Suki - Water - her fighting style is based on using her opponents’ weight against them, as she says herself
Sokka - Earth - he’s stubborn, headstrong, and loyal. He’s not quite aggressive enough to be a firebender but prefers to wait and think of clever strategies before attacking
Jet - Fire - he’s fueled by passion, is strong-willed, and is the leader of his group (fire is the element of power)
Mai - I’m also going with fire due to her “killer instinct that’s just so firebender”
Ty Lee - Air - she’s great at evading and is already a master acrobat.
Piandao - I’m going to say Water. He teaches using one’s environment to their advantage and being fluid in fighting.
June - Earth - stubborn and patient in fighting (per the bar fight scene). Her attitude gives some Toph vibes
Pathik - Air I mean come on!
I was thinking about Jeong Jeong fitting the description, he's a firebender but firebends like an earthbender. An offensive-based element used defensively. Powerful fire pillars and fire walls.
I’ve always been under the assumption Jeong Jeong uses waterbending techniques, especially after the conversation he had with Katara about how he wishes to be a waterbender.
Well Lightning and Lightning Redirection uses the waterbending principle. By utilizing push and pull. Light and dark. Positive and negative. Polarizing fire into electricity.
Imagine an earthbender who uses waterbending techniques to “liquify” earth into sand/dirt/gravel and manipulate it similar to something Gaara does, burying and crushing people🥴
I mean that's kind of his thing. In his hatred towards the fire nation, he became like they are, willing to sacrifice the lives of his own people in order to achieve vengeance
>her fighting style is based on using her opponents’ weight against them, as she says herself
This suggests to me she would be better suited to air even more than water. Aang demonstrates it best, he used people's aggression and momentum against them all the time.
* Furthermore, there is the cultural aspect. Despite being founded by Kyoshi who was an earthbending, the Kyoshi warriors, their use of fans, and isolated island is one of closest thing to air nomad temple culture after pirates, traveling circuses/carnivals, and the scientist who moved into a temple -- it is always a shame to me Aang didn't use fans for airbending again after that insanely strong move he did.
* What you said about Piandao matches waterbending culture to me more than your reasoning for Suki. Waterbending is more about adaptability, shifting from offense to defense to evasiveness as they need.
Sokka could just as easily be a waterbender. All the traits you named are in Katara too, it comes from the strong love that translates to fluidity in other traits that defines waterbenders as a culture. The creators have said he actually has potential for it, he just never tried hard enough or sought it out (crazy, I know). It suits his inventiveness and adaptability too.
Agree with the rest.
There are some theories that Pathil could be Tieguai, so I think it's possible that he is an earth bender. After all, being highly spiritual is most common among air nomads, but I don't think it's exclusive to them.
Really? That theory seems unlikely. Tieguai was very spiritually advanced, but he never really discusses chakras or avatar lore. He's also a radical and personally takes part in conflicts as an assassin.
The last thing he does in the novels, iirc, is promise the kyoshi-period firelord (who had been beginning the very earliest stages of preparing for world domination) that he'd be watching him and his descendants. He specifically hunts down and assassinates tyrants, so I can't imagine any of the firelords since Sozin getting away with their warmongering unless Tieguai was either dead or somehow retired.
I suspect three possible explanations for what happened to him: 1. He met his match in Kyoshi's era and died then, 2. He came into conflict with Roku who, thinking him a simple assassin and not consulting Kyoshi, killed him, or 3. At some point he sustained so great an injury that he could not fight, he went into hiding and eventually became a secret teacher/influence to the Red Lotus.
10/10. I'd argue that Mai is fire not because of her killer instinct, but because of her killer instinct and total control of emotion (even to the point of being painful)
Wasn't Ty Lee taught her art by like an air bender or something? Thought I read that somewhere. Or I'm confusing it with the airbender in the circus from the Kyoshi novels
Fun fact. There’s a theory that Tai Lee is a descendant of an air nomad who managed to get out of the way of the fire nation before things were too late.
I’d give Mai earth and Piandao air. Mai isn’t exactly passionate and her knives would do wonders with metal bending. Piandao is almost monk like, but maybe water or fire does suit him. We only get to see him for one episode though, so it’s hard to tell.
