He was a master savant air bender, and the avatar. The air nomads already knew that the fire nation was overeaching, and were trying to crash course him through the other elements. Maybe he wouldn't have made a different outcome but seeing as Monk Gyatso took out plenty before he fell I think the Avatar could have been what made it a fair fight. Also on a side note if he had stayed and there was communication to the other sages of the avatar they would have known that the avatar was at the southern air temple, water tribe, or earth kingdom, then what would be the point of the genocide? He would be who knows where and the plan would be pointless.
You think the zero combat experience child was going to hang against an army and they guy who once bested him in the avatar state. When he had much more xp and control with it...wild.
Zuko young and inexperienced himself, a small crew on a small destroyer after they successfully captured him isn't comparable to an entire invasion force
I'm referring to "day one", when he surrendered to Zuko. Half the reason he escaped was because no one on that ship knew how to fight Airbenders, which would not be true of the Firebenders that attacked during Sozin's Comet.
So the win he did get here wouldn't transfer to a hypothetical "if he had stayed" scenario.
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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '25
You really think Aang would have made a difference there?