VS | Toph vs Kuvira

[Music] [Music] [Music] eighty-eight years after the Airbender genocide Toph beifong was born to a wealthy family in the earth Kingdom born without sight talk was coddled as a child her parents tight grip led Toph to run away at the age of six as she roamed the underground of her estate she discovered badgermoles blind creatures who use the earth to see learning from their movements top gain a new sight a seismic sense seeing the world through earth at the age of 12 she was already a master earthbender participating in underground fighting rings under the moniker the blind bandit it was here where she would meet the avatar who was looking for someone to teach him in the ways of Earth's resentfully she agreed joining him in his journey on their adventure she discovered metalbending a new form of earthbending and eventually Toph helped abbot our Aang and bring the elements back into balance defeating the relentless Fire Nation [Music] Toth became a significant vendor of earth and metal her legacy was followed by her two daughters Lynn and soui and beifong notable metal benders like her mother Lynn became Republic city's Chief of Police and Sue again created a new city geared for metalbenders the city was called zafu abandoned by her parents kuvira was welcomed into zaofu and soohyun beifong's personal estate kuvira was nurtured and supported by su yen as though she were her own daughter as an adult she was placed into soohyun's personal security force where she quickly climbed the ranks as a captain after the successful battle against the here in the Red Lotus the earth Kingdom was splintered and divided hours hard Korra was still recovering from her injuries and it seems she never would fully recover in accordance with president Reiko in Republic City kuvira took it upon herself to reunite the earth Kingdom leading a relentless three-year campaign after years of conquests kuvira was successful but many of the earth Kingdom citizens took issue with her methods she forced agreements between villages and the kingdom to achieve her goal and her relationship with the other nations were strained still Kabira had many supporters when she proclaimed herself the leader of the new earth Empire gone was the monarchy of the earth Kingdom but her ambitions went too far she won in zaofu and republic city for herself creating an enormous mech that was capable of devastating destruction eventually kuvira and her empire were brought down by avatar Korra and she was arrested for her war crimes [Music] in most of my verses videos I compare each fighter in their prime for this matchup it will be a bit different it was hard to determine which iteration of Toth to examine we know for a fact that her prime was off-screen when she was Chief of Police I could not use his version of Toth because she is without any feet we know that she was in her prime but we don't understand what that meant in detail I could have also gone with old Toth and Legend of Korra it would have placed her in the same time period as kuvira but again we don't get much of her ability outside of her training with Korra who was not 100 in at the time therefore I decided to go with the 14 year old Toth as seen in the graphic novel the rift for kuvira I'll be observing her from Legend of Korra book 4 which gives us the most material to work with toss physical abilities were a bit different from most of the other avatar characters someone like Zuko was a physical prodigy crafted by a warrior's discipline someone like Aang was a master of agility extremely light on his feet but for Toph her most notable physical attributes did not come from an imposing figure or quick dexterity top was very aware of her surroundings her blindness heightened her other senses her smell her touch her hearing this will be a key component for Toph in her fights sensing her opponents every move especially other earthbenders Kabira was a bit more conventional when it came to her physical attributes she mix the tactical precision of a sharpshooter with the light-footed balance of an airbender these attributes may stem from her background and dance when she lived with suyin beifong her balance was perfect and she was always moving never stagnant or flat-footed this enabled her to evade enemy attack with very little movement even against the diverse move set of an avatar in a physical sense kuvira has the edge while top was extremely aware of the movement around her especially the movements of another metal bender her physical abilities are not as impressive as kuvira if someone threw a boulderettes Hopf she would Stonewall it with her bending not through an acrobatic flip tops abilities were rooted in Brown she needed to stay in contact with the earth which limited her options for body evasion Kabir had more choices changing direction in an instant for this I would say Kabir egg as the edge for her physical abilities [Music] [Music] [Music] earth was the element of substance classified by its strength and fortitude the bedrock of earthbending was routed around negative and positive Jing the wisdom of knowing when to wait and when to strike