It's very amazing that he can fight even with small amount of water in the beginning. That just shows how much potential waterbending has even without much water
I feel like that's pretty much the benchmark for any Master Waterbender lol Admittedly though, Unalaaq did some snazzy and impressive stuff no matter the quantity, so still scary all around
@@archangia3119 What If The red lotus success capturing Korra when she was a child and brain wash here and make her evil now that will be a good season
This is probably one of the strongest water benders we have ever witnessed. He’s a southerner right ? If so how did they repopulate? Korra and her father have a brutal Poseidon type way of bending Hama also. Roku’s water bending master was incredibly powerful and just like unnulac , one of the greatest water benders in lore. Katara never had this level of power or precision.
Yeah because he doesn't focus on making unnecessary flips like most benders need to do in Korra. Katara and Toph ever used acrobatics because they relied on their bending for offense and defense. Korra is here making 30 flips but just throwing fire punch, air punch and water punch.
@@vetarlittorf1807 Oh really? I never saw Hama perform a "rough" traditional southern style, if you are referring to a style developed by Katara or anyone else before TLOK, that's modern. If I missed someone who is traditionally a southern water bender who has a rough style, please do tell me. Also, Korra's father is a northerner too so his style, which he showed before he was exiled, was rough. The rest of the southern water tribe's water bender learned from the North, take it from Katara. So there is no more traditional from the south other than Hama.
@@vetarlittorf1807 More like modern style. The traditional/original Southern Style is extinct. Not even Katara knew it since she was taught in the North. Hama was the last to carry that waterbending style, and whatever style formed in the South still derives from the North as we know a bunch of waterbenders moved there to repopulate during the events of ATLA
@@yakone1379 Nothing indicates that it's extinct, especially since the remnants of the south were far bigger than what we saw in the series (and it's implied in LoK that most southerners are descended from the original southerners, hence the animosity between the north and the south) and the style still exists in scrolls. Not to mention that Hama passed down all her knowledge to Katara before she turned on her.
the very first scene is arguably the best-animated thing I saw in the whole show. Try to watch it slow-mo and appreciate the amount of time they would have spent for this small moment. The lighting from the fire, how Unalaq turns and pivots to block the blow, the way he counterstrikes with a water wave and an ice spear. Even his facial expressions when he conjures it. All done in like 3 seconds, but it was so memorable when I first saw this.
@@anakinskywalker70 nah. Go watch his fight with korra. Asides the bloodbenders, none of those other people you mentioned would stand a chance against 4 element korra.
Unalaq is so much stronger than his former military brother because, of the two, he is actually by far the more experienced fighter thanks to his many years as a Red Lotus agent
It really doesn't come down to expirence because they are both equal in that aspect. Simply put, tonraq is to grounded and predictable, unalaq can easily see his next move and counter with his superior agility and overall skill. Their experience is pretty much even Unalaq is just better at bending
@@JaredL-nf4lf Its a more than just Unalaq simply being a better water bender. Its the way he fights, being a lot more efficient. Tonraq always acts recklessly and losing his patience; when he fought Zaheer with two water skins was contantly wasting his limited water away, showing that he has probably no experience fighting with limited water. Unalaq on the other hand was overwhelming both Korra and Mako with just a single water skin, blocking most of their attacks and using the minimum ammount of water, much like Katara did after travelling all over the world even in places with the minimum ammount of water. He earned the loyalty of the red lotus despite being a prince so it makes sense for him to have participated on missions for the organization, possibly with Zaheer's crew. The way he countered him in the end also shows that Unalaq has better reflexes than his brother despite being less agile, knowing when to attack in the right moment instead of charging recklessly while taking blows.
Unalaq had such potential as a villain. He starts out with reasonable, even admirable goals. But his motivations are completely forgotten about by the end of season 2 and he just turns absolutely insane. That being said, his waterbending is some of the most kickass in the franchise, and he's just as intimidating as Korra's other villains.
His motives are not forgotten about. He always wanted to bring harmony between humans and spirits and he wanted to destroy the Avatar because he believes the Avatar has brought nothing but imbalance. It's just that he overestimated his abilities to influence spirits and that became his undoing when Vaatu betrayed him, just like Korra warned him would happen.
@@vetarlittorf1807 It sounds like you were watching a much better season 2 than I did. How would becoming a "Dark Avatar" change anything? I'm pretty sure explicitly trying to cause "ten thousand years of darkness" counts as imbalance, so how does that make it better from a regular Avatar unintentionally causing imbalance? Unalaq becomes pretty open that this is his ultimate aim towards the end of season 2, and that this had always been his plan from the beginning. Vaatu never betrayed him.
@@atticusthegamingllama8302 "How can you be helping him? Vaatu will destroy everything" "Don't believe everything you read." - Jinora and Unalaq. Unalaq didn't want 10K years of darkness, Vaatu did. Unalaq wanted to become a new Avatar so he could lead humans and spirits to a new age of harmony and thought he could control Vaatu. But Unalaq never realized why the Avatar is able to exist in the first place. Didn't betray him? What show were you watching? Vaatu literally took over Unalaq's body and used him as a giant vessel for himself. Vaatu never saw Unalaq as anything but a puppet and the only reason he agreed to fuse with him was to destroy the Avatar which he had no chance of doing alone.
@@vetarlittorf1807 Unalaq states he is going to become a "Dark Avatar." The connotation that he knows this will be a net bad for humanity is there. And if his goal was to end the Avatar cycle, why would he try to create a new one? Doesn't that perpetuate exactly the same thing he says is wrong with the world having an Avatar?
Water is dense and can strike as hard as a rock. A water balloon can literally smash a skull in if dropped high enough. Unaloq's bending always feels like he's trying go for the kill, that it hits as hard as it looks. His spiritual powers put him as high as the avatar, and had this season been handled a better, he could've been an extremely frightful villain.
@@franilovic4139 have you ever belly flopped on a pool. Yeah and water isn't easy to dodge in a high stakes life and death situation where you literally cannot think for more than a second.
Ladies and gentlemen The one responsible for ending the avatar cycle Although I didn't realise on my first watch this guy is an amazing waterbender. He's impressive even without the avatar state
@@elderjales20 Yes, but by ending the connection to past Avatars Unalaq did technically end the old cycle and begin a new one. Now the next Avatar will only have Korra to look back on, hence why it is a new cycle.
