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