I just love how Kya's water bending resembles (and even sounds!) a lot like airbending! You can really tell she tried to imitate her dad even as a waterbender!
@@lucidvibes8133 2:28 kinda looks like she just figured it out, and usually in these scenarios the character believes the villain, walks away, but the villain...y'know
@@tiberiusvirus9342 I pretty sure zaheer is a chiblocker befor he got his airbending and chiblocking likely comes from airbending form developed by non-bending air nomads for the sake of self-defense. these are just headcanons tho.
Katara don’t raise punks we all know what she went through at the northern water tribe she’d never raise her child especially a female waterbender to be just a healer
@@chrisez3188No, but from Kya‘s movements you can tell she learned more airbender typical movements than original waterbender movements, while Katara‘s movements were more like earthbender movements, especially when she fought against Hama. Of course Katara would train her lots of OG waterbender movements, but it depends on your personality if you want to be a fighter or a healer
I feel like you can really see she learned her waterbending from katara, her movement and fighting style is so fluid and unlike the modern style of bending you see around republic city which involves more boxing like 'shooting' the water. This style of bending is so satisfying to watch
And did you notice that Zaheer spun and countered Kya's final water attack? That's Waterbending/Taoist philosophy. Then Zaheer "shoots" air at Tenzin later... You know, what.. He's probably a master of all martial arts and thus already knows the philosophies of all. After all, the bending is based on martial arts styles - it fits the puzzle.
She is most real for this. She is winning trying to capture him and she still screams for help because she recognises a strong opponent. ALL ANIME CHARACTERS SHOULD TAKE NOTES.
She shut down his first attempt of escaping by herself. I think it would’ve been nice if that night was a full moon so we can see even more of her potential
@@Jayxroberts I don’t think so, Katara was born and raised in times of war, so the only option for her was to be a warrior in order to survive, Kya on the other hand, was born and raised in times of relative peace, so she could focus on the healing side of waterbending.
Kya had a feeling, trusted her gut and fought him like a boss, called for help knowing she wasn’t enough and still went on to lose but she didn’t go down without a fight. Kya is fierce
Something about Kya’s bending style is so captivating. Plus are we gonna talk about how she’s up there in age, and is doing somersaults, jumping off of roofs, and dodging attacks by a hair. Love her 😍
I thought the same thing! It took a second glance but I realizer her bending seems to incorporate a lot of air bending elements into it (the circular movements, the acrobatics and evasion). It's like she took her water bending and included some of her dad's culture/fighting style in it.
@@GreendalewitchZaheer was a notorious enough criminal of the Red Lotus, and him showing immediate aptitude at dodging and moving, as well as the fact he was infiltrating a space he knew he wasn’t supposed to be in would make anybody suspicious. That, and the fact that he implied where he came from (or rather, where he was imprisoned) and distinct face probably was the tip off she needed.
@@GreendalewitchZaheer had already escaped prison (be mindful that he was imprisoned for trying to kidnap Korra, so when he asked about her earlier that day it made him look suspicious) word was out that he had become a proficient air bender out of nowhere (so that made him easily moving through those gates suspicious as well, that’s why Kya mentioned it in their conversation) so yeah, it was obvious she’d been pondering about who he was all day and finally put 2 and 2 together
Zaheer might have fooled her if he actually said the name of where he was born. Read in a book once, "no lie beats an ill-intended truth". Instead of a vague response, just saying something like "I'm from Gaipan" and that being the name of an actual village would take some heat off of him.
@@rovanajean9550 for context, the book had a guy trying to assassinate a high profile member of his order (for political reasons so his master would rise ranks). While planning the assassination he bumped into his target with the servants. He grabbed the target and said "someone is trying to assassinate him. Servants, protect this door!", took the top guy away from his servants and throwed him out of the window.
To be fair, it’s likely that since he was a previous White Lotus member and had been dealt with before, saying the place of where he was really from would still tip her off
1:44 even though it was short lived, I like how Zaheer formed a slight friendship with Iki and her brother through his skill and knowledge of airbending. If his cover wasn't blown by Kya then and there, I imagine all the young airbenders would have definitely looked up to him as a role model once they witnessed more of his talent.
@@mariosblago94 Except he would have because then he would have looked closer to the other new airbenders training and not suspiciously better than the rest of them
Kya did great here, imagine being trained only as a healer and she managed to fight and keep up with Zaheer, one of the feared criminals in Legend of Korra. She is definitely the daughter of Aang and Katara.
