Ranking All Earthbenders in Avatar The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra - Tierlist
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2023
- In this video, we're going to be ranking all the earth benders in Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra using the o so popular tier list system!
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Momo would be in the "not enough rocks" category
He would be in legendary tier.
Can bend while grooming himself
No, you idiot, it's the girl (Katara)
he is the one spinning the earth around the sun with earth bending
bro hes spinning the moons what do you mean
Toph can use her seismic sense in Kora to watch her kids around the world. She's gone beyond being a bender to becoming something of a master of the spiritual nature of earth.
She wasn't using seismic sense to do that. She was connecting to spirit vines that allowed her to perceive things around the world.
That was the spirit vines not seismic sense
@@Leafzaiother than avatars no one else can do that
@@user-gk6nt5gi5nnot true
@@betkayerdil4528 Yeah. We DID see Guru Pathik doing that.
Minor note: Bumi’s not bending the statue itself, you can see from 20:01-20:03 that he’s bending rock pillars from beneath to tilt the statue. The metal sound would presumably be from the metal moving as a result. So no, he’s not metalbending.
But his stregth is overwhelming. I wonder how much this statue weights
@@sofievalerie2628 I wasn't arguing with Bumi being strong; he's probably the physically strongest Earth Bender in the show. The content creator speculated about Bumi being a metalbender due to that clip. That's what I was arguing against.
At first I thought it was metal tearing apart while he was moving the stone parts of the statue, but you're right.
@@sofievalerie2628 That isn't the point. The point is that there is no demonstrable evidence of him being able to bend metal.
@@MayerAudax this is not my point i only wanted to mention how strong he is
Even without the books, Kyoshi has shown more than enough to be legendary tier. She literally split a continent in half. That's raw power far beyond what even Boomy was capable of. As for combat power/fighting style, she trained the Kyoshi warriors and taught them how to fight. So imagine Suki, but far more skilled in every way and with Earth bending even stronger than Boomy.
Yeah but that was in the avatar state which doesn’t count.
@@Antondmt1 Bro, divide what she did by 100 or even 1000 and it still the most insane feat in the series 🙄
@@Antondmt1 Divide it by 10,000 even. The Avatart State is no where near 10,000x multiplier. And it would still be the most insane feat. Plus we do know from the novels that's she is the throw of big rocks. That's her main thing. Earthbending so powerful she cant control it. She's the most powerful avatar in her base element.
@@ontoya1 Definitly not a strong feat if you divide by 10,000 lol. She split a peninsula, not a continent. Also, the list is based on the show not other material. If it was, I’d agree with you. She has proven to be the best earth bender and avatar in the books.
@@Antondmt1 Your a reasonable dude so let's paint a picture. Ima look up how big Kyoshi island is, one moment
Quick note, at 19:37 it was mentioned he took back Ba Sing Se by himself. That is not Ba Sing Se, that is Omashu.
yeah, that was my only problem with the list as well
@@MrMcMuggel that plus i dont think bumi used metal bending to take down that statue. looks like he created large rock pillars under it to topple it over.
@@MsPoonlicker But still, huge ass statue xD I wish we could have seen more Bumi's kicking ass moments
@@MsPoonlickerI always thought he was using the rocks he placed in the statue to tilt it over.
I really like the idea of bumi with the whole neutral jing stuff and that there were no casulties when he took back his city. But him just surrendering without giving any reasons to his soldiers was just bad leadership. It was pretty funny tough.
Nice to see you back Spinoy! And great comment like last time haha. Bumi could've at least said something rather than literally saying "nothing"
@@spinoy3359 Thanks for the tip! I might give it a try..
If Bumi says "yeah, im not actually defeated, we are gonna take the city back" and that comes out, then he probably gets executed on the spot. Better to not say anything.
Cut Bumi some slack. He is more than 100 years old and crazy.
For me it was more surprising that he was held above the ground in the metal coffin for weeks or months.
Did he get fed? Where did he “go” exactly?
I think it was actually a good idea. Bumi knows that he alone can retake the city, but if he fights back the Fire nation on the moment he would just create a war on his city and unnecessary bloodsheed on both sides. When he surrenders then no one dies on his city bcs there was never a war or a fight, he just waits until the Fire nation couldn't afford to go to war for that specific city and then retake it, so all his habitants where always safe
In my head-cannon, the only reason Toph didn’t use lava bending is that she couldn’t sense it as easily with her seismic senses, and therefore risked seriously burning her feet. She already knows the damage that does to her abilities from when Zukko accidentally burned her, so she didnt even bother with it.
