I can never take "all-powerful God of evil Darkseid" seriously, it just always feels so off to me, especially how each successive writer tries to portray him more powerful than the previous one. I much prefer him to be a fearsome and feared opponent because of his ruthless and unrelenting determination, backed up by his strategic mind. Kinda like STAS, where he was still beatable but you'd only have a bittersweet victory, as it cost so much to stop him.