Every Bending Ability In Avatar

[Music] every bending ability in avatar bending is the ability to manipulate an element and is significant to many aspects of life in the world there are five known bending arts four of them bend a specific physical element while the fifth bends the energy within the human body itself the only case of any one person being able to bend multiple elements is the avatar who has the ability to practice all five bending arts welcome to the amagi in today's video we're going over every bending ability in avatar before we begin we publish a new video every day so be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos i just posted a new video on my vlog channel and i'd really appreciate it if you guys would check it out in the video we held an extreme turkey eating contest for thanksgiving and gave away a whole bunch of prizes it was a fun video to film and i really hope you guys enjoy it i'll link to it on the screen now in the description and in a pinned comment so if you guys want to check it out you shouldn't have any trouble finding it and with that out of the way let's get back to the video yeah every bending ability in avatar air scooter ice bullets mud bending fire with bear blast and earth levitation no i'm just messing with you but hey if this video gets enough views and if you guys tell the amagi to pay me a lot of money i just might go through with it but for now let's do this documentary style every bending ability in avatar air bending airbending is the bending art used by the air nomads the flying bison were the original airbenders it concentrates on speed and evasion foregoing a strong offense for a greater defense although apparently lacking fatal finishing moves it is the most dynamic of all the bending arts as the element of freedom airbenders use their capability to bend unencumbered by the ground or any other environmental factors and use their own momentum as a weapon evading attacks with astounding agility to tire their opponents out or building up massive inertia for explosive gusts of wind to make their counter-attacks finishing moves when resorting to physical confrontation airbenders are able to harness the immense intangible power of wind airbenders can use a flight technique by operating a glider and using the air to provide thrust and lift airbending's opposite is earth bending and the confrontational style that serves as its foundation during the era of rava the power of air was temporarily bestowed on the inhabitants who lived on a giant lion turtle while they left the village to stock up on food after permanently leaving the care of the lion turtle the former inhabitants eventually learned airbending from the flying bison a sacred creature in the air nomad culture the bison typically used their massive beaver-like tail to create gusts of wind and as the name suggests can fly without any visible means of propulsion it's also said that the airbenders borrowed the arrow mark from the flying bison for the design of their traditional tattoos these markings symbolize one's mastery of the airbending art and are given to a practitioner once their training is complete unlike other nations all air nomads were born as airbenders due to the culture's strong ties to spirituality airball an airbender can create a compressed ball of air by moving their hands together in a circular motion this technique has many applications such as levitating small objects or trapping opponents ikki demonstrated this technique while playing with flying bison calves giving them something to chase air balls can also be used in a more offensive manner propelled forward similarly to a cannonball they can knock an opponent backward and off balance air blast a more offensive maneuver involving a direct pulse or jet of compressed air shot from the hands feet or mouth the force of this attack is generated more from the bender's own power rather than assisted by momentum the blast can reach further distances with greater accuracy and is used to inflict greater damage aang once used this technique to completely shatter one of the fire navy's projectile rocks in mid-air with a single powerful kick he was also able to use two air blasts at once to defend against combustion man's unique fire bending ability the blasts can also be maintained for prolonged periods in order to push objects back the airbenders of the new air nation demonstrated this by simultaneously attacking kuvira's enormous mecha suit air bomb a technique that creates a powerful outward moving air current in all directions around the bender usually performed after landing on the ground from above this airbending form has great concussive force and the capacity to completely blow away anything within its radius air cushion airbenders can make a cushion out of air to break anyone's fall including their own tenzin used this to cushion his own fall after an equalist mecha tank knocked him roughly against the side of a building opel made use of this technique to secure the safe landing of three thieves who were flung out of their car by kai's attack during their patrol air funnel similar to an air vortex but on a smaller scale aang inventively used this technique as a cannon by creating a small air funnel through which small coal projectiles could be loaded and fired out of the opposite end air manipulation by using circular evasive movements airbenders build up a large amount of energy and momentum which is released through powerful moves it also allows for wind-based counter attacks that knock opponents off balance mimicking the sudden directional shifts of air currents attacks vary from simple gusts of wind to miniature tornadoes and cyclones maintaining the circular theme even a simple movement can create an air gust and airbenders increase the power of their moves by performing larger sweeps and spins using the momentum of their movement to produce larger gusts this is also demonstrated with their use of a staff or fans to increase or create precision within the air currents similarly airbenders can also augment the momentum of thrown objects air punch or kick another more offensive move than is typical of airbending discipline air punches or air kicks are small compressed formations of air that can be fired off from the fists or feet of an airbender this is similar to many fire bending abilities and the air blast in the sense that it involves the firing of compressed or solidified air at an enemy in a disjunct fashion in other words the bender does not create a single great stream of air this move was seen when eng produced several air punches in rapid succession toward a practice firelord dummy avatar korra was able to use two pairs of air punches in rapid succession and an air kick to knock him on off his feet korra used the air punch technique on the ground spewing the bent air within a radius she also used an air kick when fighting the police officers who were tracking down kai air shield the most common defensive tactic for an airbender involves circling enemies suddenly changing direction when attacked and evading by physical movement rather than bending however an airbender can still deflect attacks as needed by throwing up gusts of air close to their bodies as a shield this is rarely to stop attacks directly and more often to push the attack aside conserving energy and allowing them to turn the movement into an attack at the same moment kai used an air shield in 171 ag to protect himself from police combustion beams he was able to deflect enough of the blast to prevent it from killing him although the close proximity of the detonation knocked him out air swipe the air swipe is both a defensive and offensive technique in which an airbender conjures a crescent-shaped wave of compressed air capable of deflecting colossal projectiles such as the catapulted flaming rocks often used by the fire navy or redirecting them back to the attacker aang used this technique while battling with azula during the invasion of the fire nation genora also used this technique to knock back the lieutenant when he invaded air temple island and korra used the avatar state to enhance the power of this technique to take down unlocks dark spirits air wheel this is a modified version of the air scooter invented by tenzin air is rapidly spun around the airbender and carries the person inside the wheel of air it is also able to cut through solid objects tenzin used this technique during the battle at the equalist factory breath of wind similar to the standard air jet but created from the mouth and lungs it requires extremely good breath control to employ effectively size and focus are easily controlled from narrow jets that can strike targets as small as insects to large gale force gusts capable of cooling magma into solidified rock this has been exhibited by both aang and roku by using this technique an airbender can magnify the sound waves generated by a whistle or another instrument aang demonstrated this technique while he was trying to lead a number of animals to the agrarian zone of bossing sei as he used airbending to blow his bison whistle sending massive sound waves throughout the city to call all the animals his son tenzin later performed a similar feat in an attempt to wake up the new airbenders for an early morning hike enhanced agility air movements can also be used as a levitation aid airbenders are able to jump high and far by riding on strong gusts of wind and can also slow or deflect falls by creating cushions of air the constant movement required by this art makes airbenders naturally flexible and agile making masters of the art difficult to hit even without the use of bending they can easily maneuver around an opponent by ducking jumping and sidestepping appearing to flow around their opponents without expending any energy at all letting the opponent tire themselves out and thus creating exploitable openings the conservation of energy combined with high stamina gives them an advantage in prolonged combat taft beifong a blind earthbender who used her bending to tell where people were walking or running in relation to her once told aang that she could easily identify his walk by the fact that he had a light step enhanced speed airbenders enhance their movement in battle they can run swiftly by decreasing air resistance around them and even sprint across or run up vertical surfaces by generating a wind current behind themselves to propel themselves forward aang used this to run many times faster than an average human and maintain this for long periods allowing him to travel long distances without gliding or jumping when used by a skilled airbender this technique can enable the airbender to use it to travel at a speed almost too swift for the naked eye to be able to see properly a master airbender can also use this technique to briefly run across water heat regulation airbenders are able to warm themselves using proper breathing techniques allowing them to thrive in frigid environments with relative ease aang first demonstrated this in the southern water tribe maintaining his body heat without the need for a parka or any additional layers of clothing air pull a technique used to bring people or objects toward the airbender it was used by aang many times such as when he took up the fans dropped on the ground to fight zuko on kyoshi island and pulled professor zay out of harm's way in wan chitong's library as well as by appa who used this technique to steal cabbages from an animal trainer while his back was turned tenzin also demonstrated it when he tried to save saikon from a mecha tank outfitted with a magnet and although