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Teleportation is not exclusively a combat power.
But it retains combat applications, along with the forcefield. Admittedly, we don’t know how Sombra got past the forcefield when Shining Armor used it, so we don’t know just how useful it would be.
We saw Twilight change the properties of the blast on the fly, and I see no reason to believe that they are in any way related to levitation. Most obviously, levitation generates the effect around the object, rather than being connected to the horn, and there’s an easier way to use levitation as a weapon. Also, the first form of the bolt that she used was reflected by a crystal, something that wouldn’t make sense for kinetic force, and even less so with levitation.
Why would be kinetic force make it less potent as a weapon? Lead bullets, for reference, use kinetic force.
By the same token, we haven’t seen Sombra use even a horn beam. What makes you think that he has weapons beyond his crystal control? If you’re going to bring up his traps, you might as well allow Twilight her utility magic, some of which can be used in a fight. The only pony that we’ve seen use something other than a horn beam was Luna/Nightmare Moon, and she’s more powerful, and likely more experienced, than Sombra.
Technically, we also saw Trixie use lightning from a cloud, but she had to summon the cloud first.
Trixie threw that cart at some bystanders, not Twilight. Trixie did throw some pies at Twilight, but that was more embarrassing than physically dangerous. The terms of the duel also show that it was non-lethal, so they weren’t trying to injure each other, although embarrassment was okay.
Teleportation is not exclusively a combat power.
But it retains combat applications, along with the forcefield. Admittedly, we don’t know how Sombra got past the forcefield when Shining Armor used it, so we don’t know just how useful it would be.
We saw Twilight change the properties of the blast on the fly, and I see no reason to believe that they are in any way related to levitation. Most obviously, levitation generates the effect around the object, rather than being connected to the horn, and there’s an easier way to use levitation as a weapon. Also, the first form of the bolt that she used was reflected by a crystal, something that wouldn’t make sense for kinetic force, and even less so with levitation.
Why would be kinetic force make it less potent as a weapon? Lead bullets, for reference, use kinetic force.
By the same token, we haven’t seen Sombra use even a horn beam. What makes you think that he has weapons beyond his crystal control? If you’re going to bring up his traps, you might as well allow Twilight her utility magic, some of which can be used in a fight. The only pony that we’ve seen use something other than a horn beam was Luna/Nightmare Moon, and she’s more powerful, and likely more experienced, than Sombra.
Technically, we also saw Trixie use lightning from a cloud, but she had to summon the cloud first.
Trixie threw that cart at some bystanders, not Twilight. Trixie did throw some pies at Twilight, but that was more embarrassing than physically dangerous. The terms of the duel also show that it was non-lethal, so they weren’t trying to injure each other, although embarrassment was okay.