Batsuit

The **Batsuit** is Bruce Wayne's official suit for his war on crime on Gotham city. He wears it to become the costumed caped fighter, Batman; Which notably strikes fear to opponents and criminals in the dark.

## Overview

The Batsuit Bruce Wayne normally wears when on patrol in Gotham City, is a grey technical carbon fiber tri-weave around his torso and legs, with a black cowl and a large cape.

His hands are protected by armored gloves and he has gauntlets on his wrists with three razor sharp blades. The gauntlets are durable enough to easily deflect knives and gunfire and even capable of dissipating energy by blocking Parademon and Kryptonian Plasma Bolts and most impressively Superman's Heat Vision with no damage (Batman however throws away the left gauntlet after blocking Superman's heat vision due to energy overload). The knuckles and boots are laced with brass, meant to enhance strike attacks.

The cape provides limited gliding abilities, as seen when Batman glides a few feet before breaking into the warehouse window after jumping from the front end of the Batplane during the Rescue of Martha Kent and gliding into the Knightcrawler during the Skirmish under Gotham Harbor; although Batman rarely uses this ability, limiting its use to only during demanding situations, instead favouring the Grapple Gun most of the time for traversing out-of-reach places.

The cowl incorporates a robotic voice modifier to disguise the billionaire's real voice, and several retractable lenses (the purpose of the lenses are not shown in the film; the only time they are seen is when Alfred is performing maintenance on the cowl). The cowl is built from Titanium and form fitted to Batman's head and is capable of deflecting knives and gunfire, though is uncomfortable to Batman and makes him flinch in pain.

His feet and shins are protected by thick black armored boots. Around his waist is his utility belt, an arsenal of helpful gadgets including batarangs and his grappling gun. The suit is shown to have rips, tears and restitches, memoirs of his long and violent career in fighting evil. The suit protects him and his identity but also is a symbol to strike fear in his enemies. It features the following capabilities:

* **Augmented durability:** As the Batsuit is made of a technical carbon fiber tri-weave, it is extremely durable, making it highly resistant to knives and low-caliber firearms, as well as fireproof (withstanding the full force of both Firefly and Knyazev's flamethrowers at close-range). The cowl and neck area of the suit consists of a molded fabric made from Kevlar and Nomex protecting his neck and head from blade injuries and small caliber firearms (a man using a knife could only cause sparks to fly when trying to stab Batman in the back of the neck). Not even bullets can pierce the suit at point-blank range, but a direct strike to the upper shoulder could at least somewhat pierce the suit. Most impressively the gauntlets are with specialized polymer solar cells, designed to capture and dissipate energy. Not only are they capable of blocking Parademon and Kryptonian Plasma Bolts, but also Superman's Heat Vision without for a short time before being overloaded by the energy.

* **Gliding**: Batman can glide in the air with the cape for a limited amount of time.

## Design Differences

The Batsuit in *Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice* and *Zack Snyder's Justice League* is two hot topics online deabting their design alterations. Most people agree that the BVS cowl looks more intimidating, as some fans pointed out that the JL cowl is looking average, mainly due to the pointy, reversed ears that resembles Nite Owl from Watchmen; As well as the JL cowl has a less intimidating look compared to the BVS cowl. The bodysuit on the other hand had modifications, the JL suit had an all-black color, though it's more like dark blue and black in Josstice League.

## Trivia

### General

* The look of the standard Batsuit, as well as the armored Batsuit, is heavily influenced by the outfits worn by Batman in the graphic novel *The Dark Knight Returns*.
* The standard Batsuit marks the first time Batman uses the iconic grey-and-black costume design from the comic books in a live-action film, unlike Bale's TDKR suit that resembles riot gear.
* The JL/ZSJL cowl has pointy ears, larger eye holes that differentiate it from the BVS cowl, much to the displeasure of some people who love the BVS cowl more.