new to the art zahir was also capable of this technique as he used it to bring his staff toward him in his fight with kaya korra demonstrated this move too using it to nab the driver of the truck thought to contain a kidnapped woo toward her air blades a more offensive move than is typically used in air bending this involves a focused slicing air current that can cut through stone or timber with relative ease this is frequently conjured with a staff rather than the body using the narrow profile of the object to create a more focused and precise air movement air cocoon a master air bender can rotate while jumping to wrap themselves in a cocoon of wind this was demonstrated by tenzin to dodge one of mingwa's ice spikes and protected him from a potentially fatal combustion blast from pulley this technique utilizes an airbender's trademark fluid and dynamic movement style air propulsion a skilled airbender can propel themselves forward at a great speed by negating the effect of wind resistance avatar cora used this in the avatar state during her battle with kuvira air spout similar to the water spout master air benders are able to rotate and control the direction of an air spout enough to levitate themselves off the ground and remain in the air for as long as they wish to or can maintain it the first known use of this technique was by avatar juan during the battle in the spirit wilds when he generated an airspout shortly after fusing with rava in an attempt to mediate the escalating conflict avatar one would later use the technique to mediate the warring human factions after harmonic convergence by rising himself into the air while bending the other three elements avatar roku used this technique in order to speak face to face with fire lord sozen who was suspended in the air by an earth column in 170 ag tenzin used an air spout when he fought several equalists who tried to abduct him at city hall during the battle for republic city avatar kora later used this technique while in the avatar state at the south pole and again during her duel with kuvira air vortex a spinning funnel of air of varying size the air vortex can be used to trap or disorient opponents as well as to deflect any objects thrown at it aang used this technique to form an air column during his duel with boomi to throw aside a large boulder airwake by running in a circle and instantly building massive momentum a master airbender can shoot a blast of highly compressed air shaped like the user's body at a target this move seems to have an extremely high concussive force it was first used by aang in the crystal catacombs against zuko suffocation a rather sinister technique of airbending whereby an airbender manipulates the flow of air within a person's respiratory system extracting it from the lungs via the nostrils and mouth and prevents any new intake of breath by forming a ball of air around the head thus eventually killing the victim by suffocation this technique was first demonstrated by zaheer on earthqueen huting to lethal effect and he later used it on avatar korra though it was interrupted before she could suffocate levitation in the same way flying bison can fly and stay aloft for extended periods of time a master airbender can achieve the same feat by generating and controlling air to form a cloud-like board under their feet and surf through the air thereby emulating flight avatar kiyoshi utilizes technique in a more lethal way by levitating and subsequently dropping shuping on during a duel making him fall to his death tornado this is a smaller scale version of the air vortex which airbending masters can use as a means of both combat and transportation by encircling themselves in a spiraling air current masters can travel at high speeds and even ascend near vertical drops as demonstrated by aang during the battle of wulong forest where he narrowly avoided a lightning blast from firelord ozai by creating a mini tornado and moving to the top of a rock column aang was also seen wielding this maneuver on the offensive against combustion man at the western air temple where he summoned the tornado with a kick in mid-air to conjure a powerful ranged attack when several airbenders work together this technique can also be used to create a much larger and more powerful tornado such as when genora and the new airbenders used it to save korra from zaheer air sphere with this technique the avatar creates a sphere of air around them allowing them to hover for extended periods of time or fly at high speeds this sphere also acts as a barrier to protect the avatar strong enough to withstand a high velocity impact with a rock eng was also able to use this technique underwater forming a protective pocket of air around several people in a flying bison roku used a variation of this technique when defending his island from the volcano and juan and korra both used it to restrain vatu in their respective battles against him strong winds it is possible for the avatar to unleash extremely powerful winds during the battle at wulong forest while extinguishing three enormous fire whips aang unleashed a straightforward wind attack at ozai while ozai seemingly did not take much damage from the hit a nearby rock pillar crumbled and collapsed in a matter of seconds this move was also used by avatar kyoshi to create kyoshi island using the powerful winds to push the land mass into the sea tornadoes and hurricanes in addition to large and powerful air movements an avatar level airbender can create massive tornadoes and hurricanes at will yangchen demonstrated this as part of showing the power the avatar state had air scooter the air scooter is a form of transportation invented by aang in 2bg it's a spherical ball of air that can be ridden by balancing on it like a top he used the technique in many episodes usually to provide quick bursts of speed as well as to overcome vertical surfaces including during the battle on the fire nation drill in order to scale the wall of bossing say the air scooter also allowed levitation for short periods about 5 to 10 seconds in a stationary position the air scooter was seen in the opening credits of every episode except the first and it first appeared in an actual episode when ang used it to escape zuko's ship it was aang's invention of this technique that subsequently earned him his tattoos and title of a master at such a young age he taught the move to his airbending friends and despite initial failure they eventually mastered the art well enough to develop a game that requires the use of the air scooter aang is also capable of conjuring an air scooter from little balls of air as an adult he could create air scooters that were larger than those he conjured as a child and could ride them while standing upright air scooters are not restricted to holding a single rider as they can be used to transport others as well cloud bending since clouds are made from air and water a skilled airbender can easily manipulate them into various shapes aang with assistance from katara demonstrated this technique during team avatar's stay in makapu village to provide a message to the nearby villagers and he later did the same to disguise their flights on oppa while moving about the fire nation during the era of rava citizens of air lion turtles were able to create cloud platforms on which they could stand and fly around hypersensitivity due to being capable of perceiving subtle shifts and vibrations in the surrounding air currents airbenders can detect approaching threats which gives them a split-second increase in their reaction time similar to how earthbenders use seismic sense because of this air nomads traditionally shave their heads as to free themselves and have a stronger connection with the wind around them tenzin demonstrated this technique when he was able to detect and evade an ambush by the equalists on the roof of city hall during the battle for republic city daw also demonstrated it during a battle with bison wrestlers when he perceived and evaded an attack behind him by sensing the oncoming threat flight the ability to fly was originally exclusive to the flying bison and air lion turtles however guru lahima was able to unlock the ability by releasing himself of all his earthly tethers achieving true and complete freedom this technique is so rare that he was the only airbender in history to have ever achieved it until zaheer a student of lahima's teachings also unlocked the ability four thousand years later by letting go of his last earthly connection namely his girlfriend poli following her death being able to fly without an aid such as a glider grants the practitioner more stability and freedom in the sky while also permitting easier use of bending mid-flight it is also an energy-efficient technique as it allowed lahima to live the last 40 years of his life without ever touching the ground although a powerful technique the ability is hindered by additional weight and the currents of the wind assisted flight or gliding although all airbenders can levitate or extend jumps via air bending most if not all airbenders possess a glider for mid-range flight these handcrafted portable wooden canvas structures can collapse into a staff for storage and as an aid when bending in glider form it is used in conjunction with bending to fly as long as the bender has the strength to maintain the air currents with stronger winds multiple people can be carried for short distances as a normal staff it can be used as a weapon in battle to aid in bending and even as a levitation aid when spun above the head like a helicopter propeller by 174 ag these glider staffs had been replaced by wingsuits aang used his glider for windsurfing but later destroyed his damage glider though it was replaced at the beginning of the invasion of the fire nation by a more advanced version created by the machinist and his son tio which can also dispense snacks when the handle is twisted when visiting roku's past during the summer solstice aang saw a younger version of his old mentor monk gyatso utilizing the glider as a makeshift board to surf on air spiritual projection master airbenders who have a strong connection with their spiritual side are capable of projecting their spirits into other locations through projection an airbender is able to explore underground or sealed locations by passing through solid matter airbenders can also use this technique to find individuals with whom they have a strong bond during harmonic convergence genora used an amplified version of this ability to assist avatar cora during her battle with the dark avatar she used the technique once more to find where the daily imprisoned airbenders embossing say and later again to try to find a way to escape the red lotus water bending water bending is practiced by some people of the water tribe a versatile element it is unique in the sense that the original bender of the element was not an animal but rather the moon similar to their element waterbenders are extremely adaptable and versatile water bending concentrates on the flow of energy focusing less on strength and more on turning the opponent's own energy against them while a bender's victory in battle depends on their skill or ingenuity waterbenders gain a serious advantage or disadvantage depending on the amount of water around them although highly skilled waterbenders can draw water from anywhere such as draw humidity from the air or bend water in living things especially plants as the element of change waterbenders can fluidly and quickly alternate from defense to offense from a wall of ice to a jet of water turning their opponent's strength