Intruiging head-cannon... however, wouldn't you say that she would at least learn to lavabend then to defend herself against horribly dangerous lavabending forces like Ghazan?
@@AllAboutAvatar. chances of a lava bender attacking and beating her is way lower than the chance of her failing to lava bend and hurtinh herself especially her feet. too much risk imo.
@@AllAboutAvatar. She could have trouble bending Lava as it is a liquid ( mostly ), and she doesn't do great with liquids, because of how soundwave travels in it.
Lava is mostly semisolid, a flowing hot solid... Toph would definitely sense the entire lava with seismic sense, but probably not the actual liquid splattering
Although, one could say that the science behind lava bending is by increasing the friction between molecules, thus increasing temperature... If that's the case, Toph could've made a very very hot almost semisolid without melting it and do work with that
I've always thought of lava bending as being a result of both fire and earthbender genes coming together in an earthbending baby, and the Beifong family has gotta be one of the purest earthen families out there, with them already being well established back in kyoshi's day
About Bumi metalbending! If you look very close in that scene, you can see he just rose pillars of earth to raise the stature. It's VERY hard to notice though, so I don't blame people for being confused. Overanalyzing Avatar was also lost on it. Personally, I do think Bumi would be able to metalbend if he knew of the possibility, it was just...well. Toph invented metalbending by being the GOAT for a reason.
Sup Finnsword, thanks :) That appears to be the answer! They should have made it clearer! Or maybe they did it on purpose to confuse us haha
@@AllAboutAvatar. team avatar when they bulldozed all the palace guards are all some of the greatest benders in the world, to call them “children” as if it puts them into a lower class of power is kind of ridiculous
He threw rocks into the statue’s face before moving it, anyway.
The pillar is rather notwithstanding.
To me toph and bumi are same strength they are my fev characters of the series on the lv with ang I don't consider top higher cause I really didn't like metal bending felt op and for the plot to me
Kyoshi is the GOAT.
I think the reason Bolin and Roku can lava bend is because they have fire nation ancestory; Bolin's mom was from the fire nation and Roku's main element was fire. I assume Ghazan also descended from the fire nation as well.
Interesting theory. However, we so saw Kyoshi lavabend… how does that work?
@@AllAboutAvatar. I don't think Roku and Kyoshi lavabended, at least not like Bolin or Ghazan. I like to think they just used fire and earth bending together so it looked like lavabending while Bolin and Ghazan can actually lavanbend. I might be wrong tho its just my theory
@@AllAboutAvatar. What Kyoshi is concerned, she could firebend being the avatar, so it's not a far stretch to say to lavabend you need some kind of Firebending connection even if you can't firebend like Bolin.
@@tanomgoldy6755 they only did when in their Avatar state so good point
Oh I like that theory
I always thought that it could have been so cool if lavabend was a reaction created when firebenders and earthbenders work together. Like some sort of combo-attack.
I think what is really impressive about bumi is, that he can bend with only his vision and doesn't necessarily need movements for it
Nah, it’s explicitly stated (by himself even) and shown that was bending by moving his head. Still very impressive that he’s moving things with such dexterity by just moving his head in different directions, but he *does* need movement. I don’t think there’s been any bender so far that can bend without moving, as bending is accomplished by moving your chi through your body by doing katas.
@@phoebusapollo8365 flying by doesn't require movement
@Tinashe Masoka yea but that ability wasn't thought out so 🤷
@@L0L246 how so?
@Tinashe Masoka to begin with how it was invented, you would think actual airbenders invented it with centuries of study, but it was the guy who had airbending for a couple of weeks to months, it also as you said requires no movement unlike every other technique and it breaks the balance between the elements even more than kora already broke it
Cool thing about Toph is she can't just see through seismic sense but she can sense the stone and rocks in the air too. Being able to exceptionally duel any other earthbenders because she senses all of their attacks, even the ones that are not connected to the ground.
YESSSS
But that one scene where toph wanted the belt back sokka threw it at her and she got hit by it. Or can she only sense earth?
@@alceusrydan6237 that was metal and at that time she didn’t invent metal bending yet .. so no that doesn’t count
Ok, wait, i was on board until kyoshi. It's an earthbender tier list, not a martial artist tier list and moving continent, erupting lava and creating an island from scratch is pretty top tier earthbending.
