Waterbending is Overpowered and The Strongest Element in Avatar!

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  • The Avatar series is all about balance, yet Waterbending is actually pretty overpowered!
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  • @zenitsuagatsuma9475
    @zenitsuagatsuma9475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3092

    Remember when Katara straight up stopped Rain

    • @Your_Best_Self
      @Your_Best_Self 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Yeah that was amazing

    • @Anti_andreww
      @Anti_andreww 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      That was dopeeee

    • @crake9510
      @crake9510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      well she didn't stop rain she created a water dome and then the rain inside that dome is what she used against that guy so yeah.

    • @luk6997
      @luk6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@crake9510 no she stopped the rain in a small dome shaped area

    • @crake9510
      @crake9510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@luk6997 yeah basically

  • @hashi6068
    @hashi6068 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12205

    Couldn’t water benders just turn the spit in someone’s mouth and throat into ice
    GG

    • @DAEDAEANT
      @DAEDAEANT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1398

      Turn their sweat into microspikes

    • @blankname6657
      @blankname6657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +926

      I don't think you can freeze things that aren't fully water. Even then, I'm quite sure the user would happily eat the ice.

    • @hashi6068
      @hashi6068 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      Mr. Anonymous how unfortunate

    • @thewinner4319
      @thewinner4319 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      @@blankname6657 mucus is also made of water!

    • @utkukaansoylu1273
      @utkukaansoylu1273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +472

      @@blankname6657 but god waterbenders can bend blood which isnt entirely water

  • @ItsMe-mq5on
    @ItsMe-mq5on 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2234

    The show could have went from a kid friendly show to an american horror story type of show very quickly using bloodbending.

    • @aaalol6624
      @aaalol6624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Literally you could crash people with earth, burn them with fire, drown them with water, or even stab them with ice, I'm still curious if air benders could take the air out of your lungs.

    • @SirNate
      @SirNate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@aaalol6624 Zaheer did it in book 3 with Korra

    • @aaalol6624
      @aaalol6624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@SirNate he did? I'm still watching atla officially since I used to watch an episode here and there of lok when I was a kid

    • @kaynaantheexpert1087
      @kaynaantheexpert1087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ikr

    • @gamerguy2554
      @gamerguy2554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nixelz ( I watch book 3)

  • @redpanda6398
    @redpanda6398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2715

    This is not even counting the technique used by Kiyoshi, in which she literally FROZE her opponent's heart killing them instantly

    • @sjkdsfsdf52
      @sjkdsfsdf52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      where did u get that info from :O

    • @redpanda6398
      @redpanda6398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@sjkdsfsdf52 its in the books

    • @powerdream4you
      @powerdream4you 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      She did what?!

    • @chipyy1968
      @chipyy1968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      why am I not surprised..

    • @Anti_andreww
      @Anti_andreww 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Kyoshi* but frrr

  • @guntic3647
    @guntic3647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8155

    Remember when Katara used her sweat to get out of a wooden cage? 😂😂😂😂

    • @hambu4781
      @hambu4781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +803

      I mean it would have been more efficient to just use your urin but Atla is not R Rated

    • @guntic3647
      @guntic3647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      @@hambu4781 Yeah lmao 😂👏

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Isn’t sweat technically made out of oil though???

    • @luemin3592
      @luemin3592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +307

      charlottesasaki what type of-

    • @slimeballdae
      @slimeballdae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      charlottesasaki ....

  • @ragulkuppa1018
    @ragulkuppa1018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2586

    Air bending is the most unexplored skill.Atmosphere is the most abundant and easily available everywhere. air nomads did not use it aggressively. You can see how zaheer used airbending aggressively against earth queen.

    • @srccde
      @srccde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      Also, look at Monk Gyatso who took out dozens of comet-enhanced fire benders single handedly!

    • @Jarmone01
      @Jarmone01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      I feel like take the oxygen out of someone’s brains and lungs and you counter water bending.

    • @kiidpoh
      @kiidpoh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@Jarmone01 by the time a Airbender could do that a water bender could easily take control of them with blood bending and kill u ina heart beat

    • @ChefAndyLunique
      @ChefAndyLunique 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      KiidPoh incorrect. Remember only skilled water benders can blood bend during a full moon. The only special folks had the ability to blood bend at will

    • @kiidpoh
      @kiidpoh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@ChefAndyLunique but the thing is it'll only take practice think about it the body is 80 percent water it won't be hard for a water bender to learn it at all

  • @Panpayia
    @Panpayia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1333

    I feel like Fire and Air bending just never evolved much. During the 100 year war Water and Earth evolved mostly because of desperation during the war and the need to become stronger to fight off the Fire nation.
    The Fire nation had no need to find new techniques because they thought they were the strongest, while air benders didn’t exist. If there was another season, Fire and Air could potentially have many strong techniques. Zahir was doing well to prove that, but he was stopped too early.

    • @preator_vallum6377
      @preator_vallum6377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Other then lightning I cant think of anything more fire could get though, maybe smoke and ash? That'd be neat.
      Air tho I cant think of jack, flying ability is locked down to like 2 people so even if they focused on it I dont think many would get it.

    • @mirror2922
      @mirror2922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I think it makes sense fire bending went through a cultural upheaval as many countries do under the rule of a violent dictator. In a way historically nerding over it it oddly gives me WWII vibes. Nazi-Germany had hitler fire nation had Ozai, and they're first major conquest was the immediate genocide of the Jewish (airbenders). It kinda sucks we didn't get to see more but I get it since two of the 4 nations cultural identity was almost destroyed or subverted.

    • @controlman7490
      @controlman7490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@mirror2922 Every industrialized city in TLOK was influenced by Fire nation Colonization, so we technically see the fire nation just not directly,

    • @enlightenedbaccha5855
      @enlightenedbaccha5855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@preator_vallum6377 a sort of sonic boom bending simillar to combustion bending but for airbenders

    • @tubbytoes3005
      @tubbytoes3005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@preator_vallum6377 I mean, they can do smoke. They just need their fire to burn something and get some smoke or steam to burn the enemy

  • @Im15cheese
    @Im15cheese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3054

    Theoretically, if a waterbender can turn water in to ice and unfreeze ice by controlling the temperature, couldn’t they reverse that and make hot boiling water? They could basically have a liquid form of fire bending.
    EDIT: two years later and I still get replies correcting me. I know they control the molecules rather than the temperature. It would’ve been too complicated to explain that they speed up and slow them down, so I just simplified it to “controlling the temperature.”

    • @nurielvaknin8035
      @nurielvaknin8035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +531

      And they can heat the water to gas so its airbending too

    • @marsh3336
      @marsh3336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +702

      And use ice to earthbend. Wait.... katara's the avatar

    • @orbit2414
      @orbit2414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Water benders might be able to use hot liquid but wouldn’t it just be the same as bending cold liquid

    • @marsh3336
      @marsh3336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@orbit2414 you could say the same about earth/ fire benders being able to lavabend. It could still work

    • @demibeast3912
      @demibeast3912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      If think about it air is powerful because they straight up remove oxygen from the air

  • @lessthanthree31
    @lessthanthree31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1564

    You also forgot to mention that Waterbending inspired one of the more powerful forms of Firebending - Lightening redirection. Iroh came up with the technique after he studied the movements of master Waterbenders because they redirect opponent energy

    • @CheeseEmperor8761
      @CheeseEmperor8761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Yea, but it's not something Waterbenders can access. Yes, Lightning Redirection was inspired by the martial arts used for Waterbending, but it doesn't count as an actually technique that Waterbenders can use.

    • @kyokennedy5334
      @kyokennedy5334 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Is more powerful to create the lightnings on first place man

    • @poodie3887
      @poodie3887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The only reason I’d choose to have water is to have that op blood bending... if not that I’d chose air then fire then earth

    • @goingkilling0468
      @goingkilling0468 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Azure the Lucario wait. Have they ever tried?

    • @lessthanthree31
      @lessthanthree31 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@CheeseEmperor8761 I know they can't access it, but it certainly says something when a crucial technique for firebenders is inspired by another element

  • @haris7089
    @haris7089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4189

    Water bending may be op... but everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
    Ill just leave it at that.

    • @MrShaville
      @MrShaville 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Loooooooooool

    • @cwilfried8040
      @cwilfried8040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      This dude killed it. Lmao

    • @emmanuelbaah3253
      @emmanuelbaah3253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +350

      lol you just defeated the pourpose of a 10 min video with one sentence

    • @dekira3545
      @dekira3545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      they got outnumbered maybe?

    • @obsidiancrown6111
      @obsidiancrown6111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lol Soo true

  • @contrariar
    @contrariar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    This guy talking about the benefits of water bending
    Me wanting to be an air bender:air goes bbrrrr

    • @bort3624
      @bort3624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I would rather be an airbender :>

    • @kristofframos3
      @kristofframos3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Same cause air bend storm and wind although they can’t bend lightning generally they can do it by bending a storm

    • @henlo4835
      @henlo4835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same.

    • @henlo4835
      @henlo4835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I think airbenders are so underrated but I think they are powerful

    • @thiagocustodio25
      @thiagocustodio25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@davigurgel2040 you can also change pressure and that could devastate the opponent, or fill them with air and they would pass out and other things 😂

  • @its_ezralol
    @its_ezralol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    Imagine a waterbender was bullied and someone tried to spit at them.
    Then they turned it into ice and socked them in the mouth with it

    • @kristofframos3
      @kristofframos3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Uno reverse

    • @ambrosey6057
      @ambrosey6057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kristofframos3 Lmao

    • @Ejaz100
      @Ejaz100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Water bender gets bullied
      Water bender: call an ambulance
      Bully: spits at him
      Spit freezes
      Water bender: but not for me.

    • @dunntyfuck4715
      @dunntyfuck4715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ejaz100 There was a attempt

    • @Ejaz100
      @Ejaz100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dunntyfuck4715 of 8 months

  • @BrahmaDBA
    @BrahmaDBA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3524

    When ATLA came out all my friends wanna be a fire bender because its "cool", I was made fun off when I said I wanna be a waterbender. When the episode about blood bending came out, the reactions on their faces were priceless.

    • @patchworkassylumn8954
      @patchworkassylumn8954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      I always ask my friends what kind of bender they would be and they always say water and I'd be a firebender bc freaking lightning redirection god damn

    • @mrsomebody4957
      @mrsomebody4957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Once u can bend a blood no one can escape from u..

    • @tape2518
      @tape2518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@mrsomebody4957 but thats not an ability everyone has

    • @mrsomebody4957
      @mrsomebody4957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@tape2518 yeah thats why i said ONCE.the waterbender that can bend a blood are really powerfull..

    • @ObamaSexGaming2007
      @ObamaSexGaming2007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I thought earthbending was the best, until I saw that episode

  • @madmasseur6422
    @madmasseur6422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1943

    You forgot controlling plants with water bending like the water benders in the swamps do and also mud bending

    • @AddisonSandoval
      @AddisonSandoval 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Gappy Aint Happy Katara has bent mud

    • @84erMaxe
      @84erMaxe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But still: plants weren't mentioned except for being source of water

    • @AddisonSandoval
      @AddisonSandoval 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Gappy Aint Happy no when Katara fought Toph she was covered in mud and she bent it

    • @Kobedagoat528
      @Kobedagoat528 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mad Masseur I think air because u can fly

    • @BoeBarnes
      @BoeBarnes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      also blood bending

  • @LilXezon_1121
    @LilXezon_1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    "It took 3 very accomplished Earth Benders to move a skyscraper"
    King Bumi: *Throwing entire houses to reclaim Ba-Sing-Se*

    • @neko8227
      @neko8227 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A skyscraper is way bigger than a house-

    • @dethdaemon
      @dethdaemon ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@neko8227 But the ozai statue was pretty comparable to the skyscraper, and he moved it from across the city

    • @shainajonesartist6419
      @shainajonesartist6419 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ba-Sing-Se??? I thought it was omashu

    • @StarLee_
      @StarLee_ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shainajonesartist6419 the final (and only) fight of the white lotus with iroh, bumi and co.