It's Super OP because it's traditional. Like someone whipping out Ancient Shaolin Kung Fu in the middle of a MMA fight. It's not commonplace anymore and people aren't used to fighting it, but with enough time it's beatable.
I believe that any bending while using their respective traditional style/kungfu is always at their strongest... modern style bending using so called kick boxing moves (or whatever that shit is) packs less punch, look sucks and ugly imo
Even though I’m not a big fan of Unalaq, I gotta admit, he is definitely one of the strongest water benders. And also, I really like the way he bends. It feels so elegant, and powerful
There's definitely no doubt that tonraq is korra's father, he fights very aggressively very contrary to how unalaq fights nd he taught eska and desna well
Exactly, I love that attention to detail from the show creators. Korra bends just like her dad, and the twins bend just like theirs. It shows 2 different forms of powerful, I love it
😂😂😂 although looks cool it feels like something is not right since bendings mostly include arm or leg movements and whenever i watch that scene i feel like there is something wrong about the scene 😅😅
@@tugkanbas4059 probably it is psychic waterbending. Considering that Ming Hua is also a psychic waterbender and both Ming Hua and Unalaq are Red Lotus members, I'm sure they had plenty of time to practice together.
@@siraaron5282 ming hua has no arms but if you watch carefully she is most of the time turns and jumps to give some movement to her bendings to work in a certain way.
Unalaq's bending is fluid and graceful while Tonraq's bending is rigid and aggressive. More like the difference between the bending styles of the Northern and Southern water tribe.
they were both taught in the north and the southerners have the same style as most waterbenders. every style is unique to the bender and tonraq is just a stable dude
@@youngmaster7405 But in my opinion, unalaq fighting style was better. Like he said Tonraq's fighting style was aggressive and maybe not so traditional. Probably where Korra gets her fighting style from
@@youngmaster7405 i just feel like she uses her bending more like in a boxing and aggressive way. Makes sense considering she was a pro bender. A lot of times I've seen her, and mako using their bending just like they use it in the pro bending matches
@@ashbihafathima5616 true but not with waterbending with what im saying. She gets away with using mma style in firebending and airbending but never waterbending and if you look she is more traditionally skilled. While she might be aggressive she still bends like a waterbender
It's the case because season two is the most hated in LoK, and because he is the most boring LoK villain (as a character). If they kept him a traditionalist who cares about spirits and wants to reunite the Water Tribes, he would've been loved by fans at least as much as Amon and Zaheer.
@@Spherrum You have to look at things from Unalaq's P.O.V. Yeah his goals are nuts but he didn't think he was doing anything evil. Like it or not, darkness is just as essential as light. Jinora told Unalaq that Vaatu could destroy the world and Unalaq basically told her she was wrong. Unalaq also claimed that darkness is present in all spirits, all he wanted was balance. There were 10,000 years of light? Well now there should be 10,000 years of darkness. Seems balanced to me. Also, 10,000 years of light still resulted in numerous wars and a friggin genocide, so 10,000 years of darkness would probably not be nearly as bad as people fear. Of course I'm glad that Unalaq and Vaatu were stopped but the guy's not pure evil like people claim. He was a crazy dickhead but he genuinely thought he was uniting the world spiritually. That's why Toph said Korra could learn from Unalaq and the rest of her enemies. They all had benevolent goals but bad ways of accomplishing them.
I'm in this weird minority where I think Unalaq was actually a pretty great villain for Book 2. I think the reason the fandom bitches about him is because their first impression of him was coming directly off of Book 1 and Amon, who admittedly is a lot more nuanced and sympathetic in addition to the air of mystery around him and having a more creative and exciting design and voice. But as he stands within the narrative of Book 2, I think Unalaq was really great as this cold, merciless, uncompromising ruler devoted to his theocracy no matter the cost.
Yep I agree with you. He’s always been a Zealot. He literally travels to republic city as UnaVaatu because it represents what he hates the most. Progression without Tradition. (In his eyes anyways). It’s way he takes down Aang’s statue too.
@@sia6045 oohh come to think of it, he actually fixed the thing he hated about republic city. Unaavatu brought the vines to the republic city. Unalaq also taught Korra the spirity stuff, which influenced her decision in keeping the portals open. Now, republic city is more spiritual than ever. And thanks to Asami, technology and spirituality are able to co exist in the city. 🤯
Well to be honest the reason i dont like this season is that it was too much about spirits... i mean i like spirits in a way but when they involve fighting with spirits and spirits fighting each other it makes it look like pokemon in my eyes 🙄 and when korra didnt closed the portal i really hated the ending. The season 3 was good although the portal was open cuz spirits are not the attention mostly but once again when the season 4 ended with another spirit portal opened in the republic city i was glad the series ended 🙄
the fandom bitches on Unalaq because he destroyed the past avatar.. But for me knowing Unalaq can destroy the past avatar make me to not hating him, but it make me realize how much of a terror and a monster Unalaq is..
I was so glad when they made Unalaq’s waterbending style the way they did because it was exactly how I always imagined waterbending in my own mind. Powerful, fluid, and precise. It would be my exact style of waterbending as well.
People forget that he was a former member of the Red Lotus, his waterbending is in a different class and he is capable of defeating other waterbening masters
Only reason he won was because Korra was spiritually weak. Doesn’t matter if you have 1,000 avatars or a million if you can’t recognize your own power then you’re going to lose which is what happened to Korra. Just saying book 4 Korra would stomp him
Oh Book 4 Korra? With her finally coming in terms with her pain and being spiritually aligned with Raava? Not to mention Raava's new giant form Fuck yeah
@@madhatter1110 I would she looked completely comfortable with every element. And each thing she did didn’t look like she was just throwing random punches or kicks
@@za6604 the difference is water has defensive capabilities as well in its liquid form it can be used to attack and push back the rock yet while in its ice form it came be used as a defense and literally shatter the boulders flying as seen here 3:07 … water is quite versatile so my point stands
Waterbending is literally the strongest element. Apart from blood bending and remove other's bending ability, but corrupting one's soul, come on, what element can do that?
