Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160820001629/@comment-37265503-20181022021653

Rhaeroga wrote: Nico also has low self esteem + Jason later saved Percy while they were underwater, showing Jason is stronger and that Nico was wrong. Plus, Nico said Percy is the strongest demigod he ever MET. You don't exactly meet yourself.

Nico is far superior. He can turn Percy into a ghost for a one-shot, or simple shadow travel behind him and again one-shot. He nearly took down Jason while not even aiming at him just by getting upset. Also, he defeated 6 fully armed and armorer legionaires while severely injured, extremely exhausted and almost gone form the world. That was without using his powers.

As far as Demigods go, it's Nico > Hazel > Chrysaor > Hercules > Jason > Percy

That's a massive gap, and no amount of water will give Percy the edge, as, once again, he needed to be saved while Jason while they were fighting underwater, which is just embarrassing.

If you wanna say Percy can outsmart Nico.... maybe? Nico doesn't have any intelligence-based feats. He's shown not to be a moron, that's all. Percy has some good improv skills.

However, if they were to fight in canon, and if both were in character, Percy would win. Nico's strongest abilities result in people dying, and he ain't doin' that to Percy. Lol, do you actually think that it will be that easy to turn Percy into a ghost? Nico has only used this power once, and that was when the fate of the entire world was at risk. I highly doubt that Nico could actually use it in this scenario. That is just like saying that Percy could instantly control Nico's blood and kill him.

In addition, do you really think Percy will just wait for Nico to turn him into a ghost? He wouldn't even let Nico get close to him and will be constantly distracting him. Nico can also shadow travel, but this won't be very effective since this is a short distance fight and Percy knows about Nico's shadow travel. Therefore, if Nico suddenly disappears, Percy will expect it and won't just stsand there and let Nico stab him. Of course Nico, did take down six legionnaires but that is NOTHING compared to Percy's swordfighting feats. Percy managed to defeat Ares, at the age of 12 with no prior experience. He also defeated a lot of the First and Second legion with considerable ease. Percy has held his own and defeated multiple giants and titans and compared to that, Nico defeating a few legionnaires is basically nothing.

About your point saying Percy was taken down Polybotes while he was in the water, well Polybotes was basically the bane of Percy and his father. His very presence could make Percy sickly and weak and he could basically turn water into poison that had a horrid negative effect on Percy's body so in that situation, him fighting in water was actually a disadvantage.

Besides, It is virtually impossible to gauge who will win out of these two demigods with just their skill and power. There are simply too much different scenarios that may occur.