Kya is one of the only waterbenders in the world who are uniquely positioned to take on an airbender. Her dad was avatar aang of the original air nomads and her brother has been the only air bending master in the world since their dad died. If any water bender can fight an airbender it's her.
Came here to say this! Could imagine Tenzin and Kya play fighting or practising together, especially considering the importance their parents put on learning from other bending types.
Another thing is that, Kya might have lost because she is used to countering a master airbender and their technical moves. Zaheer, being self-taught, might have been moving too randomly for her that she cannot counter it properly. It is like fighting another professional blackbelter vs. a street fight.
y’all forget that Zaheer was an experienced criminal. plus there is no Airbender except Tenzin up until that point, so nobody really knows how to counter them in fights.
2:30 he actually doesnt stick the landing, i really like how they show him not being a full master instantly, he relies mostly on non airbender fighting moves early on
The way she didn’t even care how strong zaheer was she just knew she had to protect her family and was fierce abt it 😂. A mother and she wasn’t even one yet 😂❤️🔥🥶
She calls help and then instantly moves him into a river giving her a tactical advantage she might not be the strongest character but she definitely fights smart
Kya is the perfect example of someone who knows all the forms and tricks but is no master due to not knowing when to use certain forms and when not to. Water bending masters defend and attack at the same time. But her bending is hyper aggressive despite being a healer. It leaves her wide open. She has all the knowledge and skills of Katara but lacks her combat experience which is why she looses despite her strength
Why Aang lol, I'd say Katara was the better waterbender, Aang picked up fast on waterbending since he already knew the fundamentals to bend and air was closer to waterbending (at least I remember it was said somewhere... although you could also argue that fire behaves more similar to wind).
@@lolhcdBut Water is closer in philosophy, air is the element of freedom, and water is the element of change, you can change far easier if you allow yourself freedom to do so.
It appears that his knowledge and clear admiration of airbending actually allows him to use his imagination to get more out of his air bending other benders. It’s yucky because creativity is one of the most important parts of being an air bender and the fact that Zaheer seems to have this in spades makes him a worthy villain
Red Lotus was the best arc in Korra for me. That being said, Zaheer who just got Air bending and never been a bender before, going up against experienced benders is sort of weird.
I think it's implied Zaheer had martial arts training Bending is based on martial arts forms So an expert martial artist could definitely take a bender once they got powers
Zaheer was a skilled martial artist who studied Air Nomad culture. He clearly had a lot of theoretical knowledge about airbending. Since gaining airbending, he probably practiced quite a bit. And very few people in the world train to fight airbenders--not that they'd be able to find an airbender to spar with anyway.
Keep in mind that Zaheer has a huge advantage in his battles. He’s an airbender opponent. It’s not like Aang and Tenzin went around the world fighting people. They were the only two airbenders in the last century up until this point and even when the air nomads were alive they were pacifists. So every other elemental bender going up against him is outmatched because they don’t really have any idea how to counter airbending attacks. They’ve never had to fight an offensive airbender before. No one has.
I was a little difficult watching an offspring of Aang and Katara get beat like that. It makes me more mad that Aang for only favoring Tenzin and not put any time on his other children.
Yeah it wouldn't make any sense for aang training kya to be a fighter like they were in alta because in atla they were literally child soldiers in a war. In lok they were just chilling in society.
Even if she lost it was an amazing display of waterbending. She lost because her strategy/style was off. She used way too many direct attacks which left her exposed. She should have focused on mid range area attacka and returning back the water after a dodge for a second strike.
Zaheer is a great character. And the fact of the matter is that he mastered air bending before he even had air burning. Because he spent so much time studying and working Airbender techniques into his own deadly martial arts, he effectively was able to become a master Airbender immediately when he got his bending.
Zaheer was an absolute genius. Very similar to Aang who picked up all the bending quickly. A mere poem allowed him to use his final awakening that's all he practically got out of there and still gave him such an advantage. Give him the Bible and he can recreate apocalypse.
Love the unique bending style Kya uses, with the water wheel. I wonder if it's a influence of her fahter's air bending, with all the spins and rotation.
I am impressed that the kya Who has been a waterbender for a long time and learned from Katara herself and still can't handle an airbender of just a few months
He’s not just air bender of a few months at all. he was a dangerous vigilante who also happened to intensely study martial arts and the ways of air nomads, so he was immediately proficient at bending the moment he got it
@@hhattonaom9729 that is very true, he is an endboss with just pure martial arts skills and now given air bending...it's over, only the avatar can 1vs1 him or tenzen.