I do agree but it wasn't shown in a combat scenario, and he specified that it was for combat.
Not only was that not in combat but she did that with the Avatar State.
Also you should know that Kyoshi has horrible techniques in her bending
Wasn’t she technically using air to push the island away?
@@betterlatethannever4529 she still cracked the whole island apart and sliced it open with lava, i'm pretty sure she can take on the boulder.
“Not enough rocks thrown” for Kyoshi, go read the books
Yeah indeed
YESSSS the books are amazing
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Yeah Kyoshi is by far the most powerful earth bender in the whole series
great video! i agree with almost everything, definitely think kyoshi will move up once you read the novels, she is an incredibly powerful earth bender. can't wait for the one on water benders, will be very interesting to see your ranking
Hey Nico, thanks for your comment, glad you liked the vid
Ooh yeah and I'd *love* to see where Yun would be ranked as well (very close to if not at the top probably), he's absolutely incredible at that.
also @allaboutavatar I know I'm not the person who posted the original comment but yeah, the Kyoshi novels are really good (I'd definitely recommend them)!
Toph's minor disadvantage against aerial attacks wasn't mentioned, but I think it's so minor in comparison to her advantages that she still clinches the top spot over Bumi. Would love to see an all-out sparring match between those two, would be one for the ages.
She has a problem against Aang Air bending, she has literally blocked attacks coming from the air and ataccked airborne enemies.
they did in the comics, it went on for a whole ass day and neither won
also Water she maybe able to hear it but she can't totally detect it same with Air and Fire
Bumi can whoop aang's ass but toph is useless against him
The Sandbenders actually made multiple giant towers of rock when they were trying to get rid of the vulture bees, which, if you look at the scale of what they did, is the strongest earthbending feat done in the whole show apart from avatar state earthbending.
I thought they just shot the sand up? I need to rewatch
@jasongrace4005 Yes it was just loose sand.
Imagine if you could get an Avatar trained by: Iroh = Fire, Toph = Earth, Gyatso = Air, Katara = Water, Piandao = General fighting techniques
Ty Lee would be way better for general fighting skills.
@@Markus2E5I6 Yeah, I think Piandao would be good for WEAPONS training in particular while Ty Lee would be a much better martial arts teacher in this scenario.
@@abstractAnomaly that’s an interesting distinction. I’m thinking about what other teachers this “ultimate avatar” could have, and I’m thinking something related to a more spiritual side. Maybe zaheer? He did basically master air bending fully by the philosophy which probably makes him a fairly adequate option to teach as well
Idk maybe guru patik would be better
@@Markus2E5I6 A chi blocking avatar would be straight-up disrespectful to their enemies. Bends at least 3 more elements than anyone else, but they still go in for the paralysis shot.
@@abstractAnomalyand water amon but healing for katara
Roku is 100% in legendary, the feats of lava bending and creating a HUGE wall against that volcano WITHOUT the avatar state was unlike anything we've ever seen before, people underrate roku fr
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Really should have read the book before making a tier list, especially since it means that Yun wasn't on the list and he was quite possibly the greatest earth bender before the creation of Metal Bending. Not to mention the Gravedigger Jianzhu. Jianzhu once wiped out a water tribe fleet by raining boulders down on them while Yun bended the earth like it was multiple elements, he could move like an airbender, move earth like it was water, had seismic sense, and matched a trained Kyoshi in combat. Not to mention overpowered a spirit with skill and brute force.
FACTS! Yun mannnnn
Yeah ig
I will admit that every time we see Kyoshi earthbending in the main series it's always after she activates the avatar state boosting her power, but its not really fair too judge her skill off using the avatar state alone when it comes too earth literally being her main element, if you read the books you definitely get a new perspective, but still considering Kyoshi's technique in the LOK intro and the fact that she split a whole part of an island off of its mainland using earthbending and using lavabending too do so as well means she's incredibly versed in both her knowledge and power when it comes too earthbending, I feel as if she at least belongs in the Masters tier
He's only going based on fighting
Or do the audio book if reading is not your jam. It flows so wonderfully. Kyoshi cannot be disregarded in this way. Her combat with dust stepping, focused on small things with her fan weapons, bringing down half a mountain, landslides, lifting buildings, the sea floor, she is the most nonchalant legend of all time and deserves your respect! 💚
Avatar Szeto: Masters - he could go in not enough rocks thrown, but we do see him lava bend 4 volcanoes at once in the show, so I'd say he goes above Roku, he probably should go higher but we don't see any other feats (Szeto is the fire avatar before Yangchen)
Spoilees for the comics below
Sun (Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy): Skilled - She's a though she has minimal control over lava, I'd put her just above The Boulder
Ho Tun, Penga, & The Dark One (Many Comics): Prodigies - They show mild proficiencs in combat and teach beginner metalbenders at Toph's academy, they were also Toph's first students.
