Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24143287-20151121001155/@comment-27045150-20151123230611

CadoDoan wrote: They said for everyone who is in the centric in an arc the most powerful sorcerer/sorcereress Rumple ever met. First Gold said that he and Cora fought, Rumple won but Cora came close to winning. Second, it is said that Pan is stronger than even Rumpelstiltsin. Then Gold said again Zelena is the most powerful. In S4, even Gold was afraid of Ingrid (she was too). And now Emma is the most powerful. I don't believe this "the most powerful in all the realms" thing I think that Zelena is seen as the sorceress with the most raw talent. That's why she is so powerful. She was just born with a natural talent for magic. Now I thi I Cora is seen as so powerful because she's smart, VERY DETERMINED, and very evil. Cora's motivation is what made her as powerful as she was. Pan was powerful because neverland fueled his magic. Ingrid is shown as very powerful because she's so unpredictable. Her magic is rare and hard to control. Just by accident she could freeze an entire kingdom. So all that being said I think Zelena is the sorceress with the most raw talent. Due to her motivation, she has refined those skills, so I'd stay she's very powerful, but not as powerful as Emma, who is the dark one as well as the savior.