    • @ArchangelYD
      @ArchangelYD ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@shainajonesartist6419 it is omashu

  • @yarokiduncan9788
    @yarokiduncan9788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +745

    This is why I'd love to see a water tribe go evil, like water Empire or something

    • @sovanndanikadith8940
      @sovanndanikadith8940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I guess that would be kanda cool

    • @darthtroller
      @darthtroller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Bloodbender empire

    • @samirraza9069
      @samirraza9069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Atlantis

    • @sprinkledonut8051
      @sprinkledonut8051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Calm down Satan!

    • @yarokiduncan9788
      @yarokiduncan9788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@bradyjacobs3878 it's kinda a subplot of season 2 that wasn't flushed out due to production issues. What I meant is a full on story with blood bending empress or emperor and royal guard. Maybe turn the southern water tribe into q strong hold since the two spirit portals connect the north to the south. And gotta get anti air weapons to stop only form of travel that could get close. Essentially mixing Korra season 1,2, and 4 with Fire Nation of ATLA into a ridiculously OP empire that turns a staple of percieved good Southern Water Trible, home of Korra, Sokka, and Katara, turning it into an antagonistic empire.

  • @gingerbear7225
    @gingerbear7225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +852

    This is why life don't allow us to have this kind of ability because humans are creative af.

    • @blueberry3662
      @blueberry3662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      RIGGHTT

    • @God-gx7ww
      @God-gx7ww 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      you mean the lion turtles

    • @tonypena1143
      @tonypena1143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Definitely true!

    • @Cpruett
      @Cpruett 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'd argue we already do bend the elements to our wills and that we continue to find more niche ways to do so.

    • @rinkachidotomoji9038
      @rinkachidotomoji9038 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fr tho

  • @SKULLKR3W
    @SKULLKR3W 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3445

    literally all the elements are broken if you use creativity

    • @manolgeorgiev9664
      @manolgeorgiev9664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +337

      Water is objectively the most OP though.

    • @lucasrobin2788
      @lucasrobin2788 5 ปีที่แล้ว +495

      @@manolgeorgiev9664 100%. The only other contender is maybe air, with the ability to astral project, fly, and bend the air out of someone's lungs - but as far as we can see that is limited to one target at a time.
      that being said, Monk Gyatso's corpse was surrounded by several Fire nation soliders- i wonder if he choked them all to death simultaneously, being a master airbender and (presumably) a far greater Airbender than Zaheer who only had airbending for a few weeks at most.

    • @mohdrivn7765
      @mohdrivn7765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Blood bending cancels other bending so thats gay af

    • @Caesarnator
      @Caesarnator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is true

    • @hambu4781
      @hambu4781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@lucasrobin2788 Bending the air out of lungs is called Vacuum Bending

  • @Lightning_Lance
    @Lightning_Lance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Water has healing, and it's relatively easy to learn. If you think about that in a war setting, it means that over a long drawn out conflict, armies of water benders are stronger than armies of other benders. Because they can heal each other after each battle.
    And it also means if you get to pick an element in the avatar world, choosing anything but water is selfish.

    • @darcyvanvugt7120
      @darcyvanvugt7120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you hve to be born with healing and you can only learn it i u are

    • @ricardopatterson3897
      @ricardopatterson3897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@darcyvanvugt7120 no you can learn it

    • @anissans-zo1bc
      @anissans-zo1bc ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "And it also means if you get to pick an element in the avatar world choosing anything but water is selfish"
      Well idk if you know this BUT WE DONT WANT TO HAVE EASY FIGHTS
      WATER BENDING IS OVERPOWERED also i would pick fire bending i dont want to beat my oponnent in 2 seconds

    • @karmaisntreal
      @karmaisntreal ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@anissans-zo1bc Fire Benders are most suitable to end fights in 2 secs if it is straight up 1v1. But Water Bending is too OP under certain conditions.

    • @themonsterwithin4000
      @themonsterwithin4000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@karmaisntreal Nah, Firebenders are the weakest

  • @AntoineBandele
    @AntoineBandele 3 ปีที่แล้ว +663

    Welcome back!

  • @Unknown-nq3lx
    @Unknown-nq3lx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2091

    *starts sweating nervously*
    Oh no I just created more ammunition for water benders!

    • @kevinbaculi9741
      @kevinbaculi9741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      *starts to sweat more nervously*

    • @frazierhaley8634
      @frazierhaley8634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@kevinbaculi9741 DAMN IT!
      *Sweats buckets.*

    • @VMan29397
      @VMan29397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      well your body is made up of 60% water so that would be lenty

    • @unluckyy8746
      @unluckyy8746 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Frazier Haley so are you literally sweating buckets like there are buckets coming out of your body
      Or are you sweating sweat that can fill up buckets
      :think:

    • @frazierhaley8634
      @frazierhaley8634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@unluckyy8746 :O *gasp*

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1112

    *_Be water, my friend._*

    • @psnamstutz9078
      @psnamstutz9078 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That a bruce lee referebce??

    • @Israelevii
      @Israelevii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How that I see you in all TH-cam? Are you god or something? Or just some Guy without Mustache😁

    • @BattlerUshiromiya9999
      @BattlerUshiromiya9999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So long my friend, you will be
      mist....

    • @yacyuuzi
      @yacyuuzi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn it Mustache I'm gonna end up writing a book about you.

    • @kereiseres8245
      @kereiseres8245 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Already am, my guy.

  • @marb5423
    @marb5423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Water was my favorite element from when I saw this show first.

    • @mariamsaakian4139
      @mariamsaakian4139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      samee

    • @liekeduyvesteijn925
      @liekeduyvesteijn925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Water has always been my favorite

    • @gt3066
      @gt3066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, I wish I could actually waterbend in real life, rarely going to the hospital again!

  • @illumi9044
    @illumi9044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Katara became combatively viable after less than a year of training, able to almost beat Azula in Ba Sing Se during the night. Waterbending is so overpowered that a novice bender can match trained masters of any other element.

    • @sth5033
      @sth5033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      she wasn't a novice, katara was basically a master at that point.

    • @illumi9044
      @illumi9044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@sth5033 I mean novice in terms of experience bending. She had only been bending with training for a few months up to that point, while Azula had quite a few years on her.

    • @jacoreycannon
      @jacoreycannon ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@illumi9044 wdym almost she beat Azusa twice

    • @locke8412
      @locke8412 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the second fight doesn't count considering azula was off her game at the time and she fought zuko right before that

    • @__KXNG__
      @__KXNG__ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@locke8412 cute your making excuses for a criminally insane girl😂

  • @thegreatandmightyseff7214
    @thegreatandmightyseff7214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    If you master waterbending you could:
    -freeze enemies
    -heal damage
    -create tsunamis
    -breathe underwater
    -slice metal
    -revive the dead(with spirit water)
    -paralyse enemy(bloodbending)
    -reanimate enemy(bloodbending
    -snap neck(bloodbending)

    • @Azure-hs2br
      @Azure-hs2br 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah you could do all that

    • @sven1641
      @sven1641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I dont need water bending to snap a neck

    • @thegreatandmightyseff7214
      @thegreatandmightyseff7214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@sven1641 Well with the waterbending you can snap necks from a safe distance

    • @Boojum_Tree
      @Boojum_Tree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Don’t forget the ability to completely remove a person’s bending

    • @Misoraaauninininiii.
      @Misoraaauninininiii. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      as well as, take moisture out of air, or out of a person (dehydration)
      If the user has knowledge of vital areas, they can shove an ice spike directly into them (mmm ice deadly)

  • @MinecraftCutiepie
    @MinecraftCutiepie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +855

    I feel like waterbending is only more op because it’s been explored more by the series. Airbending is probably the element that’s had the least amount of screen time/exploration, yet it has SO much potential because air is literally everywhere all the time.
    Also I definitely think airbenders should be the only ones who can change someone’s soul or spirit, it makes no sense that a waterbender should be able to do it.

    • @James-lm6de
      @James-lm6de 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      I think the ability to control ones spirit or soul is because of their geographical situation within the world. The two tribes, northern and southern are both situated by the original Spirit portals, and thus their connection with the spiritual side of life should be much stronger

    • @spookefied
      @spookefied 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I feel like waterbenders SHOULD be able to do it because water is literally the element of life

    • @MinecraftCutiepie
      @MinecraftCutiepie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@spookefied In my eyes water is the element of life but only in physical form, not spiritual. Hence why they can heal bodies and physical injuries.

    • @CutsiePie_
      @CutsiePie_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@James-lm6de Not to mention waterbenders learned from the moon spirt, unlike the other elements who learned from actual living creatures. Waterbenders have always had a deep connection with spirits.

    • @PerfectlyFreedom
      @PerfectlyFreedom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@CutsiePie_ firebenders also learn from ancient dragons though who are now spirits, anyways what do you think about earth and air?

  • @tylertyler1360
    @tylertyler1360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The only thing that stopped Yakone from killing the Avatar was the Avatar State. That OP

  • @Oluoluoluok
    @Oluoluoluok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    You said that Korra was able to do this without the Avatar State, but..... ( 2:43 ) it's worth noting that water is her base element and avatars are a lot stronger than other benders. A lot of the stuff Aang did with Air, Tenzin and Meelo can't do (use a staff to cut a giant rock). I'm not sure it has to do with it being their base element, but surely it's a point worth keeping in mind.

    • @Oluoluoluok
      @Oluoluoluok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Btw Amon, Tarlokk, and Yakone were in a special bloodline. Intense training isn't what gave them extra bloodbending capabilities, genetics is. Also..I subscribed cause you said you love us :D

    • @themonsterwithin4000
      @themonsterwithin4000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Oluoluoluok What “special bloodline”? It never mentioned anything their line being special

    • @dethdaemon
      @dethdaemon ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@themonsterwithin4000 It does mention Yakone being "special", and how his children directly inherited that ability, Which leads to the special bloodline

  • @jpd196
    @jpd196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2872

    Completely wrong. Cabbage Bending is the most powerful. Bow down to our lord the Cabbage Man or face the consequences of too many vitamins!

    • @jeanpol1836
      @jeanpol1836 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Melon Lord disagrees

    • @AiseLTT
      @AiseLTT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@frimi8593 yes, but he still has infinite minions of stone at his disposal

    • @dertlash
      @dertlash 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cabbage bending is just capitalism

    • @mrcleanatemywife7045
      @mrcleanatemywife7045 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Beware the dreaded cabbage slug, bane of Ba Sing Se’s ecosystem.

