My greatest desire is to say Maj with no qualifiers, but Batman has one thing Majestic doesn't, decades of feats backing up his fighting skill. Of course that's because the character is a street level hero so there's more evidence of him doing what he does daily than Majestic doing something he can do but doesn't ever need to, but still, it's something.
Reasons I'd say Majestic:
10,000 years of combat experience (training and full-on war)
Training under warlord Sebaeos, the most feared warlord in the history of the war-loving planet Khera
Recognition as a warlord in his own right
Showings of skill against enemies of similar power level, of lower power levels, when he himself was depowered as well as in general battles
Recognition as a masterful fighter by other characters
Reasons I'd say Batman:
All he does is fight at street level so he's used to it and has far more evidence of his skill
Most of Majestic's displays of skill have him using a sword and this is h2h
One of the things I liked about Dreamwar was the Batman/Zealot fight (even though Zealot should have won a lot easier) and I liked that thing Zealot said at one point, something like "If I didn't know better I'd think you were a Warlord." I thought it was neat and it supports what other Majestic creators have said and what I always thought, that in a lot of ways Majestic is Batman's mind in Superman's body, and that puts their skill level at equal in a powerless battle.
On a slightly related note (only because we're talking about Majestic's skill), after looking at some of his more skillful fights, Majestic's style (the way it looks in most of the fights anyway) is well suited for dealing with multiple enemies, especially coming from different directions. Now, I could certainly be reading into things, but I like coming up with reasons for stuff and I think it could be that it's something he perfected in his millenia of battlefield combat. From what's been shown of that, he was usually either on the front line or surrounded by enemies and so it'd make sense for him to find ways to deal with multiple people at once and use them against each other (sorta like what Deathstroke is known for, but not to the same degree.) Could be a thing Warlords specialize in.
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