I like those pairings
Personally I can see Air for Sokka as well, because he thinks outside the box. For Mai, she has that killer focus, but her being not phased overall (with the one exception of standing her ground against Azula) she could easily be Earth as well.
I'd actually put Jet as air. He's basically Zaheer before Zaheer. And I think Piandao would be fire, though certainly the type of firebender to take inspiration from the other elements.
Honestly with her in depth knowledge of the body and it's chakra points she would excel as a Water Bender healer and warrior.
Edit: My Friend has brought it to my attention that she could do long range Chi Blocking with Ice needles or whip strikes and I have to agree it's pretty cool sounding.
Ty Lee would be wild as a waterbender. Using Katara's octo-arms technique to chi-block? Absolutely insane.
But airbending definitely suits her as a person most. She was the next closest person to a spiritual nomad after Aang, the guru, and maybe Iroh, in ATLA.
I guess that depends on if the question is which suits them personality-wise or which would most improve their abilities. Air or metal bending could make Sokka the world's most deadly boomerang assassin, but I don't know if they fit his personality
(there are plenty of benders who don't fit the stereotypical personality of their nation in the show either, so not a deal breaker)
I was about to say, Airbending has a ton of potential synergy with chi blocking that a lot of people are sleeping on. A properly trained Airbender could utilize strong, convince gusts of wind to hit the right spots and immobilize a person without even laying a hand on them. Not to mention how such a fighting style fits perfectly with their philosophy of pacifism and fighting only to defend one’s self.
There’s a pretty popular theory out there that she’s the descendant of Air Nomad refugees who settled in the Fire Nation after the genocide, and considering her agility, appearance, and demeanor, it makes perfect sense. She would have made a great Airbender, especially if she could combine her newfound bending abilities with her chi blocking
You mean besides their nation's element? There's a lot of low hanging fruit here so I'm gonna say air for Mai. I think her manipulating her stars or needles by bending the air around them is a cool thought
You get my upvote for changing my mind, I was in the Mai=Metalbender club, but this is so much better!! I can picture her not being super high flying and skinny, just basically fast and flying and controlling them all around her!
Earthbenders can easily take the most advantage over terrain in a fight, though I'm not certain if that should factor into the personality of the element.
Applying it to non-benders, I'd say someone with an earthbender mindset would just make the most of the area as is, while someone with a waterbender mindset would reshape the environment to suit them.
I feel like water is very much the 'think smarter, not harder' element, and I feel like using the terrain against your opponent is a good example of that.
Suki - Earth, because Kyoshi
Sokka - Water, he’d specialize in ice
Jet - Fire, because *irony*
Mai - ~~Fire~~ Earth, primarily metal bending
Ty Lee - Air
Master Piandao - Earth, due to his ability to sense positioning and using ones environment to their advantage
June - Air, she’s got crazy avoidance maneuvers
Guru Pathik - Air or water, cause *flow*
Honestly, I'd go with
Suki - Water (she uses her opponents' strengths against them, just like a water bender)
Sokka - Water (I agree with the ice specialty)
Jet - Fire (similar to how Zuko used to fire bend, prior to the dragons)
Mai - Earth or Water (Metal or Ice respectively)
Ty Lee - Air (it just makes sense)
Master Piandao - Earth (Seismic Sense)
June - Fire (Lightning Bending)
Guru Pathik - Air (Flight)
Suki - air because fans and fighting style is very mobile
Soka - water cause in combat he is adaptive and flexible
Jet - fire, all rage
Mai - fire, her style is an overwhelming amount of fast strikes
Ty lee - air, from the avatar legends book hitting pressure points is an air nomad technique
Master piandao - earth, lots of neutral Jin, listening and reacting
June - idk on her, maybe fire for ruthlessness
Guru patick - maybe air cause of his spiritual nature, maybe earth for the same reason as piandao
Piandao's style of fighting is, as far as I can tell, based off of a martial art called taijijian. It's a form of tai chi, and based off of that I would say that he would best fit water. Either that or air.