    • @johnjohnny1787
      @johnjohnny1787 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      man, that cabbage man got his cabbage destroyed 10 times in the show

  • @Drgoon-gs2uf
    @Drgoon-gs2uf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    When its breezy outside
    Airbenders:I feel a great power

  • @kaynaantheexpert1087
    @kaynaantheexpert1087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    So
    Bloodbending
    Healing
    able to get water out of fin air
    Able to demolish somebody's soul
    Tear Bending
    Energy Bending
    Plant Bending
    *wow this is really balanced*

  • @mrducky6322
    @mrducky6322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    Since water benders can bloodbend and also turn liquid water to ice does that mean they could crystallise someone’s blood killing them instantly
    Also if they were proficient in healing and blood bending They could probably extend their life by quite a bit by just healing themselves constantly

    • @KumaoftheForest
      @KumaoftheForest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      If Avatar wasn’t a kids show. Yes they could

    • @bread1542
      @bread1542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@KumaoftheForest unfortunately the books are the best they can do ;-;

    • @c.a.a.n7874
      @c.a.a.n7874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Earth benders can bone bend

    • @ballofmayo5132
      @ballofmayo5132 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Kyoshi did do that though. Both crystalizing hearts and keeping herself immortal for over 200 years

    • @sad.3x3
      @sad.3x3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@c.a.a.n7874 bones aren’t rocks bro…

  • @zonk9343
    @zonk9343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1190

    Can’t waterbenders just freeze some, if not all of your blood and instantly kill you?
    *I don’t need sleep. I need answers*

    • @mateotierno3780
      @mateotierno3780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      You have to be extremely strong in order to bloodbend, imagine how strong you'd need to be to do that

    • @aqua47flawless43
      @aqua47flawless43 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@mateotierno3780 didn't a random character do it , one that isn't strong

    • @exiledknight3961
      @exiledknight3961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@aqua47flawless43 No everyone who blood bent was a master water bender.

    • @exiledknight3961
      @exiledknight3961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No that is a made up ability that is hypothetical at best.

    • @twistednightmare1363
      @twistednightmare1363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@aqua47flawless43 the weakest person to use bloodbending was Katara. when Katara is the low bar then I think its safe to say it takes a LOT of skill to do it.

  • @OccasionalOvergrowth
    @OccasionalOvergrowth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1318

    Theoretically, all elements have an infinite amount of subskills, they just aren't recognised. For example, waterbenders should technically be able to bend literally anything containing H2O molecules.
    Edit:. Oh wow thats a lot of likes-
    Thanks

    • @Faith-zp5kf
      @Faith-zp5kf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Yeah or even H2 molecules and O2 molecules, meaning that they could potentially airbend

    • @Crgather
      @Crgather 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@joaoregateiro Oxigen and air aren't the same

    • @kydiszellinger2909
      @kydiszellinger2909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      No, because bending in the avatar world isn't based on Science, or at least, OUR understanding of Science; it's purely chi/spiritual based. We can't really just make assumptions based on our understanding of science, because the program clearly shows bending being an inherently spiritual or Chi fueled art.

    • @CutsiePie_
      @CutsiePie_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joaoregateiro it's been done before. Twice in book 3

    • @charlotte9162
      @charlotte9162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you'd have to be an extremely skilled bender to recognise it. You have to feel the molecules to bend them.

  • @weewish22
    @weewish22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    The fire nation attacked with fire and lightning
    Water benders
    Water
    Ice
    Snow
    Water vapour/cloud
    Plant
    Blood
    Healing
    Remove bending
    Spirit bending
    Purge souls
    Edit: mudbending also

    • @emekaumeh3993
      @emekaumeh3993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I still don't know how they almost conquered the world

    • @amahlgrant
      @amahlgrant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@instantnoodlez8337 Like what Unalaq was about to do to Jinora in the spirit world.
      It was similar to calming the spirits like what Korra and Unalaq could do only that it was purple.

    • @davigurgel2040
      @davigurgel2040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Asgard Thor fire is weak because the show plays it down, but if that amount of fire hits you you're pretty much dead. Either dead or severely burned. Also, lighting bending is an instakill

    • @astradastarad1477
      @astradastarad1477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But water bending could freeze heart oponent's of course instakill must faster than fire lightning, fire won cause he was use metalurgy for get tecnology more faster than other tribe , of course when earth discover they could control the metal they was the another strongest tribu just tecnology reel (sorry my english u_u )

    • @joopylop226
      @joopylop226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Asgard Thor Due to a op comet? And btw they only demolished air nation and then were defeated

  • @toxicperson8936
    @toxicperson8936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I’ve always thought water bending was the most powerful. It balances well, in the sense that water is the most “rare” of the elements, with firebenders being able to create fire, air being everywhere, & earth also being almost everywhere. Being the strongest element, it makes sense that the element itself isn’t as abundant as the others.
    Also, I feel like water bending has the most sub skills. You can change the state of water, making it ice or steam. Healing, plant bending, bloodbending, etc. not to mention, like you said, that they get a “power up” during night, & even more so on a full moon.
    Bloodbending itself is also just very overpowered. I don’t think the full moon was necessary, but since water benders get such a big boost during the full moon, a lot of water benders probably aren’t able to bend without it. But it’s been showed that with practice, it can be done at any time.
    Also, I can imagine that waterbenders can literally kill other humans in less then a second, if they wanted to. They can drain all the liquid out of someone’s body, like how Hama did with the flowers, just leaving a dry dead corpse. The can also probably adjust the blood flow in order to kill you as well.
    Bloodbending could have been really good if used for healing purposes instead of just offensive, I wish they would have showed something like that.

  • @claytongriffith8323
    @claytongriffith8323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +596

    And my friends would tease me for being a waterbender when we played avatar

    • @WyxienTheFox
      @WyxienTheFox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I also play the water bender, but I don't feel so bad now.

    • @alize0623
      @alize0623 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Clayton Griffith Is that your way of saying you didn’t own a high powered hose?

    • @JTWatts-rq6zb
      @JTWatts-rq6zb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When I was little I had the need to be the water bender. I of course enjoyed my role as the puppet master 💖

    • @citycrusher9308
      @citycrusher9308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @SliceofOtaku
      Water bending is only over powered because the writers of the show nerf Earth bending. Just use Earth bending to take the ground from underneath your opponents and that stops them.
      It would work against that giant mech and it would have stopped that drilling machine in Ba-sing-say (however it is spelled).

    • @zilasgregersen2956
      @zilasgregersen2956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SAME omg. Thought I was the only one

  • @LegioXXI
    @LegioXXI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    I think fire bending is being underestimated. The reason the fire nation is so heavily industrialized is because of fire bending. Where all other nations would need coal or other materials to fuel their engines, fire benders can basically fuel their engines forever with their bending. Mechanized war machines, artillery, steamships and airships and you can neglect all advantages a water or earth bender could have - which is exactly what happened at the 100 year war. Fire is just the most useful element if it comes to logistics. And while battles are won by tactic and generals, wars are won by strategy and logistics.

    • @lenardamantio265
      @lenardamantio265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Then, *who puts it out*
      LOL THE WATERBENDERS, SMH

    • @ObsidianEgg
      @ObsidianEgg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@lenardamantio265 But then their water eventually runs out. Or you could just make the fire hotter.

    • @drippy269
      @drippy269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Same dude I also think fire is awesome

    • @ObsidianEgg
      @ObsidianEgg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@drippy269 firebending gang rise up

    • @drippy269
      @drippy269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ObsidianEgg let's go my dude

  • @kodahansen8080
    @kodahansen8080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The defense against bloodbending isn't being a bloodbender yourself (Katara resisted Hamma's bloodbending before she tried to use the technique herself), but rather being a stronger waterbender. That's why the avatar can always resist is in the avatar state. Yakone and his sons were particularly strong in waterbending as well as bloodbending, which is why only the strength of the avatar state was powerful enough to oppose their strength.

    • @nicsongerson4583
      @nicsongerson4583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Korra in base also was able to escape being blood bended

    • @2u29wjiowk2iswj
      @2u29wjiowk2iswj ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@nicsongerson4583 Barely but enough to get a wind blast out.

    • @2u29wjiowk2iswj
      @2u29wjiowk2iswj ปีที่แล้ว

      The avatar state is one of the most powerful things in the Atla world. Only when Korra was poisoned fully was she not able to beat Zaheer.

    • @nicsongerson4583
      @nicsongerson4583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@2u29wjiowk2iswj so? She still resisted tho

  • @carrot1269
    @carrot1269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Never really considered how the waterbender's full moon power-ups are pretty madly OP. I think maybe a power-down during the New Moon could be a good counter to this.

    • @xxprologancool3538
      @xxprologancool3538 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They are powered down during the New Moon, during a Lunar Eclipse waterbending isn't possible

  • @aznsolja84
    @aznsolja84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1342

    The answer is simple: water is versatile. Fire is raw power. What fire lacks water has abundance of: versatility. What water lacks fire possesses: power.

    • @knowcomment4525
      @knowcomment4525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Not really, if you take humans and represented them through the most fitting element, water reflects our qualities best as a species compared to other animals, we can adapt best to all circumstances, situations and enviroments through use of tools, learning, understanding, mimicing etc and that's why we are the top dog in the evolutionairy chain.
      This is also the attitude and philosophy one should take most into account when training and utilizing any martial art. Stay calm, cool, relaxed, sway back and forth, right, left in rhythm to your opponent, shift your defense to offense at a moments notice when you find a crack or opening in your opponent's defense or when he becomes heated and unbalanced, while never losing your center of balance, like a still body of water, if you need to or the opportunity arises, become a raging river, crashing waterfall, smashing wave and pounding hail!
      Or just in short, in the everlasting inspiring words of the father of Mma, Bruce Lee: "Be like Water, my friend."

    • @aznsolja84
      @aznsolja84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@knowcomment4525 that's actually quite true.
      However, if you/we take every single individual within the specie and take that into account. Every individual still differs in style. Some are like hard core rocks that don't shake nor move, some: sly and quick as the wind, some: raging as the burning sun, while some: (like me) flows gently and adapts like the water. Astrologically speaking.. I'm a someone who stomps like a capricorn and destroys like a scorpio lol.
      That said
      We still are unique as an individual regardless of our specie. Being a part of a specie doesn't mean we all are the same. As a specie correct and I would agree with what you said. But as an individual (which we all are) within the specie not.
      Good post though. Learned something cool. Never thought of it like that. 👍

    • @knowcomment4525
      @knowcomment4525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aznsolja84 Yeah you're right on the money there. What makes us unique and so individualistic as humans is that we are all essentialy Tabularasa when we're born, blank canvas shaped by our experiences, decisions, interests, background, enviroment and ofc upbringing. I also really like how you brought up, related and transitioned the topic of the 4 elements over to astrology. While I do find some people (mostly women for some reason) highly exaggerate the importance of it's influence on their live and decisions, such as romance god forbid, I can't deny that I have amusingly very often found some truth and relation of people's character and personality traits coming pretty close to their respective starsigns.
      I myself am a Leo first and a Libra second, so Fire and Air respectively. I and my friends and family agree that I can appear arrogant, lofty at times but also very passionate energetic taking charge, all things associated with lions, which is ironic considering I'm 100% a dog person. Also the thing you mentioned about those signs influencing your fighting(?) or live style, I too funnily enough despite my preference and goal going towards Water, when recently picking/starting Martial arts I (or rather my stubborn temple of a body >_>) am still too much like my respective elements. Hasty, moving too much, overcommiting/thinking, having too little balance and being too hellbent on Power and Speed, instead of Endurance, Balance, Technique, observation and ofc timing, which I know to be more important.
      Speaking of ideal Style, since you said you are also tending more towards the advantages of water, and are prob someone who based on this show, might also enjoy anime, man do I have the perfect character for you, which is coincodentally the guy in my profile pic, Garou from the series One punch man.
      You surely have seen that phenomenal famous scene in Sherlock Holmes, where Holmes is in a ring against a burly and stronger brawler and executes a perfect series of counters in the style of Wing chun, mixed with other conventional attacks, right?
      Well, if you want a character that takes that concept to it's logical extreme, there you go. Imagine what Wolverine would be like if he had no obv apparent super powers relied on martial arts, but fought like renegade, dojo crushing Bruce Lee and you would essentially have the Human monster, Hero hunter Garou. (Though there's about at least 6 more comparisons like that I could draw.)

