Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170602033139/@comment-29068459-20170914073755

Here is what I think.

Tier 1: Thalia, Reyna

- Thalia is unquestionably the most naturally gifted combatant introduced in the series. With no official training (just three years of survival), she put up a mighty fight against Hades' infernal army. Six years later, she woke up, and after six months of training managed to beat Luke, someone who fought a fierce battle with Ares, humbled a water-amped Percy, and had six years of training on her. Artemis' blessing made her stronger and faster than ever. I'd say Thalia is better than Reyna, but they are on the same tier.

- Reyna managed to defeat Orion. Whilst having the high ground and the blessings of two war goddesses helped, this is the giant that massacred the Amazons and the Hunters.

Tier 2: Jason, Percy

- They fought evenly in MoA, and haven't shown any improvement with the blade since.

- They took down two sons of Gaia and Ouranos, Iapetus and Krios (discounting the Blessing of Styx).

- They both managed to take down Polybotes single handedly, with their godly "help" only being the finishing blow.

Tier 3: Nico, Frank

- Nico and Frank are very close to Percy and Jason in skill. In fact, I daresay that Jason and Percy are currently better only due to more experience, and that Nico and Frank will surpass them.

- Nico knocked out six Roman legionaries who were trying to kill him, whilst protecting Will and being drained off practically all his divine energy (summoning "a wishbone" would have caused him to fade). As this would kill his physical energy, speed, and battle precog, he was practically human when he did this.

- Frank manhandeled the minor god Triptolemus, and defeated a 100 dangerous Katoblepones singlehandedly.

Tier Four: Annabeth, Hazel

- Hazel as a child of the Big Three has loads of natural talent and is clearly one of the best demigod swordswomen alive (not top tier due to less than a year of experience).

- Annabeth should be higher. But she has always been a distance behind Percy. In SoM, Percy mentioned he would have sparred against the entire Athena cabin had he and Annabeth not had a spat.

Tier Last: Leo, Piper

- Unlike Annabeth and Hazel, who are still incredible fighters, Leo and Piper rely on their powers, and would die on the battlefield if stripped of them. Though that is to be expected, given they only had a couple months at Camp Half Blood, most of which was spent constructing the Argo 2.