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In the episode "Between Dark and Dawn" Princess Celestia gives Twilight an amulet that can manipulate the Sun and Moon with a small part of both Celestia and Luna's power. See, we know Twilight can block beams from Sombra with very high difficulty, which is why she is even 4-C in the first place. But this episode implies that not only is a small part of Celestia's power greater than Twilight's, but a small part of her power alongside a fraction of Luna's is as well. In a later episode that likely got released early in another country, Twilight still needs this same amulet to manipulate the Celestial bodies.
My conclusion? That Twilight being 4-C is an outlier and she should go back to Low 4-C as should anyone who scales to her such as Chrysalis, clone Twilight, Tirek, etc. Being a small part of their power fits perfectly with Twilight being comparable to Starswirl who is 1/6th of Celestia's magical might. It also fits perfectly with Chrysalis being below Celestia without love. Twilight being outright 4-C has honestly messed with the powerscaling by a lot. We should have waited longer before upgrading her from Low 4-C to 4-C.
Cadence should also be downgraded to Low 4-C since she at most would scale to Chrysalis, Twilight, Thorax, and being considered a powerful alicorn by Celestia. She would also scale to Tirek needing his third form to steal any alicorn magic, while his second form (which scales to Chrysalis who scales to a Twilight clone) wasn't considered strong enough to go after any Alicorn. Cadence's best feat is holding back Sombra in season 3, who was in a weakened state (the CH outright banished him to the Aether, while S9 Sombra only had his mind control negated). She also never stopped the explosion that petrified the princesses, only the grenade itself, and she went down as fast as the rest of them. I have no clue how it's even a feat.
Now as for Princess Celestia and Luna: A small part of their power put together can do what Twilight can't. They should get "at least 4-C". The show basically confirms what we suspected: That moving the Sun and Moon is effortless for them. However, with Cadence knocked down to Low 4-C, all top tiers get downgraded from High 4-C to 4-C+ at most.
My conclusion? That Twilight being 4-C is an outlier and she should go back to Low 4-C as should anyone who scales to her such as Chrysalis, clone Twilight, Tirek, etc. Being a small part of their power fits perfectly with Twilight being comparable to Starswirl who is 1/6th of Celestia's magical might. It also fits perfectly with Chrysalis being below Celestia without love. Twilight being outright 4-C has honestly messed with the powerscaling by a lot. We should have waited longer before upgrading her from Low 4-C to 4-C.
Cadence should also be downgraded to Low 4-C since she at most would scale to Chrysalis, Twilight, Thorax, and being considered a powerful alicorn by Celestia. She would also scale to Tirek needing his third form to steal any alicorn magic, while his second form (which scales to Chrysalis who scales to a Twilight clone) wasn't considered strong enough to go after any Alicorn. Cadence's best feat is holding back Sombra in season 3, who was in a weakened state (the CH outright banished him to the Aether, while S9 Sombra only had his mind control negated). She also never stopped the explosion that petrified the princesses, only the grenade itself, and she went down as fast as the rest of them. I have no clue how it's even a feat.
Now as for Princess Celestia and Luna: A small part of their power put together can do what Twilight can't. They should get "at least 4-C". The show basically confirms what we suspected: That moving the Sun and Moon is effortless for them. However, with Cadence knocked down to Low 4-C, all top tiers get downgraded from High 4-C to 4-C+ at most.