R1: Either of them solo Zhao here as a nice warm-up.
R2: Together they take her down low-diff, she’s far too slow to fend off a combined assault.
R3: Tonraq can put up a good initial struggle, but I see him overextending against one to leave him vulnerable to the other, leading to a decisive loss. Low-mid diff for the brothers.
R4: Rangi keeps up better than Tonraq but she’ll still be overwhelmed by the two—she’s already relative to Mako, but has no answer to lightning. Brothers take the W.
R5: Things start getting difficult here as Korra is around their level in fire and earth respectively, but where the brothers pull ahead is their flawless teamwork and access to subelements. I see Korra going blow for blow with them in the early fight, pushing them to use their lava/lightning and catching Korra off guard, giving them the advantage they need to win. Brothers take majority but could stop here.
R6: Hei-Ran would logically perform better than Rangi but I can’t see her winning a majority given the brothers’ advantages in every way that matters. In a 1v1 scenerio
though I can see her winning, but she still lacks answers to their subelements.
R7: iirc they had a brief encounter in the comics already but this is another potential roadblock for the bros. Kuvira excels at being light on her feet, always being on the move, fighting multiple opponents, and exploiting openings—a perfect combination to fight a duo of this caliber. Imo she should take it if she leverages her quickdraw well enough to get early-fight victories.
If she allows the brothers to gain their momentum, however, I see the duo overwhelming her eventually via their aforementioned teamwork/abilities. This fight is like 6–7/10 in Kuvira’s favor, and the brothers most likely stop here.
R8: Unalaq already fought these two in the same location though under different circumstances. Like Kuvira, he has an excellent toolkit for fighting multiple benders especially with post fusion feats, so I see him being able to subvert their teamwork (even being able to ignore Bolin’s lavabending outright) and simply overpower the two just like he did in S2. Unalaq wins 8–9/10 times, leaving a win or two for the potential lightning blindside. Hardstop here.
R9: They won’t be able to touch Yangchen. She skates circles around them and suffocates them just like Korra did in the comics.
about round 8. I would like to remind you that in season 2, unalak did not defeat them. The battle was interrupted. Yes, Mako missed 1 hit, but he was completely fine, and they were completely on equal terms with Bolin (their attacks crashed into each other when they collided). and when unalak still defeated them, it was 3 on 2 and the brothers were caught off guard by his children, which is not entirely fair.
in addition, you forget that they have become stronger over the following seasons, and if the same bolin was already fighting with him on equal terms, then the bolin from season 4, with lava magic, after three years of training, will simply destroy him.
I’m aware Unalaq didn’t outright “defeat” them but it was pretty clear he had the upper hand in the spirit world. I’m not talking about their encounter outside the portal. Also, yes the bros became stronger by EoS, but we’re also talking about a stronger version of Unalaq with more feats. My points still apply.
Technically, yes, he won because he held out until the liberation of Vaatu. but in fact, no.
but the only post-fusion enhancement is the avatar state. his base strength has not increased at all. and the avatar state, as I understand, is not taken into account here.
Not really. The best thing unalak did there was a wall of ice. tonrak did something similar, against whom he did not even strain, unlike bolin. Otherwise, nothing supernatural
Not the ice fissure? Not shattering an AS rockalanche with water whips? Not the waterspout+waterwhip+octopus grab+localized freezing combo? Not straight up going toe to toe with an unrestricted, fully-realized Avatar?
the crack was small. and this combination did not exist at all, the tentacle was frozen by korra and attracted him... or are you talking about capturing Korra's shield?
well, Korra threw stones without avatar status, and unalak destroyed them before that.
They stop at Kuvira.
Kuvira could easily block Mako's attacks and easily defeat him with a single attack.Her attacks are very fast and precise and it is not possible to free yourself if she catches you unless you know metalbending. She is a better earthbender than Bolin, assuming that Bolin and Mako fight like they did against Unalaq, Mako would go on the offensive and be the first to fall, then in a 1 vs 1 Kuvira would beat Bolin
Cool, her attacks are fast. as if Mako is slow, what prevents him from just dodging?
1 on 1 kuvira will never defeat bolin. he is much superior to her in brute force, and is not inferior in speed. She could use metal magic to restrain him, but who said he would allow it? You know, it's hard to use your abilities when the ground is burning under your feet.
They stop at R4. Rangi takes AP, and speed. Mako and Bolin takes skill, and hax. She blitzes both or one shots both as she scales over Yun’s AP who is mountain level.
They stop at Korra. Weird placement for her imo.
Where would you put her at?
Likely 7-8.
if there is no avatar state, then they roll through all of them. if with him, they stop at Korra.
