Talk:Twilight Sparkle/@comment-24101825-20141118210829/@comment-10390252-20141123141227

Twilight is far more a thinker than a bruiser. Yes, she's capable of immense power but she far prefers to think her way around a problem and then use precisely-aimed minimum force. The only time I've seen her confront a bad guy conventionally was against Nightmare Moon in Friendship is Magic, Part 2 and even that was a feint to get her to her objective.

That said, yeah, the fight with Tirek proves that, when roused, she'd probably be a real powerhouse, combining the upper limits of unicorn, pegasi and earth pony magic and the knowledge to use it in ways most adepts wouldn't know about.