r/legendofkorra • u/Small_Banana-321 • Jun 09 '25

Question Who you taking?

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u/Morphing_Enigma Jun 09 '25

Hama is only useful during a full moon. Mong-hua all the way

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u/Jimboi5 Jun 09 '25

I feel like the master water bender who can perform advanced techniques like moisture bending and invented a new bending art effectively could properly be useful without blood bending

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u/Morphing_Enigma Jun 09 '25

She would be good if there was no other water around, sure, but Ming-hua is a better fighter, and i am making the bold assumption that water won't be in scarce enough supply.

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u/AffectionateAnt2617 Jun 09 '25

But still, even in 1 episode, she demonstrated many techniques, which certainly makes her very valuable.

If it adapted so well and remained so good despite the lack of water, imagine what it would be like in land with lots of water ☠️

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u/Morphing_Enigma Jun 09 '25

This could just be my own faulty memory, but she is just sucking water out of plants and merging them into blasts. Even then, she isn't necessarily that strong (or, at least, Katara is really strong).

Maybe I just hold the other water benders in higher regard since Hama's whole shtick was the blood bending thing. Excellent for the narrative, though.

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u/AffectionateAnt2617 Jun 09 '25

No, in the fight with Katara she demonstrated a lot of precision and skill, and, frankly, her learning and developing these skills of taking water from the air and creatures and manipulating blood on her own is really something that is not for everyone.

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u/Morphing_Enigma Jun 09 '25

Fair enough. No denying her skill, but she is locked out of a good chunk of her more devastating arts by the lack of a full moon. In terms of raw, general performance, I just dont see her being as effective, is all.

We probably won't agree, but I appreciate your view on it.

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u/RepeatRepeatR- Jun 10 '25

Hama is more of a scientist (and kidnapper) when it comes to waterbending, Ming-Hua is accustomed to fighting the best benders in the world

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u/Carmen_Caramel Jun 09 '25

Not really, Hama is shown to be a very capable regular waterbender too

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u/Morphing_Enigma Jun 09 '25

You are correct. All of the benders listed are capable of putting up some kind of fight.

I think there are better options than Hama, since her specialty is just being able to, and willing to, utilize water from unconventional sources.

Her strength is blood bending, though. Ming-Hua does what she does, except more aggressively and with more creativity.

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u/BrockStar92 Jun 09 '25

Shes the same price as fricking Ozai ffs. Just get the damn fire Lord instead.

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u/weardofree Jun 09 '25

Hama is i don't want fight her pick

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u/MittyPoots Jun 09 '25

Luckily, in the show it’s almost always a full moon

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u/doloremipsum4816 Jun 10 '25

If it’s full moon, she could potentially take on the three avatars at once, no other character comes close to that feat. Not taking that risk lmao.

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u/Morphing_Enigma Jun 10 '25

Korra can resist blood bending enough to bend the elements, and a flashback of Aang as an adult shows that the Avatar state can be used to negate it completely.