Just saying if he had blood bending down to the point of amon he would be unstoppable even with out the avatar state think about it he could psychic blood bend someone still then destroy their soul not to mention he can compare with every sing water bender everything he has done has either matched water benders or surpass them and thats including katara now hes a middle age man while katara is 14 but still
Amon would also have been unstoppable it's just that the show introduces laws and then breaks them for plot convenience. "Oh Amon can use blood bending and is an even better talent than his brother" then why couldn't he bloodbend a whole room of people like his brother? If he had that ability Korra and Mako would not have been able to escape. Zaheer has enough power to rip off a heavy metal door with his air punch? Then why couldn't he do the same thing with Kya? Waterbenders can instantly freeze large bodies of water? Then why couldn't Kya, who was personally taught by Katara, one of the greatest prodigies of Aang's lifetime, instantly freeze the lake Zaheer was in and end the arc there? And the list just goes on! LoK is inconsistent in power scaling, character development and character motivation, not to mention how they butchered the lore ATLA previously established.
@@andusz5518 first off, um, mako literally struck him with lightning? If mako wasn't a firebender he'd had list his bending, so...... And when did they ever butcher the lore? And don't tell me it's how benders were introduced
@Andusuz Someone who finally agrees with me. That show overpowered its characters, especially the villains. It introduced techniques just for the plot or the scene. I also agree that they butchered the lore, in fact we can say that they changed it completely, then tried to find a connection using lion turtles. Even spirits changed. In a bonus episode of ALTA, we know that the Avatar spirit is not something overpowered and isolated in the mountains. It is among human in order to experience different emotions and thus be able to help people. However, the Avatar spirit in LOK, which is Ravaa, is exactly the opposite: it is an overpowered isolated force and the first thing she said to wan is that humans are evil. Lok is a good show in general and it would stand firmly by itself, but not woth ATLA.
@@redaghassah7718 well maybe thats why it was an ISOLATED EPISODE? It didnt fit in into atla, and therefore, wasn't a part of the series. You cant say LoK retconned smth that wasnt even in an official episode
@@theresnogoingbackk It is not the only case. When Zhao killed the moon spirit water benders lost their ability to bend because according to ATLA the moon gave them and taught them how to bend. However, in korra lion turtles did the former. I mean i understand that the presence of the moon spirit enhance their bending, but if lion turtles gave them the ability to bend, then they must not lose it with the moon.
anyone else notice how Tonraq fights like an earthbender. Not a very smart one mind you, he just barels through attcks tryna force his way to victory. He has an earthbenders ferocity and uses ice alot, but he never waits and listens. He just tries to strike
why Ming Hua underrated she does not have arms and literally is precise very agile offensive quick not to mention very very quick and so, her disability made her stronger that she can compete and put up a fight against many waterbenders.
I think ming hua is the most powerful waterbender we have seen so far in the series she is extremely aggresive and has an unorthodox bending style because of having no arms
Too bad dark avatar didn't get to experience the reincarnation cycle because Unalaq being the base for dark avatar state would have been pretty much OP at any cycle combined with learning other elements aswell it would be never ending battle between good and evil making the world more problematic than it already is with just one avatar
i always liked unalaque despite what he did, very precise and calm dude looked like a more powerful prime pakku, while his brother had brute strength and would break and dodge attacks(which tired him out) unlaque like a experienced water bender redirected attacks easily and pushed a whole rock back, he probably is one of the best waterbenders alone(no bloodblending)
I guess , i finally understood why a waterbender , should be the embodiment of chaos. Because in many cultures, watery abyss , was i prime nature of being. So, Unalaq fit's!
Finally watching this vid through, and I noticed that the final third of it is essentially Unalaq bending/fighting while fused with Vaatu, which doesn't necessarily reflect what Unalaq can do on his own. In fact, much of the last minute or so is UnaVaatu using more energy attacks than bending.
I think Unalaq is the greatest water bending master we ever saw. I wish second season was the last season, and that we saw more of him in previous ones and he became an Ozai of this series.
He basically did become an Ozai. Had a family member banished, is so jealous of his brother that he manipulated his way into taking his birthright from him, treats his children (son and daughter) as expendable, catastrophic end plan, ect.
unalaq is probably one of, if not, the most skilled non-bloodbending waterbender in LoK but i honestly dk how he’d fare against minghua’s agility & unorthodox style
Unalaq is a great waterbender master, although his brother also have the mastery of the art, we don't know if he is capable of bend great amounts of water like his sibling. Without the Avatar state, Unalaq still has advantage over Korra and most of waterbenders, is just sad that the art of waterbending became so aggressive, in the other hand we have Mako, who uses circular movements a lot in his firebending.
For me he's the best villain, you know... destroying korra's connection to her past life (of course with the help of Vaatu), obviously there's no villain have ever done that THIS IS MY OPINION OK!😁😚💯
Here’s a fun fact about that giant purple and orange ball that Unalaq was swirling water into: If that giant purple and orange ball was the size of TON 618, then the Solar System would be the size of a quarter, Quasi Stars would be the size of dodgeballs, and the Milky Way would be the size of the United States.
This guy has got to be the bravest villain on the show. He's going against a fully fledged avatar with his spirit friends but they all get wiped out in one blow but this guy doesn't even flinch, he goes for the attack anyway. This alsi brings me to the avatar's one fkaw of no killing. Imagine if korra decided to end him right there. That would be problem solved.
I can't help it but say he is my best waterbender...he showed me how waterbending alone can be brutal and deadly....i just can't stop thinking if he was the northern chief when the fire nation attacked in Aang....He would have killed commander zhao instantly and ended the fight before it even started 😅
Like in order to do spirit bending you’d need a real good connection with the spirit world. Maybe it would’ve been cool to see Zaheer possibly do it, maybe even Tenzin.
No spirit bending is actually closer to healing. Airbenders are mostly self focused. They reach spiritual enlightenment through their traditional teachings. But spirit bending is about other spirits.
All said and done, this fight was more of a Wan vs Unalaq result than Korra. With 1000s of past avatars behind her, there's no way even someone like Unalaq with only waterbending should have beaten her in the Avatar state.
