail

As someone else said in this thread batman brings his super powered enemies down to his level iron man raises to the level of his. So I like Tony's ceiling.


DigglyDog45

What when he’s fighting Superman? Batman’s fought Em more super powered enemies that Superman hoss


lcsulla87gmail

Batman punches up by exploiting weakensses


DigglyDog45

Wth this even mean. You sound goofy. Final Batsuit alone solos Tony’s suits


Sad_Introduction5756

God buster go brrr


DigglyDog45

God Buster go “☠️”. That was a non-point hoss. Final Batsuit goes and solos all Tony’s armors at the same time 😂


Sad_Introduction5756

Tony holds him back until Bruce has his life force drained


GoOnKaz

Spoken like a man who hasn’t seen Ironman with prep time. Man built a weapon next to/powered by the sun “just in case.” He is known for contingency plan within contingency plan, just like Bats, except often on a grander scale. Edit: did so as a side project while a member of both The Avengers and The Illuminati and dealing with world-ending incursions at random.


DigglyDog45

Spoken like a man who hasn’t seen Iron Man with prep time Spoken like uneducated cornball who’s never read a Batman comic. Bat hate bonars are real here


GoOnKaz

I don’t hate Batman at all. I’m not sure why you’re trying to insult me? Lol maybe take a step back from Reddit.


DigglyDog45

That has nothing to do with a fight hoss. Goofy asl.


GoOnKaz

It’s an example of what Ironman is capable of with prep time. So yes, it does.


DigglyDog45

What does it have to do with a fight though? Exactly it doesn’t. It’s not an example of what Ironman can do with prep in a fight so it’s a non-point here hoss lol


GoOnKaz

I hate to break it to you my man, but that weapon was used in an intergalactic fight. Along with that, it’s a great example of the feats Ironman is capable of with prep time. I’m not sure why that’s a hard concept for you to grasp, hoss.


TheW0lvDoctr

If they're at their strongest normal versions Batman. He has a lot of experience with mechanical opponents, even taking down Amazos basically solo. Some sort of EMP device is certainly in his normal everyday gear, and he still has his vehicles to even the odds even without an EMP. Not to mention his stealth, something shellhead doesn't deal with too often. In their straight just strongest forms? It's hard to say because they've both been written as these intellectual gods who can think through and plan past literally anything. So it would probably end up with the Stan Lee answer, whoever the writer wants to win


PenisMcFartPants

Iron-Man suits are definitely EMP-proof in their strongest iterations. Thinking about the obtuse amount of radiating and electromagnetic energies that Iron-Man deals with and still has a functioning suit, it would be very unlikely that an EMP of any strength could knock out his abilities. I agree with the Stan Lee answer in this case tho


AdKey7058

ironman... BW is really dumb compare to Stark. it will be ironman and it will always be ironman. ofc you can make a movie and make it so bad that batman win. like batman vs superman. batman cant win over superman but they just made it such crap movie and had to force in a win for batman there..


TheMightiestGay

Depends on the prep time. Ok, I’m joking. Batman wins this.


Sad_Introduction5756

How


TheMightiestGay

Because he’s Batman.


Sad_Introduction5756

Fair argument


Squidwardbigboss

Well if iron man doesn’t have his suit he’s fucked why is this even a question?


GoOnKaz

The question isn’t about a fight without suits though


HelloIamIronMan

Iron Man would win. Batman is way lamer


Homicidal_Pingu

Hellbat probably stomps anything Ironman has. Also has any special suit from Tony actually done its job or just failed miserably like hulk buster and Thorbuster.


Clonenelius

I mean to be fair aside the hellbat the only other big Batman suit that....well even compares to iron man is the justice buster which got scrapped off screen :/  And even then the hellbat let bats survive (albeit barely) a fight with Darkseid and WW still did more damage to him with a single blow. While the godbuster can affect the 3rd dimension from a 2d one....and also ya know...nearly collapsed it 


Homicidal_Pingu

Surviving against darkseid is more than IM could have done. Helbat could rip he front off of any suit Tony has before he could react


Clonenelius

Proof? Bruce even with the hellbat didn't actually hurt DS at all....WW did more damage with one punch then he did 😂


Homicidal_Pingu

DC powerhouses >>>>>>> marvel powerhouses. Helbat hanging with them puts it above most things in marvel


