Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170602033139/@comment-29068459-20170915060041

Ea225225 wrote:

Tier One: Thalia, Frank, Reyna

Tier Two: Jason, Percy, Annabeth

Tier Three: Piper, Hazel

Tier Four: Nico

Tier Last: Leo

Now, I agree Frank has a lot of potential. Apparently, he is one of those demigods who can become a top tier sword fighter just a couple weeks after swinging one for the first time, and with crappy instructors (and I thought Percy's rate of advancement was unrealistic. Wow, who needs training anymore)...That aside, potential is potential. Yes, weapons come very easily to him, but he is nowhere near Reyna and Thalia level yet. He isn't even on par with Percy and Jason. I highly doubt Frank would last a minute against Polybotes, much less defeat him in single combat.

As for Annabeth...I wish I could say she was on par with Percy and Jason. That was one of the things I liked about TLT movie - Annabeth was by clear margin better than Percy whenever no water was around. Unfortunately, in the books Percy surpassed her as early as TLT. In that book, Percy mentioned that his sparring sessions were exclusively 1 v 1's with Luke, as no one else could stand against him. When Luke turned traitor, Percy started sparring against entire cabins. In SoM, despite both Luke and Percy himself acknowledging his skills had rusted over the year, Percy easily beats the Apollo Cabin, and mentioned he should spar against the Athena Cabin for a challenge. The cabin at the time had 12 members. Annabeth was the best of the twelve, but that still shows a huge gap between her and Percy, one that she never overcame.

That being said, Annabeth is still the best warrior at Camp Half Blood after Percy and Jason (discounting Nico, we'll get to him later). It's just that Percy and Jason are a couple leagues ahead. Thus, having Hazel be on par with her shows extreme prodigy. Remember, Percy and Jason are demigods that beat Titans. Only 0.1% of Big Three demigods would ever have the potential to do that. Even the likes of Perseus, Bellerophon, and Theseus would assuredly die. Jason and Percy are not prodigies. They are anamolies. I doubt Hazel will ever be as good as they are with a sword, but there is no shame in that.

Piper. You would put Piper above Nico? Sure, Piper slashed some monsters to bits. And she took on a flock of Harpies in BoO. But these were all weaponless monsters. She honestly just needed to be able to dodge and swing her knife/sword quickly. And Periboia is not really much of a feat, as she was clearly a spoiled princess, and was the weakest of the Gigantes. Piper may be above average, but she is nowhere near top tier, and never will be.

Y'all are really underestimating Nico. Nico survived the Battle of Manhatten, which saw many demigods fall (the Ares Cabin even congratulated him). Hazel was pretty impressed with his skill level. He kept up with Reyna when fighting Lycaon and his wolves. And yes, the six Romans were running after Will. But once Nico tripped one, the others "all turned." They faced him head on. But Nico managed to beat them in ten seconds. Don't forget that Nico was at an all time low. Like I said above, his battle precog, speed, and energy were nigh depleted since they come from his divine side. A side which was threatening to fade. Yet Nico went on to fight at the front lines. This shows pure skill, as he was essentially mortal. Far above anything dear Piper has shown.

Oh, and you mentioned Piper taking on Earthborn? Nico did that too in HoH. Except with one hand, as his left was holding the scepter. And he was practically a walking skeleton due to his experience in Tartarus.