@@hhattonaom9729 Just having knowledge isn't enough, because they put him as very skilled with air domination, but he faces domination masters and they still leave him as the winner, but it's impossible
Shes a healer and also he didnt learn the same martial arts Tenzin practiced so she being used to it or not was not a factor since she never experienced his style before
I'd have to disagree. Tenzin was trained in air bending combat Zaheer wasn't. He's someone who mastered martial arts and then got air bending. So his fighting style is completely different that what Kya would be used to. It's kinda like how Boomi was fighting the earth bender when he first got his air bending. It was his own style
Zaheer was a nonbender before he got airbending, yet he's almost fighting on the level of a master which he also TAUGHT HIMSELF. Zaheer is the one of the coolest villains in the avatar series IMO. He must've been a very skilled fighter beforehand to be able to pick up bending so quickly, even though bending for a nonbender is like an entire new skill all together. Him being fascinated with air nomad culture is a big bonus too with the deeper understanding.
If he didn’t have Aangs staff right there to grab he wouldn’t have gotten away that easy. As soon as he grab the staff it’s like his air bending upgraded just like Aang when he used it.
Kya was trained to be a healer by Katara, because it was a time of peace after Aang took down Ozai. Kya had no need to be a warrior like Katara, so her mother didn't teach her how to fight as well as how to heal.
Never gonna accept that a man who only just got airbending is a better bender than 85% of the cast of experienced, long time, born benders. Even if Kya is a little up there in age and a healer first, he had airbending for barely any time. It just makes no sense.
The reasoning is Zaheer is a master martial artist, and uses Air Bending to supplement his fighting. Also nobody really has experience fighting aggressive Airbenders at all. You can see the difference in skill in the Zaheer vs Tenzin fight, where Tenzin is literally untouched by Zaheer until the Red lotus starts 3v1ing him (later 4v1). I don't think we were given a time frame of how long between him getting his powers and when he broke out as well, he could've been training for weeks.
I mean it makes sense, not only zaheer is younger, he is a fighter, he had plenty experience fighting benders of all kind while Kaya is just a healer, she has never fought or a least not in a serious way since she was born in a peaceful time unlike katara. So for a healer who has no experience fighting she held her own really well
Is it just me or Kya's fighting style is similar to Katara? I mean, she is her mother lol but still, it's like watching Katara fighting Zaheer minus the losing because Katara in her prime would never lose to Zaheerlol
Not as aggressive as Katara's tho..she's mainly on defensive notice how she manipulates the water around her first before doing something towards the enemy
@@Richenzo_99 I have watched ATLA a million times and i tell you katara is ruthless hahahaha also their upbringing is different katara was growing up on war time while i assume Kya was born where there was peace.
Favorite villain in the entire series. No nonsense, efficient AND did exactly what he planned (aside from failing to end the avatar cycle) And never once did it for pride or vanity, just for the sake of the people
I love how the staff zaheer has is similar to Aang's second staff but the wings are orange insted of blue it makes me wonder how many new airbending staffs are made
Even though kya lose this battle, she was actually strong enough to win this fight. Besides, nevertheless zaheer was nonbender for a long time, he bends air like a true master.
One of the realest moments was Kya calling for help. Shes a strong waterbender but her knowing she needed backup was top tier
And obviously, those soldiers get beaten in less than 10 seconds every time
@@deVeresd.Kfz.1515if they arrived a few secondss earlier, they along with Kya might actually prevent zaheer from escaping.
she's a healer tho not a combatant so that would be a no brainer for her
@@jonathantaylor7845 That doesnt mean she wasnt trained to fight. Katara was a healer and still was able to hold her own
@@princeofdatnybut katara first was a warrior, and then she became a healer
I just love how Kya's water bending resembles (and even sounds!) a lot like airbending! You can really tell she tried to imitate her dad even as a waterbender!
I thought the same! It‘s really sweet that even tho Aang spent more time with Tenzin he still had some time to teach Kya waterbending as well ❤
I just love that she is INSTANTLY ready to throw hands the second she works out who he is 😂😂
Its so accurate to a real world situation too.
not smart, better to warn others secretly, let him believe he has the element of anonymity and pounce on him when he least expects.
@@lucidvibes8133 by the looks of him, pretty sure he knew that she knew
@@gheata_playz874 but when he said goodnight to jinora, i dont know why she had to turn up and confront him instead of quietly getting help
@@lucidvibes8133 2:28 kinda looks like she just figured it out, and usually in these scenarios the character believes the villain, walks away, but the villain...y'know
Kya is incredibly fierce for someone who’s a healer first and a fighter second
Katara probably made sure that she could fight well
Healing and dealing damage are different sides of the same coin.