    • @aznsolja84
      @aznsolja84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@knowcomment4525 Well... star signs aren't that accurate. I'd say about 60-70% max. Regardless if it is an in-depth astrological read or analysis. There is still a big hit or miss aspect on play.
      That said lol.. I'm a libran Sun 😂 a scorpian heart and a capricons will lol (if you are a but familliar with indept astrology).
      But ya I do understand why you are interested in speed and power. Because that is how you are individually (per what i know of aatrology and the elements). Most people choose things to their liking based on who and what they are innately. Which in your case: leo fire sign (power/passion/warm). Flowing like the river isn't that easy for passion driven people lol. It's tough since I'm trying to learn fire people things as a natural water flowing bender 😂. But balance I know you can achieve. Although will be a bit hard. It isn't easy to tame a flame and maintain balance. Flames moves wildly and are vigorful.
      And anime? Yes sir I do 😂
      Garuo well.. hmm I do kind of see some resemblance lol. Since I'm acting as a devils advocate if late 👿 lol. But what I do like about him is his precision is amazing.... calculating every move before he unleases it all. Spoiler alert (if you haven't watched the manga) Genos figured Garous style when he attacked Genos.
      Come to think of it.. I'm kind of like that 😂 dodging deflecting analyzing for that one momment to pounce with all. Lol (if I would ever go on a fight). Well that's my natural style anyway.
      And yuuup.. on the Sherloc Holmes movie.. that is/was my favorite scene. I have a big thing with precision and flawlessness.

    • @knowcomment4525
      @knowcomment4525 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aznsolja84 So just came back from the gym, (regular one, not fighting), which is kind a of crap shoot considering it's 1 am here right now in Austria and I do have to work tomorrow/today but, whatever I'm still young and vigorous (25 is still considered young right?) I'll at least answer these before I fall on the hay. Speaking of late, what were you referring to when you said playing devil's advocate this late? Were you refering to yourself or to me, even my understanding of context is out of it's depth here with english being my second and only other somewhat competent used language, that's gonna keep me puzzled otherwise if not cleared up.
      Yeah, I do know Garou's entire character arc from his introduction to the epic and dramatic conclusion against Saitama at the end of the Monster association vs HA clash in the Webcomic. I wouldn't regard him as such a great Anti-Villain and relate to him more than any other fictional character if I hadn't read the entire webcomic until now, though I am curious which other phenomenal changes Murata will add onto it.
      I generally am too impatient when it comes to stories and media I'm interested/invested in, even if I learned about those by getting major spoilers, and then usually catch up to date. In the case of Attack on Titan though I'm glad I already followed the manga bc that's one of the only stories I feel gets ruined or soiled if you get spoilt.
      As for the starsign disc. I'm prob nowhere near as knowledgable and aware of all the details, I just knew my Sun sign (leo) and Rising sign (libra), but I looked up a calculator and I also got my Moon sign being Taurus, whose given attribites sound close enough. So that makes me primarily Fire, than Air and lastly Earth. Guess it makes sense then why I seek completion by assimilating Water traits then.
      Anyway was/is a pleasure talking to you, these types of convos are really rare but even more appreciated if they do happen. Feel free to reply, but don't expect an answer for about half a day. Cheers!😁😉😴

  • @panicnymph2783
    @panicnymph2783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +745

    I don't know why... But watching all of these avatar videos make me emotional.... Maybe because it's almost 4am

  • @its_ezralol
    @its_ezralol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Waterbenders should be able to bend anything with H2O Molecules

    • @astradastarad1477
      @astradastarad1477 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everything is soluble in water , not for any reason ot called universal soluble

    • @cutlet9227
      @cutlet9227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@astradastarad1477 How dumb is that. Oil is soluble in water? Omg kill me.

    • @ihavebighoeenergy4183
      @ihavebighoeenergy4183 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which Hama did

  • @matthewrobinson6091
    @matthewrobinson6091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I just had a thought I wonder if a master lightning bender could manipulate the electrical impulses inside a human brain?

    • @liekeduyvesteijn925
      @liekeduyvesteijn925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That- I- okay- I am not going to sleep tonight, that’s for sure

    • @mataeusdixonsteele3831
      @mataeusdixonsteele3831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've always wanted to know

    • @kalopsia5183
      @kalopsia5183 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      me when i reach

    • @anemopixie5220
      @anemopixie5220 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like what uncle iroh said. They do not control the lighting element, they just have to guide it or direct it. Unlike other elements they can control it whenever they want. But lightning, nahh.

  • @Born2Legit
    @Born2Legit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +816

    That blood bending episode was really disturbing......I still love avatar the last airbender 😂😂

    • @Serra_Sarah
      @Serra_Sarah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      yea it was creepy as heck

    • @Sillyshianne123
      @Sillyshianne123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      For some reason, I fucking loved it

    • @KoahK
      @KoahK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      shianne lee which episode is it

    • @amalia1_
      @amalia1_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I liked it

    • @Born2Legit
      @Born2Legit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@amalia1_ I though it was weird but cool

  • @shiny2575
    @shiny2575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    7:28 "being a criminal against the law"
    Every sixty seconds in a Africa, a minute passes

    • @panthor109thabest7
      @panthor109thabest7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Being a crimminal is legal.
      Becoming one is not

    • @shiny2575
      @shiny2575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@panthor109thabest7 outstanding move

    • @burcopresents
      @burcopresents 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol I’m ded 😂😂😂

    • @dexterrr9163
      @dexterrr9163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@panthor109thabest7 You can speak the language of gods

    • @anormalandnon-suspiciousbo5290
      @anormalandnon-suspiciousbo5290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PANTHOR109 Tha best woah there pal, you’re speaking some next level moon runes there.

  • @teeth4344
    @teeth4344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    If I was a water bender I’d probably be the next aqua man

  • @dan_man3087
    @dan_man3087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    As for me, I think that all bending tecniques are in a constant loop with each other. Lava bending was used by avatar Roku even in first book of ATLA. And he was a fire bender at the beggining. Same with that guy from Korra, that was an earth bender. So, lava bending is kind of amalgamation of Fire and Earth bending simoltaneosly. Same goes for re-shaping the clouds: they're made frome vaporized water, water in gas state. So both Aang and Katara can "bending" the clouds. So every "non-main" bending is just combination of all other "main" bendings.
    Now, there is another thing. I noticed that every elemend is "assigned" with some characteristic: for water is to be smooth, adaptability, flexebility; for fire is destruction, risk, (un)control; for earth is stability, steadyness, will; and for air is unorthodoxness, focus, inner spirit. In other words, all elements lies in two categories - mental and physical activness.(Air with Water are mentaly active and Fire with Earth are mentaly passive, while Water and Fire physicaly active and Air with Earth are physicaly passive)
    When we talk about whater alone - yes, that is the most powerful bending. But why? Because of it's ADAPTABILITY AND FLEXEBILITY! Whater have the most uses in every state, in every given task. In liquid form it's a waterbending alright. In gas state water is close to the air bending. In solidified ice form water is close to earth bending. Water is kind of a bridge for almost all other elemens. Exept, maybe, the fire - water's opposite. But my theory, that blood bending is combination of water and fire bendings: water doing main job with managing body liquid, and fire making water magic much more dangerous.
    But when it comes to the Avatar cycle, my guess will be, that water bending is kind of the key to learning all other bendings, but in regards of "importance" all elements are equally needed. Water is the life itself, the biginning of everything, right? Water's "adaptability" is the main piece to learning all other elements. When Aang tried to learn fire bending from Jong Jong, fire came out of control. That's because Aang didn't have the inner will and steadiness from Earth bending, which even wasn't reachable for Aang's "airy" inner spirit without understanding water's "smoothness" and "Flexebility". In this case we see, that Earth bending is kind of opposite of Air bending and water is NEEDED to overcome this difficulty. The fire is last and hardest one for learning 'cause not of bending opposites, but inner character opposites and past bending learnings: water teaches adaptability, earth teaches stability and air teaches non-direct-violence. So when the time comes to tame, but still unleash inner beast - it's hard for Aang to do that on mental level, but not on bending level.
    So every Avatar probably faced the same difficulties in learning all bendings: the third one is his\hers bending opposites, while the last one is mental opposites for the avatar. Roku must had some troubles with water magic. It's flexebility was too opposite to more or less direct fire, but without air's focus and unorthodoxness it would be hard to learn water. While Earth was the hardest element to learn due to it's more passive and "grounded" approach in compare to other elements: fire's activity, whater's physical ability to change and air's mental flexebility. These three elements are all ACTIVE elements, but not earth. That's why Roku learned earth bending the last.
    Same goes for Kiyoshi - air's unorthodoxness is much harder to master than original earth steadyness. Withous fire's power control it's hard to learn. And water is the most hard to learn due to big difference between solid, hard, stedy earth and fluid, unpredictable, flexeble water.
    Maybe Kuruk was the same: the deadly, uncontrolable fire was too hard to learn in bending sence because without eath's steady ground for too unsteady water. And air is too "airy" mentally for already "grounded" person with way too strict elements of fire, earth and water.
    The last element to learn is like trying to destroy all erlier learned "preconceptions".
    For Airbending Avatar fire saying "Not every conflict can be dealt with adaptability, sometimes you need to fight or use force".
    For Firebending Avatar earth saying "No matter how much you or the world around you changes, sometimes you must to have a steady ground beneath you".
    For Earthbending Avatar water saying "Nothing is still forever, sometimes we need to compromise and change".
    And for Waterbending Avatar air saying "There is no dead ends. Until you have the inner will to do at least something - you're still have a chance".

    • @Your_Best_Self
      @Your_Best_Self 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thats beautiful. I agree with mostly of what you just said here Dan

    • @astradastarad1477
      @astradastarad1477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Omg that are amazing mind

    • @tommyscott9085
      @tommyscott9085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice comment

    • @Deliburd546
      @Deliburd546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice comment but that's a size of a hole essay

    • @HyperbolicMind
      @HyperbolicMind ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the best comment I ever read. Wow

  • @619Slipk
    @619Slipk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    As a weakness you forgot to mention that the terrain itself when being helpful (with a lot of water) can be bad for you if you're facing someone that can create lightning [Mako vs. Ming Hua]

    • @rwnflk8233
      @rwnflk8233 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ice

    • @GgGg-ye5ww
      @GgGg-ye5ww 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I think that’s only dangerous if the water is connected to the bender... also, ice counters that as well. I think.

    • @yangster9206
      @yangster9206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blood

    • @francescofantozzi7547
      @francescofantozzi7547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Distillate water, totaly not an electricity conductor, and they can crate it just by letting the impurity fall of

    • @foxeyfarendale5906
      @foxeyfarendale5906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      rip ming hua

  • @LillyPadPwnz
    @LillyPadPwnz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2244

    Who wins though; blood bending cardiac arrest, air bending respiratory failure, earth bending the 6% of minerals within the human body to either cause hypo or hyper levels within the blood, or fire bending making someone spontaneously combust from within???

    • @dragnels4299
      @dragnels4299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      not everyone can do blood bending it is still rare

    • @drimz2949
      @drimz2949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      @@dragnels4299 its because they tend not to learn it. The war is over before you knew it if every water bending learn bloodbending

    • @drimz2949
      @drimz2949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      80% of human is water, no creature can live without water even microorganism. Human can hold or live withput oxygen for a momen but imposible without water, water is conductor for brain signaling.
      I hope you know who will win

    • @LillyPadPwnz
      @LillyPadPwnz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      @@drimz2949 I think you underestimate the importance of oxygen within the human body. Also the fact the lungs only expanding and relaxing dependent upon the volume of air within the lungs and micro amount of fluid, meaning if someone creates a vacuum to deprive someone of oxygen, you can literally collapse both lungs. Which might I remind you, collapsed lungs are not equivalent to holding your breath. So even though my comment was for laughs, I still do not know who would win.