against them due to its lunar sympathy water bending is stronger at night and ineffective during a lunar eclipse or when the moon spirit dies however to counter water bending's ineffectiveness during a lunar eclipse waterbenders gain immense power during the peak of the full moon the opposite of water bending is fire bending with its relatively stagnant direct philosophy during the era of rava the power of water was first granted by the water lion turtle who would temporarily provide it as protection to those venturing into the spirit wilds however after the lion turtles renounced their role as protectors of mankind during the era of the avatar the turtles refused to give people the power anymore the descendants of the people living atop the water lion turtle eventually learned a water bend by observing how the moon pushed and pulled the tides of the ocean they learned how to simulate the effect themselves as such they have a strong spiritual connection to the moon and its counterpart the ocean in fact water bending is the only bending art to originate from the spirits instead of animals and additionally any adverse effect on these spirits detrimentally affects waterbenders breath of ice a water bender can use the water vapor in their breath to rapidly freeze objects or opponents for a more advanced version of the technique the user takes a deep breath and exhales the air as a cloud of freezing mist katara used this technique to freeze jet to a tree to save saka from who and to stop a warship from sinking by temporarily freezing a hole in the ship's hull avatar aang also used this ability to break the chain when boomi was being lifted by a crane ice blade waterbenders can create a sword-like blade of ice ming hua used this technique to threaten a delivery truck driver in order to smuggle her and her companions out of republic city and again during her battle with kaya at the northern air temple in an attempt to skewer the other woman ice bullets waterbenders are able to rapidly shoot shards of ice at their opponents tarlock used this technique in his fight with avatar korra while desna and eska used this against minghua and kaya used it against zaheer ice claws shown by hama using ice claws involves the bender drawing water around their fingers and freezing it they can also be sent forward shooting them at an opponent a waterbender can also use this as an advantage being small and unnoticeable they can hide them in their sleeves just like may's weapons additionally this technique uses little water and can thus be performed quickly using the condensation technique ice column similar to the earth column technique used by earthbenders a waterbender can shoot a pillar of ice up from the ground to knock their opponent off their feet unlock used this technique during his duel with his brother tanrok ice creeper a waterbender can send a ray of ice on the ground speeding at an opponent to freeze them this technique freezes a trail of water beginning where the waterbender performed the move and ending where their target freezes this technique was first performed by katara when she accidentally froze saka's feet to the ship before she was able to freeze three fire nation soldiers kaya also used this technique in her fight with zaheer ice disk a waterbender can create a cylindrical column of ice and proceed to slice razor-sharp sections off of it and send them at an opponent they are sharp around the edges but also thin as master paku was able to break them with his wrists ice gauntlet similar in technique to the ice claws a waterbender can freeze water around their hands and turn it into a sharp spike that can be used to scale mountains or impale their opponent tonrock made use of this in his battle with sahir on lahima's peak ice hook waterbenders if creative enough may form a hook out of ice which they can use to climb vertical surfaces minghua bent ice hooks to climb up the walls of police prison while carrying her she also used an ice hook to take out a white lotus sentry while breaking out of her prison ice line waterbenders can create lines of twisting ice columns to knock out their opponents unilock while in the dark avatar state used an advanced version of this technique to knock out makko and bolin during harmonic convergence ice shield waterbenders are able to freeze water in front of them creating a shield of ice katara performed this technique on numerous occasions during the hundred year war and cora later made use of it to protect herself from a metal bending police officer who chased after her during her first time in republic city as well as during her fight with the dark avatar kaya also employed this move to defend herself and her brother boomi from rocks being launched by gazan during their battle at the northern air temple ice spear the ice spear is a water bending move that involves freezing a stream of water into a spike and firing it at the intended target this move was used by katara when she was about to strike down yan raw and cora also used this technique when she faced him on iceberg spike waterbenders can shoot small shards of ice at their opponent or cause a giant spike to protrude from a body of water the northern water tribe employs these as a primary defense of their homeland when enemy ships are sighted desna and eska perform numerous iceberg spikes during their duel with mingwa kora also employed this technique to slow down kuvira's enormous mecha suit phase change waterbenders also possess the ability to alter the physical state of the water they manipulate between solid liquid and gas at will changing the phase of water allows for multiple techniques in the course of a battle from encasing an opponent in ice to hiding behind a wall of mist ice and steam or fog can also be molded in a diverse range of shapes ice provides a degree of hard lethality since it can be molded into spikes or blades to pin down or impale opponents steam or mist can obscure a battlefield and mask movement katara made good use of this to enhance her performance as the painted lady waterbenders also possess the ability to breathe an icy mist that freezes water and other substances streaming the water named by katara this is a move that draws water from a source that waterbenders move around their bodies a more advanced version demonstrated by aang apparently involves sinking and floating this move is thought to be used for basic training so that beginning water benders can get a feel for water but in reality it is a useful move performed by waterbenders of every skill level water bullet the water bullet is a move where a water bender bends a large amount of water and sends it in a forceful blow toward their target it is similar to a water jet but it is more for quick use since the jet takes more concentration it is basic yet useful because it takes little time to perform and has a significant effect on the target katara used this against hama water cloak a water bender can use their water as a form of armor with tentacle-like arms the bender can use these arms to grab objects or enemies whip enemies blast enemies with water and freeze them if a waterbender has less water available he or she can simply form the arms instead of the entire cloak this technique was first shown by katara while she dueled against azula in the crystal catacombs and again when she was on board the southern raiders frigate cora used this against members of the northern water tribe when breaking her father out of prison and it was later used by both korah and unilak in their fight during harmonic convergence both kaya and tanrok also used it during their duels with sahir at air temple island and lahima's peak minghua mastered this technique to the point that she could mold the ends of the tentacles into any shape such as a claw or hook as well as only locally freeze the ends while retaining the mobility of the tentacle as a whole water filtering when working in concert with an earthbender a waterbender can purify polluted water the waterbender suspends the polluted water in the air while the earthbender removes the pollutants waterjet high pressure jets can be used to force opponents back or even blast clean through a target if focused enough water jets are primarily used if the user has the intent of severely hurting their opponents it was seen being performed by katara against a pirate water knife the ability to shape water into a super sharp edge or point for a split second enabling a water bender to cut through metal wood and stone aang and katara used this technique to sabotage the fire nation drill assaulting bossing say water manipulation almost all forms of water bending involve moving and shaping a body of water to the waterbender's desire by simply levitating a large mass of water waterbenders can move water anywhere they wish even parting it under the surface of a lake or sea allowing them to walk along the bottom of a basin without the need to swim these large bodies of water can also be used as weapons either by shaping them into gigantic whip swung repeatedly at a target as a snake-like body form momentarily into a razor-sharp edge that can cut through even metal or simply dropped onto an opponent to smother them or put out a fire on the seer ocean water bending can be used to create giant maelstroms aang and katara used this to set off a giant sea serpent water pressure manipulation water benders are also able to manipulate water pressure allowing them to use water to grasp other objects or cut through without simply parting around them water can be used as a semi-solid while being able to move and flow like a liquid water can be pressurized to such a level where it can slice through metal water benders can also use this to avoid sinking in water effectively allowing them to walk on water as demonstrated by katara multiple times water wall or water shield water can be molded into a variety of shapes and can be used to deflect an attack trap opponents in a viscous body reshaped and propelled at attackers before they can recover or solidified into a shield of ice this diversity and ability to swiftly change to suit the situation is what makes the waterbender's defense so adaptable although usually protective the shield needs some kind of compression or else it will not be effective this is demonstrated when katara was fighting zuko at the spirit oasis and her quickly made shield could not block the fire blast water whip the water whip is a commonly used move that involves creating a lashing tendril of water to swipe in an opponent the shape size and length are all determined by a water bender's control and more powerful benders can create larger whips or ones of greater finesse the whip can be sharpened into a blade that can slice through metal with relative ease and katara korra tonrock desna and eska have demonstrated the ability to create water whips with their feet wave by moving a large mass of water without separating it from its original source waterbenders can create waves of nearly any size they do this using an upward movement that raises the source which they subsequently send away in their desired direction this can be used to sweep opponents away or even as a form of transport with the bender surfing on the crest of the wave this same process can be used to propel waterborne craft bubble capable waterbenders are able to cross large bodies of water by creating a bubble around themselves and their fellow travelers maintaining a supply of air for their journey this technique was first used by aang and katara to cross the serpent's pass and later by katara on two occasions so that she and appa could submerge