Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160707163148/@comment-24067344-20160708220517

Jason grace op wrote: Can't Jason send lightning bolts through himself to direct it? It's been a long time. He could just go all fists and powers, cause in these fights it normally comes down to powers... lol

Nope. It has been shown time and time again that Jason needs a weapon to summon lightning bolts. He can't send lighting bolt through himself to direct it if he doesn't have a weapon. The only moment where a lightning blot went through his body to his opponent was in The Lost Hero. (But he was on top of Enceladus head ..and that was Zeus helping him, since he didn't have the energy to summon another one).

Here's the quote: "And every hair on his head stood straight up. Crack! Lightning surged through Jason's body, straight through Enceladus, and into the ground." The Lost Hero, Pg 467.

What happen before that, was, Jason prayed to his Father, and even before that, his golden weapon-a javelin-was destroyed by Enceladus. So how did he summon a lightning bolt without a weapon? He didn't. That was his Father who summoned that for him. So no, without a weapon=no lightning bolt.