Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24721813-20140605200827/@comment-31231929-20170412061556

I think Emma's is stronger is terms of raw power, but that they are equal or fairly equal in skill set. When thinking about it in terms of skill, Regina has been practicing magic for far longer than Emma. However, it has been predominately dark magic. Regina has been using a mixture of dark and light magic since the end of season 3. Emma, on the other hand has only used light magic (minus her time as the dark one and her force choke of Gideon). She has been practicing magic for a very short amount of time compared to Regina, but her growth has possibly surpassed the point where Regina most likely was in her training at that time since Regina was shown to have struggled a lot. Emma is also the Savior. Savior's are known to have the most powerful form of light magic. Regina's light magic is powerful because of her advanced training, but I think Emma's is stronger because it is a natural part of her and because of how far she has advanced in a relatively short amount of time. Regina was born with magic, but Emma was born with the strongest light magic. There's a difference there. Emma was also able to close Zelena's time-travel portal so she did, in a way, defeat her.