The battle that is ongoing is between XRP and ETH. There is room for only one winner in my opinion. We will se which of the two will become the No 1 altcoin. Ripple seems to be on the fast lane and I think it is more attractive to new investors because it's cheaper and newbies will think it has more space for growth. So when altcoin season comes (there are signs of it, but this is still far from it), my bet is on XRP.
I bought some XRP too this week, the potential of XRP outrun ETH is possible just by looking its graph this past months and weeks. If it continue in this trend maybe this month or next month it can take over ETH in no.2 spot Though ETH is doing great this past week too its just some holders pulling it back that it can't get into $200 price.