It seems like the avatars of each element deal with the same problem Fire = Problems within the nation so they have to deal with that but neglect the world. Air = They now have to treat the whole worlds problems in turn neglecting the spirits(Ironic since they are the most spiritual) Water = They have to deal with the problems of the spirits with varying levels of success Earth = Conflicts within their own issues and tyrants trying to take the nation and since kuvira had such a strong ideal some ppl are bound to follow it That's my take on it
I hate his ark, but man, Unalaq is a beast, and I love seeing his bending. Of the villans he is, for me, the second strongest waterbender (Amon is op).
Well I’m getting from a lot of people not liking him as a villain is that he did extremely villainess things and they don’t like him for it yes he’s the reason the past lives were destroyed but he’s a villain so what were you expecting and yes you can argue that people were saying that his motors didn’t make sense after a while but once he merged with Vatuu he didn’t have motives anymore he just became a force
I'm probably completely alone on this but I completely agree with his virtuous goals and wise reasoning behind them and either way he was always my biggest crush from either ATLA or TLOK.
It's very amazing that he can fight even with small amount of water in the beginning. That just shows how much potential waterbending has even without much water
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I mean it is a cartoon tbf. They can make him do anything
@@Alexandra-ge5yc like making him fuse with Vatuu
I feel like that's pretty much the benchmark for any Master Waterbender lol
Admittedly though, Unalaaq did some snazzy and impressive stuff no matter the quantity, so still scary all around
@@archangia3119 What If The red lotus success capturing Korra when she was a child and brain wash here and make her evil now that will be a good season
I'm sorry but his Water Bending technique is elegant, precise and dangerous I love season two for giving us some great waterbending and benders
I feel the water bending in this season was the only thing I enjoyed
You are not kidding omg 😱! The fact this dude pushed back a large rock with water alone ? Man he has power too
@@incognitomode4438 I enjoyed Varrick came out
Season 2 Is still trash. Arguably season3 and 4 is the only good seasons of 🇰🇷
@@theparrot6516 why?
Even if he was hated by the fans you must admit that he is one the strongest benders in lok
Agreed
Savant Crystian they said Unalaq is ONE of the strongest , not THE strongest .
@@davidjimenez-gonzalez7470 ok?
Savant Crystian omg so sorry , i meant to reply to the comment below you , my bad 😓
@@davidjimenez-gonzalez7470 it's ok😂
His bending technique is a lot like Azula's. He doesn't waste his energy, with each of his blows being deadly and precise.
This is probably one of the strongest water benders we have ever witnessed. He’s a southerner right ? If so how did they repopulate? Korra and her father have a brutal Poseidon type way of bending Hama also. Roku’s water bending master was incredibly powerful and just like unnulac , one of the greatest water benders in lore. Katara never had this level of power or precision.
@@wisdomseeker0142 I agree with your points! but he was from the North Pole actually! He was royalty, descended from Yue’s ancestry somehow :)
Yeah because he doesn't focus on making unnecessary flips like most benders need to do in Korra. Katara and Toph ever used acrobatics because they relied on their bending for offense and defense. Korra is here making 30 flips but just throwing fire punch, air punch and water punch.
@@zkart8038 yeaj that's basically the entirety of lok
@@zkart8038 I wish dislikes were visible.
Unalaq has fluid movements, the traditional style. His brother has rougher movements.
That's because Unalaq uses northern style while Tonraq uses southern style. Both are traditional.
@@vetarlittorf1807 Oh really? I never saw Hama perform a "rough" traditional southern style, if you are referring to a style developed by Katara or anyone else before TLOK, that's modern. If I missed someone who is traditionally a southern water bender who has a rough style, please do tell me. Also, Korra's father is a northerner too so his style, which he showed before he was exiled, was rough. The rest of the southern water tribe's water bender learned from the North, take it from Katara. So there is no more traditional from the south other than Hama.
Definitely the "finesse" to his brother's "force".
@@vetarlittorf1807 More like modern style. The traditional/original Southern Style is extinct. Not even Katara knew it since she was taught in the North. Hama was the last to carry that waterbending style, and whatever style formed in the South still derives from the North as we know a bunch of waterbenders moved there to repopulate during the events of ATLA
@@yakone1379 Nothing indicates that it's extinct, especially since the remnants of the south were far bigger than what we saw in the series (and it's implied in LoK that most southerners are descended from the original southerners, hence the animosity between the north and the south) and the style still exists in scrolls. Not to mention that Hama passed down all her knowledge to Katara before she turned on her.
the very first scene is arguably the best-animated thing I saw in the whole show. Try to watch it slow-mo and appreciate the amount of time they would have spent for this small moment. The lighting from the fire, how Unalaq turns and pivots to block the blow, the way he counterstrikes with a water wave and an ice spear. Even his facial expressions when he conjures it. All done in like 3 seconds, but it was so memorable when I first saw this.
Right idk why I just love that one bending moment so much😭
Same, Great attention to detail
After that scene he became my favourite waterbender and didn't failed me later.
Even though I hate this man, he is the most powerful non-bloodbending waterbender in both series
I have a feeling Pakku, Katara, yakonnes family without bloodbending, and Ming Hua can all absolutely decimate this clown.
@@anakinskywalker70 nah. Go watch his fight with korra. Asides the bloodbenders, none of those other people you mentioned would stand a chance against 4 element korra.
@@anakinskywalker70 korra whooped tarlock when he was using waterbending alone. Yet she struggled with unalaq
Theo Onyiri Im not talking about fighting korra im talking about unalaq (no vatu).
Theo Onyiri Also sometimes Korra just sucks ass for the sake of the story so shes really not a good comparison unit.
Unalaq is so much stronger than his former military brother because, of the two, he is actually by far the more experienced fighter thanks to his many years as a Red Lotus agent
It really doesn't come down to expirence because they are both equal in that aspect.
Simply put, tonraq is to grounded and predictable, unalaq can easily see his next move and counter with his superior agility and overall skill. Their experience is pretty much even
Unalaq is just better at bending
@@JaredL-nf4lf Its a more than just Unalaq simply being a better water bender. Its the way he fights, being a lot more efficient.
Tonraq always acts recklessly and losing his patience; when he fought Zaheer with two water skins was contantly wasting his limited water away, showing that he has probably no experience fighting with limited water. Unalaq on the other hand was overwhelming both Korra and Mako with just a single water skin, blocking most of their attacks and using the minimum ammount of water, much like Katara did after travelling all over the world even in places with the minimum ammount of water. He earned the loyalty of the red lotus despite being a prince so it makes sense for him to have participated on missions for the organization, possibly with Zaheer's crew.
