Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150821065646/@comment-4902593-20150824151925

This is an incredibly hard one. Each of brother is incredibly powerful. I want to break this down.

1. Zeus:-

Pros: The Master Bolt. Really destructive weapon, capable of razing mountains and boiling oceans and desrtroying entire cities. Plus he has hundreds of Thunderbolts which aren't your average lightning you'd find in normal thunderstorms. They can seriously harm gods and Titans and pretty much make all other nuclear arsenals look like firecrackers. Being the Sky god and the King, Zeus pretty much has a lot of control over most gods, except his brothers. Very strong.

Cons:- Incredibly stupid. Lacks a standing army to defend Olympus, when he boasts as Lord of the Universe. Can be laughably fooled. Zeus is nothing without his lightning bolts. He is himself vulnerable to the bolts.

2. Poseidon:- 

Pros: Really versatile and awesome powers. Poseidon can pretty much control every natural disaster from earthquakes, tsunamis, floods to storms, droughts and possibly volcanic eruptions, that to on epic scale. Plus he has a decent army, unlike stupid Zeus. Poseidon's trident is merely an extension of the god's power and is as powerful as the Master Bolt. Can send sea monsters anytime. Strong enough to chuck mountains and islands.

Cons:- Although the Trident is as powerful as the Master Bolt, it presumably lacks the ability to destroy gods or Titans. That's a slight disadvantage for Poseidon. Otherwise he is the coolest.

3. Hades:-

Pros: Hades controls colossal legions of the dead with which he can cause a zombie apocalypse. He can frighten other gods with the Helm of Darkness and basically wage war on a psychological level. Hades also has some cool underground powers which are pretty handy. He can send Zeus's allies to Tartarus really easy with his sword. The last god you want to offend.

Cons: Cannot use his sword to imprison his brothers in Tartarus because Percy forced Hades into that oath. Also controlling the dead in huge numbers isn't easy, since they lack their own will, and drains Hades's willpower on a large scale. Water acts as a barrier towards the dead.

Conclusion: I think Poseidon and Hades can indiviually defeat Zeus, if they used clever tactics and use the bolts against Zeus. In a fight between Poseidon and Hades, Poseidon has a slight advantage, since the dead are susceptible to water, and because Poseidon has more destructive power than Hades.

I think it would be a tie between Poseidon and Hades.