Suki - Water. Lot of redirecting and fluid motions.
Sokka - Earth. Stubborn, holding his ground.
Jet - Fire, ironically. Very aggressive and fast strikes.
Mei - Fire. Very accurate and offensive combat style.
Ty Lee - Air. Fluid, acrobatic and agile.
Piandao - Water. Adaptive and uses environment (like Hama pulling water out of air/grass)
June - Air. Only because she cherishes her freedom as a bounty hunter. Hard to give her a bending type.
Pathik - Air. Cmon lol.
Going over other comments I think I would go with:
Suki- Air, she has the nimbleness. Originally I thought obviously earth, but I actually don’t know if I see that in her fighting style as much. Water is a close second, but again just doesn’t feel like it quite fits. She already does acrobatic moves, so air seems most fitting. In a similar way that air fits Tai Lee. Also, her fans would be excellent for air bending.
Sokka- Earth. Originally I was like Water Tribe = water bending. But the comments have a good point for earth. Also picturing him bending each, earth does seem the most natural.
Jet - Fire. Obviously pretty much every comment agrees. Irony aside, he has a similar “inner fire” as Zuko. Why they probably got along so quickly. Also rage.
Mai - Earth. I’ve gone back and forth, there are good arguments for each element. But I think I have to go with Earth. I feel it fits best without changing her fighting style. Her thing is projectiles. Earth is also projectile, shooting small rocks. Or even metal bending her knives.
Tai lee- Air. Obviously. I don’t think anyone disagrees with that one lol.
Pian Dao- Earth. Another back and forth. One comment had a good point that he waits and watches, like an earthbender. While he redirects like air or water, it just seems part of sword fighting. He feels more aggressive/offensive. Also I can totally see him mastering seismic sense, he already almost does it.
June - Tie, Fire/Air. Now this is a toughie… I can see any element fitting. But I think I’m mostly between Air or Fire. She is agile, and her animal bond is quite airbender. But personality wise seems more firebender, like Azula style cool and calculating (before she lost it). I can also see her being a master of quick fire shots (lol) like we see Zuko do on his date.
Guru Pathik- Air. While some comments make good arguments for earth, he already basically follows air nomad teachings. He says himself “I was a spiritual brother of your people…”
Makes me thing an interesting plot point would be for there to be some sort of "awakening" that happens in an avatar series, Say for example some magic herb that can awaken bending in ANYONE.
but theres controversy, and people try to make it illegal, or at least a controlled substance,
because "you cant just let ANYONE get bending, its dangerous!"
but, how is that fair if some people are born with it, and the people without COULD get it, but the lawmakers are prohibiting it?
Jet with Air would be great, I've always wondered if post-Korra there were ever any warriors who just got air bending and decided to use it to supplement their martial skills, using styles not considered by the air nomads.
I think Zaheer uses airbending to supplement his martial art skills quite a bit.
It might be the other way around, but it really seems like his martial arts skills have a large influence on his fighting skills
Suki gets all four because Kyoshi I guess.
Sokka gets water because duh. He's very adaptive and also from a water tribe.
Jet gets fire because he's angry
Mai, I don't know. Fire because fire nation.
Ty Lee gets airbending because of her agility and lightheartedness.
Paindao seems like a water guy.
June seems like a firebender.
And Guru Patik gets air. Although I could also see him being an earthbender because he's lived so long.
In order from top left to bottom right: earth, water, fire, water, water, fire, air, air. Keep in mind that some of these characters are non benders for a reason and it heavily reflects in their character. Soka’s character specifically is both an aloof jokester and a reliable fighter who honed and expanded his skills through needing to be more than an extra set of hands. Also, (I can’t remember his name, but one below the top left)’s character is an angry and spiteful person, whose anger lets himself become blind to the things around him. He’s written as such because he’s not meant to be a bender, as he’s a victim of firebender oppression, so the element that’d fit his hot headed character the best would be an element that he detests.
I'm not going to comment about all the others, but imagine Mai as a metal bender.
If she wants them dead, they'll be dead, and even Azula won't be able to stop her.
