User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-3146930-20121005000339/@comment-4430596-20121006135409

The giants were pretty lame in SoN, especially Alyconeus. Somehow, a 50ft+ giant made out of metal is outweighed by an elephant. To quote the SoN, "Alyconeous charged forward, but he was significantly out of his weight class." Also, he stupid enough to build his base ten miles away from Canada. Really? Finally, apparently hitting him in the face with a sheild that can't be much bigger than his hand knocks him out. In comparison, Otis and Ephilates were extremely formidable. At least they wernt idiots, and they were much better fighters.