r/Avatarthelastairbende • u/Level_Tie8606 • 9d ago

The last fight

Why did Aang rely mostly on earth bending in the final fight with the fire lord?

Air is where he is most talented and Throughout the whole show, he plays with zuko or don’t seems.

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u/NostrilLurker 9d ago

It was mainly defensive and earth is the best defense against fire. Ozai was on the offensive for most of the fight until Aang unlocked the Avatar State. Ozai didn't leave any room for anything but evasion and defense until Aang actually had the power to overwhelm a Comet strengthened Fire Lord.

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u/Level_Tie8606 9d ago

Even still, Aang picked Zuko apart with air, as a defense most of the time

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u/Ordinary-Tax9380 9d ago

Huge difference between Zuko (even at his peak) and a comet powered Ozai

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u/Rohml 8d ago

The fighting was different.

Zuko fights more with hand to hand combat, Zuko's fire blasts are bursts of flame directed at Aang but he also relies on physically attacking him. Aang breaking his stance, deflecting his attacks, and throwing him around was effective against Zuko.

With Ozai the fight was the Firelord using the comet's power to overwhelm Aang with fire blasts, Aang had to play defense and block the fire blasts. Aang also can't use airbending to outbalance Ozai because they were in the air

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u/Level_Tie8606 8d ago

Makes more sense

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u/ckim777 8d ago

Earth actually becomes Aang's second best element, right behind wind since its so accessible. The reality of the fight is that fire is actually Aang's strongest element due to Sozin's comet but rarely uses it since he doesn't want to kill Ozai.

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u/Level_Tie8606 2d ago

Aang used 0 air bending

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u/ckim777 2d ago

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u/Level_Tie8606 2d ago

avatar state

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u/ckim777 2d ago

Its before Ozai shoots out lightning

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u/Level_Tie8606 2d ago

I just watched the finale.

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u/ckim777 2d ago

Watch again

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u/Goblin_Deez_ 9d ago

Rock harder than air.

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u/Hanzzman 6d ago

Zuko is not a full trained firebender, his bending is kinda weak if we put against Azula or Ozai. so, when they were still enemies, air was enough. Air was enough even with Azula, but in those fights, it seems that Azula always had the upper hand.

Ozai, as the firelord, is a fully expert firebender, trained in secret techniques only taught to firelords and maybe azula, and also he was overpowered by Sozin's comet, and Aang did not wanted to run. So, for a direct approach, he used earthbending

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u/Level_Tie8606 2d ago

He used 0 air bending