Bump.
It seems Buckshot and Creator's consensus on this was that Majestic could win in an area where bystanders would be of no concern, and the Martian wins in an area where his focus can be on the fight, no distractions, no hindrances. I disagree with that. Majestic should win in most areas, under most scenarios. Now, it is possible that Buckshot and Creator's positions on the matter have changed; so I hope my bumping this is not meaningless. I just thought I would interject on this. Here is why I think Majestic would win.
1. Majestic's physical attributes are higher. His strength, durability, and speed are at higher levels. The Martian's healing may be faster and more efficient, but I doubt it would make much difference. Majestic can move planets on his own; whereas, the Martian needed SuperMan and Wonder Woman's help to move the earth. Majestic also has greater durability feats, probably both in energy resistance and blunt force. His speed is also much greater. The Martian has traveled at faster than light speeds, demonstrated combat speed comparable to a mind controlled SuperMan in the Tenth Circle (throwing multiple melee strikes at high speeds), and considerable reaction time. Problem is, travel speed is irrelevant, and his feats for combat and reaction speeds are nowhere near on the level that Majestic's are. Majestic has FTL reflexes and similar operational speed (as well as travel speed). The Martian is fast, but he has never dodged a light speed attack before. Because of Majestic's speed advantage, the Martian may very well never gain the opportunity to turn intangible. He has been affected while intangible before by Kanto's sword, but Kanto attributed that to his sword functioning on multi-dimensional planes. That I know of, Majestic has no means of replicating that. Regardless, the speed advantage is a huge factor in Majestic's favor, since it can eliminate most of the Martian's major assets in a fight, notably his intangibility.
2. Not only is there the possibility that the Martian may never get the chance to use telepathy due to Majestic's speed, but Majestic does have some psionic abilities of his own and some telepathic resistance feats. The full nature of these resistance feats, I am unsure of. Not all applications of telepathy are the same; for instance, a character resisting being put to sleep and resisting being mindraped are two different things. One does not necessarily translate to the other. That said, again, I am not completely aware of the telepathic resistance feats Majestic has. The Martian is one of DC's most powerful telepaths and has defeated and influenced several enemies purely by telepathic means. But when the speed advantage possibly removing any opportunity he may get to use telepathy and Majestic's resistances (however formidable they may be) are taken into account, telepathy may not be a viable method for the Martian to win.
3. Now, assuming telepathy could be an option for defeating Majestic, the Martian's morals have to be considered. When morals apply, the Martian tends to fight opponents with a combination of strength, speed, and intangibility, heat vision and shape shifting being fairly common tactics for combat purposes also. Telepathy, however, is usually reserved, as the Martian prefers not to enter others' minds without their consent. He has on a few occasions used telepathy as his first-used ability in a fight before but not very often. Not to mention, usually when he has, there are circumstances surrounding it. An example would be in The Others Among Us arc, J'onn was fighting White Martians, and the method he chose to defeat them was to enter their minds and telepathically put them into comas, which he did. In that instance, telepathy was the power he chose to use first and foremost. But the way J'onn fights White Martians is unlikely going to be the way in which he fights Majestic. White Martians are registered threats that he is familiar with and has some personal ties to. The situation interprets poorly to a battle against Majestic. Having said all that, even if speed were not a factor to eliminate any opening the Martian may receive to use telepathy against Majestic and if we assume that Majestic's telepathic resistances are not impressive enough to resist his telepathy (which is a distinct possibility, but, as I said, I would need to learn more about his resistance feats), the fact that telepathy will most likely not be used as his first choice of attack would also decrease the chances that it would be used to defeat Majestic.
These points considered, I believe Majestic should take the win.
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