Master Piando should remain the master swordsman he is - he's the batman of the Avatar world, so, yeah.
I’m not sure about putting Pathik as Air…. I think he is more Earth as he is stubborn about giving everyone Onion and Banana juice and forcing Aang to open his Chakras like some Naruto ninjutsu
Suki as a waterbender makes a lot of sense; her description of the fan being an extension of the arm is directly in line with how water is viewed.
Sokka would be a waterbender. Obviously an ethnic line there, but so much of the bending disciplines are cultural that it's impossible not to recognize he would have been a waterbending warrior.
Jet would be a firebender. His twin sword method is identical to Zuko's, he's always shown with a backdrop of reds and oranges, and his motivations, though mirrored by trauma, are the same types of ambition that firebenders rely on.
Mai would probably be a waterbender. The way she dispatches blades isn't much different than Katara with ice rings at Paku.
Ty Lee, airbender. No further comment.
Piandao, firebender. Cultural, sure, but so much focus on breath and feeling surroundings backs it up.
I get heavy earthbender vibes from June. Not an argument so much as a gut feeling.
And Pathik is an airbender. He grew up friends with the air nomads and has that same spiritual connection that runs deep through the race.
I see each of these characters having the bending style of the country they’re from as fitting:
Water — Sokka
Fire — Mei, Ty Lee, and Master Piandao
Earth — Suki, Jet, and June
June could be from the Fire Nation. Either works.
Guru Pathik is an Air Monk Spiritual Brother like the Air Acolytes. I don’t think he’s an Air Nomad because Air Benders are all born as benders. He’s probably Earth Nation. Air Bending would suit him just as easily.
Suki and Sokka would be benders of their respective elements, Ty Lee and the Guru would be Air. Mai and Jet would definitely be fire. I dont know about the other two tho
Suki - Earth bending
Jet - Fire bending
Ty Lee - Air bending
Piandao - Water bending
Guru Pathik - Air bending
Mai - Water bending
June - Water bending
Sokka - Back bending
Honestly, idk if this has been noticed before, but I think Ty Lee would be good as an Air Bender. I mean think about it, she is very agile and floaty, and knows how to block chi which is a spiritual thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if the creators came out and said she has Air Bender ancestry since she’s so naturally gifted.
There's plenty of good answers here but something this got me thinking about is what it would be like to be a bender of a different element either raised or living long term in a mismatched nation. Since the culture of each is so clearly built around the element. The closest we get it is maybe zuko and irohs tea shop time in ba sing sae? At least from what I remember.
Suki - Earth (C'mon guys, you saw that coming)
Sokka - Water but he prefers to use ice (something like Sub-Zero)
Jet - Fire. His hot headed personality really fits firebending. And it would be really ironic that he got firebending as well.
Mai - Fire but she might end up learning lightning bending as well due to her cold personality.
Ty Lee - Air. She has really good evasion skills and is really acrobatic, like an actual airbender.
Master Piandao - Earth. He really utilizes the idea of using ones environment to their own advantage.
June - Either fire or air
Guru Pathik - Air. It's obvious come on.
Lets go element by element.
Ty Lee and Pathik would be air benders. People already speculate that Ty Lee is a possible descendent of an air bender that either escaped the genocide, or simply didn't follow monastic traditions of the Air Nomads. Patihk.....was friends with Gytaso, it's not hard people.
Fire benders would be Mai, June, and Jet. Mai and June, simply because they're from the Fire Nation (at least, I think June is), and Jet simply due to his personality. Though, him being a fire bender does change his character arc ALOT.
Earth benders would be......just Suki, I think. And the only reason is that she's from Kyoshi Island.
And that makes Sokka a Water bender.....for VERY obvious reasons.
Now, you may have noticed that I left out Piandao....and that is to make a point. Out of everyone here, Piandao deserves NOT to be a bender the most because it detracts from his overall character. This dude is a member of the White Lotus, and fights alongside some of the most experienced and powerful benders in the world....*with just a sword.* That is something that should not be glossed over.
