Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6810329-20160911021344/@comment-24264679-20160925043500

Eskaver wrote: The Dark One and Merlin was stated or infered to be equal. They have the same power source and Merlin goes on about how a Dark One has the power to kill him. Hook was given Merlin's power. Rumple nows has that power. All things point to them being at least roughly similar in power.

I bring up the Mirror as a point about raw power. You discuss feats and skill but it seems that you ignore raw power. Regina said Emma is stronger than her, etc whatever I said before. Emma's not nearly as skilled, but in terms of raw power Emma's stronger. Emma and Regina both attacked the Ice Viking, Emma did better.

If nothing I say convinces you, (which you are right to question), it's probably just the show not conveying it strongly and I hope they'll show it. IF Regina and Emma ever are doing the same spell or fighting the same enemy (not together), I'm certain Emma will always show more raw power versus Regina's versatility.

Second, you are using plot to justify Regina. Regina vs Zelena is 1 to 3. Regina's hardly winning. The wand was a weird plot hole. Also, I ingore whatever Glinda says as they're not always reliable as she was speaking in platitudes and flowery language. Regina's not the strongest light magic user ever. Emma's light magic is stronger.

Thirdly, I also hinted at the power scaling changed from season 3 and onwards. At least to me, it's very noticeable.

You can't look at what Glinda says as fact, but then ignore what Regina says as fact.

Emma versus Regina. Who would win? 7/10 (or 6/10) Regina will and I won't claim otherwise. Emma has the raw power (slightly, it's not like Emma's super strong), but she lacks to skill to do it. When Emma was the Dark One proves it. You said it yourself, Regina broke Emma's spell on Sneezy. Emma was said to be stronger than Rumple as DO and the strongest Dark One ever. So is Regina stronger than all other Dark Ones? No, she's not. Even with even more raw power  (proven) than Regina, Regina was able to counter it with her magical skill, not raw power. (Technically we don;t get enough information on how spells work anyway).

Let's get something straight. Emma and Regina both fought Elsa Snow monster but Regina easily destroyed with one fire ball while Emma's light blast did nothing. I love how you bring up the Ice Queen Vicking but fall to mention the Vickling blocked Regina's Fire ball with his shield while Emma attacked the Vicking from the Side where he wasn't protecting himself. Both pushed him back the same distance though it just Emma light blast pushed into a tree in which that is how his arm broke. So that doesn't prove Emma has more raw power at all.

Also Emma isn't stronger than Regina and you even admit it. Regina can counter everything Emma throws at her but Emma can't do the same. Regina knows way more spells and is way more skilled, so even if you argue Emma has more raw power she still wouldn't be stronger than Regina. Also Emma proclaimed herself as the strongest Dark one if I am not mistaken.

Also can you post the episode where Regina proclaims Emma to be stronger than her? Also please stop bringing up Dark Swam when talking about Emma as she doesn't have the dark one power anymore and that was the only time she was ever said to be stronger than Rumple.