it was also used by korra several times to transport herself and others under the surface of ue bay while traveling to and from air temple island ice dome a highly advanced technique as demonstrated by katara while fighting against zuko in the spirit oasis a waterbender may surround a foe in a sphere of water and freeze it trapping their opponent inside ice drill by turning the tip into ice waterbenders control massive amounts of water into a spiraled frozen drill this technique was first demonstrated by unilak while he tried to open the northern spirit portal ming hwa used this to break pulley out of her cell ice floor with a sufficient amount of water available a master can cover a large area of the ground with ice trapping their enemies feet and ice while allowing them to slide around this technique was used by paku during the order of the white lotus liberation of bossing sei and by ana during a fight against an earth empire mecca suit tano used a variation of this technique to only momentarily freeze the floor locally in order to cause bolin to slip during a pro-bending match ice ladder this technique can be used for quick scaling of vertical surfaces when no other options are available katara created an ice ladder to rescue hakota and earth king quay when the bridge of no return collapsed beneath them ice prison this technique covers an opponent in a prison made of ice by finally controlling the position of the person within this technique can restrict the motion of an opponent's hands thus rendering them powerless katara utilized this move to incapacitate azula during sozen's comet tonrock used this technique to trap two northern soldiers before he was incapacitated himself in a similar manner by unilak minghua also demonstrated mastery over this technique as she used two ice pillars to imprison desna and esca ice ramp waterbenders can manipulate ice as a means of short transportation for themselves or others katara used this when training with aang and toff as well as during the battle for udao kora used this technique to craft a pathway to topple a snowmobile in order to save unilak and later to transport herself during her fight with hundan as dark spirits tonrock also used this technique as a manner of quick transportation during his duel with unilak similarly waterbenders can also shift snow and water to create stairs of ice in order to improve mobility and snow ice sled an advanced version of the ice ramp master waterbenders can craft a sled out of ice and propel it forward with their bending at speeds that rival those achieved by motorized transportation such as snowmobiles ice tunneling waterbenders are able to swim through thick ice with the same ease as through water allowing them to surprise their foes this technique was only seen to have been performed twice once by a waterbender from the southern water tribe in a flashback of hamas and again by cora who used it to escape from her compound maelstrom in a large body of water a waterbender can create a gigantic whirlpool this technique was executed by aang and katara while fighting the serpent mist stepping a variation of the dust stepping and fire stepping techniques used by earthbenders and firebenders a fast waterbender can use tiny pillars of ice to quickly scale a building this technique was invented by the flying opera company multiple water whips an advanced water bending moves similar to the single water whip except it deals with more than one whip usually four or five this technique seems to be able to inflict a large amount of damage it was used by katara against azula octopus form a body of water formed around the user into multiple whip-like limbs which can be used to grasp or strike an opponent or to intercept incoming attacks this technique was first demonstrated by aang during his training with katara who later used the form herself while fighting the dai lee ming hwa used a variation of this form in her duel with kaya at the northern air temple and against mako prior to her death partial icewhip waterbenders can take hold of the end of an opponent's water whip and locally freeze the opposite end in order to trap their opponent and pull them in closer cora demonstrated this technique in our fight against the dark avatar razor rings an experienced waterbender can create multiple simultaneous water rings capable of cutting katara used this against the swamp monster and tarlock used the technique against avatar korra waterball similar to the bubble technique in the ice prison technique a waterbender can trap their opponent in a ball of water unolock used this technique to trap rava and mingwa to imprison bolin water boxing to perform the technique a waterbender surrounds their fist with a small amount of water and punches their opponent this move was used by tonno in a match against the fire ferrets water dome a master waterbender can collect water from the rain forming a dome that can be used for both offense and defense katara used this to frighten yonra water drill a high pressure rotating column of water capable of exerting a significant amount of pressure upon a solid surface that allows the action of a drill this move takes mastery of water bending since the motions to create a constantly twirling body of water requires bending skill this technique was first demonstrated by avatar roku's water bending master and later by kaya during her fight with zaheer water gimbal skilled water benders can create a gimbal or two rotating rings of water around their bodies this has both defensive and offensive capabilities such as being used as a cannon kaia uses technique during her fight with sahir on air temple island water pinwheel this move involves the user moving a large mass of water and spinning it vertically around themselves this was demonstrated by hama while blocking katara's attacks water ring a skilled water bender can create a ring of water around their body which can be used for both defense and offense such as shooting ice shards or sending water whips at their opponent kaia used this in her duel with sahir and twice against ming hua water sphere a master waterbender can create a water sphere to protect himself from the strikes of his opponents tarlock used this technique in his fight with avatar korra in the city hall water spout this high level technique involves controlling a whirlpool-like pillar of water or snow rotating it and directing its movements at the same time making it easier for the user to dodge attacks in accordance with the water spouts constantly shifting and coiling movements it forms a giant snake of water around the lower body elevating them from the surface of the water first demonstrated by aang paku used a snow variant of this technique to ward off several firebenders during the siege of the north and katara performed a minor version of this to bring aang up and out of the crystal catacombs korra amman and unilak also proved to be skilled practitioners of this technique the waterspout has a limited height however depending on the amount of water fueling it armless water bending proficient waterbenders can control water without the use of limbs relying only on the torso to generate enough movement to manipulate the medium with this technique water benders such as mingwa can create water-like appendages as makeshift arms and even turn the entire body into an ice drill by generating enough momentum ice fissure avatars are able to use water bending to split frozen ground by bending the water mixed with the earth unilac used this technique after merging with vatu to form a deep chasm and trap cora within intending to crush her as he brought both sides of the fissure back together remote water bending avatars can use water bending from distances which a waterbender would not normally be able to access while in combat with ozai aang went into the avatar state and pulled water in from the sea toward himself to make part of his elemental sphere after defeating ozai aang raised the tides of the sea to put out the fire at wulong forest caused by ozai and his airships tsunami since they can control larger amounts of water avatars are capable of creating and controlling water bodies of far greater size and scale including causing massive tsunamis at will this technique was first demonstrated by avatar kurok as he created a large wave to ride on later aang and princess yue created a large tsunami that brought aang to safety on crescent island cora used a variation of this technique to create a localized wave that spun the northern battleships out of the way to allow varric's yacht to pass through their blockade water compression an avatar in the avatar state has enough power over water to compress its volume compacting several thousands of gallons into a small volume aang did so when he created his elemental sphere while preparing to pursue ozil blood bending blood bending is a rather sinister application of the principle that water is present in every living organism thus making them bendable objects themselves by definition blood bending is a technique that allows a bender to enforce his or her will to an organism initially it was thought that blood bending could only be done during the full moon where waterbenders are at their most powerful however it was proven that complete mastery of blood bending would not require a full moon to practice the ability when yacon and later his sons noahtake and tarlock had employed the technique without the aid of the full moon this technique was invented by hama during her time as a fire nation prisoner following the southern water tribe raids she came to a realization that living things animals and humans included contain large volumes of water and thus can be bent later the technique was outlawed following the hundred-year war with katara leading the motion for it to be declared illegal healing water benders can sometimes use a unique sub skill the ability to heal injuries by redirecting energy paths or qi throughout the body using water as a catalyst water benders can use their abilities to heal by surrounding a sick or injured person with water which glows during the process when infused with spiritual knowledge a variation of this technique can be used to calm angry spirits as demonstrated by unlocking korra the use of healing was generally taught to female waterbenders of the northern water tribe who were not allowed to study combative forms of water bending prior to the end of the hundred year war katara is known to be the best healer in the world with the help of spirit oasis water she was able to heal aang and resurrect him body temperature control considered an extension of healing certain powerful waterbenders are able to lower body temperature to such a level that all processes are slowed down including death itself ottawa used this technique to heal the wounded guards of chancellor darren kiyoshi later learned the technique from atuat and used it to freeze yun's heart and lungs during their final confrontation causing his death cloud manipulation by working together a waterbender and airbender can easily manipulate clouds which are made of air and water to create various shapes in one particular instance cloud shaping was used to provide a message to nearby villagers of an erupting volcano it was later used by aang and his friends to disguise their flights on oppa while moving about the fire nation condensation not only can skilled waterbenders condense clouds into a usable source of water when they are within close range of one but they can also condense invisible water vapor right out of the air although due to the limited quantities of water