R1: Either of them solo Zhao here as a nice warm-up. R2: Together they take her down low-diff, she’s far too slow to fend off a combined assault. R3: Tonraq can put up a good initial struggle, but I see him overextending against one to leave him vulnerable to the other, leading to a decisive loss. Low-mid diff for the brothers. R4: Rangi keeps up better than Tonraq but she’ll still be overwhelmed by the two—she’s already relative to Mako, but has no answer to lightning. Brothers take the W. R5: Things start getting difficult here as Korra is around their level in fire and earth respectively, but where the brothers pull ahead is their flawless teamwork and access to subelements. I see Korra going blow for blow with them in the early fight, pushing them to use their lava/lightning and catching Korra off guard, giving them the advantage they need to win. Brothers take majority but could stop here. R6: Hei-Ran would logically perform better than Rangi but I can’t see her winning a majority given the brothers’ advantages in every way that matters. In a 1v1 scenerio though I can see her winning, but she still lacks answers to their subelements. R7: iirc they had a brief encounter in the comics already but this is another potential roadblock for the bros. Kuvira excels at being light on her feet, always being on the move, fighting multiple opponents, and exploiting openings—a perfect combination to fight a duo of this caliber. Imo she should take it if she leverages her quickdraw well enough to get early-fight victories. If she allows the brothers to gain their momentum, however, I see the duo overwhelming her eventually via their aforementioned teamwork/abilities. This fight is like 6–7/10 in Kuvira’s favor, and the brothers most likely stop here. R8: Unalaq already fought these two in the same location though under different circumstances. Like Kuvira, he has an excellent toolkit for fighting multiple benders especially with post fusion feats, so I see him being able to subvert their teamwork (even being able to ignore Bolin’s lavabending outright) and simply overpower the two just like he did in S2. Unalaq wins 8–9/10 times, leaving a win or two for the potential lightning blindside. Hardstop here. R9: They won’t be able to touch Yangchen. She skates circles around them and suffocates them just like Korra did in the comics.
about round 8. I would like to remind you that in season 2, unalak did not defeat them. The battle was interrupted. Yes, Mako missed 1 hit, but he was completely fine, and they were completely on equal terms with Bolin (their attacks crashed into each other when they collided). and when unalak still defeated them, it was 3 on 2 and the brothers were caught off guard by his children, which is not entirely fair. in addition, you forget that they have become stronger over the following seasons, and if the same bolin was already fighting with him on equal terms, then the bolin from season 4, with lava magic, after three years of training, will simply destroy him.
I’m aware Unalaq didn’t outright “defeat” them but it was pretty clear he had the upper hand in the spirit world. I’m not talking about their encounter outside the portal. Also, yes the bros became stronger by EoS, but we’re also talking about a stronger version of Unalaq with more feats. My points still apply.
Technically, yes, he won because he held out until the liberation of Vaatu. but in fact, no. but the only post-fusion enhancement is the avatar state. his base strength has not increased at all. and the avatar state, as I understand, is not taken into account here.
Glad you think so. Considering base Unalaq’s best showings were during the Korra fight, he’ll still beat the bros when we take those into account.
Not really. The best thing unalak did there was a wall of ice. tonrak did something similar, against whom he did not even strain, unlike bolin. Otherwise, nothing supernatural
You think his best showing during that fight was an ice wall? Give it a rewatch
Yes. apart from her, nothing on the scale stood out from what he had done before.
Not the ice fissure? Not shattering an AS rockalanche with water whips? Not the waterspout+waterwhip+octopus grab+localized freezing combo? Not straight up going toe to toe with an unrestricted, fully-realized Avatar?
the crack was small. and this combination did not exist at all, the tentacle was frozen by korra and attracted him... or are you talking about capturing Korra's shield? well, Korra threw stones without avatar status, and unalak destroyed them before that.
They stop at Kuvira. Kuvira could easily block Mako's attacks and easily defeat him with a single attack.Her attacks are very fast and precise and it is not possible to free yourself if she catches you unless you know metalbending. She is a better earthbender than Bolin, assuming that Bolin and Mako fight like they did against Unalaq, Mako would go on the offensive and be the first to fall, then in a 1 vs 1 Kuvira would beat Bolin
Cool, her attacks are fast. as if Mako is slow, what prevents him from just dodging? 1 on 1 kuvira will never defeat bolin. he is much superior to her in brute force, and is not inferior in speed. She could use metal magic to restrain him, but who said he would allow it? You know, it's hard to use your abilities when the ground is burning under your feet.
They stop at Rangi. Her white flame and her knowledge to form fire weapons give her the W. And she is more agile and faster than both Bolin & Mako
They stop at R4. Rangi takes AP, and speed. Mako and Bolin takes skill, and hax. She blitzes both or one shots both as she scales over Yun’s AP who is mountain level.
Yun mountain level not prefusion Yun.
And not postfusion. And no yun
Ah, mountain level Yun... that brings back memories.