overtime the style and substance of earthbending evolved there were individuals who could been different kinds of earths such as San metal and lava traditional earthbending was more about power blows of strength modern earthbending was more about precision blows of speed comparing Toph and kuvira is a bit like comparing the old and the new the traditional and the modern so the thigh entirely true top was a bit unorthodox for her time using a self-taught style of earthbending rather than a typical Dai Li style still top style was more traditional than it was modern unlike air which was based around evasion or fire which was based around offense or water which was based around redirecting defense into offense earth had two distinct parts offense and defense some earthbenders referred to this as positive and negative Jeanne positive Jing related to taking decisive action while negative Jeanne related to a more passive approach the perfect Jean was neutral the principle of waiting and then attacking at the right moment top had no trouble with her use of positive Jing she was both precise and powerful powerful enough to hold up tons of metal for hours precise enough to temporarily disable the combustion man typically within a fight she favored power over precision throwing out a boulder or a huge group of rocks but she has also used earthbending in more subtle ways often throwing off her opponent's balance Kabir was also very accomplished in her positive Jing unlike Toph she was chiefly concerned with speed and precision Kabir was more like a sniper with a tommy gun her fight against the bandits is a great example while Toph would have turned the entire valley on his side Kabir dealt with each bandit individually an impressive feat of speed and precision but not of mounting power Kabir was all about subtlety unsettling an opponent with the ground or overwhelming them with blinding speed she also possess a grappling hook and makeshift sword within her armor much like the metal bidding police force in Republic City she used her grappling hook for long distance attack for shorter distances she had a plated sword at her disposal and both would be very useful in a fight toss most significant ability was her defense the chief discipline of any earthbender was to wait and listen and tofs ability to see an attack before it happened was a huge benefit especially against other earth and metal benders typically top let her opponent make the first move waiting for the best time to strike when she went on the defensive she either evaded through her own subtle movements or literally stone law attack with a huge rock wall kuvira's defensive measures were a bit different holding true to her focus on speed she was focused on evasion rather than stone wall defenses she carried herself like a boxer like a pro-bender bobbing and weaving before countering she lived and died by her ability to be faster than her opponent never displaying an any desire to defend herself through the more standard approaches of earth the process of comparing the bending abilities of these two was difficult my first thought was that Toph was the better of the two when it came to bidding but then I asked myself why so I reviewed her fight scenes and I realized a lot of toffs abilities are overinflated among fans and I wondered why this was so could it be because she was very sassy and people favored her personality and it was more of a fan-favorite type deal more than anything else so then I looked at Kabir as fight scenes and I was far more impressed with her technique she was a much faster metal burner than Toph was she was always on the move with a bounce in her step so the question now was this could Toph contend with that speed the first thing to review here is Toph seismic since she could sense her opponent's movements including their midair attacks so she certainly has an advantage there but I was still unconvinced that she could contain with Cuvier speed so I looked for fighters who were comparable to kuvira the closes I found was toss fight with Aang if comic book not only was top able to block Eng she was able to land a blow on him as well quite significant when you consider the evasive speeds of an airbender likewise I looked at fighters that would be similar to top the best example for this would be su Yin who kuvira fought in book 4 legend of korra su Yin certainly does not compare directly to Toph we're examining the teenage Toph for one and the older Toph mentioned that su Yin was never as good with metal bending as she was but they do share attributes metal bending and seismic since kuvira defeated su Yin ultimately because she was a step faster her reaction and retaliation against Egypt's unions attacks were quick-witted and decisive and this is the best example we have of kuvira fighting someone near tough skill level what's more Kabir has shown she can contend with an avatar even a full-strength avatar bobbing and weaving between fire metal and air I think this round comes down to Tufts use of seismic sense and how effective that would be against Kabir speed Toph gets an advantage with her overall power