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In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon without much trouble. In the movie, [spoiler]||Twilight is too weak to freely control the sun and moon on her own, but is strong enough that Tempest was not satisfied with just Celestia's, Luna's, and Cadance's magic for the staff, so her power has to be a decent amount below Celestia's, but not enormously so.[/spoiler]

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It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.



 
 
Personally, from a combination of in-show evidence and gut feelings, I'd personally rank them at something like:


 
Celestia: 1000
 
Star Swirl: 350
 
Twilight: 300
 
Starlight: 300  
Cadance: 300 (she seemed to perform identically to Twilight when lifting the giant flower and fighting the worm)
Starlight: 300


 
 
Luna could be anywhere from Twilight's level to Celestia's level. The gaps between Celestia and the other three could be smaller or a bit bigger, but that's how I'd roughly rank them.

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In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon without much trouble. In the movie, [spoiler]Twilight is too weak to freely control the sun and moon on her own, but is strong enough that Tempest was not satisfied with just Celestia's, Luna's, and Cadance's magic for the staff, so her power has to be a decent amount below Celestia's, but not enormously so.[/spoiler]

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.


Personally, from a combination of in-show evidence and gut feelings, I'd personally rank them at something like:

Celestia: 1000
Star Swirl: 350
Twilight: 300
StCadance: 300 (she seemed to perform identically to Twilight: 300
Cwhen lifting the giadnt flower ancd fighting the worm)
Starlight: 300

Luna could be anywhere from Twilight's level to Celestia's level. The gaps between Celestia and the other three could be smaller or a bit bigger, but that's how I'd roughly rank them.

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In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon without much trouble,. w In the movile, [spoiler]Twilight [isp toilo weak to fr]ieely control the sun and movieon don hesr own', but (ois strong enough that lTempest was not satisfiedo with just Celestia's, Luna'ts, atnd Cadance's magic for the staff, so her poweed/er has to be a decenth amount below Celestia's, cabut n)ot enormously so.[/spoiler]

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.


Personally, from a combination of in-show evidence and gut feelings, I'd personally rank them at something like:

Celestia: 1000
Star Swirl: 350
Twilight: 300
Starlight: 300
Cadance: 300

Luna could be anywhere from Twilight's level to Celestia's level. The gaps between Celestia and the other three could be smaller or a bit bigger, but that's how I'd roughly rank them.

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In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon without much trouble, while Twilight [spoiler]in the movie doesn't (or at least doesn't at the speed/ease that Celestia can).[/spoiler]

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.


Personally, from a combination of in-show evidence and gut feelings, I'd personally rank them at something like:

Celestia: 1000
Luna: 800-1000
Star Swirl: 22350
Twilight: 2300
Starlight: 2300
Cadance: 300

Luna could be anywhere from Twilight's level to Celestia's level. The gaps between Celestia and Luna and the other three could be smaller or a bit bigger, but that's how I'd roughly rank them.

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In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon without much trouble, while Twilight [spoiler]in the movie doesn't (or at least doesn't at the speed/ease that Celestia can).[/spoiler]

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.


Personally, from a combination of in-show evidence and gut feelings, I'd personally rank them at something aroundlike:

Celestia: 1000
Luna: 800-1000
Star Swirl: 220
Twilight: 200
Starlight: 200

The gaps between Celestia and Luna and the other three could be smaller or a bit bigger, but that's how I'd roughly rank them.

"@Background Pony #7B34":/1618297#comment_6772863
In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon, while Twilight [spoiler]in the movie doesn't (or at least doesn't at the speed that Celestia can).[/spoiler]

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.


Personally, from a combination of in-show evidence and gut feelings, I'd personally rank them at something around:

Celestia: 1000
Luna: 800-1000
Star Swirl: 220
Twilight: 200
Starlight: 200

The gaps between Celestia and Luna and the other three could be smaller or a bit bigger, but that's how I'd roughly rank them.

"@Background Pony #7B34":/1618297#comment_6772863
In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon, while Twilight [spoiler]in the movie doesn't (or at least doesn't at the speed that Celestia can).[/spoiler]

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.

"@Background Pony #7B34":/1618297#comment_6772863
In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was "even easier" than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon, while Twilight in the movie doesn't (or at least doesn't at the speed that Celestia can).

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.

"@Background Pony #7B34":/1618297#comment_6772863
In A Royal Problem, Celestia explicitly stated that raising the moon was easier than raising the sun, meaning Celestia at least has the raw magic (without cutie mark affinity) to raise the moon, while Twilight in the movie doesn't.

It's not yet confirmed whether Luna can do the same or not, but Celestia at least is still a decent bit beyond Twilight.