Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160506114019

DracoWombat wrote: Zelena being more powerful than Regina isn't a feat-measurable thing, it's stated in the show. In the text. Like Rumpel, it's states in the show he's more powerful, because he's a DO.

Emma too, her powers come from True Love, which is the most powerful magic of all (I don't remember any retcon about that. They just stopped calling Emma the Product of True Love after the Season Three finale). Her low skill with magic is what causes her to be such an underwhelming magic user, not her lack of power.

Ingrid's magic wasn't limited to Ice Magic, this was Elsa. Ingrid is a full-fledged witch who happens to have ice powers. Elsa had ice powers, but wasn't born a witch and never learned witchcraft. Ingrid can poof, cast curses, use telekinesis, and memory spells. As such, she has about the same skills with magic as Regina.

Regina was able to overpower Zelena in 3x20 because Zelena had a highly specific weakness, light magic. But regardlessly, assuming both were using the same brand of magic, Zelena could usually beats Regina.

Speed can't be treated as a major factor, because we know in canon that a person can overpower another and break their spell. It's canon. Regina breaks Cora's immobilization, this can be done. If a witch is more powerful than another she can usually overpower their spells. Speed is a thing. It only takes one move to make or break the battle. Regina didn't break out of the immobilization spell, it was another spell. as you can see it had two different special effects. It also is a major factor as Zelena beat Regina most times by moving first, second-most by countering a spell.

Ingrid has limited magic, not limited as Elsa, but she can't do memoty spells. She stole those rocks from the Rock Trolls. She also didn't cast a curse with her own power; she was weilding hers, Elsas, and Emma's magic.