Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-4547258-20150619201200/@comment-24067344-20150622222209

Kronos300 wrote: Lets break this down:

Powers:

I admit, the HoO screwed up Percy's power potential. But still Percy Jackson is extremely powerful.

Carter can only summon a combat avatar, enhance physical attacks and do a few basic spells. He sucks at hieroglyphics. He may be the second most powerful magician in the world, but that is nothing compared to the guy who made Mt St Helens explode and awaken Typhon.

Not sure of this whole blood bending gig though.

The Heroes of Olympus did not screw up Percy's Potential. He became a lot more powerful and dangerous than the past series. Also, he was more needed in The Heroes of Olympus than The Percy Jackson series. Some of Percy's greatest feats are found only in HoO. Here are some:

-Killed Polybotes, Ephialtes and Otis.

-Defeated (Almost destroyed) Akhlys, the goddess of misery.

-Summoned Gigantic waves and destroyed The Glaciers

-Killed the Gorgons

-Killed Arachne

-Killed 100 of resurrecting ghosts

-Defeated groups of Roman demigods, easily

-Defeated the Amazons

The Point is, even though Percy was downplayed, He became noticeably more powerful and more dangerous. Even Nico himself said Percy is the most powerful Demigod he has ever seen. And no one objected it. Also, he has become more dangerous, intimidating and scary. Annabeth being scared of Percy in The House of Hades, Leo scared and intimidated by Percy in the Mark of Athena and The Blood of Olympus, and Piper being afraid of Percy in The Blood of Olympus.

Also, About Percy being able to control Blood and all, In The Mark of Athena, Percy Controlled water inside of Jason's body, and Akhlys's body in The House of Hades.