Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160420024947

I also wants to say that almost all the characters know the immobilization spell, right? So, the point from that is who casts it first.

You also underestimate Emma. Emma used telekinesis since season 3, can teleport, now knows how to turn people to stone, to teleport, various light blasts, protection spells, heart ripping, the sleep spell, telekinetic choking, fire, glamour, healing and conjuration and ever increasing. Emma's also the first peron to ever show teleporting someone quickly (although that was Dark Swan). Emma has shown that she can break spells that Regina can't so she's obvuosly stronger and she's still learning.