Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20170402015707

DracoWombat wrote: Emma's lack of magical skill has to be factored in why she can't achieve the same feats as DOs. Also, it can be pretty much agreed upon that feats can't be used to assert magic power because, for instance, Regina has far bigger magical feats than Hades. Regina has amongst the most magical feats, but I wouldn't say her feats place her above Hades, just are bigger than Hades. Hades removed the spell that bound them to the UW and Regina or Emma could do anything about it. He casually ignored Rumple (but that could be his immortality schtik getting to his head).

So, I wouldn't say Emma is nearly as powerful as a DO. I don't think anyone is. I think she's just along the gap between average witch and DO, like Zelena is.

Also because the show sort had (Emma + Elsa + Ingrid ?= Rumple), which no matter how you put it means that Emma has less raw power than Rumple.