Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20180222213908/@comment-34316242-20180227034511

Haroldzz19 wrote: Arggh I am itching not to post a long rant. Yes, Thalia could shoot him with arrows from a long range but if Percy creates a hurricane, it will definitely be able to render the arrows useless since the hurricane was strong enough to make Hyperion stumble backwards and even extinguish his flames. Thalia can also use her lightning powers against Percy but in MOA, Percy was able to easily survive a lightning bolt from Jason and recover quickly enough to continue the fight.

"Jason roared. A bolt of lightning arced across the clear blue sky. It ricocheted off his gladius and knocked Percy off his horse."

And Percy was still able to survive that, in fact rather easily. I am not sure exactly what the difference of Jason's and Thalia's powers are but I am fairly certain that Jason's powers over electricity and air are currently stronger than Thalia's because she is kind of out of practice with her powers.

I think that a bolt summoned by children of Zeus isn't as powerful as an actual real bolt either because when Thalia summoned her bolts, they didn't do near as much damage as a realistic bolt would. This is just an assumption but even if Thalia's bolts were that strong, we have a decent amount of evidence to say that Percy can survive them without much effort as proven in TTC and MOA. Percy is also more heat resistant than an average human being a son of Poseidon who was able to survive lava being poured into his chest by a telekhine.

Also, Thalia can only summon one or two lightning bolts without tiring similar to that of Jason while Percy can continuously attack Thalia with water and air based attacks without tiring too much. And because summoning a lightning bolt will take time and effort, Percy can keep on pressuring Thalia with his attacks to prevent her from summoning a bolt.

Some could say that due to him being the son of a sea god, he would get an electric shock more easily but that is not true. He was able to effortlessly survive lightning bolts from both Jason and Thalia and he didn't get an electric shock. Also, just because his body is made mostly out of water doesn't make him more vulnerable to electricity. If that was actually the case, then a small static actually could kill him (and us too because we are also mostly made of water). The only way Percy actually could get an electric shock in this fight will be if he is in water or is soaked in water when Thalia summons a lightning bolt at him.

Thalia also has a pretty powerful control over Aerokinesis but this can easily be countered if Percy summons a hurricane to render the winds useless.

Now let's have a look on how Thalia can counter Percy's attacks.

The best way Thalia can counter Percy's attacks is by using Aerokinesis to knock his water based attacks off course. Of course, she can fly but I doubt she will do that because of her fear of heights. Thalia's main problem will be Percy's limited ability of geokinesis which can allow him to summon earthquakes and since Thalia will be reluctant to fly, an earthquake could cause big trouble to Thalia and potentially allow Percy to reveal an opening in her defense and kill her.

Personally, I feel Percy is more likely to win this fight although Thalia stands a decent chance too. It really depends a lot on the terrain and when this fight takes place for example at the end of BOO or at the beginning of TLH. Percy! Thalia couldn’t counter Percy, and Percy could immediately drench Thalia.