@@MCSPARTAN501 🔥🔥
she'll be too op as a fighter
@@ManoloRibera070 If you can restore health might as well know how to take it away.
Honestly if Zaheer hadn't kept showing off how much airbending stuff he knew he would have been able to maintain his cover fairly well.
I think it's the scar
Unless his hand to hand combat are airbending movements
@@tiberiusvirus9342 I pretty sure zaheer is a chiblocker befor he got his airbending and chiblocking likely comes from airbending form developed by non-bending air nomads for the sake of self-defense. these are just headcanons tho.
@@supayambaek Sounds like a very solid theory, nonetheless.
@@tiberiusvirus9342why is the scar important?
He’s a nerd, it’s hard to hide.
Kya be like:
🫤 wait
😠 Zaheer!
⛲️🌊🤸♀️
😂😂😂😂😂😂
OMG😂😂
💀
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
The fact that Kya is a Healer and put the fight with him, is extraordinary! Imagine her with the fighter train.
Katara don’t raise punks we all know what she went through at the northern water tribe she’d never raise her child especially a female waterbender to be just a healer
@@chrisez3188No, but from Kya‘s movements you can tell she learned more airbender typical movements than original waterbender movements, while Katara‘s movements were more like earthbender movements, especially when she fought against Hama. Of course Katara would train her lots of OG waterbender movements, but it depends on your personality if you want to be a fighter or a healer
bro, katara will never let that sexist sentiment that she herself went through be imposed on her own daughter@@chrisez3188
I feel like you can really see she learned her waterbending from katara, her movement and fighting style is so fluid and unlike the modern style of bending you see around republic city which involves more boxing like 'shooting' the water. This style of bending is so satisfying to watch
Like u know this. She does it like the originals
And she takes pride in it !!! I’m excited to see how they continue the legacies of traditional bending styles in the next series!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
to be fair, they have to adapt to the rules of the game.
And did you notice that Zaheer spun and countered Kya's final water attack? That's Waterbending/Taoist philosophy.
Then Zaheer "shoots" air at Tenzin later... You know, what.. He's probably a master of all martial arts and thus already knows the philosophies of all. After all, the bending is based on martial arts styles - it fits the puzzle.
It’s been a while since I watch this show,Kya is the daughter of Katara and angg right
love the fact that: kya, even when she knows she's not a full fighter, she still went full kyoshi when she knew it was zaheer
She is most real for this. She is winning trying to capture him and she still screams for help because she recognises a strong opponent. ALL ANIME CHARACTERS SHOULD TAKE NOTES.
Wow, legend of korra isnt really that bad it's amazing!!
it has up and down@@Caitlyn777-e1x
The problem with Legend of Korra is mostly the way how Korra was written. Literally all the characters in LoK are more interesting than Korra herself.
Exactly, so rare to see an anime character who isn't underestimating their opponent and call for backup early on.
“Despite Kya losing-“
Who cares if she lost, she fought Zaheer more fiercely than most. She’s a baddie
That’s my dear is a true water bender !!!
Zaheer wasn t fighting back or trying to hurt her.
@@etienne8110 he was evading and yet he still struggled. lets not downplay kya's habillities please
She put up a better fight than Tenzin tbh
Kya may lose these fights but she does so like a goddess
She's always a winner in my heart
She shut down his first attempt of escaping by herself. I think it would’ve been nice if that night was a full moon so we can see even more of her potential
Zaheer is a savage dude not many stand a chance
Also doesn't help that not many ppl have experience fighting airbenders let alone one like zaheer
Kya isn't a fighter, shes a healer. Most of her lessons came from Katara teaching her healing techniques rather than warrior training
Zaheer looked genuinely happy when he was accepted in the air temple. Seems that’s what he always wanted
I love the moment Kya recognized him:
"Wait.... Zaheer!" Absolutely loved it!
Y’all forgetting that Kya is a healer not a fighter.
Yep, and if she was a fighter the red lotus would’ve ended at the temple 😂👌🏾
@@avatarcam45😂😂
Which is such a major disrespect to her mother and father’s legacy.
@@Jayxrobertsbut katara was known in TLOK as the best healer in the world… i think kya being a healer is perfectly fitting
@@Jayxroberts I don’t think so, Katara was born and raised in times of war, so the only option for her was to be a warrior in order to survive, Kya on the other hand, was born and raised in times of relative peace, so she could focus on the healing side of waterbending.
Kya missed the opportunity to say "Zaheer he is!"
