Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20180503154648/@comment-27144409-20180517200528

Well... DB doesn't seem to let Bats have much, if any, time to prepare, analyze or remotely summon or get to his big toys. If Bats was allowed to use the entirety of his arsenal/motorpool, or fight in the Cave, he would have a much better chance.

On the other hand, Batman has fought so many supervillains, aliens, heroes, robots, anti-heroes, vigilantes, soldiers, supernatural creatures, gods, clones... and common thugs that if he was allowed to fight on his terms or home turf, with all the stockpiled equipment and countermeasures, the fights would be rather predictable and one-sided.

If Bats is fighting Blake with just his standard patrol loadout, and the rules prevent him from stalling until his automated vehicles and weapon systems to arrive, his chances aren't the best. Don't get me wrong, Batman is indeed a formidable opponent, but his brilliant deductive mind needs time and opportunity to study an opponent for maximum advantage. Multiple alien invasions were lost when the aggressors lost track of Batman or underestimated him, only for Bats to figure out their plans and weaknesses.

Calculated retreats are an important part of his playbook.

His best bet in the early stages is to expend minimal energy and gadgets while devising a strategy and avoiding detection. Given that Aura doesn't block pain, Yang got KO'd with her Aura up, and that its protection against gases and airborne toxins is an unkown, he could try knocking her out and chucking her in the harbor. Maybe a fatal overdose of some toxin. Throw her in front of a train. His standard arsenal doesn't have a lot that is particularly lethal, and Blake's Aura could probably take a fair few punches and batarangs.

Keep in mind that this strategy was made using data we know. He'd have to figure these kinds of things out, and he can't retreat entirely. By the rules of Death Battle, he is in the fight until one of the comabatants is a corpse.