Yaling (Imbalance): Masters - Above Korra, she was able to go equal with Toph, but she did get the jump on her, ultimately she could go higher but we don't see enough feats
Liling (Imbalance): Masters - Above Yaling, she's Yaling's mother and shoes greater proficiency in earthbending than her daughter
Spoilers for Rise of Kyoshi & Shadow of Kyoshi below.
Wong (Rise of Kyoshi): Prodigies - I'd put him just below a Dai Li agent, he can step on air with a technique called dust-stepping and he's proficient in combat
Lek (Rise of Kyoshi): Prodigies - Just above Wong/Under a Dai Li agent, he's a master of precision and can dust-step, he's most known for using a stone-bullet technique
Kyoshi (Shadow of Kyoshi): I'd put her earthebeding at a level just above Aang's, maybe above Korra's, she's obviously much stronger in the future, but she's nowhere near her peak in the novels
Jianzhu (Rise of Kyoshi): Just below Bumi, his earth bending easily countered AS Kyoshi in Rise of Kyoshi and he taught Kuruk, Yun, etc. He took down a whole military fleet with 2 stone pillars, and he's regarded as the best in his generation
Kuruk (Shadow of Kyoshi): Legendary - Above Toph, he's regarded as equal to pre-fusion Yun so yea. (Edit was here, I kinds underestimated pre-fusion Yun initially so I had to bump him up)
Post-Fusion Yun (Shadow of Kyoshi): Legendary - Above Toph, he went toe to tor with Hei Ran, Rangi, and Kyoshi with ease. He also killed and ate a spirit KURUK couldn't defeat BEFORE he fused with it while he was exhausted.
The worst is the guys in the live action who need 8 guys to lift 1 rock
Bumi couldn’t metal bend. I’m pretty sure he was using the rocks he had just shot into the statue to move it
I don't get how lavabending is lore-breaking. If a water bender can manipulate water temperature (molecules?) and create ice, so can an earthbender with earth/rocks. I actually thought it was more obvious why an earthbender can lavabend than firebenders being able to shoot lightning out of their finger tips. Anyway, great video and ranking!
While I do agree that lava bending is overpowered in terms of raw power I don’t think it broke the magic system, there are two non avatar lava benders meaning it’s so rare (on the level of blood bending) that the pure power of it works in my opinion. Obviously if it became as common as metal bending did then it would be incredibly broken. Also you have to acknowledge the sheer power that air bending contains in just it’s one element but when you factor in the nature of air benders it offsets the raw power, Zaheer showed how deadly a single air bender could be if they wanted. My point is the raw strength of a type of bending isn’t the sole part of what defines its ‘brokenness’ much like how blood bending (imo even more powerful than lava bending) or sucking air out of the lungs of someone doesn’t break the magic system due to other limiting factors
Hey Spawn, that’s a really fair point. I think you swayed my opinion of the matter! If you consider it like a really rare ability, then yes! But the critique I do have then is that Bolin really easily learned it. And yes, Bolin was a pretty damn good earthbender but he’s also a pretty regular guy. So how does learning earthbending work? Is it genetic, can it be learned? Regardless, your comment was great!! Hope you liked the vis
@@AllAboutAvatar.i think one of the key points to consider is the type of people who do lava bend. we only see it in avatars and 2 very unique earth benders. In the avatars it makes sense, as it seems like a sort of fusion between earth and fire, yet in the 2 non-avatars, there is a common characteristic. they both have a very fluid, light style of bending that is in huge contrast to “ideal” earth bending. Bo Lin is very agile and chooses not to be sturdy, as most earth benders try to be, which I think is reflected in lava bending. this would also bring a new light to the avatars who lava bend, as they have already learned styles of bending that are in stark contrast to earth bending, I choose to think of it as a different approach to earth bending; instead of becoming as solid as the earth, make the earth as fluid as you.
@@that_guy1186 I believe its also in line with how Iroh learned to redirect lighting. Benders who use another type of bending as a catalyst to improve or morph their own way of fighting. Like you said Bolin and Gahzan were very flowing and agile like a water bender. similar to how as a water bender, Tonraq, Korra's Dad, has more in your face and earthbender stubborn fighting style.