🤣🤣🤣
BWAHAHAHAHA! 😭🤣 Underrated! 🤣
Same vibes as “It’s morbin time”
TAKE MY LIKE
Bumi would have said it 😂
Kya had a feeling, trusted her gut and fought him like a boss, called for help knowing she wasn’t enough and still went on to lose but she didn’t go down without a fight.
Kya is fierce
Something about Kya’s bending style is so captivating.
Plus are we gonna talk about how she’s up there in age, and is doing somersaults, jumping off of roofs, and dodging attacks by a hair. Love her 😍
I thought the same thing! It took a second glance but I realizer her bending seems to incorporate a lot of air bending elements into it (the circular movements, the acrobatics and evasion). It's like she took her water bending and included some of her dad's culture/fighting style in it.
@@1P48_NK ohhhh I never thought about that!! But it makes sense being the daughter of Aang!! So cool
She’s about 40
'WAIT.. ZAHEER!" shoots glacial spikes
actually a random dude from Northern Village
😂😂😂😂
Yeat. It was a pretty forced writing to have her put two and two together, that this was actually Zaheer. What if this was just a random guy?
@@GreendalewitchZaheer was a notorious enough criminal of the Red Lotus, and him showing immediate aptitude at dodging and moving, as well as the fact he was infiltrating a space he knew he wasn’t supposed to be in would make anybody suspicious.
That, and the fact that he implied where he came from (or rather, where he was imprisoned) and distinct face probably was the tip off she needed.
@@GreendalewitchZaheer had already escaped prison (be mindful that he was imprisoned for trying to kidnap Korra, so when he asked about her earlier that day it made him look suspicious) word was out that he had become a proficient air bender out of nowhere (so that made him easily moving through those gates suspicious as well, that’s why Kya mentioned it in their conversation) so yeah, it was obvious she’d been pondering about who he was all day and finally put 2 and 2 together
@@Greendalewitcheven if Kya got the wrong guy, she could just heal that poor guy up and apologize a lot.
Kya being a healer actually put up a great fight. I can only imagine if she was a true combat expert in waterbending she was already ferocious here.
Zaheer might have fooled her if he actually said the name of where he was born. Read in a book once, "no lie beats an ill-intended truth". Instead of a vague response, just saying something like "I'm from Gaipan" and that being the name of an actual village would take some heat off of him.
I don’t think he cared once he found out the avatar won’t be at the northern air temple.
imma take note of this
@@rovanajean9550 for context, the book had a guy trying to assassinate a high profile member of his order (for political reasons so his master would rise ranks). While planning the assassination he bumped into his target with the servants. He grabbed the target and said "someone is trying to assassinate him. Servants, protect this door!", took the top guy away from his servants and throwed him out of the window.
@@PsychoMachado okay that's savage
To be fair, it’s likely that since he was a previous White Lotus member and had been dealt with before, saying the place of where he was really from would still tip her off
1:44 even though it was short lived, I like how Zaheer formed a slight friendship with Iki and her brother through his skill and knowledge of airbending.
If his cover wasn't blown by Kya then and there, I imagine all the young airbenders would have definitely looked up to him as a role model once they witnessed more of his talent.
3:15 the water's texture, appearance, sound and force sounds so heavy, solid and strong. She could have been an amazing warrior.
Zaheer flew away because he knew he couldn't beat Meelo's Fartbending. 😂😂
That slam was * chefs kiss * GORGEOUS~ She whipped him down liked he owed her MONEY
Too late on the freeze she paused inbetween for no reason
@leaconway2058 idk why
Katara's freezing was always rapid 😢 but Kya fought like a boss❤
you know zaheer couldve kept his cover a bit longer if he didnt show off like that through the gates lol
but then he wouldn't get to train with airbenders, which is part of what he wanted. He was looking for knowledge AND for Kora
Yes.
It was partly his ego that eventually blew his cover.
He just had to excel at running through those spinning doors LOL
@@mariosblago94 Except he would have because then he would have looked closer to the other new airbenders training and not suspiciously better than the rest of them
2:29 LOVE how ON SIGHT this is lmao
Zaheer is one of my favourite characters but I got mad respect for Kya when she water latched onto Zaheer and slamed him into the ground.
Zaheer made Air bending look deadly in a way Aang never did.
Maybe cuz aang was raised pacifist and he wasnt, thus using airbending in a way no one has ever seen or done
Their intention for bending is very different
Same goes for firebenders using it as healing powers
just like danzo.