    • @drimz2949
      @drimz2949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@LillyPadPwnz once the oxygen enter bronciolus it will difuse through blood it mean your body still have oxygen.
      But you cant live without water

  • @i39darkblade
    @i39darkblade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This makes me feel proud since Water is my birth element

  • @seanpule266
    @seanpule266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I think they're all balanced, honestly.
    Earth is strength: a bending with impenetrable defense, yet an overwhelming but vulnerable offense.
    Water is versatility: a style of bending that is adaptable and versatile with no real weaknesses other than lack of accessibility on most human civilizations.
    Fire is power: a style of bending with an insurmountable offense, which makes up for the lack of defense.
    Air is free: a style of bending that is equally balanced on offense and defense due to its invisible nature and accessibility of the element itself.

    • @ibabul7865
      @ibabul7865 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, the "lack of accesibility" is not a problem, because the most powerful ones can take the water from the flowers, trees, sweat, clouds, haze, and even more. And there is still blood bending. So, they couldn't use (most of) their power if they are in desert (but even there, there is cactus), or in a empty building that wouldn't be too hot or cold (because waterbender can bend almost any types of liquid, so if there is books, they could maybe use the anchor to bend). Yeah boy, water is really powerful.

    • @seanpule266
      @seanpule266 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ibabul7865 Yeah that's still just proving my point all of that is a bit inferior to actual large bodies of water, you also can't just expect to see cactuses roamin' around in deserts because those aren't aplenty.
      Likewise, a true bender has plenty of appreciation for nature and to drain a source of life from the soil for the sole purpose of violence is against the cause.
      Blood-bending is aforementioned, but still not attainable:
      1. Almost nobody can do it, lol.
      2. Those who can wait for the full moon.
      3. The two people who could do it without a full moon are DEAD.
      *That being said, I already think that waterbending is by far the most overpowered bending skill, and there is nothing to prove to me.*
      And only an idiot water bender is walkin' around without a source of water on them for self-defense, so these are measures taken due to *lack of accessibility.*
      This is one of the biggest reasons that the water tribe essentially built defenses and is unable to go around invading other nations: they are significantly weaker outside of their home court.

  • @magicalsketches2799
    @magicalsketches2799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    Slice’s first avatar video! My prayers have been answered!

    • @liizzset
      @liizzset 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too.

  • @howtopasstime
    @howtopasstime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1575

    I feel like airbending has the potential to be the most OP. Almost everything is surrounded by air. Seems like airbenders can control air pressure and force. By that sense they can use air to morph any element really however they want. I assume they can control things like air density and lack of air too, which means ideally they can create vacuums, and even compress mass in order to affect spacetime. Of course, this with the assumption that a bender can possibly have a very high strength and force cap.

    • @azekia
      @azekia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      I was thinking of airbenders floating around like Zaheer or simply creating a mini tornado around the victim and then asphyxiate them. Or as we saw in Korra, an earthbender heats up dirt and turns it in lava; well and airbender technically could firebend the same way firebenders (firebenders use no fuel, just oxygen, meaning they bend heat)

    • @prussiangreen6940
      @prussiangreen6940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      They can probably suck out the air in the lungs too

    • @Mushroompancake
      @Mushroompancake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Airbending really does have the potential to be the most powerful. A key example is the non-canonical fan made bending technique of soundbending. It would be an airbending sub bending technique, where the user would vibrate the air in a certain area, creating sound waves. If I remember correctly, at around 200 Decibels, a human could be easily incapacited. 300 and I'm pretty sure you'd be dead. A lot of people don't seem to realize, Air is a pretty general term, typically refering to simply just Gas. in an episode of the legend of korra, I'm pretty sure in season three, airbenders are shown to be bending smoke, so we can kinda assume that airbenders can just bend gasses in general, not just oxygen. so maybe airbenders could couse you to burst by trapping the methane gas in your body? it would take a while though.

    • @Mushroompancake
      @Mushroompancake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@azekia Actually, an airbender likely couldn't firebend. the reason firebenders can bend lightning is also why they can bend fire. they don't bend heat, they bend plasma. Fire is plasma. lightning is also plasma.

    • @sabalabadze4114
      @sabalabadze4114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Mushroompancake yes but if airbenders can vibrate the air so much that it heats up, it'll basically be firebending, since they can also amplify it by adding more oxygen to it, they would be very powerful. In a sense they could also waterbend or 'liquidbend' if they increased the density of any gas to a certain point. Imagine getting attacked with liquid nitrogen which is so abundant in the air as a gas

  • @ibrokemyownheart4953
    @ibrokemyownheart4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I wish Amon was the main villain for 2 seasons.

    • @forksssss8483
      @forksssss8483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Samee

    • @Drewonkeyz
      @Drewonkeyz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i wish amon stuck around for season 3, maybe he could've joined the Avatar and taken the red lotus bending away

    • @rleor5694
      @rleor5694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A little bit different, to me the villain should be
      -kuvira
      -tonraq
      -amon
      --zaheer

    • @paulaulaulaul
      @paulaulaulaul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rleor5694 TONRAQ?

    • @rleor5694
      @rleor5694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulaulaulaul my bad i mean unalaq

  • @illumi9044
    @illumi9044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    You forgot that it was night when Korra fought Tarloq, which is why she couldn't destroy his water shield.
    But yeah, bloodbending in the day is OP

  • @jmbeats3308
    @jmbeats3308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4787

    Yes, Waterbending is pretty overpowered. You can control supposedly all facets of liquid including the water and acid in a persons body (blood bending). This is just an example, there are many more examples and tons of other things you could do by water-bending if you get really technical.

    • @ezzyb.7745
      @ezzyb.7745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Waterbending is so cool 😁

    • @softmochi2825
      @softmochi2825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +267

      this idea is a bit graphic when you think about t too deeply,however there is a possibility, if a waterbender is strong enough, they could not only drain the life from plants, but also drain the water within people or animals? i know that plants have a less complex makeup which would explain it as a more accessible resource, yet in desperate situation it may be a last resort.

    • @cybersearcher1041
      @cybersearcher1041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Omg they could drain the blood from your brain 😨

    • @CombatSportsNerd
      @CombatSportsNerd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @Mullerornis
      . . . . . it is?!

    • @fishyfishyfishy500akabs8
      @fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      And that’s called bloodbending and it’s op af, in certain conditions like full moons, imagine how easy blood transfusions would be, also it would be SO EASY to kill an ENTIRE ARMY with bloodbending alone

  • @twothlessmoose7841
    @twothlessmoose7841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8129

    You can counter Waterbending if you just open your mouth and drink all the water.
    Edit: Thank you guys for all the likes I've never been on top of a video's comment section yay

    • @monoxd.i-fly3280
      @monoxd.i-fly3280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +918

      Then when it gets to your mouth they convert it to spikes of ice.

    • @drgeentface8066
      @drgeentface8066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      @@monoxd.i-fly3280 r/wooooosh

    • @g.h7657
      @g.h7657 5 ปีที่แล้ว +485

      @@drgeentface8066 nigga he ain't wrong. It turns to ice and spikes ur mouth fucking open through you brain and throat and skull

    • @drgeentface8066
      @drgeentface8066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      buts it's a fucking joke

    • @machina5
      @machina5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      @@g.h7657 2nd r/whooooosh

  • @dmen89
    @dmen89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When it comes to healing, please note that in TLOK there is a sect of fire sages who heal using the power of fire. So healing not limited to waterbending, but a lot more freely available to waterbending than the other elemements.

    • @anemopixie5220
      @anemopixie5220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think it's just healing the energies. Not the physical body. But the negative energy insides korra's body.

    • @dmen89
      @dmen89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@anemopixie5220 the wiki mentions with the shaman that the techniques are similar but that only water has the power of promoting cell growth, but that both techniques use energy direction along chi-paths and such to help the body heal itself.

  • @thedreamer5049
    @thedreamer5049 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Personally air bending seems like the bending with the most potential. When you look at what Airbenders could do if it wasn't for them being pacifists
    Flight
    Air blades
    Vacuum creation
    Tornado creation and manipulation
    Storm creation
    Gas manipulation
    Oxygen manipulation
    Combustion
    Possible Hurricane creation
    And don't forget that with basic airbending, you could always just start chucking glass shards at people at high wind speeds. Air has a lot of simple but brutal things they could do, same for most bendings ngl

  • @theavatar9191
    @theavatar9191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    Woah there. You can't just look at Avatar Korra's waterbending feat from Book 4 and say any proficient waterbender could do the same... The greatest waterbending feats without The Avatar State, come from Avatar Roku and Avatar Korra. That's no coincidence. Avatars are more powerful benders.

    • @bradsw206
      @bradsw206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah, I agree. I thought it was kind of weird that he said any proficient waterbender could do what she did. Korra even though she uses water a little more sparingly compared to other elements is a pretty damn good waterbender in terms of raw power especially regardless of the Avatar status.

    • @TheJadedJames
      @TheJadedJames 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bradsw206 The only reason Korra defaults to fire is because she's the Avatar and doesn't need to carry a water jug. When there is some water around ... she'll use it.

    • @theavatar9191
      @theavatar9191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@frimi8593 Yeah plus he completely forgot about swampbending, which is also overpowered as hell

    • @theavatar9191
      @theavatar9191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@frimi8593 Well, she can mudbend, but Swampbenders can bend the water inside of vines. It was extremely deadly during the Day of Black Sun, and in the comics, Katara can bend the water inside of leaves to use them as projectiles. Waterbending is extremely versatile, which makes it the most deadly or "overpowered" element.

    • @theavatar9191
      @theavatar9191 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frimi8593 Bro I get that you love Earth and I agree that it's a deadly element, but we saw Swampbending fending off firebenders even before the eclipse started, and do pretty well against Aang and Katara.

  • @Hairrub
    @Hairrub 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Water is my favorite element because of how versatile it can be.

    • @namkha2944
      @namkha2944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True but if you could airbend you could block out someone's supply to oxygen

    • @Gaxriel
      @Gaxriel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      true but if you can waterbend you can literally froze someone's blood or take out the whole water from them

    • @ruxtiztziyxoxyxoyx7604
      @ruxtiztziyxoxyxoyx7604 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pfp checks out

    • @yoavjacoby8246
      @yoavjacoby8246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If we're playing dirty as if it's not a kid's show,
      an Airbender can explode someones lungs with pressure.

    • @yoavjacoby8246
      @yoavjacoby8246 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Axroy Roblox Look at how quickly Aang can make his air ball. It's less than half a second and he created so much pressure that he could stand on it. I imagine he could explode your lungs in a fraction of a second.

  • @pyroshock2789
    @pyroshock2789 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    If firebenders can manifest fire by just heating up the air and combusting it, shouldn't they also be able to transfer heat? As in being able to completely freeze a person both from the inside and outside by just pulling heat from them, by effect also being able to phase shift any element. And by this logic, if someone hypothetically had the ability to do this like the bloodbenders in TLOK, they could go toe to toe with a bloodbender by literally freezing their mind. IDK tho because maybe a waterbender could do the same thing

    • @burgurboiburgurboi4960
      @burgurboiburgurboi4960 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Water benders can only freeze the water but thats j by changing its state, fire benders can literally energy bend

  • @juliettek.9440
    @juliettek.9440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Water carries itself, I would imagine this principal would allow a competent water bender to turn a small bit of water into something larger. Not I’m possibly large of course but this could explain Korra being able to draw all that water for the mech.

  • @pokemontas8025
    @pokemontas8025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1239

    You left out a HUGE part; PLANTBENDING! What about all the swamp benders?

    • @lilpatatop2reallilpatatop241
      @lilpatatop2reallilpatatop241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      They bend the water inside of the plant thus making them a water bender

    • @burgerkiller4438
      @burgerkiller4438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      They are just powerful water benders

    • @123hattan
      @123hattan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@lilpatatop2reallilpatatop241 Same idea with bloodbending. You bend the water in the blood of a person.

