Punisher vs Taskmaster

plot: the punisher finally track down the taskmaster for his past crimes and taskmaster is looking to kill punisher for the bounty on his head.

random encounter

no prep

Location: D.C. (fallout universe) unpopulated 100 feet apart

The punisher has:

An M-16 with 10 clips and an M203 w/5 grenades

an M40 with 10 rounds

and a M1014

Taskmaster has:

An M14 with 5 clips

a bow with 20 regular and 10 explosive arrows

his regular sword

an virbarnium shield

morals off

who wins?

Taskmaster should win, but he tends to job in my limited reading of his.

Punisher.

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Taskmaster.

This is basically a "anything you can do I can do better" scenario. Task is stronger, faster, more agile and a better fighter. He's also got nearly all the hero's skillsets including Punisher's:

As he knows Frank's skills Tasky's gonna be ready for nearly anything Frank can throw at him.

Punisher is going to need much fancier gear to win this.

Taskmaster.

Accuracy from bull's-eye hes not going to miss

Taskmaster should win easily.

I hate to say it, but Taskmaster is perfectly capable of copying Punisher's one advantage: accuracy.

Though, that's still not enough to secure a win.

You don't think Punisher will realize this? Obviously now he'll see he can't win. That's where Frank's other advantages come in.

He may not be Batman, but The Punisher is still more then capable of sneaking around, especially in a setting like the one in OP. He can set traps, stay in the shadows, maybe even just snipe Tasky out from 200 yards.

@nickzambuto: Why would he need to copy Frank's accuracy when he already has Hawkeye's?

The op has also stated that there's no prep. How is Frank gonna find the time to set traps with Taskmaster on his tail all the time?

@Strider92 said:

@nickzambuto: Why would he need to copy Frank's accuracy when he already has Hawkeye's?

The op has also stated that there's no prep. How is Frank gonna find the time to set traps with Taskmaster on his tail all the time?

OP said they start 100 feet apart. In the ruins of an unpopulated DC Universe, combined with his large lead, he can surely just make a run for it and hide out in the dark remains of some collapsed building. So while Tasky is on the hunt, Frank is setting himself up in a good sniping spot. Boom, M40 to the head.

@nickzambuto said:

@Strider92 said:

@nickzambuto: Why would he need to copy Frank's accuracy when he already has Hawkeye's?

The op has also stated that there's no prep. How is Frank gonna find the time to set traps with Taskmaster on his tail all the time?

OP said they start 100 feet apart. In the ruins of an unpopulated DC Universe, combined with his large lead, he can surely just make a run for it and hide out in the dark remains of some collapsed building. So while Tasky is on the hunt, Frank is setting himself up in a good sniping spot. Boom, M40 to the head.

its actual washinton dc (fallout universe) 100 feet apart

@Strider92 said:

Taskmaster.

This is basically a "anything you can do I can do better" scenario. Task is stronger, faster, more agile and a better fighter. He's also got nearly all the hero's skillsets including Punisher's:

As he knows Frank's skills Tasky's gonna be ready for nearly anything Frank can throw at him.

That scan is from the UDON Taskmaster series, which is out of continuity unless I'm mistaken.

@Cochise: I don't believe it is. He met Sandi during that series and wore the UDON armor during the Agency X arc. If that was out of continuty Sandi shouldn't have been in Agency X and Task shouldn't have been wearing the suit through that arc either and yet shes still there and he did wear the suit. The new Taskmaster series didn't have any direct influence on the old one as it took place after UDON. The only thing that series did was explain his origins so unless there's something I missed it shouldn't be out of continuity.

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@Ferro Vida said:

Punisher is going to need much fancier gear to win this.

Agreed. Taskmaster is taking this.

Taskmaster.