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I have some minor complaints about how we power scale Taskmaster's equipment. Here are my suggestions.
1) Add Varies, from Building level to Large Building level with equipment.
Reasoning:
We already accept Taskmaster's strongest gear scales to Spider-Man. So the Large Building level end stays, but I think it would be beneficial to add a Building level lower end as well. Specifically, one that scales to Captain America.
Taskmaster has been able to harm Captain America with his physical gear since pretty his first appearance.
casually blocking Captain America's shield with his own, before staggering him with a blow with his bow and shield.
In the same issue, it's directly stated He throws his shield as strong as America's.
completely overwhelms Captain America using nothing but his standard gear, with Captain America requiring his shield to even fight back against him.
pierces Captain America's arm with an arrow
Can harm Bucky by throwing his gear at him
I think adding this lower end accurately reflects Taskmaster's consistent Powerlevel. with his equipment varying enough to warrant a distinction in ratings.
2) Remove Taskmasters's scaling to Iron-Man.
Frankly, I'm surprised this even got passed in the first place given our power-scaling rules.
Not only is Taskmaster harming Iron Man FAR beyond anything he's done in the past, Iron-man recovered moments later with no lasting damage.
His energy constructs would thus only reasonably scale to his normal gear, for being able to harm Spider-Man.
3) Mention Taskmaster's shield in his durability section.
Taskmaster's shield should receive a rating in his durability section. With it being At least Large 8-C via scaling above his other equipment.
4) Adding missing abilities to his P&A
He should have Acrobatics via having the combined skills of Daredevil and Spider-Man among others.
SUMMARY
AP: Remove Taskmaster's "Small City level" rating. Change his rating to simply Varies from Building level to Large Building level with Equipment
Durability mention that Taskmaster's shield is Large Building level
P&A Section: Add acrobatics.
1) Add Varies, from Building level to Large Building level with equipment.
Reasoning:
We already accept Taskmaster's strongest gear scales to Spider-Man. So the Large Building level end stays, but I think it would be beneficial to add a Building level lower end as well. Specifically, one that scales to Captain America.
Taskmaster has been able to harm Captain America with his physical gear since pretty his first appearance.
casually blocking Captain America's shield with his own, before staggering him with a blow with his bow and shield.
In the same issue, it's directly stated He throws his shield as strong as America's.
completely overwhelms Captain America using nothing but his standard gear, with Captain America requiring his shield to even fight back against him.
pierces Captain America's arm with an arrow
Can harm Bucky by throwing his gear at him
I think adding this lower end accurately reflects Taskmaster's consistent Powerlevel. with his equipment varying enough to warrant a distinction in ratings.
2) Remove Taskmasters's scaling to Iron-Man.
Frankly, I'm surprised this even got passed in the first place given our power-scaling rules.
Not only is Taskmaster harming Iron Man FAR beyond anything he's done in the past, Iron-man recovered moments later with no lasting damage.
His energy constructs would thus only reasonably scale to his normal gear, for being able to harm Spider-Man.
3) Mention Taskmaster's shield in his durability section.
Taskmaster's shield should receive a rating in his durability section. With it being At least Large 8-C via scaling above his other equipment.
4) Adding missing abilities to his P&A
He should have Acrobatics via having the combined skills of Daredevil and Spider-Man among others.
SUMMARY
AP: Remove Taskmaster's "Small City level" rating. Change his rating to simply Varies from Building level to Large Building level with Equipment
Durability mention that Taskmaster's shield is Large Building level
P&A Section: Add acrobatics.