    • @defaultmate
      @defaultmate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@123hattan
      Earthbending. Just bend the water in the earth.

    • @RickC--fn5om
      @RickC--fn5om 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lilpatatop2reallilpatatop241 ​ Ben's Knight-Commander Yea, hence why he commented saying they should be in the video.

  • @MGengarDude
    @MGengarDude 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1922

    One phrase.......
    *Blood blending*

    • @Bacontats
      @Bacontats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      TheBmans bunker one defense: air blast from the mouth.

    • @DaDonBay1
      @DaDonBay1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Bacontatsthat's if the bloodbender allowed your head to face their direction.

    • @Bacontats
      @Bacontats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      DaDonBay1 any direction creates a force vector away or closer to your bloodbending opponent.

    • @Saimeren
      @Saimeren 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Bacontats There are tons of benders who can bend without moving. Zuko can breathe fire, Mako was seen conjuring a lightning bolt without the whole dancing routine. Aang as used in this example. Ming-hua bends without moving which means she could easily take out a bloodbender. We even see Toph and Bumi bend without having to move. (Mind you, it was old Toph, but still.) Bumi was just a street rat with no training what so ever. If he can learn how to bend without having to move I'm sure it's more widespread than you would imagine.

    • @cherryspice1011
      @cherryspice1011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      TheBmans bunker Waterbenders could take over the world

  • @davidfernandes7109
    @davidfernandes7109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I always wondered if it is possible for a blood bender to turn someone's blood into ice, thus killing them instantly.

  • @ZombieChimpanzee
    @ZombieChimpanzee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    air is the only element that rivals water in volume of an element bent. Jinora and Opal made a tornado that held an army back. and opal maintained it by herself once it was going.

    • @incog38294
      @incog38294 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      any airbender can do that

  • @michaelbowman6684
    @michaelbowman6684 5 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Water: Bend the water in someone's body, near instantaneous death.
    Air: Bend a vacuum around someone, death by lack of oxygen.
    Earth: Bend the Iron in human blood, near instantaneous death.
    Fire: Lightning.

    • @AllTheGo0dNamesRGone
      @AllTheGo0dNamesRGone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      As a quote from Aang. "It is energy and life" so potentially a lot more than lighting

    • @dharun5407
      @dharun5407 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I don't think the iron in our blood can be bent.... cause metal benders simply use the earth (impurities) inside the metal to metalbend(that is why they can't bend platinum)....so earthbenders only bend earth because it is "earth".......and not individual elements (as in chemistry)!!

    • @halogen5580
      @halogen5580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Michael Bowman u forgot, fire can take away oxygen aswell so if a firebender surrounds u with fire long enough you’ll suffocate altho not as powerful as the others i guess

    • @The_oli4
      @The_oli4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fire also has combustion man and combustion bending.

    • @bhargavsingh9920
      @bhargavsingh9920 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Basicly U can melt someone with Fire Element Yeah If U reach Supernova heat..............😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

  • @benjaminpark1261
    @benjaminpark1261 5 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    Iroh learned how to redirect lightning by using water bending techniques.

    • @smithwill9006
      @smithwill9006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Really?

    • @beanboy9029
      @beanboy9029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@smithwill9006 watch the show and you will know

    • @smithwill9006
      @smithwill9006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@beanboy9029 It was an old show and I'm not going to watch the whole thing again just to get that one information

    • @vingvingduy1779
      @vingvingduy1779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah he said it in aang book 2

    • @livingashtree1942
      @livingashtree1942 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@smithwill9006 it's a damn good show, especially since im older now and understand it better. I just rewatched it not too long ago.

  • @ocomic9131
    @ocomic9131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    airbending is also really overpowered, seeing as they can literally blow on a man to defeat them or suffocate them

    • @warmice4136
      @warmice4136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      well yeah that is true but then again zaheer tried to suffocate someone and it didnt work. And the blows can be dodged

  • @DarrylPanji
    @DarrylPanji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Couldn't air benders just like control the oxygen from water (and fire) and basically control those two elements?

    • @doncanaca4458
      @doncanaca4458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Air and Oxygen are pretty different, While Oxygen is a big part of our Air, Air is a Mixture of Different gasses (Nitrogen, Argon and some others I think), so I don't think Airbending is the manipulation of O2 Molecules or O atoms, more like the manipulation of this mixture of gasses

    • @JMinuteman
      @JMinuteman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Couldn’t Earthbenders bend people’s bones and snap their necks in a second?

    • @JMinuteman
      @JMinuteman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@theraven.4 bones are made of calcium, in theory, calcium is a mineral that is bendable like a rock, plus, there is a canon theory of a boy that killed his bullies with bone bending but it was literally buried by the earth kingdom.

    • @ethanlaucht4535
      @ethanlaucht4535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Being able to do that is literally distorting molecular structure. Pretty much no one could be that precise. Bloodbending for example, uses the many water molecules inside a blood cell, so they don't have to be nearly as precise as taking atoms from a molecule. Sorry if this is lengthy but it is what it is.

    • @kalopsia5183
      @kalopsia5183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      me when im reaching

  • @darkerratum
    @darkerratum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1183

    I'll note a few points. Waterbending is not actually OP, but rather it's the most OP element that you can show. Here's why. Many of the other bending abilities can do pretty much whatever you said about waterbenders, maybe apart from phase shift. If you're a creative bender, you can:
    Airbending
    -suck out the air out of an area
    -suck out the air out of someone's lungs
    -control their bodies with the gases in it
    -poison them with carbon monoxide or argon
    -create bubbles in their blood or brain by concentrating the air in their cells
    -manipulate local weather
    -slice anything with sonic winds
    Earthbending
    -pull out minerals/iron from blood
    -sink your enemies to the earth
    -seal body parts with rocks
    -Push earth into someone's mouth
    -smash someone into a paste
    Firebending
    -manipulate temperatures
    -manipulate lightning, and by extension, everything electrical
    -burn out the oxygen around someone
    As you can see, these are all lethal. Their only difference is you can't show an avatar brutally collapsing someone's lung - or anyone for that matter. They had to make airbenders pacifists as well, otherwise they can just do whatever. While I agree to an extent that waterbenders are great, the show just lacked proper imagination of dispatching enemies. Watch something like Heroes, X-Men or anything with adult elemental powers and you'll see the full extent of what elemental powers can do. They had to nerf many of the other elements for visual effect, otherwise Earthbenders will be smashing people flat on a regular basis.

    • @thiccosaurus4033
      @thiccosaurus4033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      yeah you definitely couldn't show the potential of the other elements on nickelodeon, makes me wonder what this show would have looked like on adult swim

    • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
      @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      You could also impale someone with earth or have them be swallowed up by the ground

    • @momonde8707
      @momonde8707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Water bending is not op but it's very flexible. Water can be liquid, solid and gas. It's the only bending that has access to three states of matter. This is where the concept of changing comes with water bending (mentioned in Korra). Adding their concept of practice and discipline, this makes water benders pretty much able to show off during battles

    • @Ravael123X
      @Ravael123X 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts

    • @jellaihernandez2979
      @jellaihernandez2979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      The earth benders can even make their very own volcano or control lava like water benders do.

  • @MastaChafa
    @MastaChafa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +971

    If some company were to create a MMORPG in the Avatar universe, I bet they would have to make weekly patches nerfing waterbending.

    • @recentteen14
      @recentteen14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Patch 1.45.72 - For the love of god Waterbenders, STOP BREAKING THE GAME. Nerfed Waterbending as a whole, removed Blood Bending (AGAIN), buffed Lightning cast time, added Air Cars (Apparantly the scooters aren't fast enough so screw it), replaced 3/4ths of the Ocean with Wastelands and Deserts. Maybe now you'll call this game balanced.

    • @uchihabean9689
      @uchihabean9689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I'd love that game lol

    • @wafflingmyboy1053
      @wafflingmyboy1053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah lol

    • @notusingmyname4791
      @notusingmyname4791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      nah, just make it slower than the other bendings... sure it's stronger than anything else but if you make it slower, there's your balance.

    • @johnkevin7992
      @johnkevin7992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Spellbreak, mate. Comes pretty close to elemental combat as far as avatar is concerned.

  • @johndh2485
    @johndh2485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    they also have the gas state and bend the water in the plants, so yeah they are pretty powerful, and for me it was so funny that the first two seasons of Kora her biggest opponents were water benders, so yeah it was a nice touch of how powerful they are

  • @zbvirus2420
    @zbvirus2420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    SliceofOtaku
    : The abilities of water seem to be as vast as the sea, easily making it the most versatile element.
    Air benders: ... yo brah have you ever heard of air?

    • @zbvirus2420
      @zbvirus2420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Honestly its a really close competition between air and water tbh tho...

    • @1brytastic
      @1brytastic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ZB Virus24 fire is good but imo doesn’t have as much versatility as water and air

    • @MeargleSchmeargle
      @MeargleSchmeargle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Earth: What's an ocean to a planet?

    • @matthewrobinson6091
      @matthewrobinson6091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You know water is one of the most common molecules in the universe right.

  • @franz6648
    @franz6648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +639

    I just want to bend water for the purpose of not bringing an umbrella ever again.

    • @onewa712
      @onewa712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I wanna water bend to wash my cats without getting slashed by their paws xD

    • @dimastrength.studio
      @dimastrength.studio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I want to waterbend so I can surf a tsunami.

    • @Wortigon2000
      @Wortigon2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Umbrellas are not lame since kingsman though. Bringing one shouldn't be such a big issue.

    • @cassiohenrique6815
      @cassiohenrique6815 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is me EVERY rainy day.

    • @FWU100
      @FWU100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Wortigon2000 Is not about being lame, is about being a burden.

  • @oingoboingo3947
    @oingoboingo3947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +678

    It’s kind of unfair to say waterbending is overpowered since the other elements haven’t been explored in the manner water has, or even air.

    • @bucktoothbill5334
      @bucktoothbill5334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Remember when Aang used a powerful enough air blast to break a rock pillar.

    • @RichardGrayson14
      @RichardGrayson14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bucktoothbill5334 right?

    • @gentlemanmadness607
      @gentlemanmadness607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Or how about the fact that toph has mastered not 1 but 3 other forms of Earth bending. Sand bending, metal bending, and (get this) MUD bending.... Witch is part water.....

    • @aisforanimate4703
      @aisforanimate4703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@gentlemanmadness607 Wait, isn't there calcium in bones? And calcium is a mineral that could be bended...

    • @writerchick94
      @writerchick94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@aisforanimate4703 yeah theoretically earthbenders should be able to bend both blood (iron) and bone (calcium and other naturally occurring elements). Earthbenders should also be able to cause earthquakes and volcano's anywhere as well. Really the potential is limitless for all of the elements, they just havent explored them enough

  • @Fabs77Z
    @Fabs77Z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Uncle Iroh learned how to control a lightning attack from somewone else, by watching waterbenders, so Waterbenders could also be inmune from this kind of attacks.

    • @illumi9044
      @illumi9044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Irohs technique relies on the bender preforming it also being a firebender. A waterbender couldnt manipulate the lightning, they would just get hit by it

    • @Ninetailsusedyi
      @Ninetailsusedyi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@illumi9044 Just remove all the ions from the water and boom, immune to lighting

    • @illumi9044
      @illumi9044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Ninetailsusedyi Waterbenders cant manipulate water on the molecular level as far as I know

    • @knowcomment4525
      @knowcomment4525 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @K P Ice doesn't conduct electricity, so there you go.

