@Liange  
Yeah, I count it.

@KingKek42  

It seems that Twilight Time has paid off.

Wait, Rarity’s horn is glowing. What is she doing with magic?

human rarity and sweetie belle are more op then pony rarity

A FEW MOMENTS LATER  
IN CAVE  
Rarity: Thanks Dashie for saving us. Uhm. Dashie? Ewww! What that Fly-ders done to you?  
 
Rainbow Dash: sarcastic tone Magic. Seariously? Fly-ders was anywhere! Why are you ask about it!  
Applejack: Ya know. That wasn’t look that bad.  
Rainbow Dash: Thank you! Also. I think I’ll get better soon. Uh. Anypony having a cream?  
Rarity: Sure. This can cure that disgusting bite. bring magic cream.  
Rainbow Dash: Thanks Rarity so much! You are the best friend I’ve ever had!  
Rarity: You welcome Dashie!

@Philweasel  
Additionally, we also don’t see very many Canterlot magicians or scholars in the show. :I

Telekinesis is likely far from easy, it’s just so useful and energy efficient that unicorns would quickly become very practiced with it. Flurry Heart’s shields are far better than her telekinesis for instance.
 
Shields are so rarely used, that you would have to specifically practice them in your downtime. Most wouldn’t bother.
 
Almost all shields we’ve seen have been closed and totally circular too, which makes me wonder if they’re more practical to maintain that way.

@Phantom Rider  
You would think so, but we’ve yet to see it.

I always thought a shield would be easy because it’s like using the levitation any unicorn can do; you’re just pushing in more directions than one. I’d expect any unicorn to be able to do the work of an umbrella for a little while.

@redweasel  
True, but we don’t have any middle ground to work with in canon. It jumps straight from amateur to guard captain.

@thps48
 
being a moron doesn’t stop you from being OP. the original question was if sweetie belle sucked at shields, and comparing her to shining freaking armor is not the best way to determine that.

@redweasel  
You didn’t address what he had said.

@Philweasel
 
he singlehandedly covered the entire city of canterlot in a shield bubble, a feat that the powers of both princesses combined could not achieve. he can do something that no pony on earth, or possibly even in all of existence can achieve. his shield more powerful than the princesses and the elements of harmony (mostly because he’s lawfully wedded to a hot princess, since monogamy grants you superpowers). if of all unicorns, only one single unicorn is OP at shields, shining armor is that unicorn.

@FanOfMostEverything  

 
Shining Armor is pretty powerful to be fair. He just has a real bad habit of running into folks who can pretty much ignore energy shields.
 
He also tends to forget his specialty and go on the offensive like a moron, which doesn’t help.

@FanOfMostEverything  

@Background Pony #8B94  
Yet she is good with her telekinesis. Why not grab the bugs and throw them?

@Background Pony #8B94  
Maybe she could get her human analogue to teach her.

Pony Rarity can’t use Shields,Barriers or force field apparently.

@RedTriangle  
She’s still an amateur at magic.

Why Sweetie Belle hasn’t use the force field completely?

Oh my gosh, Rainbow! You’re still alive!! I thought they had already eaten your live corpse or somethin’ like a meaty feast festival!

@FanOfMostEverything  
Eh, he’s captain of the guard and shields are kinda his thing. He’s an outlier. At this rate Sweetie Belle will be teleporting by season 9.

@KingKek42  
Depends. Does Shining Armor count as OP?

When was the last time a non-OP character used a shield spell?