Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170429134340/@comment-31828520-20170504213303

DatNuttyKid wrote: DSP88 wrote: I just don't think Maleficent's dragon from is that powerful. I mean David was able to outsmart her and escape her dragon form and Emma was able to kill her while she was a dragon with no magic and just a sword. I think Regina would easily be able to defeat her dragon form with her magic. Probably. But they're roughly equals (or Maleficent may even be better; again, their only fireball-hurling fight was interrupted by Maleficent's love for a unicorn, but Regina did go to Mal for training in Season 5) in witchcraft, so regardless of the dragon form's effectiveness against Regina, it is an extra power that Regina does not possess, which, by my definition, makes Mal more powerful. If Maleficent was more powerful than Regina than why did she not go after Regina to stop the Dark Curse from happening? She had to turn to Snow White and David to help her. Nothing was stopping anyone from killing Regina to stop the enactment of the dark curse. Regina also went to Maleficent for training when she had just started to learn magic because she was frustrated with the speed in which Rumple was training her. By your logic that would make Regina stronger than Emma since Regina trained her which conflicts with your rankings above. We also don't know what other abilities Maleficent has. The fact is we've seen a FAR greater number of abilites from Regina than we have from Maleficent so again by your logic, Regina would be stronger based upon what we've seen. Maleficent may in fact be stronger, I just disagree with your assessment that Maleficent has "enhanced dark magic" while Regina has "basic dark magic." I also wonder if Maleficent was so powerful why she couldn't have enacted a barrier much like Cora did to protect her and her baby. Fact is we just don't have enough information thanks to the creators of the show. lol  Thanks for a civil discussion!