But i do see The possibilty genetics when benders who date a different bending type can influence that offspring's capabilities.
one of the best villains of all time was Zaheer. Dude literally took people's breath away to kill them and when his girlfriend died, he let go of all attachments and just flew away like a boss. MY guy held his own in a 2 V 1 against other master benders.
Blood bending and air bending sucking air away (wasn't in combat) have limitations. Lava bend doesn't just start it up and you dominating all earth benders using their rock as fuel
Kyoshiii basically going into her God mode and yet it wasn't impress you. Kyoshiii is literally a war machine. "Not enough rocks to throw.. on the other hand my girl kyoshiii separate a freaking island". 😂
According to him, she didn't fight with it
@@appleboss9742how does that even matter in the first place if she's able to move an island and do other overpowered abilities being the avatars that put her in legendary tear especially from the book material and also why did he even make a video without doing any research about the character ahead of time.
I think this is a great tier list. Looking forward to the others!
Awesome! Did you vote the poll?
@@AllAboutAvatar. I did now
13:24 We also saw Aang Bending both air and earth at the same time. So he was thinking both like an Earthbender AND an Airbender simultaneously. Not necessarily a showcase of Earthbending skill, per-say, but still impressive if you think about it.
kyoshi - Lava bending, spliting a continent, trained the kyoshi warriors, didn`t hesitate before killing someone and just that makes it so she needs her own category above everyone else
This is why fandom n hardcores are needed
Everytime kyoshi was on screen she showed insane prowess in earth bending. Like she moved an entire island away from the main land and flung two multiple stories high statues.
She usually only shows prowess with large amounts of earth, and she struggles with smaller/more precise earthebending techniques, she is able to bend a bit better precisely with her fans, but it's still not the best. She is absolutely insane with large chunks of earth though
@@iriwom again even that speaks for itself. Someone that can move mountains and divide land masses (...on screen!) is not low tier. I think in Atla there is only her that showed she was able to do that, not sure about that.
True she moved the entire island. But you can literally see her use airbending to move the Island. It’s funny but she canonically showed more powerful airbending then Yangchen and Aang despite being an Earth Bender
@@edwinsolis5710 splitting it wasn't air bending and i doubt that she could have moved the island with airbending alone. Windstrength of that magnitude would have wipe everything of including mountains. The island undoubtly was mostly moved by earth bending. Not that splitting of landmasses and moving them on the magma between the continental plates wasn't impressive enough. She showed god like earth bending powers and gets sorted below rookie. Again i think there is not a single character showing more impressive earth bending in atla
@@deviousalemanni4235 if you count Lava Bending as Earth Bending then Setzo is >>>>>> because he caused like four or five volcanos to erupt and lavabended all of them. That’s insanely impressive.
A pet theory we had about the Royal guard and Terra Team being so underwhelming, is because above-average benders sooner or later get noticed and enlisted by the Dai Li. It feels pretty thematic for a corrupt secret police force to strengthen their own ranks at the detriment of the actual military that's supposed to protect resp. the king and the city (and for the soldiers it's a ticket out of a lethal war, much like guarding the gulags was for soviet militarymen).
Damn, that's such an awesome theory that makes so much sense!! Pretty cool idea that the Dai Li keeps sustaining itself and holding onto power by recruiting power from the forces that could posisbly threathen their control...
Personally I don't agree with putting any metal benders that far down. We saw Toph create metal bending and lost our minds because she just did the impossible. It immediately made her the strongest earth bender in ATLA. I understand it's more widespread in The Legend of Korra but still the fact that they can use this rare ability is proof in itself that they're exceptional earth benders. Loved the video man I'm watching the fire benders one after this.
Inventing/discovering metal bending is far harder than using or learning it. Building a computer is easy, inventing the computer is much more impressive. That is why she is the greatest earthbender.
@@MegaLokopo I agree my friend.
Bumi puts the iron grandpa to shame, cause bumi is titanium great-granddaddy, seriously, 120 and still whooping younger benders, whats he eat, diamonds.
