Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1820614-20141107023406/@comment-4902593-20141127035252

8th Hero of Olympus wrote: @Kronos300

Yes, I have always disliked Annabeth for many reasons... And Percy too, for that matter :((((

But seriously, how could you possibly place Nico's powers and fighting skills below Jason's? After all, Hazel claimed that Nico was the more powerful of the two. As for Nico's fighting abilities... well, surviving the Battle of Manhattan, the Battle of the House of Hades, and the final battle of the Second Demigod Civil War, all unscathed is a pretty impressive feat in and of itself... Nico also has a greater variety to his powers than either Percy (only hydrokinesis, along with limited aerokinesis, limited geokinesis, and limited cryokinesis) or Jason (only aerokinesis and electrokinesis)--Nico can manipulate earth and rocks (geokinesis), can control and manipulate bones (osteokinesis),  has control over darkness and shadows  ( umbrakinesis ),  can enter a death trance, can generate intense cold (cryokinesis), has control over and can induce dreams (hypnokinesis), and can radiate intense fear and death. Unfortunately, Uncle Rick has remained loyal to his original main character (Percy Jackson), and gives him the unfair advantage of having a significant power boost whenever he comes in contact with water. In order to ensure that Percy would stay more powerful than Nico, Rick also just had to make the latter's infernal powers drain him :((( Had that not been the case though, Nico would have potentially been more powerful than Percy.  Did Nico beat a Titan? No. Did Nico single-handedly kill a Giant? No. Did Nico take out an entire army on his own? No. So far we can definitely say that only Percy did all four feats, with Jason coming close second followed by maybe Frank. Or else we don't have enough evidence about Nico. You said Nico has more powers? Let's see. Has very limited Geokinesis as he was unable to control tunnels nor was he able to control the earth encrusted zombies. Just because he could radiate a wave of cold does not mean he can control ice. That's like saying Percy can control lava because he caused a volcanic eruption. As for his control over darkness, the only time he uses it is for shadow travel, which drains him.

That leaves out only death. Just as Percy can use water for several things, Nico can use death force to pull stuff like summoning zombies, control ghosts, sensing death and turning humans to ghosts. You said he can control bones, I beg to differ. That's the consequence of his mastery over death force. If he actually could manipulate bones, he could have used it to control the movements of others. His ability to control dreams is nothing but an extension of Percy's limited clairvoyance. As to why people fear him, it is because of his powers. Percy does get drained if he summoned a huge storm or created water out of nowhere.

To sum it up,  Nico's powers are more or less, similar to Percy's. And Hazel also doubted her brother being the most powerful demigod after she met Percy. Nico is more powerful than Jason or Thalia.

Feel free to correct me but I am beginning to get off topic.