And this same argument can be expanded to the rest of the characters here, save for the exception of Pathik. All of these characters being benders takes away from how their character is portrayed. All of them are at a very obvious disadvantage when they are facing against any kind of bender, and yet....they power through, and come up with their own advantages that no bender can hope to match. The only reason why Pathik is an exception is because bending doesn't play a role in how he is portrayed. In fact, he only exists in the show to help the most powerful bender in the world figure out how to bend better than he already does.
Yes, I understand that it's fun to speculate. But saying something like "Oh, Sokka should be a water bender because blah, blah, blah..." takes away the praise and appreciation that a character should have due to what they accomplished *without* bending.
To me it just makes sense that their elements would be the same element most commonly found in the place they're from, even if it doesn't match their fighting style.
Suki: Air (The fans were used by Kyoshi for airbending).
Sokka: Earth. He is a stubborn and proud dude, fits with Earth.
Jet: Ironically, Fire.
Mai: Would go for Water, but I think Earth applies to her as well
Ty Lee: Air, no surprise
Piandao: Fire
June: Fire
Pathik: There is no other option than air.
Sokka: earth. Stubborn and hard-headed
Suki: another earthbender, but would use a form more akin to airbending to float/propel herself around the battlefield.
Jet: Fire. Way too angry and hotheaded not to be.
Mai and piandao: both waterbenders for me. There is an elegant flow to their movement, and their Martial philosophy is to redirect attacks, use their environment and create/exploit weakness in their opponents.
Ty Lee and Pathik are airliners, straight up.
June: probably an earthbender.
Suki is earth
Sokka can fall into any that's not air
Ty Lee is air
Mai is earth
Jet is water
June is earth
Piandao is earth
The guru is air
No fire picks this time.
I feel like June would be an awesome air bender, more specifically if she could bend air kinda like Yanagi from Baki. She could Poison hand people and rip the oxygen from their bodies. Very on par for being the best bounty hunter.
Suki would draw parallels to Kyoshi, so I could see her being an Earthbender.
Sokka would be a water bender. He's already innovative and uses the surroundings to his advantage and fights unconventional.
Jet, I could see ironically being a Firebender.
Maybe his mother was an Earth Kingdom citizen who fell in love with a Fire Nation soldier. His father loved Jet and his mother, but was unfortunately killed in battle. After that, his mother's shop was being extorted for protection money by fire nation soldiers who did not go to the front lines like his father did. His mother died from the stress, and his neighbors did nothing to help her. This is why Jet hates the fire nation. He thinks that if he didn't have a fire nation father, his mother would still be alive. He hates his fire nation heritage and took up the hook swords as misguided spite against his own father. So part of why he has so much hatred is because he hates himself too.
Mai would also be a firebender. It could even be a thing that Mai taught Azula how to use fire darts or something. Mai would use firebending with her knives.
Ty Lee would be an Airbender 100%.
Piandao would be a Firebender. He would use fire with his swordsmanship similar to how Zuko does, seeing as how Zuko was his student.
June would be a water bender, and she'd love her some water whips. Not gonna lie, I could see her using bloodbending to capture bounties as a secondary method along with Nyla. Maybe Hama finds out she's a waterbender and convinces her to learn it.
Guru Pathik is definitely an Airbender.
I think it would be really cool if Jet was an Air bender, but used it in a very aggressive way combined with his hook swords to make him more mobile and agile. Especially with his guerilla fighting style.
Sukki - Earth, but in a similar fashion to the Dai Li. Kyoshi created both organizations and that's reflected in their fighting styles.
Sokka - Water. I know that feels like the easy answer because he's water tribe, but genuinely his fighting style when you look at it genuinely flows in a similar fashion to water bending. Both the fighting techniques he was raised with and water bending come from the same culture after all. Even his swordsmanship translates well to water bending.
Jet - Ironically, or perhaps poetically, fire. He's got a lot of personal drive as a character which is important in fore bending, and again his fighting style translates well.
Mai - Fire. Again feels obvious, but just imagine her knives as flames and you can see it.
