Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20170125031957/@comment-29068459-20170913211954

Wow, just wow. Now I understand why there are so many Pertemis fanfictions.

Everyone who said "Artemis beat Atlas!" forgot ONE all important factor...circumstance. Artemis didn't so much beat Atlas as she did trap him. She used the sky to her advantage. Now, while this shows that Artemis is a master of Aikido like martial arts, the book makes it clear that she would have fallen to Atlas in short order if not for the sky. In fact, Atlas was toying with her, missing with his spear thrusts many times (some of that was Artemis' speed, but a lot of that was because Atlas wasn't trying).

In this fight against Ares, she would have no such luck. Firstly, Ares would not underestimate her, he knows how dangerous she is. Secondly, as shown in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, when going all out Ares has both a sword and shield. So Artemis can kiss goodbye any hope of pelting Ares with arrows. That just leaves close quarters combat. And it comes down to the warrior vs the hunter. The Hunter can use her environment to her advantage, and is very good at sneak attacks. But the warrior will also use his environment (remember, it was Ares who found Luke, not Artemis), and will keep coming and charging.

It would be an intense fight, but Ares would most certainly win.