Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170429134340/@comment-24276151-20170507013547

Eskaver wrote: Yeah, Regina gets to show a lot of versatility due to length and exposure. Rumple, who knows more than Regina, has barely done much with his magic until recent seasons. Zelena who knows a little bit more than Regina hasn't shown the versatility that Regina has. So, noone can say what Mal knows or doesn't know.

Back to the basics of battle, Once works mostly on whoever attacks first. Regina beat Mal, but it doesn't necessarily mean that Regina was stronger. Regina was on offense, Mal was on defense. Most times in Once, the person on defense or slow offense loses.

Ex. Regina whips out a fireball, Gideon tosses her. Zelena whips out a fireball, Fiona chokes her.

But....

Ex. Zelena tosses Fiona. Queenie fireballs Zelena.

So, it's extremely hard to tell. Skill/Knowledge is based on what we can see and statements. Raw power is based on what we see and statements. But there are small variables here and there we can't account for. Thank you! Exactly what I believe.

Anyone with magic can chuck someone across a room. Zelena flings Fiona into a wall, but it didn't remotely injure her as shown when she started laughing when Zelena was blasting her.

You could say anything based off of that.

"OH, Zelena hit her with a car, Zelena's stronger than her!"

"Regina pushed Hades and he dropped the Crystal, she must be way more powerful than him AND Zeus!"

A clear feat of superiority is Fiona casually strolling up to Zelena as she desperately tries to blast her harder - Fiona completely ignores the green beam of energy firing full-power into her stomach. Then she flicks her hand and the whole thing redirects into the ceiling along with Zelena's arm flying up in reaction.