present in the air as a mere one percent at most of the earth's atmosphere is water vapor the amount of water extracted from the air is quite minimal favorable environmental and climatic conditions increase the amount of water one can remove from the air plant bending a member of the foggy swamp tribe who illustrated that talented waterbenders can manipulate plant life plant bending has enabled members of the swamp to control every form of plant life from the highly water saturated vines and roots found within the swamplands to seaweed from the ocean floor they can even rapidly compress and replace the plant mass of the plants they bend since the cell tissues of a plant are more versatile than the cell tissues of an animal also explaining why blood bending could originally only be achieved on the nights of the full moon all by bending the ample amount of water within them just as they can with watery mud going further a skilled water bender is able to separate and completely extract the water from plants for more effective utilization just as they are able to separate the water from mud sand and even polluted river systems in the case of plants this process will leave behind the withered remains of all the affected plant life or even making them collapse in the case of large trees the degree of skill in manipulating plant life depends on the experience of the bender and whether or not a full moon is present katara and hama extracted the water from large trees with relatively no difficulty during their battle under the full moon simpler and smaller forms of plant life such as grass flowers and seaweed can be bent with relative ease with or without a full moon solutions it has been shown that waterbenders can manipulate any mass of liquid consisting of some water for example katara bent the contents of the abbey's perfume vials she used water bending to stir and ladle stew into bowls to spill ink out of a bowl and to bend the water inside mud as well katara halted the flow of the slurry on the back of the drill to prevent tylee from following her and with toff's aid they were able to push the slurry back into the drill katara was seen bending mud when she and toff ended up fighting when they were supposed to be training aang and she bent soup right into appa's mouth from a pot katara bent ink to make a fire nation official leave the room so that she and zuko could search through the files about the current location of the southern raiders aang thought of using glue bending to defeat ozai suggesting that a waterbender could bend glue spirit bending a variation of the healing technique with the addition of spiritual knowledge by encircling spirits or even projected human souls in the spirit world with water one is able to induce a change between the positive and negative energies creating balance or imbalance within the target steam manipulation a technique that allows waterbenders to manipulate steam and can also be used to manipulate fog it can be used to freeze people or objects or to create cover katara made good use of the technique when she created a thick cloud of steam to conceal a ship from the enemy and when she surrounded herself in a fog to create an eerie atmosphere while pretending to be a river spirit cora also made use of this technique while infiltrating a man's rally using steam from nearby pipes to provide cover for makko water run this is a technique in which waterbenders run on water at high speeds in addition to riding on foreign objects with the same purpose this technique was first used during team avatar's crossing of the serpent's pass when katara formed a nice surfboard and increased her speed in order to effectively freeze the serpent's midsection without being hit she used it a second time to cross the lake to jonghui ang used this in his fight against ozai to flee for mozai's attacks after being knocked off a cliff during their fight with korra desna and eska encased their feet with ice to allow them to slide across the water korra also used this technique to ride a wave and cross the water when she was trying to stop two thieves in a small fishing town earth bending earth bending originates in the earth kingdom and the first earth benders were badger moles it demands a special connection with the earth that is achievable with neutral jing listening though seemingly doing nothing and waiting for the right moment to strike like waterbenders earthbenders gain an advantage or disadvantage in battle based on the amount of earth around them though the conditions are not as extreme because of their elements stability and its stress on neutral zing earthbenders stand their ground absorbing or intercepting attacks until they completely overwhelm their opponents unlike the other bending arts earthbending strength equally lies in both offense and defense earthbending is in stark contrast to airbending as airbending's emphasis is on evasion and mobility while earthbending's emphasis is on fortitude and strength during the era of rava the power of earth was temporarily bestowed on the inhabitants of a city atop a giant lion turtle while they left the village to hunt for food after the inhabitants permanently left the care of the lion turtle humans first learned to earthbend by observing and imitating the geo-kinetic abilities of badger moles living in the mountains in what is now the earth kingdom territory according to legend known widely as the legend of the two lovers two star-crossed lovers named oma and shu who hailed from separate warring villages were the first people who learned the art from these creatures so that they could meet within the mountain that divided them to make sure no one could ever find them they used their new abilities to create a labyrinth of tunnels inside the mountain which only they could navigate one day after many meetings in the series of passageways the man did not come to see his lover as he had died a casualty of the village's quarrel his lover showcased a devastating display of her earth-bending abilities and ultimately proclaimed the feud over the villages subsequently collaborated to construct a city omashu in their honor the pathways they made by earthbending became known as the cave of two lovers earth and stone levitation the most common attack involves levitating nearby pieces of earth and stone of numerous sizes more powerful benders can move larger masses and propelling them at foes with punches or kicks earth block earthbenders can bring up blocks of earth and launch them at their enemies the daily use this technique against team avatar during the day of black sun earth column a more powerful version of rock projectiles this technique involves forcing columns of rock out of the ground using a similar principle an earthbender can shoot a stream of small ruts and protrusions from underground at their opponent this can also be used to enhance the bender's jumps it is however limited to the ground and does not have the same range as a rock projectile earth compression it is possible for earthbenders to compress large chunks of rocks into smaller denser chunks or to compress several smaller chunks into one big piece of rock haru and his father taro used this technique compressing several small pieces of coal into one big cold boulder the fact that two earthbenders were required to perform it suggests that this technique is quite difficult earth gauntlet a much less advanced version of earth armor that can be used to throw back opponents with a hard solid force aang used this technique when fighting against azula on the drill the technique is useful in that it grants some level of protection of earth armor but allows the rest of the body to remain flexible earth hand or mannequin an earthbender with a decent grasp of sculpting can craft replicas of human appendages or bodies from any rock source and move them from place to place while playing king of the hill toff made a large hand to grab and toss aang to the side when toff was pretending to be fire lord ozai as part of a training exercise she used this technique to simulate the fire lord's bodyguards earth launch while earthbenders like being rooted to the ground with some like toff being unable to see in the air they can quickly move rock beneath them and launch them several tens of feet into the air whether to catch airborne opponents or to travel faster toff and boomi did this during the battle of wulong forest and the liberation of bossing sei respectively bolin is shown to be able to launch himself into the air with earthbending as was seen when he escaped the earthqueen's palace earth material manipulation earthbending is not limited to rock or soil alone an earthbender can also manipulate coal gems crystals and other earth-based materials like meteorites and genomite earth shelter this can be used by earthbenders to create a shelter or dome which can provide instant shelter in the wilderness toff often created shelters like these to sleep in while team avatar was traveling and used it to create a safe place where ying could give birth it can also be used to trap enemies but this application would not work against an earth-bending opponent who would be able to cancel out the technique these can also be created in combat as a defense against non-earth-bending attacks earth-sinking more advanced earthbenders such as the boulder master yu and general thong can forcibly sink their opponents into the ground imprisoning them or even suffocating them in earth this technique was used by general phang to subdue katara jianju was particularly versed in this technique being able to commit mass burials earning the moniker of gravedigger earth smash earthbenders can easily destroy rocks and boulders with punches and kicks even if they have a small amount of muscle mass this technique is useful when facing other earthbenders as it allows the earthbender to destroy any earthen projectiles sent at them and break out of imprisoning techniques however it does not seem to affect objects not made of earth earth wall earthbenders can create walls of earth which can be used for both defense and offense as well as for practical things like construction earthquakes and fissures striking the ground with feet fists or hammers as shown by gao creates localized earthquakes or fissures to throw opponents off balance this same process can be used to sculpt a land mass or to slice large chunks of rock clean off a surface to create avalanches or rock falls more advanced earth benders can make narrow fissures for precise attacks ground shift earthbenders can alter the ground beneath others to move them out of their way the sudden movement can be disorienting to the target quicksand earthbenders turn certain surfaces to quicksand to immobilize an enemy or to create a soft landing for themselves should they fall from a height sand benders can also do the reverse of this compacting sand together to create harder projectiles or a firmer grip on the ground rock cuff earthbenders can quickly fashion cuffs out of rock to immobilize their opponents rock hanging if an earthbender is attached to or wearing a piece of rock he or she can attach to other stone surfaces and remain off the ground for long periods of time the daily are the only ones that have demonstrated this ability through the use of their earth gloves giving them the ability to cling onto a rocky surface rock shield a levitated slab of rock can also double as a shield when positioned in front of a bender this can also be performed with a slab or sheet of bedrock thrust out of the earth's surface the shield can be hurled at the opponent for quick retaliation rock