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So Midnighter kicking him means he was winning the fight? Tf? They both landed one blow, and Harry's seemed a lot more damaging, Harry wasn't phased by the kick seemingly, and then Midnighter's head snaps back after being attacked with the blade and he's "kicking Harry's ass".
I never said that Midnighter was winning the fight, only that he was toying with Tanner, while also landing a blow. Tanner, meanwhile had to resort to some sort of unknown ability to land a blow. This is all clearly shown on panel
Being "surprising" is literally one of his powers, he's the prince of lies, aside from being a master swordsmen he's an expert trickster and deceiver.
That's great, but none of this points to any sort of combat utilization
Furthermore, thats not the only time he's claimed as the "best swordsman in history". IIRC that claim is also in the "All-New" DC Encyclopedia for him.
Again, that's great. But you said:
Just think about what being "the best in history" with swords means. It means he's above people in pure skill like Wonder Woman, Batman, Ra's Al Ghul, Katana, Azrael, freaking DEATHSTROKE, pretty much everyone you can think of, he knows how to use his blade BETTER then they do
Yet he has the single fight within his character history, in which he got toyed with by Midnighter. He has no feats to actually back up this statement. Much less anything supporting him being a better fighter then someone like Katana or Deathstroke, or all the other fighters you claim that he is better then. Keep in mind that I myself, have multiple statements of Tanner being referred to as the greatest swordsmen in history (Stormwatch vol 3 issue 2, issue 3), or even a master swordsmen (Stormwatch vol 3 issue 1) in my scan collection, no need to reference an encyclopedia. I'll grant you that he's good, but to say that he's better then x, y or z demands a comparison of feats
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