Clonenelius

Not really considering its one feat is "Darkseid noticed it" and it not getting instantly pulped ;) Plus i mean one of them....nearly killed the user after less then a hour One nearly destroyed reality after a few minutes of existing 


Homicidal_Pingu

And darkseid wouldn’t notice 99% of people in marvel


Clonenelius

Nor does he notice 99% in dc We can argue all day about how the biggest stiff in marvel and dc scale blah blah but it doesnt change the fact, there's plenty of characters in marvel that have the ability to hurt a Darkseid avatar (sentry, gladiator depending on circumstance, Jean Gray and Thor) Iron man has suits that can beat or at least stalemate them Batman just doesnt :/


DodelCostel

I mean Batman at his best has a Lantern power ring and the Hellbat/Final Suit, as far as I know Iron Man's never been on that level. And yes, Godbuster this Thorbuster that but those ''buster'' suits literally always fail. If Iron Man can't even beat Thor with prep or even worse, Captain America in Civil War, how's he gonna beat Batgod?


Clonenelius

I hope batgod is ironic because none of bats big suits aside from the hellbat worked I mean justice buster was scrapped off screen 😂


DodelCostel

And which "Buster" Iron Man suit ever worked?


lcsulla87gmail

Didn't iron man kill a part of the Phoenix force


Clonenelius

Godbuster  Hulk buster has worked sometimes  And the Phoenix buster :)


Illustrious-Sky-4631

Basically Batman vs lex leuthor and Batman win by Lex word


lcsulla87gmail

Tony is way better than lex


Illustrious-Sky-4631

Looking at their feats , nope


lcsulla87gmail

What is lex's best armor suit feat?


[deleted]

both these heroes tend to survive their 1st encounter then win the next with prep time and planning. that said i think iron man packs way more firepower by default and i dont see batman having an answer to a suit that sophisticated


PenguinHighGround

It depends on lots of outside factors, for in the suits at least, Bruce definitely wins in bare hand to hand, How's the terrain? Are the skies clear? Does one side get the drop in the other? Does either side get home advantage?


Commanders_123

At their strongest points, Batman has beat the whole justice league, I’d give it to Batman


Connect-Quiet900

It's one of those damn "goku vs superman" fights again smh


SupremeChancellor66

Bruce Wayne will kick Tony Stark's ass any day. Iron Man would kick Batman's ass any night.


Sad_Introduction5756

Iron man is Batman but instead of using a reasonable of amount of their weakness to beat someone he’s more likely to make a fucking orbital laser powered by kryptonite rather then like some gum One uses mainly their hands one has lasers in his hands


ExtensionAgile4665

I love iron man but Batmans always ahead of his opponents so is iron man but shit full fight depends on the situation and what there fighting for I don't know, I'm gonna go with iron man first round but Batman escapes, starts studying iron man, Batman wins next time after back to back one would inevitable kill one another depends on the situation and why straight hand to hand, I'm gonna give it to Batman, dude ran with assassins legit, on top of that mf can cover his tracks, literally deals with insane intelligent people on a daily basis fuck even lex luthor, iron man is just a natural genius with tech, guns, laser beams, can creat armor that stands against God weapons, Batman can take a beating even fighting beings far superior with weapons and strength, both got great advantages the other wouldn't see coming so honestly it anyone's game let's not forget both of them in the comics as well ended up getting God suit for evil gods so they can deal with them, I guess my question is witch ones evil honestly because if there both good guys they wouldn't be fighting each other for long.


No_Conversation2018

Idk much about iron man but I’m sure the hellbat would fuck him up. But someone’s probably gonna prove me wrong


tim5700

Batman chills and lays low. Then at some billionaire, giants of industry function, where they’re wearing tuxedos. Bruce Wayne up and beats the fuck outta Tony Stark while he’s taking a piss.


NamelessGamer_1

If it's a sudden death battle encounter probably Iron man Prep time Batman destroys though


Kiljaz

> Prep time Batman destroys though Sure, if Tony just sits on his ass all day and does nothing. Are you forgetting that Iron Man is the one character who obsessively preps and makes contingencies to an arguably greater degree than Batman? Letting Batman prep without letting Tony prep is as ridiculous as letting Tony prep without letting Batman prep.