The way he countered him in the end also shows that Unalaq has better reflexes than his brother despite being less agile, knowing when to attack in the right moment instead of charging recklessly while taking blows.
It’s the opposite. You can only become a Red Lotus member if you’re skilled enough
@@amuroray9115 and you're bound to grow even more skilled while fighting beside them.
Unalaq had such potential as a villain. He starts out with reasonable, even admirable goals. But his motivations are completely forgotten about by the end of season 2 and he just turns absolutely insane. That being said, his waterbending is some of the most kickass in the franchise, and he's just as intimidating as Korra's other villains.
I agree
His motives are not forgotten about. He always wanted to bring harmony between humans and spirits and he wanted to destroy the Avatar because he believes the Avatar has brought nothing but imbalance. It's just that he overestimated his abilities to influence spirits and that became his undoing when Vaatu betrayed him, just like Korra warned him would happen.
@@vetarlittorf1807 It sounds like you were watching a much better season 2 than I did. How would becoming a "Dark Avatar" change anything? I'm pretty sure explicitly trying to cause "ten thousand years of darkness" counts as imbalance, so how does that make it better from a regular Avatar unintentionally causing imbalance? Unalaq becomes pretty open that this is his ultimate aim towards the end of season 2, and that this had always been his plan from the beginning. Vaatu never betrayed him.
@@atticusthegamingllama8302 "How can you be helping him? Vaatu will destroy everything" "Don't believe everything you read." - Jinora and Unalaq.
Unalaq didn't want 10K years of darkness, Vaatu did. Unalaq wanted to become a new Avatar so he could lead humans and spirits to a new age of harmony and thought he could control Vaatu. But Unalaq never realized why the Avatar is able to exist in the first place.
Didn't betray him? What show were you watching? Vaatu literally took over Unalaq's body and used him as a giant vessel for himself. Vaatu never saw Unalaq as anything but a puppet and the only reason he agreed to fuse with him was to destroy the Avatar which he had no chance of doing alone.
@@vetarlittorf1807 Unalaq states he is going to become a "Dark Avatar." The connotation that he knows this will be a net bad for humanity is there. And if his goal was to end the Avatar cycle, why would he try to create a new one? Doesn't that perpetuate exactly the same thing he says is wrong with the world having an Avatar?
Water is dense and can strike as hard as a rock. A water balloon can literally smash a skull in if dropped high enough. Unaloq's bending always feels like he's trying go for the kill, that it hits as hard as it looks. His spiritual powers put him as high as the avatar, and had this season been handled a better, he could've been an extremely frightful villain.
Anything can crush a skull if thrown high enough
Naw water is easy to dodge completly and doesnt pack that much of a punch
@@franilovic4139 have you ever belly flopped on a pool. Yeah and water isn't easy to dodge in a high stakes life and death situation where you literally cannot think for more than a second.
Fire is probably the weakest element
@@Saltedchipps a feather can't crush a skull no matter how high its thrown from tbf
Korra's acrobatics in 3:40 is a scene I love so much
Ikr
So fluid and effortless
Ladies and gentlemen
The one responsible for ending the avatar cycle
Although I didn't realise on my first watch this guy is an amazing waterbender. He's impressive even without the avatar state
Unalaq is probably the greatest waterbender in the show.
@@burmiester1 no Amon
He didn't end the avatar cycle, he just broke the connection with past avatars. The avatar will keep reincarnating, thus the cycle is not broken.
@@elderjales20 Yes, but by ending the connection to past Avatars Unalaq did technically end the old cycle and begin a new one. Now the next Avatar will only have Korra to look back on, hence why it is a new cycle.
@@elderjales20 Actually he did end the cycle. It's just that Korra created a new one when she re-fused with Raava.
jesus i love how his bending style is still traditional but also super OP
It's Super OP because it's traditional. Like someone whipping out Ancient Shaolin Kung Fu in the middle of a MMA fight. It's not commonplace anymore and people aren't used to fighting it, but with enough time it's beatable.
I believe that any bending while using their respective traditional style/kungfu is always at their strongest... modern style bending using so called kick boxing moves (or whatever that shit is) packs less punch, look sucks and ugly imo
Sometimes the old ways are best
@@pclfld8253 the new style makes a lot more sense (in a involving world). Plus it's way quicker.
KING Jesus
Even though I’m not a big fan of Unalaq, I gotta admit, he is definitely one of the strongest water benders. And also, I really like the way he bends. It feels so elegant, and powerful
There's definitely no doubt that tonraq is korra's father, he fights very aggressively very contrary to how unalaq fights nd he taught eska and desna well
Exactly, I love that attention to detail from the show creators. Korra bends just like her dad, and the twins bend just like theirs. It shows 2 different forms of powerful, I love it
The waterbending duel between the brothers are one of the most underrated fight scene and one of my favourite
2:15 Say what you will about the guy as a villain, dude knows how to make an entrance.
😂😂😂 although looks cool it feels like something is not right since bendings mostly include arm or leg movements and whenever i watch that scene i feel like there is something wrong about the scene 😅😅
@@tugkanbas4059 I mean, Bumi definitely did it when he was trapped in a box.
@@chefbanjo8139 even he moved his chin or eyebrows when he was bending in that metal box 😂
@@tugkanbas4059 probably it is psychic waterbending. Considering that Ming Hua is also a psychic waterbender and both Ming Hua and Unalaq are Red Lotus members, I'm sure they had plenty of time to practice together.
@@siraaron5282 ming hua has no arms but if you watch carefully she is most of the time turns and jumps to give some movement to her bendings to work in a certain way.
Unalaq's bending is fluid and graceful while Tonraq's bending is rigid and aggressive. More like the difference between the bending styles of the Northern and Southern water tribe.
they were both taught in the north and the southerners have the same style as most waterbenders. every style is unique to the bender and tonraq is just a stable dude
@@youngmaster7405 But in my opinion, unalaq fighting style was better. Like he said Tonraq's fighting style was aggressive and maybe not so traditional. Probably where Korra gets her fighting style from
@@ashbihafathima5616 idk what you mean since korra’s waterbending style is not that aggressive and is more like katara since she trained her
@@youngmaster7405 i just feel like she uses her bending more like in a boxing and aggressive way. Makes sense considering she was a pro bender. A lot of times I've seen her, and mako using their bending just like they use it in the pro bending matches
@@ashbihafathima5616 true but not with waterbending with what im saying. She gets away with using mma style in firebending and airbending but never waterbending and if you look she is more traditionally skilled. While she might be aggressive she still bends like a waterbender
Dude has STYLE!
