Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25014849-20140627232456/@comment-3146930-20140714172539

I would just like to point out that training does have its limits. Even if Jason has been training for most of his life, he will eventually reach a cap where he can not get any better; same rule applies to Percy. When Percy was attacked by Chrysaor, he comments that because no one was on his level as far as swordsmanship goes, he had become rusty. Now if Percy spent every day training with Ares, then obviously he would become better and better. However he doesn't train with him so his sword skills will eventually reach a cap.

There is also the matter that some people are just better at certain things. You could work your entire life at trying to figure out a certain math problem, but there are those that could solve it in a fraction of the time. Some people just have natural talent in certain areas and simply because Percy hasn't been training as long as Jason doesn't mean that Percy is weaker.

As far as we know, Percy has been on a lot more quests than Jason has (Jason has only been mentioned as defeating the Trojan sea monster, leading the charge against Mount Othrys, and finding come Imperial Gold torpedoes). Based on what we know, Jason may have had more training but Percy has much more actual experience. Then we have people like Frank, who spent most of his life not even knowing he was a demigod, yet his power level is right up there with Percy and Jason (maybe in a close 3rd), but he has trained far less then either of them.