Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20151024232802/@comment-29818854-20160831175113

I think a lot of people on this forum are Percy Jackson fans. Not only that, but these people have only read the Percy Jackson series. So when it's Percy vs Anyone, they automatically vote Percy. But in regards to Percy vs Magnus, you can’t just say Percy stomps, and leave it there. You have to read the books that contain the source material. That is, the Sword of Summer, and all the Percy jackson books. That said, Magnus most likely wins vs Percy, and here’s why. Hint: Magnus stomps.

Magnus Powers:

Alf Seidr (Elf Magic): As Magnus is the son of the Lord of Alfheim, he is able to use Elf Magic.

This includes disarming anyone in his surrounding area of their weapons, using a blast of energy. Magnus can also heal both himself and others from wounds at incredible rates. YOu cut stab him, the wound repairs. You stab him again, it repairs again. So basically Magnus is Deadpool.

Seasons Alteration (limited to summer): As Magnus is the son of the god of summer, light and warmth, he can change the area around himself into summer. This doesn’t help much vs Percy, but it is one of his abilities.

Photokinesis (limited): Magnus can generate sunlight.

Harsh Temperature Insensitivity: Magnus has a great deal of resilience to both temperature extremes. He was able to sleep outdoors in the winter with nothing but a thin blanket without a problem. He was also shown to withstand Surt's flames without dying. However, he isn't completely immune, since Surt managed to kill him by impaling the demigod with a red-hot sphere of steaming asphalt, causing Magnus' organs to slowly burn away from the molten tar in his gut.

Enhanced Strength - after gaining a new einherji body, Magnus gained a degree of superhuman strength, to the point that he could punch through the wall of his room in <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Valhalla<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">without much effort. So he is Deadpool, with the Hulk’s strength. Cool

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Einherjar Immortality - while within <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hotel Valhalla<span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, Magnus, like any of the einherjar, cannot die, and will simply keep resurrecting from mortal wounds. Due to his healing abilities, however, Magnus resurrects even faster than most other einherjar. If he is fighting Percy in his own turf, he curbstomps Percy. Percy literally can’t kill him if he is in ‘home base’.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Enhanced Agility and reflexes: after gaining an einherjar body, Magnus has become much more agile, as he was able to leap down from the roof of the Boston Public Library with ease. So he is Deadpool, Hulk, and Spiderman all in one.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">So by himself, no weapons, it seems reasonable that he can hold his own against Percy. At the very least, he can just run away from Percy until he gains an advantage. But if you give magnus Jack, the sharpest and best sword in the 9 realms? That’s overkill. Jack can do anything Magnus can possibly do with him imaginable. The only catch is that Magnus has to bear the burden of exertion of whatever Jack did. So if jack stabs someone, Magnus loses energy corresponding to how much Jack used to stab said person. Magnus can easily match Percy’s skill, considering that Jack is a magical sword, whereas Percy has to actually put effort into fighting. Magnus will get tired, but he also has a passive healing ability. It will take a lot to make Magnus tired. Simple sword fighting is not enough.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I won’t go into detail about Percy, as most are already familiar. But basically, Magnus appears in a flash of lights, disarms Percy. Jack flys to Percy and impales him. Percy summons water, heals, attacks Magnus. Percy scratches Magnus, maybe even seriously hurts him. Magnus uses elf magic, heals, and continues the offensive. Either it is a stale mate, or Jack gets lucky and kill Percy. This is in neutral territory. If Percy is in the ocean, then maybe he can attempt to drown Magnus, but even that won’t work because Magnus is einherjar. Magnus is a Deadpool Hulk Spiderman zombie. That’s basically what einherjar means. If the fight occurs in Hotel Valhalla, Percy dies easily.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">TLDR:

<span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Magnus has a slight advantage due to being Deadpool/Hulk/Spiderman with the ability to use magic, and a sword that fights for itself, (and can cut through nearly anything). Magnus best case scenario, kills Percy in first five minutes. Worst case scenario, Magnus almost drowns but is resurrected due to his powers and manages to fight Percy to a stalemate. In short, Percy can’t win.