Completely agree with this list👍 especially where u put gazan some people seem to underrate him but his lava bending skills is op
Thanks bro! Happy you found yourself aligning with the list. And yes, Ghazan should not be underrated :)
@@AllAboutAvatar. facts
After kiyoshi i cant take anything seriously 💀
You are really good! I watched your list on waterbending too and i agree almost 100%. The diagreements are so minor that they dont really change the overall substance. Great analysis
I’d say Toph’s ability to read people’s mind to a degree that she knows people are lying is enough to give her a combat advantage through that ability. Knowing if your opponent is preparing to strike, which is even easier to read than detecting lies, so she should be able to, is pretty valuable. You will always either strike first or be able to defend yourself.
Ok, Aang would be prodigy for water and fire however Aang has tossed some rocks way more efficiently then Korra.
I want to see the fire benders ranked
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Awesome!
Thank you! Lava bending is definitely over-powered! It always bugged me that the lore was changed to have it be only Earthbending.
Yeah! A lot of agree just think Lavabending is awesome, which, it is. But at the same time it is kind of too powerful... Hope you enjoyed the vid!
I mean all the elements are overpowered if u want to look at it like that. If it was a firebending thing than u would say firebending is op. Also people really make me laugh with the whole “ruined the lore thing” just because u have an idea of how something is in your mind and then it turns out to be something else in the show doesn’t mean it was ruined lmao
bloodbending is equally OP
I see where you are coming from Kyle. However, if lore is changed then it can, to an extent, ruin the feeling of the show for someone personally. That, however, does not mean that everybody agrees with that sentiment. I personally do think that there is a huge difference between lavabedning and the other elements. Lava is on a different scale than fire, water, earth and air in my opinion. I do, however, agree with David Bakke that blood bending is equally OP. But only when it concerns Yakone, Amon and Tarlok as they can do it without the full moon. Hell, yakone could even do it without moving.
@@AllAboutAvatar. I would think the same if they had treated it like "people can bloodbend at any time now", but the thing that was surprising for them about Yakone is that everyone thought doing that was impossible (and it had been impossible before them) so I don't think they ruin the lore, they're just the Toph of waterbenders
Nice, you finished the masters tier and no mention of the hippo. I know he'd be a legend!
He was actually on the list above Legendary tier but he didn’t fit the screen.
channel is an absolute gem :D
You are doing good work sir, good video. I subscribed.
Creating an island ain’t enough rocks
In Avatar state*
@@AllAboutAvatar.She was not even in avatar state lmao. Remember when aang taps into avatar but doesnt use it after ozai fight to put out fire of forest ? Going full avatar and utilizing its power is different. Roku blew a volcano in half in avatar mode but kyoshi fucking pulled maybe more amount of lava from the ground without even full avatar form. I cannot imagine kyoshi going apeshit to destroy everything
The problem with Toph is the fact that she is almost useless in certain locations. For example, in the desert she can't see clearly. And in poles I believe is to cold for her, so she would have to wear shoes, which makes her completely blind
So I believe she is weaker than Bumi overall
Interesting take, I think you are right, she has that weakness. But if in combat in a normal earthbending setting, Bumi and Toph are equals (as revealed in the comics). But I understand you arguing that due to Toph's reliance on such a setting, she should be considered weaker than Bumi. Hope you liked the vid!
@@AllAboutAvatar. I think there is an argument to place Bumi at number one. Hear me out. In legend of Korra, Toph clearly states that it all gets harder when you get older and 'you need to leave it to the young kids'.
Of course this is just a theory, but Bumi is clearly old af when he did (in my opinion the best earth bending feat of all time, being the escape and earthbending with his mind, as well AS MULTIPLE BIG ASS HOUSES). Imagine Bumi in his prime since being older makes bending thougher. I have no real evidence to back this up. But I think the argument is there.
@@RobertDhare-ux8xgprime toph still shows earthbending feats almost on the level of bumi, and Old Toph's psychic earthebending is on a similar level to Bumi's. Bumi also doesn't know how to metalbend, sandbend, or use seismic sense.
@@iriwom We have no idea if Bumi knows how to sand bend, but I believe he does. Toph obviously never was in the desert before we see it in the show and never learned how to sand bend, but still did it. So probably sand bending is possible for most earth benders(or probably all talented earthbenders, which still includes Bumi)
@alekseisligai yea, especially with how old he is... i'd find it hard to believe he didn't visit a beach or desert in his whole life and decide to learn how to bend it...
Great video. Keep up the good work. Kind regards, kzk
3:13 and even then, that big metal wall was clearly built into Aiwei’s house for that purpose. It’d make sense
Nice channel. I would say that Bumi didn't metal bend but put those rocks on the Ozai statue so said statue could be moved.