slide if an earthbender is near a cliff or mountain he or she can cause many rocks of a multitude of sizes to rain down on his or her opponent the canyon guide demonstrated that it would be possible to redirect the path of a rock slide this was shown when he protected his refugee customers from getting crushed sand spout similar to both the water and the air spout an earthbender can manipulate fine sand particles to form a whirling column the sand benders use this technique to propel their sand sailors through the sea wong desert slab shackles with proper timing an earthbender can bind an opponent's arms with triangle-shaped slabs this technique is generally used if the opponent is in a vulnerable position for example on their knees this technique was first used by aang against ozai to keep him in place while aang took his bending away it was later used by aang to detain yacon when he removed his bending water filtering when working in concert with a waterbender an earthbender can purify polluted water the waterbender suspends the polluted water in the air while the earthbender removes the pollutants dust cloud by shaking the ground back and forth earthbenders can create dust clouds of various sizes to provide cover the particles of which can also be manipulated themselves dust stepping a variation of the misstepping and firestepping techniques used by waterbenders and firebenders by creating very thin pillars of increasing size a fast earth bender can use this technique to quickly scale walls it was invented by the flying opera company where it was used specifically by lek who later brought the technique to avatar kiyoshi earth armor earthbenders can bring rocks dust pebbles or crystals around them and mold them to fit their body and create something similar to armor they can also hide inside the earth by bending the rock around them as a shell later it is demonstrated by toff that metal can be used as an armor as well the earth armor was used by toff in a training exercise with aang aang later uses this technique with crystals against azula and again with rocks against combustion man and finally ozai this earth bending move is great for defense especially against fire it is not as effective for offensive moves since it limits the practitioner's range of motion earth bomb by sending a rock toward the ground earthbenders can cause massive damage as well as throw their opponents off their feet aang used it against zuko almost gaining the upper hand of the battle before the daily intervened earth tunneling earthbenders can move through the earth to outmaneuver their foes either by opening tunnels or by pulling the earth past them literally swimming through the ground high level earthbenders can create a wave of earth to ride on and use it as a form of transportation as aang and toff have both done as well as roku and sud while training the downsides of the wave are that it takes a lot of energy to produce as well as intense concentration the slightest distraction could cause the user to lose control of the wave they can also force a wave of earth outward and use it as an extremely powerful offensive attack as both aang and general fong were seen doing during their battle earth riding earthbenders can manipulate pebbles to spell out messages for others to read the false avatar jun was particularly skilled at this technique able to form such messages while a considerable distance away from the earth he was bending magnetization skilled earthbenders are capable of magnetizing their limbs to any type of stone making wall scaling simpler in the appropriate circumstances the dai lee agents could perform this move with ease and even stay upside down such as when team avatar broke into the organization's secret headquarters in lake laogai remote earth bending if an earthbender is suspended from the ground but is aware that there is earth somewhere near the earthbender can focus his energies and bend that earth out of his physical reach out of sheer concentration this was shown in a flashback when bumi told team avatar how he freed himself during the eclipse boomi managed to summon some roof tiles and pieces of walls to rip open the front of his metal coffin aang also uses this technique to summon rocks for his elemental sphere while in the avatar state compressed rock bullets used solely by aang in his fight with phoenix king ozai aang disintegrated one of his compressed rocks from his elemental sphere and shot its shrapnel-like fragments with great speed in a machine-gun-like fashion due to the speed and density of these rocks they did great damage to the landscape it is similar to the rock gloves technique used by the daily dust devil avatars can raise themselves high above ground level through dust devils similar to air and water spouts enhanced earth armor by harnessing the power of the avatar state avatars can surround themselves with large pieces of earth which they can subsequently conglomerate into a giant anthropomorphic rock body to use in combat avatar aang used this technique to battle general old iron enhanced earth levitation with their greater power and stronger connection to the earth the avatar can move hill-sized statues at will utilizing the power of the avatar state kiyoshi moved large statues of badger moles and aang moved various earth pillars in his fight against ozai both for offense and defense cora also used this technique in her fight with sahir and later kuvira trying to crush her opponent with a hill-sized boulder powered compression this is a much more powerful version of the earth compression technique performed only by aang while in the avatar state instead of bending large chunks of earth into a single projectile aang gathered boulder-sized rocks and simultaneously compressed each fragment into smaller denser and harder rocks essentially keeping the rocks under pressure for more volatile attacks if needed lastly the rocks are directed to orbit the bender until they are used tectonics the avatar can earth bend in a scale vast enough to move entire land masses as shown by avatar kiyoshi when she separated kyoshi island from the mainland aang later performed the same technique to separate the town of yudao from its surrounding land directional geomancy a ritual used by earth-bending masters in order to identify an avatar that has been born in the earth kingdom this technique involves setting various trigrams of bones across the earth kingdom and in turn eliminating each region of the earth kingdom until the earth avatar can be located after avatar kuruk died many prominent earth-bending masters such as jian zhu lu befong naliao the gardener and king buro of omashu attempted to use this technique to find the avatar but failed this led to avatar kiyoshi not being discovered until she was much older and another individual young being falsely identified as the avatar glass bending some earthbenders are able to control glass due to its mineral origin avatar kiyoshi was capable of this technique such as when she bent shards of glass out of her skin following her confrontation with the triad of the golden wing lava bending certain powerful earthbenders are able to change the phase of the earth they are manipulating melting it into lava for more versatility in battle similar to what waterbenders do with ice a bender using this ability can form the lava into different weapons or summon magma from the ground the earliest known bender to perform this technique was setso the avatar that preceded yang chen gazon and bolin are the only known non-avatar earthbenders to have demonstrated this technique liquefying earth similar to lava bending highly skilled earth benders can change the earth and stone into a liquid state without the use of heat the only known earth bender capable of this technique is yoon who liquefied the stone floor of the avatar mansion before solidifying it again to trap kiyoshi he used it as well to liquefy the very foundations of the mansion and destroy it metal bending metal bending is a sub-skill of earth bending developed by toff most earth benders are unable to affect processed metals usually the trace amount of earth still present in the metal is so minuscule that it goes undetected even by the best earth benders lending to its use in detaining earth benders however due to her ability to see earth toff was able to locate the small fragments of earth in metal target them and utilize them to bend the metal portion in the beginning she was not able to bend metal with the same ability or ease seen in normal earth bending eventually her skill with metal bending developed to the point where she could effectively defeat comet enhanced firebenders during the battle at wulong forest with the technique after the conclusion of the hundred year war toff founded a metal bending academy to teach the newly acquired skill to other earthbenders and the technique eventually became the primary weapon of the metal bending police force in republic city as metal bending techniques were further refined benders eventually learned how to manipulate metal without being in close contact with it an amateur metal bending students were able to apply this skill to small objects such as coins and canes mud bending it has been demonstrated that earthbenders like waterbenders are able to bend mud due to the presence of earth within toff aided by katara was able to push the slurry from the rear of the fire nation drill back into the machine and the technique was also used by the two girls when they ended up fighting while they were training aang toff also used this ability while training cora in the swamp paint bending skillful earthbenders are able to bend earth-based pigments even those that have been dried for very long periods of time yun made use of this technique when he bent the paint on the portraits of the fire avatars in the fire nation royal palace's royal gallery and bent sharp pellets of paint at chancellor dorin his men and kiyoshi killing some and wounding many rock gloves the daily have mastered the rock glove technique similar to an earth gauntlet they cover their hands in small rocks and project them at a target as a small projectile or compacted fists to bludgeon an opponent a more refined and favored method however is to use them as detachable hands maintaining the hand shape and literally grabbing and restraining the opponent from a distance rock shoes the daily also used shoes made out of earth to slide to travel faster and to cling to walls and suspend themselves on the ceiling as long fang and the daily used in lake laogai during their fight with team avatar and the reformed freedom fighters sand bending sand bending is an alternate earth bending style that has been adapted for use in the siwong desert by the people that live there they move quickly in the desert on specialized wooden sailors that are propelled by bending miniature localized sandstorms behind their sails because sand is sediment which travels and flows their style resembles air and water bending more than earth bending it is implied that most if not all earth benders are capable of easily bending sand but because of the loose shifty nature of sand it is not an easy transition for the average earth bender the sand benders of the desert are especially proficient with it due to their particular habitat after the events at the siwong desert toff practiced her sand bending achieving a mastery over it that allowed her to create an extremely detailed miniature sand version of bosing's sei likewise one can compact the sand to be solid and thick sand benders use this technique while stealing appa size makes sense a