Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150930233157/@comment-26655494-20151012145925

Le Dernier Vache wrote: Suffice to say, he's not only limited to stabbing.

I should've worded that better, he's not limited to stabbing, but it's mainly what he does as a Roman. He's used to stabbing, giving him less pratice with actual swordplay, in an actual fight. Get what I'm saying?

Le Dernier Vache wrote: 2. While we can say that Jason's ability to easily analyze and adapt to enemy patterns of attack and defence is negated by Percy's constantly changing fighting style, I would point out one thing that could possibly (I say this lightly, not definitively) could work for Jason. Percy's advantage is that he does not fight with a pattern, however, pulling off unorthodox moves in the middle of battle requries stamina, and if the Romans did one thing well both in history and in the books, it's outlasting their enemies. For now, let's assume they are on equal footing when it comes to swordsmanship. Assuming Jason can fend off Percy long enough, it'll result in either of two results. The first scenario is one in which Percy altogether fails to penetrate Jason's defences and simply tires himself out in doing so, resulting in Jason being able to overwhelm Percy in this state. The second is one in which Percy is forced to fight in a much more linear manner without using any unorthodox/"on-the-spot" tactics (ex. somersaulting behind the enemy, rolling to one side) to preserve his stamina, the kind of fight which would suit Jason, as he'd then be able to analyze Percy's patterns of attack. This being said it does not take into account demigod abilities/powers. As such, who wins is also dependent on the location they're fighting in, any available boons to either side (e.g. water for Percy) and which abilities they choose to use.

I'm not going to say much on this for the simple reason that I'm including all of their (known) powers. Because that's them. But if I had to focus solely on swordfighting, I still think Percy for the win. Yes, if Percy had to fight in a more linear way, Jason could possibly have the upperhand. But Percy has a way of combining his style into any situation. No doubt in a linear situation he'd still be able to do the things he's been doing (most of them). Percy is resourceful. He would analyze the fact that he doesn't have much room, and make do with his style.

President35JFK wrote: So if possible can anyone do something like "oh percy has better is more durable to temperatures since he survived a volcano exploding" and so on and so forth

I wouldn't say he is more durable to temperatures because of surviving a volcano explosion. He used the water within him and that (+ pressure) propelled him (along with Aphrodite (or Hera, I can't remember) sending him to Ogygia). However, in water he is more resistant to cold. This may be due to the fact that it's water. I doubt he'd be able to withstand temperatures better unless it was in water.

SayuriDarling wrote: Am I supposed to be seeing a question framed in that paragraph? What are even asking for? There isn't even a question mark present besides the first sentence, lol.

I wasn't looking at it as a question, I was just responding to what you said. I guess I should've addressed that more clearly, my bad.

I meant that in my opinion, Percy faught the stronger Titan, whereas Krios had very little to do with the war at all.