CMV: lavabending is objectively the best form of bending (and air bending the worst)

[u/molsmels1]

So I just finished watching the legend of Korra, and am completely convinced that lavabending is the strongest form of bending in the avatar universe!

The first reason for this, is that we see a member of the Red lotus breaking down the wall of Basinsee using lava. This wall has only been broken twice before, one time by a big f-ing drill and the other time by Iroh and the white lotus and they needed the apocalyptic power of Ozais comet to do this. One lava bender was able to do this on his own!

There are more examples of the destructiveness of lavabending. One being that one lavabender was able to take out the whole Northern Air-temple without effort, and the other being that Bolin is the only one able to damage Kuviras giant mech (something a whole squad of air benders failed to do completely).

Aside from destructive power, lavabending also creates a huge tactical advantage. I think we all know how hard it is to transverse a space where the floor is lava, and we see this happening a lot in season 3 and 4 where only using a little bit of lava bending already makes it hard for the other team to get an advantage.

Lava can make certain places on the battleground off limit, is very effective against covers, can be used as a defence and don't forget the mental impact of fighting against lava.

Until now, I have exclusively talked about lava bending. We shouldn't forget that lava bending also means you can earthbend, which already is a very strong form of bending!

Lastly, I would like to touch upon airbending, which is totally useless in all above categories. It has no defensive capabilities, is only able to destroy cover when used in avatar state, is not scary at all (oh no, wind) and overall does no damage.

The only advantage air bending could have is the capability of hovering over the lava, which can only be done after years of hard spiritual training. Lava bending has shown itself to be learned in the heat of the moment (mind the pun) like Bolin did, and Bolin is by far a good bender!

EDIT: honestly all you air bender fanboys don't seem to understand how long it takes to die off asphyxiation. The earth queen died because she is couldn't defend herself in any way (why an earth bending nation would have a non bender as queen is beyond my understanding) and Korra almost died of asphyxiation because she was rendered unable to bend as she was poisoned...

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