Wow, I never thought about it like that haha. Thanks for pointing that out. Hope you enjoyed the vid :)
In regards to toppling the Ozai Statue I'd say no, as he didn't move it until after launching chunks of rock into its face; also I'm constantly reviewing the theory that the Dai Li can metal-bend due to how efficiently they used their chains to imprison people...
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6k plus subs this quick doing well bud keep up the work
Great list! Agreed with your top 3 and Lin is better than Sui. Thanks for a great video!
Theory: Korea was good at bending whips easily because it has the same fluidity as water does
its because shes into bdsm
@@DidMikeMakeThisAsami better prepare
Great vid
You had me at AllAboutAvatar
I hope it isn't too late to throw my vote in, I think water should be next. I do think it is helpful to clarify you are focusing on combative abilities, not really the extra skills bending can provide. I love the pun on Rockies. I would say you placed the Metalbender Police too high on your list, mobility and utility are not combat per se, and we dont see them do much in combat per se. And the fact that Xin Fu lasted as long as he did against Tohp was impressive enough. By nature, the fact that Aang struggled with Earthbending, it is hard to call him a prodigy, I'd say he would be fire water and fire, and the fact that by the time he took down the Fire Lord/Phoenix King Toph said he still had a long way to go in mastering it. Now I love Bolin, he is my favorite character, but I would put him at prodigy, not master. I agree with the statement that this is your list, and not mine, and I agree that they are right next to each other, but I personally would put Suyin on top of the two. But I do agree with your legendries 100%
I feel like some folk are misinterpreting Kyoshis placement as bottom tier and not understanding that you're just putting her under "i haven't seen enough to tell". But yeah good list I'd say, can't speak on the Korra stuff cause i ain't watched that since it was new, but otherwise placements and reasons are good to me.
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Kyoshi wasn’t in the Avatar State when she did that. She briefly entered it to figure out how to do it, then she did it on her own.
I would just follow the avatar cycle for the order of videos
So after earth comes fire, then air and then water
(My idea at least)
This is the correct way.
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Bumi is definitely the guy who would have accidentally realized he could bend metal but then forgets he can
The metal sound when Bumi took down the statue is weird, but seismic plates scraping against eachother have been known to make metal scraping sounds. It could be the pillars he made to tip it over went incredibly deep, all the way to the earths crust.
Actually Toph and Bumi had a fight in the comics which sadly got interrupted. But they seemed to be pretty even in that fight. So if there was somebody to be capable of defeating her it is most likely him. And obviously Kyoshi
How old was she when this happened? If she was still young i'm sure adult toph wins that
I side with Lin being the better earthbender. I mean when she was fighting su she was clearly unwell. Having a hard time breathing and sweating just from walking. As far as the things we see her do she just has more impressive feats. She seems to have a better grip on her seismic sense too.
Nahh Avatar Kyoshi didnt just "create a wedge", she literally broke off an entire piece of land and created an island with only a few moves. That, alone, puts her in legendary.
The fact Toph is number one without any real debate despite she's only on screen as a young child or a very old lady is telling of how overpowered she has to be.
I was wondering where you would put Toph in relation to Bumi. I knew they'd be the top 2, but the question was who would be #1.
I would say that Bumi is probably a match for AtLA Toph, but LoK Toph is just too much. Effortlessly beating Korra, literally sensing things from the other side of the continent, and frankly when she learns Bolin is a Lava Bender, her reaction makes me think she could probably do it, as well. Toph taught herself Earth, Sand, and Metal Bending. Would is be a shock to think she taught herself Lava Bending? (The only way I see her not being able to is if they confirm the fan theory that Lava Bending is only possible for Earth Benders who have Fire Nation ancestry.)
Otherwise, I think this list is pretty fair. I'd probably but Aang a bit higher. Even by the end of AtLA, he was demonstrating Earth Bending that was clearly on par or better than people higher on the list.
Oh, and Kyoshi should probably be Legendary. She has some insane feats with it in her book. Most notably when she pulled Earth from the Ocean's surface. They were literally meeting out at sea to prevent Earth Bending, and she was able to pull Earth from the bottom of the ocean. It was also shown that she was better at large scale Earth Bending than more nuanced Earth Bending and started using the fans to help her focus and control her Earth Bending.
good vdeo but do i sense a dutch accent ?
