Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6810329-20160911021344/@comment-25926288-20160925022417

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 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).