He is just more violent with it. Zaheer lost to tenzin
I love the way she just slammed him without mercy
Zaheer has to be the best villain
He definitely was season 3 of korra was the best one out of the four
No way. We were not ready for Azula 😂 🔥 ⚡️. She would destroy Kuvira
Yes! I remember feeling so uneasy every time I see him.
FAXX
He definitely EASILY has the best action, and theme song
Kya did great here, imagine being trained only as a healer and she managed to fight and keep up with Zaheer, one of the feared criminals in Legend of Korra. She is definitely the daughter of Aang and Katara.
My favorite part about this scene was how she was ready as soon as she realized, no dramatic pausing or gasp just hands 😭
Kya is one of the only waterbenders in the world who are uniquely positioned to take on an airbender.
Her dad was avatar aang of the original air nomads and her brother has been the only air bending master in the world since their dad died. If any water bender can fight an airbender it's her.
Came here to say this! Could imagine Tenzin and Kya play fighting or practising together, especially considering the importance their parents put on learning from other bending types.
Another thing is that, Kya might have lost because she is used to countering a master airbender and their technical moves. Zaheer, being self-taught, might have been moving too randomly for her that she cannot counter it properly.
It is like fighting another professional blackbelter vs. a street fight.
Kya catching zaheer with her water arms and then jumping off the second story floor and slamming zaheer down from the air is one of coolest scenes.
y’all forget that Zaheer was an experienced criminal. plus there is no Airbender except Tenzin up until that point, so nobody really knows how to counter them in fights.
crazy how meelo and zaheer is vibing each other :3
and zaheer doesnt even act
he unrerstands basic fundamental of being pupil
humble and chill
2:30 he actually doesnt stick the landing, i really like how they show him not being a full master instantly, he relies mostly on non airbender fighting moves early on
The way she didn’t even care how strong zaheer was she just knew she had to protect her family and was fierce abt it 😂. A mother and she wasn’t even one yet 😂❤️🔥🥶
Facts
Kya in her prime: “Call an ambulance! …But not for me!”
Calling help was actually a smart move
Kinda like 911 right?
@@Elijah-bj8pvwow that took a turn
She calls help and then instantly moves him into a river giving her a tactical advantage she might not be the strongest character but she definitely fights smart
@@erielmartin8130 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kya is the perfect example of someone who knows all the forms and tricks but is no master due to not knowing when to use certain forms and when not to.
Water bending masters defend and attack at the same time. But her bending is hyper aggressive despite being a healer. It leaves her wide open.
She has all the knowledge and skills of Katara but lacks her combat experience which is why she looses despite her strength
Zaheer is a true testament to the fact that mastery of the basics in any endeavour is what makes for true success in said endeavour
Did guru Laghima say this?
@@RockRebelfull lol
No, he didn't
@nelsonoluyemi9169 that is a shame. But have you heard of guru laghima?
Nah the moment he went all teacher's pet with the panels I would've been like "get out"
If aang paid attention to kya like he did teazin she would be a beast
Why Aang lol, I'd say Katara was the better waterbender, Aang picked up fast on waterbending since he already knew the fundamentals to bend and air was closer to waterbending (at least I remember it was said somewhere... although you could also argue that fire behaves more similar to wind).
@@lolhcdBut Water is closer in philosophy, air is the element of freedom, and water is the element of change, you can change far easier if you allow yourself freedom to do so.
I remember watching this for the first time, “get him KYA”
It appears that his knowledge and clear admiration of airbending actually allows him to use his imagination to get more out of his air bending other benders. It’s yucky because creativity is one of the most important parts of being an air bender and the fact that Zaheer seems to have this in spades makes him a worthy villain
The most underrated fight ever !
All of Kyas attacks flowed so well, if she was a more experienced fighter she probably would be so much stronger
Red Lotus was the best arc in Korra for me.
That being said, Zaheer who just got Air bending and never been a bender before, going up against experienced benders is sort of weird.
I think it's implied Zaheer had martial arts training
Bending is based on martial arts forms
So an expert martial artist could definitely take a bender once they got powers
Zaheer was a skilled martial artist who studied Air Nomad culture. He clearly had a lot of theoretical knowledge about airbending. Since gaining airbending, he probably practiced quite a bit. And very few people in the world train to fight airbenders--not that they'd be able to find an airbender to spar with anyway.
I get what you say, but by that logic HE didn't have any experience with other types of benders neither, since he just got Airbending @@MCSPARTAN501
I totally agree with the Martial arts thing@@MCSPARTAN501
Kya put up a fight despite being a healer and not a fighter
2:28 Kya be like ZAHEER FIGHT MODE
Beautifully animated
Keep in mind that Zaheer has a huge advantage in his battles. He’s an airbender opponent. It’s not like Aang and Tenzin went around the world fighting people. They were the only two airbenders in the last century up until this point and even when the air nomads were alive they were pacifists. So every other elemental bender going up against him is outmatched because they don’t really have any idea how to counter airbending attacks. They’ve never had to fight an offensive airbender before. No one has.