Perhaps…
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Kyoshi v Toph is a conversation to be had tbh
the part "not enough rocks thrown" should be "the pebbles"
At 15:07, it displays Bolin's precision even more - he didn't hit P'li's third eye, it ricocheted off of her chin, throwing her head back, and then intercepted the combustion beam right above her head. Hard to notice, but extremely badass :)
No, he definitely hit her third eye, not her chin. Watch it back frame by frame
Nice video, my one disagreemet is the dai lee, even in atla they were kinda a joke who got bodied by any decently competent earth bender. They were a threat in their numbers and ability to coordinate, but an individual dai lee agent isn't too impressive, especially not immediately below aang in terms of prowess, they're skilled, but not high prodogies
Hmmm, perhaps you’re right. I’m gonna keep it in mind in my next avatar rewatch!
Thats true, Toph is definetly amongst the best benders to ever exist. She mastered earthbending from learning from the original source, badgermoles, she invented and mastered metalbending. In the comics she could lavabend. Even at such a young age, she masters earthbending and can fight against Bumi and Azula. She can use seismic sense. She is also agile, powerful, defensive and can fight beat anyone except for an avatar in the avatar state
Aiwei being a lying sun of a BRUH 🤣🤣 that was funny
Didn’t kyoshi move an island 😂
Pretty good video also btw I just knew we were gonna get a comment saying that Korra “changed the lore” when really it was just expanded😭
Some stuff is expansion, but it's expansion that goes against the main series, creating plot holes/contradictions.
@@iriwom plot holes and contradictions like? Examples?
@@kylejackson7913You plan on going against everyone that dislikes Korra? Then you have an uphill battle
this tier list is wild
lava bending is a sub-branch of earth bending by moving rocks in a hot molten fire they can essentially lava bend but fire benders can also bend by controlling fire in the molten rocks mixed in they can essentially lava bend. fire benders also have lava bending as a subgroup of the fire-bending tree.
How is aang not at master at at-least and you have korra higher than him she just use punches 😂😂
This feels like a “who do we see earth bend more” list rather than a “who’s most powerful” tier list
Good vid
The guide from the Great divide was missed!!
Got to redo the whole list now!
Toph was mostly a hard counter to other earth benders, and her unique self taught style caught her opponents off guard because she fought so differently from other earthbenders. Benders with the ability to change their trajectory midair can take Toph down without too much trouble if they knew how Toph's style worked.
Toph is probably one of the most gifted benders of all time. Probably the best earthbender of all time. It's hard to say who is the best ever in the other 3 elements.
Yeah definitely. The others are a lot harder. Toph is a one of a kind beast
20:00 thats the sound of the metal scraping against the rocks when he pulled it out
Im happy you put kuvira up top. Everything you said was so right.
You put Korra over Aang? Naw...
Of course she is, if we only take into account what they have shown on a screen. Korra used earthbending much more frequently and effectively. She is even a metalbender, lol. But let's not forget, that Aang have learned earthbending for couple of months and it was the toughest for him. Result probably will be different, when we see adult gaang movie
Yeah, I agree with Алексей on this one. From what we've been shown, Korra is clearly a more capable earthbender than Aang. But at the same time, we only saw Aang in a short time period. So perhaps, one could argue that his potential is greater than that of Korra's. Anyway, with how these rankings work, we can only go off of what we've been shown of the characters. Hope you enjoyed the video!
Korra cam metalbend and she's more naturally skilled at earthebending along with having more training
Not only thst but many of the times when Aang uses earth, it's either imprisoning after the fight is basically won (Yakone, Ozai) or it's actively hindering his fighting style.
💯 agree. Best Earthbenders ranking I've seen 👏 👌
This is all on point! But i can't believe you did Kyoshi like that. don't deny yourself the pleasure of reading those two books, and the Yangchen ones!!!
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Definitely agree with the placements of these characters, I really like how you placed the Avatars objectively instead of like most people that put them right at the top just based on the fact theyre an avatar. Definitely check out the Kyoshi and Yangchen books, the placement of Kyoshi is my only wtf of the list but i get it if it's just based on the tv series. Before knowing she was the Avatar she easily lifted the bottom of the ocean up to crush a bunch of warships.
as well as a "best benders" tier list you could also do a list of the best non-benders too! of course it wouldn't be as big as the benders list, but it is worth the mention
The thing about Bumi moving that statue is that's what the rock smiley face was for. He wasn't bending the statue, he was bending the rocks he had just lobbed into metal ozai's face.
i dig this