Talk:Sunset Shimmer/@comment-187.184.172.32-20130629221322/@comment-26973802-20130701182304

People only say he's a joke because you just don't see him as much as her, and because Spike defeated him. But when we do see him he is extremely dark, and also look how powerful he is in the shadow form he was reduced to by Celestia and Luna, imagine how powerful his unicorn form must be. He nearly defeated Twilight with his traps on more than one occasion if it wasn't for Spike, and Spike got Cadance the Crystal Heart. And Sombra almost killed him too, but Cadance saved him and retrieved the heart. And it took Cadance (an alicorn) and an entire empire powering a force representing his greatest weakness to destroy him.

Dunno how many of you view comics as canon, but in the comics, Spike directly destroys Nightmare Moon, even if the other Mane 5 weakened her control over Rarity first. How much you want to bet he sprays Chrysalis with bugspray and destroys her if she returns in either? (though an official death for Chrysalis would disappoint my favorite admin)