“Ow, my ass! You shot me in the ass! Who does that!?

@Background Pony Number 17
 
Yeah, because Chrysalis is a Changeling, and she literally feeds on love. Shining Armor never got a boost because Twilight was around, and Shining being around in TCE didn’t stop Cadance from being exhausted.

@Fwelin  
Well, Sombra’s strength was never really shown other than showing love magic harmed and could destroy him. Twilight’s using her regular magic, which he could very well be resistant to.

@Fwelin  

 
There’s a very simple and incredibly obvious reason: Radiant Hope is there, and she’s still madly in love with Sombra. Remember, love is a source of magic power in Equestria–recall how in the show Chrysalis used the love she stole from Shining Armor to overpower Celestia. Radiant Hope is powering Sombra up to ludicrous levels here.

@Fwelin  

 
Twilight in that shot did not use dark magic just because certain spells are neither good nor bad. But there was still a lot of aggression and hatred in that attack. So Radiant Hope can be very damaged.

“I meant them, not me you simpleton! of course I’m a monster that’s what I’ve been saying for the last thousand years! was that supposed to make me feel bad?”

@Jades  
We don’t know what kind of requirements Sombra had for his banishment curse. For all we know, Celestia might have known that he couldn’t do it again without prep time or something.

@Jades  
That moved =never stupid auto correct.

@Fwelin
 
Actually no it doesn’t because they moved actually established they could actually stop it from disappearing again. They also keep talking about how it can’t fall again. It makes Celestia come off as a complete amoral dumbass.

@Evowizard25  
It devalues the tension, but it also reduces the sheer disregard of Celestia sending Twilight to the Crystal Empire with such a mental handicap just for a test. If she fails, no huge deal, Celestia and Luna can just sweep in and fix it, and postpone Twilight’s ascension for when she’s actually ready.

It wasn’t a simple horn blast, Celestia and Luna clearly combined their powers in a beam that tore Sombra apart. Considering what we’ve seen of him and his weaknesses, it’s quite possible they weaponized their sisterly love.
 
And yes, his ‘Princess Petrification’ spell is a little OP, but I take it as a device to save time on battles that would waste valuable panel space. As far as I’m concerned Sombra and Hope vs a wounded Celestia and a Luna who’s already ‘struggling’ with Chrysalis and has her back half turned = Sombra wins.
 
We also have to consider what the comics had revealed about his previous battle with them. He admitted he stood no chance. He has just admitted he knew how to release the umbrum before that point but… didn’t.
 
It’s quite possible he was entirely intending to commit suicide by cop. It would fit what we’ve seen of his self loathing so far.

@Fwelin  
If Sombra was taken out so easily, he’s not a threat to the sisters. If he’s not a threat that the sister’s have any trouble with, then there is no real tension. It devalues the heroes and doesn’t build up the villains or allow us to care. You can argue that is the reason Celestia sent the elements without, you know, the elements. If something went wrong, Celestia and Luna could sweep in and best Sombra once more. Of course, that would lead to the possible risk of using the spell again. Cheap, but effective.

@Fwelin  
It’s not to say that it wasn’t a short fight, I just refuse to on principle. Why? Well…I just want some more epic fights in mlp history. It’s very hard to gauge powers, strengths and limits in characters we really don’t get to see fight.
 
While the comics have their problems, a part of why I enjoy them is because it delivers interesting powers and showcases magical and strength proportions we don’t normally see in mlp outside of two parters and even then, it’s usually constrained to the main six and some of the villains.

@Evowizard25  
It might not have been the whole fight, but there’s no reason to disbelieve that’s how they beat him.

@Fwelin  
Actually, that was a simplification of what happened. We don’t know if it was that simple and it probably wasn’t. Sombra had the power to banish the entire city of the Crystal Empire. That would take a considerable amount of magic. If not beat them, he would certainly put up a fight.

@Philweasel  
In the show, Celestia and Luna defeated him with a simple double horn lasee, with no artifacts involved and no sign of them being injured or struggling. That’s certainly not the same Sombra as “Mr. I Oneshot Both Princesses Simultanously With No Prep Time”.

@Fwelin  
Sombra has always been portrayed as a juggernaut style character, specifically weak against very limited things. At no point has he faced anything that challenged him in his show appearance (he split the princesses up, and stole the crystal heart) so I call it legit.
 
Plus… damn, he’s just badass. Don’t fault me for admiring a villain capable of providing a decent challenge without copious amounts of “Well why can’t Twilight just vaporize this douchbag?”

@Philweasel  
Twilight didn’t have any sign of dark magic eyes in the next panel, and her beam was her normal purple.
 
It probably didn’t hurt him much simply because comic!Sombra is ridiculously strong for some reason.

The fact that Twilight’s blast was likely powered by hate likely led to it doing squat. Sombra seems to be terrifically powerful (he wipes Princesses with ease), countered by a equally terrific weakness to harmony.
 
Unfortunately/fortunately Twilight’s not really in the mood for friendship and happy thoughts right now.

Be happy, Sombra. Your people are just as rotten as you are.

This was the most surprising twist of the comic. It’s poetic really: His greatest fear has always mirrored Hope’s..hope. First, it was just destiny they had opposite feelings about, then, it turned out the idea of the umbrum being good effected them the same way, both rejecting their ultimate destiny because of their unresolved issues with the umbrum.

That is a interesting thing to fear, Sombra.
 
And Twilight is going full Paladin offscreen.

@Evowizard25  
It didn’t even scorch his cape so it was probably pretty weak.

Am I the only one who thinks Sombra looks only mildy annoyed by that blast?

My leg!