Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25014849-20140627232456/@comment-25780513-20150501114954

Jason and Percy have the advantage of studying both Greek and Roman fighting, unlike the rest. Roman training is a lot harsher and stricter, sure, but it isn't necessarily better than Greek training. Roman are trained to be united, but they don't always trust each other like the Greeks do. Romans have had harder training, but they were raised in a relatively safer camp, free of monsters, whereas most Greek demigods had to fight for survival. Jason has had by far the best training, but he never had to make it to Camp Jupiter with no training at all and Underworld monsters from Hades bent on killing him, like Annabeth did. Leo, Piper, Hazel, and Frank have never seen the second Titan war, which is a major disadvantage, because they missed out on pretty much the biggest demigod war of the millenium.

I guess my point is, a lot of it depends on the different types of training and experience they've had. Jason has had great training, and he fought in many battles and led the Twelfth Legion up Mount Othrys, but he never had to fight for survival and make it to Camp on his own. Annabeth fought her way to Camp, but she stayed for five years straight at Camp without going on any quests, or doing anything except training, which is the main reason I ranked her below Jason. In my opinion, it's no competion between the top three (Percy, Annabeth, and Jason) and the rest.