Did you know that Kya's actually smarter than Zaheer cuz he thought he could hide his identity by shaving but Kya almost immediately noticed it.😁😁😁😁
I was a little difficult watching an offspring of Aang and Katara get beat like that. It makes me more mad that Aang for only favoring Tenzin and not put any time on his other children.
She didn’t have to go around the world fighting she was chilling and healing most times so no experience with fighting fr
She’s not really a fighter so chill out
Yeah it wouldn't make any sense for aang training kya to be a fighter like they were in alta because in atla they were literally child soldiers in a war. In lok they were just chilling in society.
Even if she lost it was an amazing display of waterbending. She lost because her strategy/style was off. She used way too many direct attacks which left her exposed. She should have focused on mid range area attacka and returning back the water after a dodge for a second strike.
i mean, she is a healer..., i think she fought well for someone who wasn't trained to fight big battles.
Zaheer is a great character. And the fact of the matter is that he mastered air bending before he even had air burning. Because he spent so much time studying and working Airbender techniques into his own deadly martial arts, he effectively was able to become a master Airbender immediately when he got his bending.
Zaheer was an absolute genius. Very similar to Aang who picked up all the bending quickly. A mere poem allowed him to use his final awakening that's all he practically got out of there and still gave him such an advantage. Give him the Bible and he can recreate apocalypse.
0:55 Meelo the GOAT
Love the unique bending style Kya uses, with the water wheel. I wonder if it's a influence of her fahter's air bending, with all the spins and rotation.
0:23 dang! Tenzin jr😂
Zaheer called himself Yoru, which I believe is Japanese for "night"
Wait, Zaheer!!!
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LOL
@@eternalstrilogywhy u put that emoji
@@chizu6478ikkk its funny and intense how she says it
🤣🤣 corny
I am impressed that the kya Who has been a waterbender for a long time and learned from Katara herself and still can't handle an airbender of just a few months
He’s not just air bender of a few months at all. he was a dangerous vigilante who also happened to intensely study martial arts and the ways of air nomads, so he was immediately proficient at bending the moment he got it
She is a healer more than a fighter.
@@hhattonaom9729 that is very true, he is an endboss with just pure martial arts skills and now given air bending...it's over, only the avatar can 1vs1 him or tenzen.
well she’s more of a healer and not a fighter
@@hhattonaom9729 Just having knowledge isn't enough, because they put him as very skilled with air domination, but he faces domination masters and they still leave him as the winner, but it's impossible
Other than age being a factor I would’ve expected Kya to be slightly better prepared if she had Tenzin as a sparring partner.
exactly! She should be used to fighting an air bender
Shes a healer and also he didnt learn the same martial arts Tenzin practiced so she being used to it or not was not a factor since she never experienced his style before
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I mean Tenzin isn’t exactly the greatest fighter either, so let’s not pretend that Kya would’ve gotten much out of any sparring anyways…
I'd have to disagree. Tenzin was trained in air bending combat Zaheer wasn't. He's someone who mastered martial arts and then got air bending. So his fighting style is completely different that what Kya would be used to. It's kinda like how Boomi was fighting the earth bender when he first got his air bending. It was his own style
This fight should have been longer
Zaheer was a nonbender before he got airbending, yet he's almost fighting on the level of a master which he also TAUGHT HIMSELF. Zaheer is the one of the coolest villains in the avatar series IMO. He must've been a very skilled fighter beforehand to be able to pick up bending so quickly, even though bending for a nonbender is like an entire new skill all together. Him being fascinated with air nomad culture is a big bonus too with the deeper understanding.
in my opinion kya is one of the most underrated characters in lok she almost beat zaheer and ming hua and imagine her in her prime
Kya is a great bender but I wish we could’ve seen her as a young agile one fr
2:21 he has cauliflower ears which would indicate he’s a fighter. Nice detail.
2:10 The confrontation starts here.
If he didn’t have Aangs staff right there to grab he wouldn’t have gotten away that easy. As soon as he grab the staff it’s like his air bending upgraded just like Aang when he used it.