  • @dannyblanco8544
    @dannyblanco8544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I look like a water bender the most so I’ll gladly be a water bender 😄

  • @nyctoyamimente7511
    @nyctoyamimente7511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    I want you to cover all types of bending and sub bending

    • @briankim2555
      @briankim2555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Like metal bending?

    • @SunsetTwist
      @SunsetTwist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@briankim2555 and thunder... bending?

    • @luisrogelio98
      @luisrogelio98 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@SunsetTwist and SOUND bending !! , that never appears in the series but the creators said it is possible as an Air bending sub bending

    • @briankim2555
      @briankim2555 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SunsetTwist yes

    • @aerieleah533
      @aerieleah533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@luisrogelio98 I could actually imagine that being a really neat trick for an evil character to have. Be all clandestine and make people think they're hearing things.
      Not to mention the Ember Island Players version had Toph basically sound bending.

  • @jarzenojarrett8541
    @jarzenojarrett8541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +655

    If air benders can control oxygen, they should be able to blood bend. Blood contains oxygen. Fire benders could strip the heat from a persons body or uses a form of lightning bending to control the nerves system of a person.

    • @Vulcano7965
      @Vulcano7965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Jar'zeno Jarrett Oh that would be a sick ability of fire benders: controlling radiation.
      Heat being relative “easy“ to master and light only for a few.

    • @Kikkerv11
      @Kikkerv11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      About 60% of your body is water. Of course it's easier for waterbenders to control body movements than for others.

    • @w4114w
      @w4114w 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      If there is no oxygen, there is no water. For air is part water H2O. I’m sure if air-benders could control air like that than they would control everything and one coz the body and earth is about 50- 70% water. Damn just imagine what they could have done. Good thing they are peaceful people

    • @Vulcano7965
      @Vulcano7965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      John Tui They could also control the earth since rocks are mainly oxygen aswell.

    • @Kikkerv11
      @Kikkerv11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@w4114w The oxygen atom in H2O isn't a gas. Air benders can only control gasses as air is just a mixture of gasses. They can control oxygen (O2), they can't control water, however, they should be able to control water damp.

  • @AtrumNoxProductions
    @AtrumNoxProductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am so glad you're back!

  • @konstus
    @konstus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    to be fair, water is the most OP, but earth is the coolest and you CAN'T CHANGE MY MIND

    • @bort3624
      @bort3624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Heres my list.
      1. Earth bending
      2. Air bending
      3. Water bending
      4. Fire bending

    • @Url1a1
      @Url1a1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Nah. Water is the coolest.

    • @konstus
      @konstus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Url1a1 nah you wrong

    • @Url1a1
      @Url1a1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@konstus nah I dont

    • @konstus
      @konstus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Url1a1 yeah you are

  • @beloslavachilingirova2921
    @beloslavachilingirova2921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +768

    Earthbenders would probably be able to bend bones, since bone is like 70% minerals (hydroxyapatite - it even has a rocky name)

    • @supremesimper804
      @supremesimper804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      U a genious

    • @yigithank1
      @yigithank1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      They are already bending a metal and lava I think earthbenders are the most overpowered one

    • @alexsmith1207
      @alexsmith1207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@yigithank1 my brother thinks the same.

    • @yigithank1
      @yigithank1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @Chanel Oberlin I don't understand also waterbenders can take water from air but bloodvending is hard only strong waterbenders can bend blood. Human body's %70 is water how can only strong waterbenders bend blood

    • @SuperSpells
      @SuperSpells 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      If you remember, most earth benders have to be in physical contact with the medium they're attempting to bend. And the only reason that Toph was able to develop metal bending was due to her seismic sense and being knowledgeable about how the metal was made and actually able to see the minerals themselves. So being able to bend bones in a person would require a very acute seismic sense at the very least, and being able to see or sense the minerals in the bones.

  • @cjlewis9228
    @cjlewis9228 5 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    Bloodbending really highlights how op waterbending is. The end of ATLA Book 1 was meant to showcase the supposed “balance” between waterbending and firebending, but the later Books and LoK only made waterbenders stronger.

    • @FosterF.
      @FosterF. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @I But there is watervapor in the air that master waterbenders can access.

    • @riripari2042
      @riripari2042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I think the elements are all pretty equally powered. Some people would just think water bending is the most powerful because of that scary blood bending and its probable connection to cutting off someone's bending. All the elements are dangerous and could be used to perform powerful feats. Air bending has been used to kill by taking all the air from a person's body and you can fly with it. Fire is pretty obvious since you could use it to roast someone like a chicken and is connected to lighting which can also pretty easily kill someone. Earth has metal bending which turns you to a glorified Magneto, sand bending which is like being Gaara from Naruto, mud bending, you can sense people's movements if their feet are touching the ground, and if your really special then you can even control lava which is pretty darn amazing. Respect really goes out to Toph's people sensing since it gives a form of "sight" to a blind person. You can't do that with the other elements. If someone who bends other elements is blind then that's just it for them.

    • @Edax_Royeaux
      @Edax_Royeaux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What exactly can a waterbender do against a firebender's lightning?

    • @lordwind9745
      @lordwind9745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Edax they can make a dome of water which makes them basically immune to lightning, if they wrap water around their hand they electrocute themselves.

    • @rememberarko6793
      @rememberarko6793 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lordwind9745 the electricity does not always start on their hand it can be in the air but even the if they make a dome to protect themselves the firebender can lava bend (if they know how) and cover the dome with it when that happens they can keep them in their with no oxegn or break it with lighting and hurt or kill them

  • @dias147
    @dias147 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    favorite channel hands down

  • @user-nk8wr7uq5v
    @user-nk8wr7uq5v 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    every time he says i love you at the end just makes my heart melt and make me happy..

  • @GXrevolution96
    @GXrevolution96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    I completely disagree with your point on Korra’s wave. No, not “any water bender” can pull that off. Korra could do it because she is a very powerful water bender and arguably the best in either show. Average water benders have shown to struggle with a lot less. Further, we’ve seen benders from other elements pull of powerful feats like this one with their own elements. Bumi bent Ozai’s statue and was chucking houses around like they beach balls. Aang air bent an entire stream of lava away in the “fortuneteller” episodes in what was an incredibly powerful display of air bending. Toph earth bent an entire library and kept it from falling

    • @yalkn2073
      @yalkn2073 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      cough Mary Sue cough

    • @yalkn2073
      @yalkn2073 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frimi8593 Dynamo7

    • @TelsMaviston
      @TelsMaviston 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@frimi8593 I agree, and disagree. I think that Earth benders are, defensively, the strongest benders, and they pack one hell of a good offensive defense. But I think Waterbenders have far more versatility and flexibility. What makes an Earth Bender stronger is their rigidity; they don't bend or break, but it's also their weakness. Waterbenders are known for being adaptable, and using their enemies own power against them. A Waterbenders can match an Earbender for brute Force, using ice, but they can also go around that force with liquid, or gas. Create an incredibly thick cloud of mist then immediately condense it on the target. Or turn it into razor sharp icicles and make them a pin cushion. Or make the most so dense they drown as they breathe.
      Water is just too versatile of an element that is always has an answer for any other matchup.

    • @TheJadedJames
      @TheJadedJames 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I think some people forget that these skills are hard to learn. Even in Korra's time, plenty of capable earthbenders couldn't bend metal. Zuko couldn't learn lightning and I am sure even less people know combustion. In the for most of the first season of ATLA, Katara was pathetic at waterbending to the point where it was a source of comedy.

    • @lucasrobin2788
      @lucasrobin2788 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@frimi8593 Few comments on your ideas.
      1. You're correct. Seismic sense appears to be able to be learned by any bender, just like bloodbending - rare, but only because people don't know about it. This means that Earthbenders and Waterbenders could both equally perform Tarlock's simultaneous attack and defence, with Earth probably winning due to being heavier and stronger than water. However, you need to be an incredibly specialised earthbender to learn seismic sense - we have only ever seen an Avatar, a blind person who uses it to see, or the daughters of said blind person use it. While Lin and Suyin both show that is is possible for non-Avatar and non-blind earthbenders to use it, the skillcap required is much, much higher than a waterbender's skillcap for simply raising a water barrier in front of themselves. In summary: Majority of waterbenders v majority of earthbenders, both attempting simultaneous offence and defence - waterbender wins. Top-tier Waterbender v top tier Earthbender - Earthbender wins.
      2. The water canister v metal canister thing - in terms of element availability, Earth and Water are matched.. There are two, possible environments that are without water - a fully earth environment (desert / rock) or a fully metal environment (battleship, tall building, oil rig). Both of these environments contain an abundance of earth and sand / brick and metal, so both would far favour an Earthbender. But equally, for Waterbenders, there is the ocean, lakes and seas- an environment that fully favours a waterbender. Even with the invention of boats, all a waterbender would need to do is surf over to it, punch a hole it it with ice, and then move back and wait for the boat to sink. Waterbenders could (as seen with Ghazan's prison) construct a permanent settlement on water with absolutely no metal or earth nearby, and live there indefinitely, surviving only off fish and aquatic plants, and purifying the water by burning wood or bending out the salt. The same cannot be said for an all earth environment - human beings need to drink, so no matter what happens, there will always be water present in some form - this means waterbenders will have some sort of weapon available. And even in that environment, a Waterbender can bloodbend, as we saw when Hama learned the technique in an all metal prison. Placing both elements in as favourable an environment as possible - Water wins.
      3. Bloodbending. First off - Psychic bloodbending does not necessarily imply psychic bending in general (apart from the Avatar). Only Yakone and Amon had this ability - it appears to be tied to Yakone's genetics, meaning that no psychic firebender or airbender is going to pop up any time soon. Secondly, only waterbenders and avatars (who are also waterbenders) have the ability to resist bloodbending in any capable capacity. Mako did do it, but the only thing he could to was sort of bend lightning in one direction - it was Amon releasing his grip that let him escape. If Amon had simply bloodbend Mako's arms to his sides, Mako would have been powerless. Compare this to Korra, who could move freely but with difficulty when she airbending kicked Amon, Aang, who became completely immune while in the Avatar state, and Katara, who was 100% immune to the technique BEFORE she bloodbent for the first time. Unless you are an Avatar, another Waterbender, or you are a lightning bender that gets extremely lucky, bloodbending is not defendable in any way. Water wins.
      To add, all waterbenders, even Swampbenders that don't live near ice, can phase-change water. This is an ability that Earthbenders cannot parallel unless they are a lavabender - once again like Yakone's psychic bloodbending, shown to be a skill inherent to specific individuals. Even the, Earthbenders can only change between solid and liquid, not gas - wheras waterbenders can do all three. Of course, lava is more destructive than water or ice - but a waterbender could easily fight a lavabender just by bending water at the lava and freezing it. Additionally, lavabending offers no non-lethal options, compared to waterbending - can't use it if you're in a non-lethal duel or if you're attempting to apprehend but not kill. Much like my first point - majority of waterbenders v majority of earthbenders - water wins. Top tier v top tier - a tie.
      (also, with the mech fight and the vast quantity of water used then - Korra is the avatar. Her non-avatar state bending is still superior to the vast majority of regular benders, and she may have even flashed her Avatar State eyes off camera before she used the move)

  • @Kaurdi
    @Kaurdi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +476

    Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hama taught Katara how to bend water
    out of thin air and Katara still uses those stupid water bottles to fight instead

    • @isaiahnichols3125
      @isaiahnichols3125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      There’s not much water in the air and it depends on climate and some days are more humid than others

    • @jlouisj7502
      @jlouisj7502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@isaiahnichols3125 Water is everywhere in the air

    • @rasun1798
      @rasun1798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      jlouis j actually no, just like when Hama was in her cell she couldn’t bend water out of thin air because they kept the benders where it did not meet the requirements. This also goes to the original comment as to why she has to use those stupid water bottles because you can’t draw water from any air.

