Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150930233157/@comment-27799899-20160512051239

according to riordan wiki while percy was in water he was more powerful than ares.

though having said that, in that fight ares was clearly holding back, and once percy injured him ares was prepared to end him then and there but was stopped by kronos.

while some seem to overate percy's achievements, 8th underrates them, what percy did is not something just anyone could manage. the fact that he managed to even injure ares speaks volumes of his ability, as while ares was holding back in the offense, he wasn't in defence, ares never planned on getting injured at all.