One of the best fight scenes! 😊
Kya is a Waterbending master. Just like her mom and dad. 🌊
The way she plucked him out of the sky was such a chef’s kiss
1:46 that scene is from the Grinch lol
The way she slams him to the ground I mean how does he just get up from that? The physical fortitude of the characters in these shows is crazy
Kya got wrecked considering her mom was KATARA and dad was AANG
Zaheer has mastered himself he did it without bending abilities.he would give most lifetime benders a problem
Yup for such strong patents their kids weren’t enterprising, except for tenzin he turned out pretty well
Kya was trained to be a healer by Katara, because it was a time of peace after Aang took down Ozai. Kya had no need to be a warrior like Katara, so her mother didn't teach her how to fight as well as how to heal.
Kya barely lost and shes not even a fighter like that. Shes morely a healer. She gets her flowers
Never gonna accept that a man who only just got airbending is a better bender than 85% of the cast of experienced, long time, born benders. Even if Kya is a little up there in age and a healer first, he had airbending for barely any time. It just makes no sense.
The reasoning is Zaheer is a master martial artist, and uses Air Bending to supplement his fighting. Also nobody really has experience fighting aggressive Airbenders at all. You can see the difference in skill in the Zaheer vs Tenzin fight, where Tenzin is literally untouched by Zaheer until the Red lotus starts 3v1ing him (later 4v1). I don't think we were given a time frame of how long between him getting his powers and when he broke out as well, he could've been training for weeks.
I always wonder the same thing. Although tenzin held his own against zaheer, but kya and other characters was a disappointment
@@maryhughie4070tenzin would destroy zaheer
one of the best fight scenes! short but a lot of great back and forth
This probably one of the top mini fight in LOK
One of my favourite fights
kya showed us how waterbend is look like, not just splashing the water away
Why they gotta do Kya so dirty :(
She deserves some recognitions.
I mean it makes sense, not only zaheer is younger, he is a fighter, he had plenty experience fighting benders of all kind while Kaya is just a healer, she has never fought or a least not in a serious way since she was born in a peaceful time unlike katara. So for a healer who has no experience fighting she held her own really well
There this one theory i like "Air bender was still pretty rare, that's why lots of common guard / soldier can be easily taken down by airbenders."
Is it just me or Kya's fighting style is similar to Katara? I mean, she is her mother lol but still, it's like watching Katara fighting Zaheer minus the losing because Katara in her prime would never lose to Zaheerlol
That depends if Kya’s skill could match or even grow far beyond from Katara’s teachings or not
Lol
He parried her twice.
Katara would have taught her well to fight with waterbending, despite Kya focusing primarily on healing.
Regardless kya failed 😂
Am i the only one who thinks Kya's style is VERY aggressive?
Not as aggressive as Katara's tho..she's mainly on defensive notice how she manipulates the water around her first before doing something towards the enemy
@@kylieseneres3193i was just about to say this
@@Richenzo_99 I have watched ATLA a million times and i tell you katara is ruthless hahahaha also their upbringing is different katara was growing up on war time while i assume Kya was born where there was peace.
@@kylieseneres3193 I think Kya took inspiration from aang as the way she bends. Like of like how aang and tendon protect their perimeters
@@Richenzo_99 nice perspective.. probably so
This is very random but does anyone else think Kya's grunts sound a lot like Korra? Like 2:46, 2:59 and 3:25
huh I just noticed
Water tribe
She fought like an airbender 💯
I love Zaheer. He’s like Korra’s Ronan the Accuser. Like Unalaq is Korra’s Yon-Rogg.
2:29
Imagine it’s wasn’t Zaheer and she just beat up some man for no reason!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Did Kya train with air benders growing up? Her fighting style gives air bender. Because the spins and the way she controls the water.
Same! Her face said to me, “I may be just a water bender but my father was the avatar.”
He father was an extremely talented airbender. Aang probably taught her how to combine airbending techniques with waterbending
Favorite villain in the entire series. No nonsense, efficient AND did exactly what he planned (aside from failing to end the avatar cycle)
And never once did it for pride or vanity, just for the sake of the people
Yeah, he reminds me a lot of Azula
She bends just like her mother So much power, I love it.
I love how the staff zaheer has is similar to Aang's second staff but the wings are orange insted of blue it makes me wonder how many new airbending staffs are made
Whenever I hear Kya's voice, I can't help but think of Mercy Graves from Superman: The Animated Series and the Justice League Series.
Let go your earthly tether
Enter the void.
Empty and become wind.
She did such a great job
She's definitely Katara's daughter.
She definitely takes after her mom.
Even though kya lose this battle, she was actually strong enough to win this fight. Besides, nevertheless zaheer was nonbender for a long time, he bends air like a true master.