Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25014849-20140627232456/@comment-25688778-20150425033210

Erick.baez.773 wrote:

Leung.longhei wrote:

Seekquaze1 wrote: Southern Lights wrote: Now I know this was from a really long time ago, but how on Earth or any other planet does Annabeth lack fighting skills? And I really think that Jason, being a son of Jupiter and having 12 years of Legion training, would rank at the top three, well maybe four, if you add in Nico like Seekquaze1. And "his only real powers are a few lightning bolts, flight, and can summon storms"?!!! You can call that limited? I agree that Leo's fire thing gives him an edge over the others, and that Piper's main weapon is charmspeak, but how come Hazel ranks so high? She's had less training than most, and her Pluto powers are the only thing that keep her alive. She's not particulary skilled at fighting or planning, like Annabeth, for example. I couldn't agree more with Percy being first place, though. Jason could probably beat Nico, having 5 more years of training, but they would tie in godly powers. I covered a lot of your complaints in other posts near the original, but as I stated this list covers overall power NOT fighting power. That is a separate list. That is where the versatility part came in. And it is only a comparison BETWEEN those liste. Annabeth is a good fighter, but beneath those of Percy and Jason and she lacks the powers of the other higher ups. The intelligence she has demonstrated does not trump the powers possessed by the others. That is why she ranks so low. And i Jason's case, his powers are very useful for combat but OUTSIDE of that not so useful compared to the others. Hazel's powers took a dramatic increase in the last two books with her mist abilities. She was able to defeat an ancient and powerful sorceress. Her illusions are very useful in battle or outside of it along with teleportation and other abilities she might be able to use the mist for. Did anyone realize or is it just me? Her mist travel was only possible because Hecate was lending her strength. Yes, I know her mist illusion was kind of useful, but the giants saw right through it. And as Lou Ellen said, the mist doesn't work well when someone's expecting an attack. And I don't know why you guys rank Annabeth so low. She defeated Percy in battle, and no, not only in fan-fiction, but in the original stories. If you guys rank Percy number one, then the real number one should be Annabeth. Hazel doesn’t need Hecate to control the mist. And it doesn’t say that Hecate was helping her. She can do it by herself, as shown in The House of Hades. Her mist travel was very useful in the battle, considering that she could disappear in the mist for a few moments and surprise several giants by stinging them. Plus, she had Arion, who’s the world’s fastest horse. The reason why Annabeth is ranked low is because she

1. Doesn’t have any superpowers, which makes her less useful in combat.

2. Frank, Percy and Jason are stronger and better than her in combat.

Also, just because she defeated Percy doesn’t mean she has to be in number 1 too. There are reasons why Annabeth isn’t and can’t be in Number 1. It wouldn’t make sense. The Big 3 are the strongest. Sorry about the large message quoting thing, but I can't not correct this.

House of Hades P.557:

Hazel realized that Hecate was assisting her-lending her the strength to keep up a defensive shroud.

There you go. She would have collapsed. Her Mist travel was only shown when Hecate was lending her strength.