technique originally developed by the blind badger moles skilled earthbenders are able to sense vibrations through the ground seeing by sensing their surroundings and making a mental image of it it allows for a 360 degree field of vision outside of normal line of sight to operate the user needs direct contact with the ground preferably without something like shoes in between the technique is only usable on surfaces that the user can bend being blind toff constantly used this technique to navigate the world she described it as kind of like seeing with her feet during his training with toff aang also developed this ability eng used this during a three-way training spa with toffen katara and again during his fight against ozai due to toff's extensive use of the technique she discovered other applications of it her seismic sense was so acute that she was capable of sensing even ants moving about could identify people by the way they walked and could almost always tell if someone was lying by sensing his or her physical reactions such as breathing and heart rate it was also the basis of her unique ability of metal bending toff also passes technique to her daughters lennon sooyin fire bending fire bending is used by the people of the fire nation and is the most aggressive bending art dragons were the first firebenders they subsequently taught the sun warriors for a long time disciples of firebending were taught to be fueled by hatred as opposed to the original source as the element of power firebenders have to be able to maintain a constant source of energy and balance it in battle unleashing a volley of direct successive attacks unlike other benders who depend on external sources of their elements to bend firebenders can create fire using their internal heat source in addition to controlling already existing flames skilled firebenders are able to fly using powerful jets of flames due to its solar affinity fire bending is stronger during the day and at its full power at noon but completely ineffective during a solar eclipse when a comet passes close to the planet the power of a firebender is greatly increased firebending's relatively simple and direct style contrasts with the changing style of water bending a notable feature of special firebenders is the ability to create a hotter blue fire azula was the only known firebender who demonstrated this extra powerful flame during the era of rava people received the element of fire from the fire lion turtle that was the guardian of their city who would grant them the power with energy bending they could request it whenever they ventured into the spirit wilds and were to return it when they came back however juan stole the power to better his life and that of his impoverished friends but was captured and banished he was allowed to keep the power of fire to protect himself and eventually befriended the spirits as such he managed to hone his skills by learning the proper way of bending from the dragons that lived in the spirit wilds he developed his style in such a manner that his fire became an extension of his body rather than a mere tool for protection as the others perceived it others learned of his survival and also set out into the spirit wilds with the power of fire no longer wanting to live under the poor conditions they had in the city in the years following people learned fire bending from the dragons that had once populated the land the first people in the era of the avatar to learn from the dragons were the sun warriors who understood the connection between the fire of their souls the fire of the dragons and the sun in the remains of their once great civilization zuko and aang discovered that firebending represents energy and life a concept that had been lost to nearly all firebenders in the hundred year war the true meaning of firebending was forgotten as anger rage and a desire to dominate began to replace the ideals of life and energy and how they connect to the sun the royal family encouraged this to aid in the propaganda that could be used as a tool to destroy and that the hundred year war was justified firebenders draw their power from the sun and other solar objects such as comets as well as the fiery core of the planet a solar eclipse has the potential to completely negate a firebender's power which is the result of a direct connection between the sun and fire bending additionally after defeating katara at sunrise during the siege of the north zuko stated that she rose with the moon but he rose with the sun further referencing the sun's importance to fire bending firebenders are also said to draw power from volcanic energy and lightning blazing rings and arcs spinning kicks or sweeping arm movements create rings and arcs to slow larger more widely spread or evasive targets zuko used a circular motion with his feet to create an expanding ring and successfully knocked zula down during their comet enhanced agni kai blocking fire a skilled firebender can defuse and extinguish an oncoming fire blast from another firebender by using a swift kick jab or any other defensive maneuver allowing them to stop attacks fire blade a more advanced version of a blazing arc by narrowing and condensing their flame projections firebenders can create thin blades of fire to slice through objects without completely destroying them azula used this technique to cut open a wall and zuko used it to free azula from katara's water whips firebomb used as a short-range attack a firebender can create a flame at the end of a limb and thrust the flame down in an explosive burst zuko used this technique once and both zuko and aang performed it at the beginning of their routine on ember island enhanced by the power of sozen's comet phoenix king ozai used an extremely powerful variant of a firebomb to break through aang's earth shield fire circle a technique demonstrated by the sun warriors they created a circle of fire and suspended it in the air for an extended period of time the tribesmen made these circles with the eternal flame just before zuko and ang were to be judged by ranan shaw fire daggers blow torch-like jets which are created from the fist or fingertips to use as close-range melee attacks however they lack the ability to actually block physical objects both zuko and azula have used this technique the latter to hold quay hostage during the coup of basing sei korra used a variant of this technique creating a blow torch as opposed to a dagger to cut through the chains that were binding tenzin in his family during the equalist victory rally mako used this technique to threaten two-toed ping for information regarding the theft of future industry's entire stockpile of technology cora also used this technique when getting ready to fight macau and lily at the misty palms inn fire streams a basic fire bending ability firebenders can shoot continuous streams of fire from their fingertips fists palms or legs these streams can be widened to create flamethrower-like techniques fire nation soldiers often use this technique to damage or destroy villages and towns fire whip an extension of a fire stream this continuous stream of flame has a semi-tactile quality and can be utilized as a whip the prison guards at the boiling rock use this technique to round up the prisoners during a lockdown and a trainer of a fire nation circus employed it to intimidate oppa zuko used a larger version of the fire whip in his fight embossing sei creating streams of great length for continuous mid to long range combat which he used to counter katara's water whip technique fire lashes an even further extension of the fire whip and stream firebenders can create a long lash of fire and bring it down on their enemies like azula did to aang or create smaller multiple lashes and envelope an area with fire like zuko did jet propulsion skilled fire bending masters are able to conjure high amounts of flame to propel themselves at high speeds on the ground or through the air normally this can only be used for short periods of time by regular firebenders however when augmented by sozen's comet or the avatar state the technique can be used for sustained levitation and flight it was first demonstrated by azula during her battle with aang in the crystal catacombs during the fight azula released the flames she used to propel herself horizontally which blasted aang backward azula used this skill to propel herself through the air over the boiling lake as she was pursuing zuko saka and tsuki when they were escaping the prison when azula was knocked off an airship she used a smaller burst of fire to propel herself onto a cliff saving herself from falling to her death during sozen's comet ozai and zhangjiang were capable of utilizing this skill with much more proficiency than azula had ever shown azula and zuko both executed this technique while powered by the comet during their agni kai and phoenix king ozai used it extensively during the battle at the wulong forest with aang it was also used by general iro of the united forces as he flew through the air above republic city while defending against equalist planes this technique can also be used to briefly run across a vertical surface as mako and korra did during an equalist rally cora also used it to propel herself through the air during her fight with zaheer jet stepping a more precise form of jet propulsion and variation of the dust stepping and mist stepping techniques used by earthbenders and waterbenders by using small bursts of flames beneath their feet a firebender can quickly scale buildings this technique was created by ranji after she observed luck using dust stepping fireballs and fire jabs another basic ability jabs and punches produce miniature fireballs and missiles of flame these can be charged up to create larger slower bursts or swiftly and repetitively fired to keep opponents off balance flame redirection in a similar fashion to water bending firebenders are capable of changing the course of an incoming fire blast and redirecting it back at the attacker using fluid motion this move exemplifies the use of firebending as an extension of the body and is used infrequently in modern combat in favor of more offensive maneuvers juan used this to defend spirits from fire bending hunters shield of fire this technique creates a protective shield of fire in front of or around a firebender that can deflect attacks and explosions it may be a lesser version of the wall of flames the dancing dragon this fire bending form was learned from the sacred statues that were hidden atop the ancient civilization of the sun warriors it involves a more fluid and natural form of fire bending it is a simple yet possibly very powerful firebending form as it also brings advantages for more skilled firebenders upon integrating it into his own style zuko's abilities improved to the point that he was able to duel evenly with azula successfully dispelling her attacks instead of overcoming them or trying to endure them it is also one of the few fire bending techniques with defensive capabilities there is a circular nature to the technique which is unusual in fire bending the only other known techniques to incorporate smooth circular movements are the fire circle and lightning generation charged attacks certain firebenders have been shown charging their attacks before releasing them allowing them to create enormous blasts of fire zuko and iro used a combined charged attack against aang prior to their first encounter zhao may have charged some of his attacks before releasing them when he fought aang azula used this skill against aang when they were battling atop the drill during the battle