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this is purely personal taste, there's no "best" anything - it's down to individual tastes.. some prefer human villains because they see them as "realistic", others vastly prefer fantastical things.. in the end it doesn't matter as many people will warm to non-human characters if they are written well.. look at how many people liked War of the Worlds, Star Wars, Star Trek and so forth - almost all superhero fiction is also fantasy as humans aren't capable of the stuff Batman and friends do.

if someone favors police dramas like CSI or similar they will enjoy, usually, more realistic villains.. if someone favors things like Superman or similar they will tend to enjoy the more fantastical.

never forget it's also down to how good a story is, we all enjoy a fairy tale or two - adults enjoy many Pixar films and I remember American Tail and Rats of NIMH being popular despite all the characters being mice / rats.. it's all down to how well characters are made.

I'd rather see a well-written fantastical beast as a villain than a poorly-written human, likewise I'd rather a realistic human who is written well over a badly-writtern fantastical type.