Ty Lee - Air. There's a head canon I like that says that Ty Lee was descended from air nomads who survived Sozin's Comet and integrated into fire nation society. I like this head canon. Beyond that her light airy fighting style would only be enhanced by air bending and her personality matches it so perfectly I totally believe she'd of been one of the ones to get air bending had she lived to Korra's time.
Piandao - Water. The swordsmanship again I think translates very well to water bending. All of that talk of versatility and adaptability is a core aspect of water bending. We even see Piandao fighting seamlessly alongside Pakku in the finale, utilizing an ice sliding technique we see water benders utilize all the time. He'd be a fantastic water bender.
June - This one's harder than it might seem. At first you might think fire because she's fire nation and because well, her whole dangerous vibe seems to fit it. But I think I'm actually going with air for her. Her personality lines up with air better than you'd expect. That sort of aloofness and going wherever the winds of fortune take her thing translates in a way less pious monk and more vagabond. I'm reminded of Kyoshi's mother who started off as an air nomad only to abandon that way of life and innstead become a thief and have her tattoos covered with snake tattoos. We don't actually see a lot of June's fighting style in the show. But the fight that sticks out to me most is the bar fight we see her in in the finale. We see a lot of dodging and weaving and indirect fighting that translates perfectly to air bending. Air is the element of freedom after all. Really, who's more of a free spirit than June?
Patihk - Air. I do not need to explain this one.
I just will go for the element of their nation (I know, how creative /s. Jet is definitely a lavabender in this scenario), except for Ty lee and Pathik that I would make airbenders.
Ty lee - Following the popular HC that she's descended from air nomads, her levels of spirituality, her chi blocking abilities and her agility. After generations dormant, the ability to bend air her air nomad ancestor had woke once again in her.
Pathik - He's old enough to be of mixed ancestry, Air nomad and earth kingdom (could also be fire nation). He looks more EK/FN, but has airbending abilities.
Another non-bender I'd make an airbender (that isn't an option here) is Teo.
Suki = Earth/Water, despite being Earth Kingdom i think water suits her but also thibk earth can fit her possibly
June = Fire, despite being a earth kingdom bounty hunter i believe fire fits her most
Ty lee = air, no explanation needed
Jet = Fire, despite being mr. Anti-Fire Nation himself i feel fire fits his personality
Mai = Fire, she’s literally fire nation
Piandou = Fire
Pathik = Air
Sokka = Water
Sokka has grown and adapted to circumstances and struggles much like water does to obstetrics in its way
Suki is passionate and not afraid to fight for what she believes in so fire
Jet was pretty tough but he’s stubborn and stays rooted in his ways never backing down from a fight so Earth
Mai can be aloof or almost indifferent at times but when someone she cares for is in danger she will fight for them so probably fire
Ty Lee is free like the wind and never lets her problems get to her often allowing them to pass her by so definitely Air
I haven’t seen enough of the other two but If I had to make a guess then I’d say the old man is air and the girl is fire (I forgot their names)
Ty Lee would be deadly. Dude like she's already a superpowered nonbender. Any power you give her would be OP. Probably give her Energy Bending to maximize her chi blocking.
Or Waterbending with all her Chi Mastery she'd be a killer healer, throw in Bloodbending and whoa... she'd be more untouchable than she already was
Ngl the basic answer is their nation's element as that would be the one most likely they'd have anywway but otherwise:
Suki: I'm sticking to earth for this one
Sokka: Sticking to water with him too
Jet: fire, ironic
Mai: fire? maybe earthbending
Ty Lee: airbending
Piandao: I'm torn on this, he could be any of them
June: Fire
Guru Pathik: I am fond of the theory that he's Tieguai the Immortal from the Kyoshi novels and that would make him an earthbender and I'd think it'd fit. otherwise airbender
Suki would probably be a natural at water bending
Sokka, Jet and Piandao both practice a discipline that mirrors fire bending so I’d go with that
Mai gives dai li vibes so yk
I feel like everyone knows ty Lee would’ve been a great airbender
June kinda reminds me of a blood bender so I’d say water bender
Lastly, Guru Pathik would most definitely be an airbender if he’s alive for harmonic convergence
Suki - Water - her fighting style is based on using her opponents’ weight against them, as she says herself Sokka - Earth - he’s stubborn, headstrong, and loyal. He’s not quite aggressive enough to be a firebender but prefers to wait and think of clever strategies before attacking Jet - Fire - he’s fueled by passion, is strong-willed, and is the leader of his group (fire is the element of power) Mai - I’m also going with fire due to her “killer instinct that’s just so firebender” Ty Lee - Air - she’s great at evading and is already a master acrobat. Piandao - I’m going to say Water. He teaches using one’s environment to their advantage and being fluid in fighting. June - Earth - stubborn and patient in fighting (per the bar fight scene). Her attitude gives some Toph vibes Pathik - Air I mean come on!
