Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26468287-20150614010051/@comment-1466878-20150714153404

ArchieScotts wrote: Southern Lights wrote: Basically Charmspeak is her only weapon. She sucks at swordfighting, and she uses a knife in combat even though she isn't actually good with it like Annabeth. Except that Piper was able to hold her own at the start of BoO against the escaped souls along side the likes of Annie and Jason.

And she was able to beat the Earthborn during TLH using only Katropis without any prior combat training.

It's strange how people then to forget that. They're comparing her to OTHER demigods, not plain human beings.

That aside, I say she could do that because a.) plot and Riordan's odd writing happenings b.) she's a demigod. I think you're missing the point.