Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-24264679-20160505013209

DracoWombat wrote: Emma not doing any significant harm to anyone she attacked can't be used as a way to discredit her powers; it might have not even been her intention at all. The only time Emma ever intentionally killed a human being was Cruella, and although she could've used complex magic to do it, she simply chose to push her down the conveniently placed cliff. Feats aren't very good indicatives of her power, because her low skill levels keep her from manifesting her powers to the fullest.

Regina is overpowered by Rumpel simply becaue he is a DO, by Zelena in 3x16, and Regina was never able to beat Pan... She only conventionally didn't regret her actions. She was defeated by Ingrid in 4x05 when Ingrid immobilized her like it was no big deal (True, she did the same thing to Emma, but Emma is far less skilled with magic, AND Emma has been taken by surprise, whilst Regina was ready to attack). All major villains rank above her except for Cora, whom Regina was able to overpower.

Yes Zeleena stopped Regina from throwing a fire ball in 3x16 but that didn't stop Regina in episode 3x21 from defeating Zeleena. Regina has overcame Pan's tree magic ripping his heart out, Zeleena choking magic zapping her back with light magic and Cora binding magic TK throwing her through the mirror.

First off I simply believe you can only go by overall feats and not battle feats as Once Upon a time couldn't do a battle to save thier lives. What makes Pan so much more powerful then Regina? He has no feats showing it. Pan was tricky but he didn't show anything indicating he could best regina besides his control over Rumple, who whined about not being able to defeat him. Regina was able to overpower Wonderlands tree power, rip Pans heart out, stop pan from getting Henry's heart and trapped his shadow to the sails and commanded it to take them home. They never actually had a 1 on 1 fight but by overall feats Regina>Pan. What made Pan such a threat was that he was tricky. Regina was able to choke his shadow to the point where the glamour of Belle was removed.

Maybe Emma might be stronger then Regina down the road but currently she isn't. There is no use in speculating for Emma because the same could be done with Regina and her light magic. The reason I don't go for fights when powerscaling is because in this series who ever wins or loses a fight is simply due to plot then that character actually being stronger. Since the wicked witch arc all Regina has really been doing is fire balls in battle. I am not going to judge Regina one 1 aspect of her magic but then go around a talk about all the other characters many aspects. Fire balls or fire in general aren't the most effective things in a sorceress arsenal.