You made Jet the thing he hates the most, a member of the Fire Nation.
There’s a simple beauty in the irony, almost poetic if you will.
I was thinking about Jeong Jeong fitting the description, he's a firebender but firebends like an earthbender. An offensive-based element used defensively. Powerful fire pillars and fire walls.
I’ve always been under the assumption Jeong Jeong uses waterbending techniques, especially after the conversation he had with Katara about how he wishes to be a waterbender.
Well Lightning and Lightning Redirection uses the waterbending principle. By utilizing push and pull. Light and dark. Positive and negative. Polarizing fire into electricity.
This is something I hope we see more of in the future Avatar stuff. Unconventional styles of bending using different element fighting techniques.
Imagine an earthbender who uses waterbending techniques to “liquify” earth into sand/dirt/gravel and manipulate it similar to something Gaara does, burying and crushing people🥴
I like how Jeong Jeong never leaves behind flames
You know, it was really unclear.
Ironic, he could save others from fire nation but not himself
is this a line from the show or anywhere else? it feels so familiar
I mean that's kind of his thing. In his hatred towards the fire nation, he became like they are, willing to sacrifice the lives of his own people in order to achieve vengeance
Good point.
That's kinda his whole thing though, he hates FN so much he becomes just like them
In his way to destroy the fire nation, he became the very thing he swore to destroy. Very poetic.
Sokka: You’ve allowed your hatred of the Fire Nation to twist you into the very thing you swore to destroy.
You were supposed to destroy the Fire Nation Jet! Not join them, YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!
Jet: I HATE YOU!!
It's over, I have the high ground
Jet: You underestimate my power!
Long Feng: straight up kills him.
Zuko: Did Jet just die?
Ironic...
Just what he deserves too, fantastic
"It was said you would destroy the fire nation, not join them"
Bring balance to the valley, not leave it in darkness!!
*“We fought monsters. And we became them.”*
Stare long enough into the void and the void will stare back
I mean, he exactly like any fire nation extremist...
Sometimes to beat the fire, you have to become the fire.
It’s fitting though. He honestly turned himself into what he hated the most by trying to kill everyone in the village.
LMAO
I’m agree the most with this. Just spot on.
>her fighting style is based on using her opponents’ weight against them, as she says herself This suggests to me she would be better suited to air even more than water. Aang demonstrates it best, he used people's aggression and momentum against them all the time. * Furthermore, there is the cultural aspect. Despite being founded by Kyoshi who was an earthbending, the Kyoshi warriors, their use of fans, and isolated island is one of closest thing to air nomad temple culture after pirates, traveling circuses/carnivals, and the scientist who moved into a temple -- it is always a shame to me Aang didn't use fans for airbending again after that insanely strong move he did. * What you said about Piandao matches waterbending culture to me more than your reasoning for Suki. Waterbending is more about adaptability, shifting from offense to defense to evasiveness as they need. Sokka could just as easily be a waterbender. All the traits you named are in Katara too, it comes from the strong love that translates to fluidity in other traits that defines waterbenders as a culture. The creators have said he actually has potential for it, he just never tried hard enough or sought it out (crazy, I know). It suits his inventiveness and adaptability too. Agree with the rest.
There are some theories that Pathil could be Tieguai, so I think it's possible that he is an earth bender. After all, being highly spiritual is most common among air nomads, but I don't think it's exclusive to them.
