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Nico di Angelo is powerful, no doubt. But what most fanfics don't give him is limits. We're not talking about what he can theoretically do, we're talking about what he can do before passing out or dying. He has limits, he has weaknesses, he can't take out a whole army with a snap of his fingers.

A list of his oh-so many powers. (This is not my list. It is from an article that Wattpad is not letting me post the link to. It's a wikipedia article. And don't worry, I fact checked it with the wiki, and fact checked that with the books.)

Nico can force humans, skeletons, and monsters into a death sleep by pointing at them.

He shares his sister's ability to kill creatures of the Underworld.

Nico has dominion over the dead, giving him the title 'Ghost King'.

Nico can summon and communicate with the dead.

He can sense when a mortal or half-blood has died through a buzzing in his ears.

He can tell if someone he loves is in the Underworld and if they are being judged.

Nico can create flaming fissures of hellfire that then close, swallowing up living or dead creatures and immediately trapping them in the Underworld.

Nico is shown to be able to release a soul into the underworld, as he did with Daedalus.

Nico can shadow-travel, a form of travel that uses shadows that enables him to teleport to different places although this ability tires him after a long period of time and he can begin to 'fade'.

Nico can bend shadows around him to conceal himself, and solidify shadows to attack.

He can control dark energy like Hades but to a much weaker extent.

He can shadow travel others by force if he has direct skin-to-skin contact with them.

Nico can call forth Stygian Iron from the Underworld.

He can manipulate rocks (to block entrances and such), making them deadly.

He can cause immensely powerful tremors.

He can control the dark obsidian souls of the underworld.

He can cause numerous volcanic eruptions, landslides, small earthquakes and can cause shock waves through the ground. All of these powers weaken him.

He can force ghosts into silence by putting a finger to his lips

He can summon precious jewels and metals from the earth like his half-sister Hazel but less powerful.

From this list, I observe no instant death kill ability. I see several abilities related to geokinesis, but no instant death kill. He has many more abilities, including limited cryokinesis, umbrakinesis, hypnokinesis, and more.

I cannot guarantee a winner in a fight between Nico and Percy. You might bring up that Percy has had more time to train, but that's incorrect. Percy goes to school, Nico does not. Percy was asleep for months. Nico was not. In a sword fight, I believe Nico could hold up for a decent amount of time, but Percy would ultimately win.

However, in a powers fight, there would be no winner, as I believe both would hold back.

Keep Nico canon. His choices, his thought, what he says all have to at least be similar to his canon self. We know that he generally keeps himself guarded, and that he has had a lot of time to hone his skills. However, we don't really know how far he can go. If I remind you, Hazel literally compared him to a nuclear bomb.

Everything that Nico does is for a reason. You need consistency, and thought process. If you know what Nico is thinking, it makes it easier for the readers to understand the action. And consistency is key. If he's cracking jokes and laughing in one paragraphs, and suddenly doom and gloom in the next, the reader gets confused.

And remember, his fatal flaw is holding grudges, much like Luke Castellan. There are three ways Nico could've turned out. The same Mythomagic loving kid, who's innocent yet can fight, the way he is now, or more of a Luke Castellan type character, who was shunned and turned to the other side.

Nico has likes and interests. He doesn't just train all of the time. If you don't know if what you're writing is canon, you can always look in the books. And if you can't, ask me. I'll try my best to answer, and check the books for you.

He doesn't have that aviator's jacket anymore! He lost it in Blood of Olympus, so come up with an explanation if he somehow has it. And his ring doesn't turn into his sword! If I remember correctly, the ring was a gift from Bianca.

Nico's sword is Stygian Iron. Stygian Iron is the only godly metal that works on mortals too. It can only be used by Hades/Pluto and his children. Yet people forget that. Now, I don't believe Nico would randomly use it on mortals he didn't like, but mention that so you don't get corrected by some know-it-all, or me.

This was just writing Nico di Angelo. He's one of my favorite characters because at often times he can be relatable. He has limits, just like us. Nico never breaks, though, and always perseveres. He's a very fun character to write, and so complex he got two chapters.

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