Ok first off Monarch has one showing and although be it impressive as it is Darkseid also has many impressive showings as well. His intelligence and his utter manipulation of the dc multiverse seems to be right there with Monarch and his final play for this upcoming crisis. We really havent seen anything from Monarch other than showing up here and there and owning alternate heroes. Still its impressive but Darkseid is impressive as well.
Lets not forget darkseid owned firestorm and Orion at the end of the Firestorm series. He put them down like a couple of common street curs.
Ok so Darkseid has struggled with Superman lately in direct confrontations. But we all must agree Dc tugs on the real Supermans nutsack more than any other character.
Monarch has blasted some pretender Supermans but until you beat the real thing it isnt as impressive.
In conclusion I change my vote to darkseid wins becuz one or two impressive showings by Monarch isnt enough for me right now to give him a win over the mighty Darkseid. Maybe after some more impressive feats but not now.
Ds wins.
Bring it haters.