Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150930233157/@comment-5471249-20160205005629

Khandelwals wrote: Yes, but Percy is a better swordsman - his style is so flexible, that he could easily change tactics mid-battle, and catch Jason off guard There is ultimately no observable and verifiable proof of Percy being the more skilled swordsman of the two, since, when they were possessed by Eidolons (retaining their skills in the process), they were evenly matched, and Percy only managed to gain the upper hand because Piper's Charmspeak forced Jason to get momentarily distracted, leaving an exploitable opening. Also, there is never really any proof of Percy's style being "flexible" - just different enough from the Roman style to catch the Camp Jupiter demigods off-guard, incorporating moves that they were unfamiliar with. Yet, the same can be said for Jason, since when he fights the highly skilled Greek swordsman Lit, Jason's Roman style is different enough from that of the Greek swordsman to catch the latter off-guard, as he incorporated moves that Lit was unfamiliar with. Hence, if we are to look at Percy and Jason objectively, neither of them have an apparent edge when it comes to swordsmanship, since both of them possess different styles from each other, and are equally capable of using those moves (that the other is unfamiliar with) to catch the other off-guard mid-battle.