    • @jlouisj7502
      @jlouisj7502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rasun1798 okay but air has water vaper in it please look it up

    • @con__
      @con__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@jlouisj7502 it has but air in water wouldn't be enough other climates are dry.

  • @ihuboo6244
    @ihuboo6244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome video, awesome attitude, awesome ending

  • @staceycoleman3507
    @staceycoleman3507 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am loving these vids just subscribed lol

  • @gamaman401
    @gamaman401 4 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    airbending is the most lethal in my opinion but the monks didn’t want to use it for violence. zaheer created a vacuum around the earth queens face and suffocated her to death. dont you think airbenders could have demolished the fire nation inspite of the comets if they were not pacifists

    • @ofthecaribbean
      @ofthecaribbean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      They were the first nation to fly too. If they wanted to, they could've subjugated the entire world. If anywhere rebelled it would only take a few days to send an army

    • @rmkyt7022
      @rmkyt7022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Airbending is not the most lethal, I think it's firebending, it took zaheer almost an entire minute to kill the earth queen , and it took too long for Zaheer to kill Korra with it, but lightning can kill in an instant, and fire itself is deadly, but yes air is lethal but not quick enough like fire or lightning

    • @sootierpluto
      @sootierpluto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree with you GamaMan, to an extent. Most people don't realize an Airbender can out you in a ball of air and manipulate the air pressure inside to their liking and kill you.

    • @adanahmed2917
      @adanahmed2917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RMK YT but Zaheer wasn’t really skilled tho, at least compared to airbenders like aang and the ones that got wiped out. Imagine if instead of zahir, it was a bunch of skilled monks. I think they could do some damage

    • @3nnik
      @3nnik 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rmkyt7022 WAIT I HAVENT WATCHED THE LOK DOES SHE REALLY DIE IN THE SHOW??? AAAAAAA
      btw i dont mind spoilers lmao its fine. i mostly spoil myself because i hate plot twists lmao. but does she really die???? D: lol

  • @alexshih3747
    @alexshih3747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    Tbh I feel like water is only OP because more of the writers' creativity went toward developing it compared to the other elements. A strong enough airbender or avatar could conjure up storms just by moving enough air around and changing the air pressure and temperature. They could also crush your lungs by just compressing all the air inside. Now that I think about it, it may even be possible for them to manipulate you like with bloodbending because oxygen is such a common element in the body. A strong enough earthbender could probably manipulate all the minerals in your body that come from the earth.

    • @gunchar06
      @gunchar06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Well more important is that they straight up gave waterbenders with low amounts of water thick plot armor.

    • @XavierZara
      @XavierZara 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Oxygen in the blood is not in a gaseous state, so air bloodbending isn't possible

    • @nicoruppert4207
      @nicoruppert4207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The oxygen in the blood is bound, so it's a bit controversial to say they could bend the entire human body. And considering oxygen is found in our body only in minimal concentration does not help

    • @SparkPrincess
      @SparkPrincess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@XavierZara We don't know that for sure. Fire can go to other form of plasma. Earth to metal. Water to ice. Metalbending used to be thought as impossible. Bloodbending was too. Maybe Hemoglobin-bending is just a super hard and forbidden form that disappeared along with the air nomads? .....also, hope it would be call something more appealing if it did exist.... lol.

    • @knowcomment4525
      @knowcomment4525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You've got it backwards mate. They actually nerfed waterbending a great deal as well as under-utilizing/developing/explaining it's more intrinsic mechanics and limits compared to other elements for the sake of balance. There's multiple aspects and elements that point to this.
      First of, out of all elements, water benders struggle the most with how much water is available, or the very least, where and how Water can be drawn from. This is pretty ridiculous or questionable for the following reasons. Water is present just about everywhere. Maybe not as much as Earth and Air, but still not quite as scarce and hard to come by or tucked/hidden away as the series would make you believe. There's Water in just about any soil, plant and organism in nature, and in modern city settings like Republic city, the drainage, sewers or just plain'ol regular Water pipes are so abudant that you would rarely require to carry Water on your person, if at all!(I still would for the sake of defense, but you get the point) That's not even taking into account the huge amount of water vapor present in most conditions, safe arid/desert like climates.
      Now you're probably thinking; "but all those examples are not pure water and hardly anyone seems to make use of them." That only strenghtens my point though. The thing is, we don't really know how difficult it is to draw/control water from organisms or the atmosphere, we do know however,
      thanks to Hama, that it is very much possible. Now imagine the following; Earth benders had to induvidually study and practise each and every composition of earth, soil or mineral before they could control it. Air benders could only bend if there was any noticable air currents/wind present (which would explain why the prefer high mountain tops oddly enough aside from isolation), and fire benders would need at the very least to create a spark to accomplish any fire bending. Not as useful as they were before, ain't it? Yet that's sort of the card most Water benders seem to be dealt in the series.
      Furthermore, waterbenders have quite honestly the largest pool of options and useful techniques than any other bender period. While quite a few of these were adressed in this video, there's so many instances in the series of Water benders underperforming and losing in situations, they really shouldn't have. There are also quite a lot of potent applications of bending that have been brought up once and never again, or some which are briefly touched but not fully realised.
      Say I was a waterbender and was really capable, but didn't have access to the most obv op ability, this is what I would do to differentiate myself from my fellow underachievers. First of ofc, make sure to make use of all water present, no matter how invisible or sealed away it might seem. Next, be apparently the first bender to make proper use of the seemingly obv 3rd component of the 3 states of matter equation that makes water bending so useful, in the first place, WATER VAPOR! It's outright criminal that the creators couldn't think of a single offensive bending technique involving Steam, like are you kidding me? Does anybody remember what kind of force said gas can accomlpish in steam engines? Heck, Isacc the ICE ALCHEMIST is a more terrifying yet effective Waterbender in this regard, just watch the first episode of Full metal Alchemist Brotherhood to know what I mean.
      On the topic of gas, let me continue with mentionning something I have wondered ever since the first book. Considering Katara at one point could create mist and shifted clouds, how come there was never any effort to concentrate their efforts on controlling the weather? At the very least one could make thunderclouds with significant time and effort, like imagine multiple benders brewing up a storm and raining hail and proper lightning on their foes! Yes, I said it. Lightning should (and most likekly was at one point) a water ability, not fire.
      But even if that wasn't possible for whatever reason, there's still plenty of broken options, you could make use of. If I had enough water available, my preffered strat would be creating a dense mist, while I used thermovision, followed by covering the ground/surface with slippery ice, which would make all those fancy acrobatics and dodges you see from most benders on defense pretty much obsolete. Even if you had a solid rock hard defense, if you're constantly surrounded by your Enemies element, while having next to no idea where he/I was at at any moment and also being heavily compromised in your movement options, what could you possibly do?
      Finally something less theoretical but confirmed, the aspect of bending Energy, to shut off bending in other people is confirmed to be a more advanced version of Water bending/healing. The general concept behind healing is clearing/restoring the flow of energy between the chakra in the body. So this is just the inverse of this technique. That is why Amon was capable of this and why Unalaq is one of the only people to ensnare Spirits.
      The reason this wasn't clearly spelt out, is that the creators felt that this made water look like the most powerful/advanced, which it still is, despite all the nerfs/restrictions they tried to put on it.

  • @mleeper45
    @mleeper45 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Waterbenders have drip!!! That line alone got my subscription.

  • @mastermoonlightvariety
    @mastermoonlightvariety ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeaahhh! Waterbenders! I keep getting that on the quizzes lol

  • @tape2518
    @tape2518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    aside from waterbending being totally broken, airbenders could potentially force pure oxygen into someone's lungs and kill them instantly

    • @minecrafminecraft3824
      @minecrafminecraft3824 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tape the can control the oxygen in the blood and then make then fly lol

    • @maizex5576
      @maizex5576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bro technically airbenders could blood bend too🗿💀

    • @con__
      @con__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But oxygen isn't air

    • @maizex5576
      @maizex5576 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      jconjello ye it is, it's a form of air they can control it's been said in avatar

    • @asyltasmusin7503
      @asyltasmusin7503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah yes, a story of the gay priest and pure oxygen

  • @riripari2042
    @riripari2042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I think the elements are all pretty equally powered. Some people would just think water bending is the most powerful because of that scary blood bending and its probable connection to cutting off someone's bending. All the elements are dangerous and could be used to perform powerful feats. Air bending has been used to kill by taking all the air from a person's body and you can fly with it. Fire is pretty obvious since you could use it to roast someone like a chicken and is connected to lighting which can also pretty easily kill someone. Earth has metal bending which turns you to a glorified Magneto, sand bending which is like being Gaara from Naruto, mud bending, you can sense people's movements if their feet are touching the ground, and if your really special then you can even control lava which is pretty darn amazing.

    • @BhlackBishop
      @BhlackBishop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol same, like why is this a thing. All the elements are pretty much OP when used by a master. Zaheer, Hama, Toph and Azula all make their elements look ridiculously OP.

    • @vez3390
      @vez3390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tho our blood has an element of iron so earth benders can blood bend too... earth benders doesnt seem to understand what theyre power is coz earth itself is earth and has core in it and a molten lava below us cause of the hot core in our planet earth benders are surrounded with its own power and if they can control the core they probably can control the gravity of a place or anything they want I KNOW IM AN ADDICT HAHAAHHAAH

    • @vez3390
      @vez3390 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      But it only works if the earth bender is a god it'll tire them up if they use the core cuz its far below us and the world of avatar is that when they use powerful feats they'll tired and sleepy thats why i dont like the world of avatar but i love the story of ang NOT THE MOST IDIOT AND USELESS AVATAR "KORRA"

    • @staggeringbeauty9635
      @staggeringbeauty9635 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Riri Pari but the scary thing is even though you are a realy powerfull waterbender that doesnt mean you can bloodbend,
      But even a 7 year old airbender can do the zaheer thing even though they arnt powerfull

    • @extraterrestrialhorse9722
      @extraterrestrialhorse9722 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zaheer is so grossly overrated. He was cool, but he wasn't on Tenzin's level or anywhere close to Aang. Flight only works for running away.

  • @jianinglin9410
    @jianinglin9410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    But doesn't waterbending have a major weakness? Like for example, when Ming Hua was fighting Mako, she was clearly winning but then Mako strikes the water with lighting, electrocuting her and killing her.

    • @shahdalali7999
      @shahdalali7999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But not many people know how to bend lightning. Plus there is a huge chance that the firebender is covered in water, so the lightning could kill him as well

    • @jianinglin9410
      @jianinglin9410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@shahdalali7999 true, but if you remember in Korra lightning bending becomes much much more common, it's even used in engineering jobs, and whatnot. The only reason lightning wasn't common before was that it was contained within the royal family, but in Korra the practice becomes more widely spread out for anyone who wants to learn. Also, in battle, all the fire bender would have to do was get away for one second (fire blast or something lol) and then bam, the waterbender is electrocuted.

    • @shahdalali7999
      @shahdalali7999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jianing Lin interesting

    • @Gorritz89
      @Gorritz89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ming Hua died because she used water as her arms. The water was connected to her body and thus the electricity conducted accordingly. A similar technique used against, say, Katara (assuming her octopus form from the crystal catacombs battle) would just electrify the water so that when she blasts it back at you, you’ll get bludgeoned by the water pressure *and* electrocuted at the same time.

    • @EmmanuelTheodore
      @EmmanuelTheodore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Jianing Lin a water bender could just change state to ice. Or gas and direct it to the lightning bender. As long as the bender is not touching the water they’ll be fine and can even redirect it

  • @claudealpha2090
    @claudealpha2090 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a water main in any setting that involves elements, I love that this is the case