Imho Unalaq is really underappreciated (and season 2 in general)
Agreed, I liked season 2 and Unalaq was no Amon or Zaheer, but he was a decent villain. I also suspect he may have a Loki-like backstory.
It's the case because season two is the most hated in LoK, and because he is the most boring LoK villain (as a character). If they kept him a traditionalist who cares about spirits and wants to reunite the Water Tribes, he would've been loved by fans at least as much as Amon and Zaheer.
@@Spherrum He was a traditionalist. He just wanted to be the Dark Avatar so he could force spirituality on the world.
@@burmiester1 The whole "Ten Thousands Years of Darkness" thing, and servitude to the fricking embodiment of darkness and chaos don't help.
@@Spherrum You have to look at things from Unalaq's P.O.V. Yeah his goals are nuts but he didn't think he was doing anything evil. Like it or not, darkness is just as essential as light. Jinora told Unalaq that Vaatu could destroy the world and Unalaq basically told her she was wrong. Unalaq also claimed that darkness is present in all spirits, all he wanted was balance. There were 10,000 years of light? Well now there should be 10,000 years of darkness. Seems balanced to me. Also, 10,000 years of light still resulted in numerous wars and a friggin genocide, so 10,000 years of darkness would probably not be nearly as bad as people fear. Of course I'm glad that Unalaq and Vaatu were stopped but the guy's not pure evil like people claim. He was a crazy dickhead but he genuinely thought he was uniting the world spiritually. That's why Toph said Korra could learn from Unalaq and the rest of her enemies. They all had benevolent goals but bad ways of accomplishing them.
Most of us hate unalaqu because he was the reason aang dissaperared from our eyes
Tbh, even tho I like Aang, I wasn't sad when he dissaperared, bcs he was already dead and I was more sad about Korra
@@possiblyme2393 me too
What did he do ta aang?
And some people still think it was Korra's fault
@@ramiromunoz1161 fr lol
I'm in this weird minority where I think Unalaq was actually a pretty great villain for Book 2.
I think the reason the fandom bitches about him is because their first impression of him was coming directly off of Book 1 and Amon, who admittedly is a lot more nuanced and sympathetic in addition to the air of mystery around him and having a more creative and exciting design and voice.
But as he stands within the narrative of Book 2, I think Unalaq was really great as this cold, merciless, uncompromising ruler devoted to his theocracy no matter the cost.
Yep I agree with you. He’s always been a Zealot. He literally travels to republic city as UnaVaatu because it represents what he hates the most. Progression without Tradition. (In his eyes anyways). It’s way he takes down Aang’s statue too.
I like unalaq as villain.
@@sia6045 oohh come to think of it, he actually fixed the thing he hated about republic city. Unaavatu brought the vines to the republic city. Unalaq also taught Korra the spirity stuff, which influenced her decision in keeping the portals open. Now, republic city is more spiritual than ever. And thanks to Asami, technology and spirituality are able to co exist in the city. 🤯
Well to be honest the reason i dont like this season is that it was too much about spirits... i mean i like spirits in a way but when they involve fighting with spirits and spirits fighting each other it makes it look like pokemon in my eyes 🙄 and when korra didnt closed the portal i really hated the ending. The season 3 was good although the portal was open cuz spirits are not the attention mostly but once again when the season 4 ended with another spirit portal opened in the republic city i was glad the series ended 🙄
the fandom bitches on Unalaq because he destroyed the past avatar.. But for me knowing Unalaq can destroy the past avatar make me to not hating him, but it make me realize how much of a terror and a monster Unalaq is..
Hot damn. I just love Unalaq's moves.
I was so glad when they made Unalaq’s waterbending style the way they did because it was exactly how I always imagined waterbending in my own mind. Powerful, fluid, and precise. It would be my exact style of waterbending as well.
Most powerful water bender when it comes to combat.
Pakku and Katara are top tier water benders but Unalaq takes it to another level.
Unalaq Water bends a lot like a Firebender.
You gotta give TLOK credit, it really mixes the elements together. Amazing show!
These waterbending fights were so awesome!
People forget that he was a former member of the Red Lotus, his waterbending is in a different class and he is capable of defeating other waterbening masters
He’s like count dooku to me. I find his fighting elegant and powerful and very deadly
Only reason he won was because Korra was spiritually weak. Doesn’t matter if you have 1,000 avatars or a million if you can’t recognize your own power then you’re going to lose which is what happened to Korra. Just saying book 4 Korra would stomp him
I agree with everything you said except korra lost because vaatu was stronger than raava. It wasn't about spiritually strong or weak
Oh Book 4 Korra?
With her finally coming in terms with her pain and being spiritually aligned with Raava?
Not to mention Raava's new giant form
Fuck yeah
@Pax oh Unavaatu will be a child to her by then😂😂😂😂
I wouldn't say stomp, but i would give the victory to korra
@@madhatter1110 I would she looked completely comfortable with every element. And each thing she did didn’t look like she was just throwing random punches or kicks
2:50 the way he used water to push back an earthbenders boulder like whattt water is the most powerful element you can’t change my mind ♓️
Fax
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literally all the elements do that, fire and air do it all the time
@@za6604 the difference is water has defensive capabilities as well in its liquid form it can be used to attack and push back the rock yet while in its ice form it came be used as a defense and literally shatter the boulders flying as seen here 3:07 … water is quite versatile so my point stands
Waterbending is literally the strongest element. Apart from blood bending and remove other's bending ability, but corrupting one's soul, come on, what element can do that?
Unalaq takes water bending to a next level. Him and Master Pakku are my favorites. I love Ming Hua and Katara style as well.
