Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160417194634

I'll put it like this: Regina has the feats and greatest versatility shown on this show, but Regina is really slow at casting magic which is the thing. She's not super slow, but slow enough.

Under the assumption that Regina knows just as much as Zelena, then Zelena tends to win and that's why on show Zelena beat Regina so many times. Regina's far too slow for her and each of the fights show that. Regina's also slower than Ingrid.

Speaking of Ingrid, she has great range and is like a force of nature and I say that that cannot be discounted. She's more versatile than Elsa, but less than any student of Rumple. She was capable of stopping Regina because Regina's slow and Emma was untrained. Ingrid like all things season 4 breaks magic on Once as Elsa and Ingrid can literally destroy castle towns and large areas without significant effort. Ingrid is like a stronger Maleficent; good area of effect and range.

Emma can beat Regina because of speed and raw power, even when she was untrained. Emma in season 4 dodged the fireball (and let it hit the ribbons) and was able to blast Regina down. And remeber that Emma wasn't trying to kill her, unlike Regina. If you want to do a versus Regina versus Emma, feel free to make a thread. The thing with Emma is that her versatility is increasing, thus she easily can catch up to Regina sooner or later for it to not matter.