User blog comment:MattShadow/OC vs OC (September 2013)/@comment-2045351-20130926210428/@comment-2045351-20130926214049

The problem is, the soldiers are just that, mortals (more often than not) and are easily dispatchable. Max, even in berserker mode, has to open herself up to attack when she attacks, cause everytime she attacks, Cal would react fast enough to dodge out of the way while counterattacking, and if she pulls back to dodge whenever he does this, all it would take is for a feint before she'd react and he'd get her. Strength wouldn't really make a difference in this fight if you can never land, and even if you went for a stab, Cal would trade blow for blow, and he'd end up wounded but you'd end up turned to stone, and there is nothign you can do about that. Even with heightened abilities for being a daughter of Ares, other demigod children of Ares are routinely defeated by non Ares kids, and Cal has an abnormally fast reaction time. All in all, even tho you'd have the upperhand in a long fight without powers, if you use your abilities, you'll be weakened from power drain, which is not something Cal suffers from, and ultimately fall prey to fatigue, even in your enraged state.