He is a master and prodigy, no wonder he has made a whole new technique of spirit bending. And no doubt if he can learn healing and bloodbending.
i gotta admit, i love waterbender daddies :*
Man just... shut up
Lol
I need more waterbender guy / daddy
too many waterbender girl lmao
@@Ocean_Lord_derpfishyou can be my daddy 😏
Just saying if he had blood bending down to the point of amon he would be unstoppable even with out the avatar state think about it he could psychic blood bend someone still then destroy their soul not to mention he can compare with every sing water bender everything he has done has either matched water benders or surpass them and thats including katara now hes a middle age man while katara is 14 but still
Amon would also have been unstoppable it's just that the show introduces laws and then breaks them for plot convenience. "Oh Amon can use blood bending and is an even better talent than his brother" then why couldn't he bloodbend a whole room of people like his brother? If he had that ability Korra and Mako would not have been able to escape. Zaheer has enough power to rip off a heavy metal door with his air punch? Then why couldn't he do the same thing with Kya? Waterbenders can instantly freeze large bodies of water? Then why couldn't Kya, who was personally taught by Katara, one of the greatest prodigies of Aang's lifetime, instantly freeze the lake Zaheer was in and end the arc there?
And the list just goes on! LoK is inconsistent in power scaling, character development and character motivation, not to mention how they butchered the lore ATLA previously established.
@@andusz5518 first off, um, mako literally struck him with lightning? If mako wasn't a firebender he'd had list his bending, so......
And when did they ever butcher the lore? And don't tell me it's how benders were introduced
@Andusuz
Someone who finally agrees with me. That show overpowered its characters, especially the villains. It introduced techniques just for the plot or the scene.
I also agree that they butchered the lore, in fact we can say that they changed it completely, then tried to find a connection using lion turtles. Even spirits changed. In a bonus episode of ALTA, we know that the Avatar spirit is not something overpowered and isolated in the mountains. It is among human in order to experience different emotions and thus be able to help people. However, the Avatar spirit in LOK, which is Ravaa, is exactly the opposite: it is an overpowered isolated force and the first thing she said to wan is that humans are evil. Lok is a good show in general and it would stand firmly by itself, but not woth ATLA.
@@redaghassah7718 well maybe thats why it was an ISOLATED EPISODE? It didnt fit in into atla, and therefore, wasn't a part of the series. You cant say LoK retconned smth that wasnt even in an official episode
@@theresnogoingbackk
It is not the only case. When Zhao killed the moon spirit water benders lost their ability to bend because according to ATLA the moon gave them and taught them how to bend. However, in korra lion turtles did the former. I mean i understand that the presence of the moon spirit enhance their bending, but if lion turtles gave them the ability to bend, then they must not lose it with the moon.
Dude fighting on equal footing with Bolin, Mako, and Korra simultaneously with the equivalent of a waterbottle.
Unalaq is one of the finest waterbenders while Noatak is the most lethal.
anyone else notice how Tonraq fights like an earthbender. Not a very smart one mind you, he just barels through attcks tryna force his way to victory. He has an earthbenders ferocity and uses ice alot, but he never waits and listens. He just tries to strike
Why are I everywhere. Imma report you for spaming
@@mark78129 I no spam. I just comment frequently. Not my fault we're interested in the same stuff
@@mark78129being everywhere is not spamming dumbass
Unalaq was a true pro and master.
Unalaq is definetly one of if not the best waterbenders in the avatar series.
If we exclude bloodbending I would list waterbenders as follow:
Tarrlok
Imho Hama > Kya and Amon > Ming Hua
@@SkyTheRebirth Ming hua already beat kya
Hama’s a great water bender and blood bender.
why Ming Hua underrated she does not have arms and literally is precise very agile offensive quick not to mention very very quick and so, her disability made her stronger that she can compete and put up a fight against many waterbenders.
I think ming hua is the most powerful waterbender we have seen so far in the series she is extremely aggresive and has an unorthodox bending style because of having no arms
unalaq is like an ozai but with more intelligence
He could literally contend with every element
Too bad dark avatar didn't get to experience the reincarnation cycle because Unalaq being the base for dark avatar state would have been pretty much OP at any cycle combined with learning other elements aswell it would be never ending battle between good and evil making the world more problematic than it already is with just one avatar
Spirit bending and bloodbending is best sub bendings
i always liked unalaque despite what he did, very precise and calm dude looked like a more powerful prime pakku, while his brother had brute strength and would break and dodge attacks(which tired him out) unlaque like a experienced water bender redirected attacks easily and pushed a whole rock back, he probably is one of the best waterbenders alone(no bloodblending)
I love season two and yes I exist
Same 😂😂😂😂. Like I don't care if korra lost the connection s but I still love it lol
His fighting style was like a Count Dooku’s of Avatar world
I guess , i finally understood why a waterbender , should be the embodiment of chaos. Because in many cultures, watery abyss , was i prime nature of being.
So, Unalaq fit's!
i really should think that spirit bending is just plasma bending in physical form
In terms of pure waterbending Unalaq is in second place for the best and strongest water bender after Katara.
No he's first
Nah, she’s amazing but Unalaq is definitely superior in some ways, including pure waterbending.
Paku might be superior to both
I think the avatar is capable of what uns vaatu demonstrated
He's probably the most underrated waterbender. His showings of raw power in the finale without the AS make him top 2 waterbenders.
Tonraq, Unalaq and Korra remind me on Ozai, Iroh and Zuko
I always forget how powerful he is
Man I’m still salty about Unalq being evil so was so cool with his spirit bending and seemed really nice
Finally watching this vid through, and I noticed that the final third of it is essentially Unalaq bending/fighting while fused with Vaatu, which doesn't necessarily reflect what Unalaq can do on his own. In fact, much of the last minute or so is UnaVaatu using more energy attacks than bending.
Long live the king 🤴
I think Unalaq is the greatest water bending master we ever saw. I wish second season was the last season, and that we saw more of him in previous ones and he became an Ozai of this series.
He basically did become an Ozai.
Had a family member banished, is so jealous of his brother that he manipulated his way into taking his birthright from him, treats his children (son and daughter) as expendable, catastrophic end plan, ect.
unalaq is probably one of, if not, the most skilled non-bloodbending waterbender in LoK but i honestly dk how he’d fare against minghua’s agility & unorthodox style
I need either a Azula Vs Unalaq fight
Or
a Zaheer Vs Unalaq fight
Zaheer would have a more personal fight seeing as Unalaq backstabbed him?