displaying greater strength with earthbending but Kabir has greater variety the key difference between top and su Yin seismic sense is that Toph is far more reliant on it than su Yin is which could indicate a superior use of the ability midway through combat gosh um I'm ranting let me stop as stated before I keep going back to top stability to continue as an airbender in the form of Aang which to me indicates that she can at least contend with some form of speed for this I would give the very slight edge to Toph for her bending abilities [Music] [Music] brutally honest extremely stubborn yet carefree top was compassionate but always ready to showcase her grit toss personality is highlighted best when judging how she trained and versus Katara's training Toth was tough and unyielding believing progress was achieved through tough love unlike Katara who believed development stand from encouragement and nurture Kabira was much the same she was equally persistent equally Stern while top was determined to prove she was capable despite her disabilities kuvira was determined to meet her goals uniting the earth Kingdom in any way possible she allowed no one to undermine her objective but line it by her singular goal tofs disability directly informed her fighting tactics the earthbending mantra of wait and listened and took a whole new meeting with saw where she literally had to wait and listen toss reliance on seismic sense was both a blessing it and occurs she can map out her opponents movements but she also had trouble pinpointing opponents midair her effectiveness was dictated by her environment whether she was standing on earth ice or sand because Toph was self-taught she practiced the way of the praying mantis rather than the traditional daily style the style involved type movement of the body succinct Coty's much like hunger kungfu this lightly held with tops reaction time listening for her opponents and then reacting through short movements visualize then attack kuvira was a very fluid and intuitive fighter unlike Toph who by necessity relied on being reactive kuvira was more proactive she was a balanced fighter favoring neither her offense nor her defense over the other instead they were intertwined much like a waterbender typically she started off her sequences by slipping her opponent's attack looking for openings once she found a [ __ ] of her foes armor she attacked with a lightning-fast assault the question here is how effective tops keen senses will work out against kuvira's tactics when looking at tops own abilities it makes sense that she would be well suited against most metalbenders but we have to take into consideration that kubera's own fighting style was top tier she was an extremely fast and agile fighter personally my favorite kuvira's approach to combat I believe her fluid fighting style would function better than tops waiting and listening tactics or in other words I think kuvira had more options on the battlefield kuvira gets the edge for her tactical abilities [Music] a fight between Toph and kuvira will be a fight of calculation they both were advanced metalbenders with different tactics to disrupt the flow of their opponents movesets top was a prodigy of earthbending inventing metalbending mastering the element as a child Kabira was a trained soldier conquering with an iron fist taking nothing for granted let's set up this fight let's say it takes place in an earth Kingdom Valley as a final tally I would say the advantage of the victor goes well 5 to 10 yes I think this matchup will be a split decision there are two functions of a split decision it means it's either circumstantial or inconclusive for this matchup I would say it's inconclusive I see the merits of both fighters and I can truly decide who would get the majority over the other had kuvira been a more traditional earthbender I would likely favor tall and toss flat-footed style of favors of victory for kuvira I'm also not confident in top stability to defend the sheer tenacity of Kabir's attack but I'm also not confident that kuvira can keep up with Toph seismic sins thus I declared this matchup to be an inconclusive split decision of course this is just all my opinion do you agree that this matchup is too close to call or do you feel that one of these vendors has a definitive edge over the other please leave your thoughts and comments below and as always peace love and remember be water my friend [Music] the question still stands who was the better avatar Avatar Aang The Last Airbender or avatar Korra the legend do I like it do I not like it oh I actually kind of like it oh my god I like everything a lot oh god I like it [Music] [Music] [Music] these attributes may stem from her background what I see

Channel: Antoine Bandele

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Keywords: bolin, mako, katara, ghazan, zaheer, amon, tenzin, zuko, p'li, korra, ming hua, aang, azula, death battle, toph, comic vine, avatar, the last airbender, toph vs kuvira, legend of korra, toph vs gaara, Blindwave

Id: BP_eVK1_GQ8

Length: 19min 5sec (1145 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 01 2015