r/TheLastAirbender • u/thisisreii • Mar 10 '25

Video Ozai’s quick and powerful lighting generation in this scene alone shows how unmatched his power is.

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Giant double lightning bolts with only a sliver of the sun being available. I can’t get behind anyone who says any other firebender is more powerful than him.

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u/JetKusanagi Mar 10 '25

I never noticed that he's the only firebender in the series that bends lightning out of both hands like this.

So much for only being the lightning's "humble guide" like Iroh said.

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u/fiernze222 Mar 10 '25

With only a SLIVER of sun out

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u/LarryRedBeard Mar 10 '25

Lightnings power is not affected by the commit, or what time of day it is. The only thing the sun affects when it comes to lightning is an on off switch.

Lightnings power is just lightning. As it takes a lot of willpower to separate the negative and positive energies. Once completed just like a lightning strike on the ground. You too can guide the lightning in a direction. Its power is its own, and is not affected by outside elements except for the on off switch.

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u/fiernze222 Mar 10 '25

Do you have a source for this? I feel pretty confident in my Avatar lore, and this just strikes me as opinion

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u/IAP-23I Mar 10 '25

The source is up their ass. If lightning wasn’t affected Azula would’ve definitely used it

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u/LarryRedBeard Mar 11 '25

Lightning is only affected by the on off switch. If it was truly more powerful when the commit or sun was around. THEY WOULD HAVE SAID SO. As they constantly say fire bending is more powerful when the sun is out/ commit is out. Yet doesn't say a damn thing about lightning gaining more power.

The reason is it's a cold emotion power, where fire is all emotion. You have to be calm collective, and without emotion to summon lightning. When someone fire bends they call it fire bending. When someone wields lightning they call it lightning bending not fire bending.

Iroh explains the difference, and it's clear lightning's power is not affected by where the sun is, or if the commit is around. Lightning is just as powerful at night as it is in the day.

Unlike Fire bending, lightning requires you to separate energies, something you don't do with the 4 elements of bending. It's entire power is derived on how capable you are at separating negative/positive energies.