Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9178389-20150326163259/@comment-25926288-20150326201233

Cora is greatly skilled at magic, decent in magical power, great at manipulation, and great intelligence. Rumple exceeds her in every category. Zelena amplified is closest to Rumple, but not exactly. Cora never fought a physical battle with Rumple. We know how it ended, she got pushed into Wonderland and she lost Regina. Rumple then used Regina for his machinations. Now, Regina think it was a fight, since I doubt either of them would admit to using her directly.