People do hate him but he is a very powerful bender
Only Losers Hate Villains
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Unalaq İs A Underrated Antagonist
After Unalaq threw Raava onto a rock, he looked like he was giving Raava whoopings with a magical whip made out of purple water.
Who thinks unalaq is the best villian
Nah Zaheer is definitely the best villain even better than Ozai in my opinion
No one
Unalaq is a great waterbender master, although his brother also have the mastery of the art, we don't know if he is capable of bend great amounts of water like his sibling. Without the Avatar state, Unalaq still has advantage over Korra and most of waterbenders, is just sad that the art of waterbending became so aggressive, in the other hand we have Mako, who uses circular movements a lot in his firebending.
Well, he's a Inner member of Red Lótus. Couldn't expect less.
Fk that! Unalak was the best waterbender in all of LOK
What about Ming-Hua? She was pretty good.
Try both series
@@TheoOnyiri katara eats him up, no contest there
Amon
@@j.43 nope. Katara is too slow to compete with most lok benders
I like how most of the water benders we see in LOK they all have adapted Katara's techniques and made it their own....
I'd love to see katara whoop his ass
Maybe prime katara but not kid katara
Neither old Katara or young Katara could do much against him
@@sia6045 i feel like katara at the peak of her prime she could but he merges with vatuu nah rip katara
1:32 Obsessed with this drill
His style is a combo of earth and water.
I'd say tonraq is. Unalaq uses mainly traditional techniques
"bending combat in legend of korra is just endless punching!"
bending combat in legend of korra:
For me he's the best villain, you know... destroying korra's connection to her past life (of course with the help of Vaatu), obviously there's no villain have ever done that
THIS IS MY OPINION OK!😁😚💯
I think Unalaq is true master of water bending
Is it just me or water tribes brother in lok are always powerful
Unalaq is, and forgive me for what im about to compare him to, the D'vorah of the Avatar franchise
This one will destroy your spirit 😂
Unalaq strong
He's not bad. I'd like seeing a battle between him and katara (prime)
I’d love to see that as well. They bend really similarly.
@Wes Bradley-Taubner unalaq stomps
Unalaq>Amon>>>>>>>>>>>>Katara
@@DarkkSorcerer Amon maybe not good waterbender but the strongest Bloodbender.
Katara can beat Unalaq i guess.
Way better than azula for sure
Here’s a fun fact about that giant purple and orange ball that Unalaq was swirling water into: If that giant purple and orange ball was the size of TON 618, then the Solar System would be the size of a quarter, Quasi Stars would be the size of dodgeballs, and the Milky Way would be the size of the United States.
I think his special bending (like metalbending or lightningbending or bloodbending) is control of spirits.
Unalaq is the strongest villain in Avatar series, without Vaatu he is second only to Ammon because of his bloodbending
Did his water get purple because he united with Vaatu or is that just the lighting?
Its because of Vaatu
He surely was powerful but not as much as bloodbenders.
He has to rely on water which is collected by him in the bag.
I'm sorry, but in the beginning, did he pull some water out of the thin air like how Hama did (but a larger amount)
You should do mako fire bending
Him and Master Pakku has some of the best water bending not counting the blood benders.
Unalaq.
Pakku
Katara
Ming Hua.
What about eska desna and tonraq?
Season 2 imo has the best story concept among all 4 seasons. Its a pity it wasn't executed right.
yeah, sadly i agree
This guy has got to be the bravest villain on the show. He's going against a fully fledged avatar with his spirit friends but they all get wiped out in one blow but this guy doesn't even flinch, he goes for the attack anyway. This alsi brings me to the avatar's one fkaw of no killing. Imagine if korra decided to end him right there. That would be problem solved.
The water-ice drill was the coolest 1:31
I can't help it but say he is my best waterbender...he showed me how waterbending alone can be brutal and deadly....i just can't stop thinking if he was the northern chief when the fire nation attacked in Aang....He would have killed commander zhao instantly and ended the fight before it even started 😅
I still think that “spirit bending” should’ve been an air technique
Really, I felt like spirit bending could’ve been a good sub bending of air bending because ya know air being all spiritual and stuff.
Like in order to do spirit bending you’d need a real good connection with the spirit world. Maybe it would’ve been cool to see Zaheer possibly do it, maybe even Tenzin.
No spirit bending is actually closer to healing. Airbenders are mostly self focused. They reach spiritual enlightenment through their traditional teachings. But spirit bending is about other spirits.
All said and done, this fight was more of a Wan vs Unalaq result than Korra. With 1000s of past avatars behind her, there's no way even someone like Unalaq with only waterbending should have beaten her in the Avatar state.
I wish we could’ve seen old katara against him
Why does every water bender avatar always dealt with dark spirit? Avatar kurok and korra dealt with same problem
It seems like the avatars of each element deal with the same problem
Fire = Problems within the nation so they have to deal with that but neglect the world.
Air = They now have to treat the whole worlds problems in turn neglecting the spirits(Ironic since they are the most spiritual)
Water = They have to deal with the problems of the spirits with varying levels of success
Earth = Conflicts within their own issues and tyrants trying to take the nation and since kuvira had such a strong ideal some ppl are bound to follow it
That's my take on it
@@Ethan-rl5kv I agree
@@Ethan-rl5kvi thinks its because Northern and Southern water tribe had a lot more spirits cause of portal
I hate his ark, but man, Unalaq is a beast, and I love seeing his bending. Of the villans he is, for me, the second strongest waterbender (Amon is op).
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Unalaq İs a Underrated Antagonist
Unalaq is a great waterbender but his only weakness is that he depends too much on his hands when bending.
Almost all benders do, it's how they direct their bending.
Well I’m getting from a lot of people not liking him as a villain is that he did extremely villainess things and they don’t like him for it yes he’s the reason the past lives were destroyed but he’s a villain so what were you expecting and yes you can argue that people were saying that his motors didn’t make sense after a while but once he merged with Vatuu he didn’t have motives anymore he just became a force
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Vaatu killed Unalaq and stole his body when they became a giant.
What was the dark side of Raava’s name again?
@Sean Francis Waters Lancaster, thank you
I'm probably completely alone on this but I completely agree with his virtuous goals and wise reasoning behind them and either way he was always my biggest crush from either ATLA or TLOK.