Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160820001629/@comment-25155763-20180725003525

FrozenFever1 wrote: Percy has water, Nico can control the dead...no competition for me. Nico, because he could send a ghost army after Percy (which Percy can easily deflect with Riptide and/or Water). After that, Nico can vaporize Percy's existence to be a ghost, like he did to Bryce Lawrence. Plus, they also have their own elements to them that can either make or break the fight. Water can heal or poison Percy (thanks Polybotes...) and Nico could shadow travel away, but ultimately Nico could vanish like a ghost if he uses it constantly and it is not always reliable. Therefore, while it is evenly matched, I support my choice of Nico. In these fights people can't leave the Arena. Nico can shadow travel across it, and it's huge, but he can't actually leave it. And Percy cannot be poisoned by water. Polybotes poisoned him with his own aura and snake venom.

Also, Nico hasn't really been shown to summon entire armies, maybe like 5-15ish but not an army. And Nick can't just turn people to ghost, he needs a lot of energy(which he wouldn't have while summoning ghost and fighting Percy). He also needs to be incredibly upset/emotional and it was partially because Bryce had broken an oath. Percy hasn't broken an oath and so he can't be forced into the Underworld.