Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160503012956

Ummm, I don't think you looked at this thread because I never ignore skill level.

We are ready stated how at least in terms of battle how things so. Skill, speed, and power.

Rumple didn't dominate Emma at any point. He simply out sped her magic with his own. It's like how in most Zelena and Regina fights, Zelena usually outspeeds Regina or simply counters and then beats her. Even Emma threatened Rumple that she could probably get to Belle and tell her the truth before he could kill her.

Regina is one of the more skilled practioners in Once, but all of Rumple's students are probably equal with that knowledge. The power levels between the characters (raw power) are likely not to far apart amonst the witches and wizards. Regina's on the middle-lower rung of that ladder, but nothing to noteworthy. But she caused a small scale earthquake with ease, lol.

Magic tends to work how the plot demands so it gets tricky, but POWER, SKILL, SPEED, are at least good for battle tier determining, where as just raw power is different, and actual show feats are way different. IF we went by show feats, Regina would be winning, lol.