in the crystal catacombs zuko used this technique against both aang and katara and iro used a charged fire blast to defend himself against several daily agents during the battle at wulong forest using comet enhanced fire bending phoenix king ozai and several imperial firebenders unleashed charged fire blasts of enormous size from airships in an attempt to carry out their scorched earth plan and ozai later used it again to break aang's rock sphere during their battle iro used a charged attack to destroy bossing say's thick inner wall during the liberation of the city fire augmentation firebenders can also control the size and intensity of any nearby flames and can draw them in to manipulate them at will zuko was the first one to show mastery over this technique when he augmented the flame of the candles before him when his uncle brought him bad news avatar roku used this method to protect himself and counter an attack by zhao and his soldiers while aang channeled his spirit zhongzhang augmented the fire in his candles when he was discouraging aang when azula scared chan the torch behind azula also fell under her fire bending as it burned bright blue zuko later augmented a campfire while confronting his anger another example is the fire in the fire lord's throne room when ozai and azulon got angry the flames rose up higher and burned more rapidly it was also evident when azula was on the throne and the flames around her turned a dark blue another example was when zuko was attacking aang in the beach house as he disintegrated the flames aang used to counter-attack fire comet an advanced form of the fire stream in which the user pressurizes the fire into a ball and shoots it toward the enemy iro employed this technique to break through the inner wall during the liberation of bossing say fire missiles a more advanced form of the fire stream powerful firebenders can shoot long streams of fire that follow the target as they move this technique was used by both ozai and aang during the battle at wulong forest fire pinwheel a whirling disc of flame capable of being used at long range only azula appeared to have the ability to create these while in pursuit of aang and omashu intertwined fire stream an advanced move based on the basic fire stream the performer directs two powerful fire streams at their opponent though by intertwining the two streams a massive comet shaped fire stream is formed that has more power than the single stream zuko used this technique in the crystal catacombs and later again in his agnikai with azula wall of flames one of firebending's few defensive techniques either as a situated explosion or a controlled inferno this wall of concentrated flames acts as a barrier to incoming attacks it may be a more powerful version of a fire shield it not only protects against attacks but when used correctly can be used to stealthily escape from foes azula once used it to deflect four simultaneous attacks from all four elements to provide herself a stealthy escape zuko used it to stop a combustion attack although he was still being pushed back by the force of it master zhongzhang also used this method to stop a group of fire navy patrol boats so precise was his control that his flames burned on water he later created another wall to shield himself from four fire bending attacks and escape from zhao later on zhong zhang used the technique to push back several fire nation tanks which shows that it can also be used as an offensive move it should be noted that in that instance his fire bending was being powered by sozen's comet pressurized fire stream a more powerful form of the fire stream achieved by pressurizing the fire before it is released it covers more area than a regular fire stream phoenix king ozai and the imperial firebenders used this during their assault on wulong forest long range multiple fire whips an avatar level firebender can produce fire whips the most being five at once they are capable of reaching across long distances displayed when aang used this technique hundreds of feet above ozai this may have been a result of his firebending being augmented by sozen's comet or because he was in the avatar state at the time or possibly a combination of both each fire whip is also very wide and moves in a similar fashion to squid or octopus tentacles they have enough destructive power to demolish large rock formations this could be the technique shu was referring to when he said that only a fully realized avatar can open the sanctuary doors alone blue fire only azula has demonstrated the ability to bend completely blue flames which are hotter than the orange flames produced by most other firebenders the production of blue fire is attributed to prodigious skill and fire bending breath of fire a special technique that allows the user to warm their body with fire bending and breathing control similar to an airbender's heat regulation ability although this technique has limits as it could not entirely protect zuko from the freezing cold of the far north pole it is shown to be effective against other cold environments such as the coolers of the boiling rock combustion bending combustion bending is an ability employed by combustion man and pulley which allows the bender to ignite objects with their mind instead of traditional fire bending methods combustion vendors concentrate the energy through a tattooed third eye to project a ray of heat which detonates with great force producing situated explosions with a great deal of precision this technique is extremely effective and very destructive capable of use at close and long range it can completely disintegrate hill-sized boulders and instantaneously evaporate large bodies of water with ease it can also be employed to burn things without setting an explosion similar to a lens focusing sunlight the beam can also be curved as demonstrated by pulley however the technique has the potential to be just as hazardous to the user as it can be to their surroundings as combustion man blew off his own right arm and leg due to his initial lack of control over the newly discovered ability in his youth the sole known weakness of the combustion ray is that it is heavily reliant on an uninterrupted flow of qi as blocking the chi pads in the forehead from where the combustion beam issues forth causes potentially fatal backfires dragon fire when the dragons ran and shaw unleashed a vortex of fire several other colors of fire beyond the usual yellow orange and blue flames were present including white purple green pink and red fire while defending his family during an ambush zuko also showed himself capable of creating a fire vortex with hints of green and purple flames energy reading similar to healing firebenders are capable of using fire to sense cheap paths and interpret spiritual energy abanti shaman used this technique to ascertain the cause of avatar korra's memory loss concluding it to be the result of a dark spirit infecting her nia haitha was also familiar with this technique and used it to partially repair the spiritual damage done to avatar crook fire breathing fire breathing involves the user fire bending out of his or her mouth mixing air from the lungs with the flame creating a wider hotter blast this has been exhibited by multiple individuals including ozai airo zuko azula aang makko and korra it was the employment of this firebending style in the heat of battle that earned general ira the nickname the dragon of the west with its wide encompassing range the technique allows for staving off multiple opponents it is also useful for stealth as it requires no hand motions and can thus be impossible to predict tea can also serve as a catalyst for this technique as shown by iro heat control certain advanced fire benders appear to have the ability to control heat using this technique firebenders can heat liquids heat metal until it glows red or melt ice or in reverse cool things down as evidenced by fire lord sozen who absorbed the heat coming from lava through one hand letting it pass through him and out via the other effectively cooling it down lightning generation lightning generation is the ability to generate and direct lightning it requires peace of mind and a complete absence of emotion so far only seven named firebenders have demonstrated themselves as capable of this art shooping on iro ozai azula makko lightning bolt zolt and zuko's grandson general iro during cora's lifetime many other firebenders demonstrated the ability to generate lightning particularly in creating energy for republic city's power plant lightning redirection after observing the redirecting techniques of water bending iro developed a technique to redirect the course of lightning strikes by absorbing it through one arm guiding it through the stomach and out the other arm only iro zuko aang azula and mako have demonstrated this ability to redirect lightning lightning bolt zolt is also known to have been capable of redirecting lightning energy bending energy bending is the art of bending the energy within one's body it existed in the era of rava though it was considered a lost art over time few avatars have learned the spending art and even fewer have used it it is a highly dangerous technique if one's own energy is impure and therefore bendable the practitioner will consequently be destroyed energy bending allows the user to remove other people's bending abilities restore them after a bender has had their abilities blocked by blood bending and the art is used to create a spiritual projection astral projection tapping into the vast expanse of cosmic energy with the help of the tree of time cora was able to bend the energy within herself to create an astral projection of her spirit despite not having been bound by a corporeal form the projection was able to both inflict and sustain great physical damage and utilize bending the astral forum was also capable of firing a beam of light similar to that of vatus although just a projection due to being spiritually connected to the user it is also affected by spirit bending granting bending energy bending can be used to bestow an individual with the power of bending during the era of rava different lion turtles use this power to give inhabitants of their respective settlements a bending power when they left home to gather food in 170 ag the ability was used by avatar aang to restore avatar korra's bending and korra herself subsequently used it to restore lin befong's bending both of which had been severed by amman the lion turtles however are the only energy benders known to grant born non-benders bending abilities removing bending an energy bender is capable of removing a person's bending permanently unless restored by an energy bender during the era of rava different lion turtles used this power to remove the granted bending ability from the inhabitants of their respective villages after they returned home from getting food aang later used this as well to remove ozai's fire bending and yukon's water bending spirit energy manipulation this is the ability to manipulate energy originating from the spirit world cora first used this technique to manipulate the energy of the pods encasing genora ryu and his tour group after they were captured by hostile spirit vines she later employed the same technique in the mortal world to deflect a lethal beam of energy fired by kuvira's spirit cannon and save the metal bender did you enjoy our video be sure to check out these other great videos from the amagi and make sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos you

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Published: Mon Nov 29 2021