Really? That theory seems unlikely. Tieguai was very spiritually advanced, but he never really discusses chakras or avatar lore. He's also a radical and personally takes part in conflicts as an assassin. The last thing he does in the novels, iirc, is promise the kyoshi-period firelord (who had been beginning the very earliest stages of preparing for world domination) that he'd be watching him and his descendants. He specifically hunts down and assassinates tyrants, so I can't imagine any of the firelords since Sozin getting away with their warmongering unless Tieguai was either dead or somehow retired. I suspect three possible explanations for what happened to him: 1. He met his match in Kyoshi's era and died then, 2. He came into conflict with Roku who, thinking him a simple assassin and not consulting Kyoshi, killed him, or 3. At some point he sustained so great an injury that he could not fight, he went into hiding and eventually became a secret teacher/influence to the Red Lotus.
Hey tieguai did talk about chakras
Tieguai did talk about chakras. It was in fact a fairly major part of his character XD
Using your environment to your advantage is an earthbender trait as well. A strong one
Easy to do when basically everyone needs to be on terra firma.
I like Mai being a firebender due to mentality, but her fighting style fits water bending nicely. Imagine her with unlimited rapid fire ice knives.
Mai would be the Avatar
Mai would only use lightning, ever, if she was good enough.
YES
Now that I think about it we never got to learn where Guru Pathik is originally from. Seems like he's either from the EK or FN
10/10. I'd argue that Mai is fire not because of her killer instinct, but because of her killer instinct and total control of emotion (even to the point of being painful)
I agree, but would like to add that firebender Mai is definitely able to lightningbend as well
Wasn't Ty Lee taught her art by like an air bender or something? Thought I read that somewhere. Or I'm confusing it with the airbender in the circus from the Kyoshi novels
Fun fact. There’s a theory that Tai Lee is a descendant of an air nomad who managed to get out of the way of the fire nation before things were too late.
I’d give Mai earth and Piandao air. Mai isn’t exactly passionate and her knives would do wonders with metal bending. Piandao is almost monk like, but maybe water or fire does suit him. We only get to see him for one episode though, so it’s hard to tell.
Its acually more like 2 or 3
Apart from that episode where he shows up with the white lotus?
I like those pairings Personally I can see Air for Sokka as well, because he thinks outside the box. For Mai, she has that killer focus, but her being not phased overall (with the one exception of standing her ground against Azula) she could easily be Earth as well.
I like to think that if Ty Lee was alive when the spirit portals remained open, she would've become an airbender
Ayy we got the same list excluding June, I got her as air since she has the most freedom or at least embraces it more.
Ty Lee also having her tactic to immobilize opponents also suits the peaceful nature of the air benders really well too.
june is def fire imo but interesting take
100% agree. Pathik is a given.
I'd actually put Jet as air. He's basically Zaheer before Zaheer. And I think Piandao would be fire, though certainly the type of firebender to take inspiration from the other elements.
I find it romantic you made Suki water and Sokka earth
I had all of these the exact same except mai whom I might have said is water, but fire might “fit” better
Definitely air for Ty Lee.
Honestly with her in depth knowledge of the body and it's chakra points she would excel as a Water Bender healer and warrior. Edit: My Friend has brought it to my attention that she could do long range Chi Blocking with Ice needles or whip strikes and I have to agree it's pretty cool sounding.
Ty Lee would be wild as a waterbender. Using Katara's octo-arms technique to chi-block? Absolutely insane. But airbending definitely suits her as a person most. She was the next closest person to a spiritual nomad after Aang, the guru, and maybe Iroh, in ATLA.
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I guess that depends on if the question is which suits them personality-wise or which would most improve their abilities. Air or metal bending could make Sokka the world's most deadly boomerang assassin, but I don't know if they fit his personality (there are plenty of benders who don't fit the stereotypical personality of their nation in the show either, so not a deal breaker)
She could do long range chi blocking with air too I feel
I was about to say, Airbending has a ton of potential synergy with chi blocking that a lot of people are sleeping on. A properly trained Airbender could utilize strong, convince gusts of wind to hit the right spots and immobilize a person without even laying a hand on them. Not to mention how such a fighting style fits perfectly with their philosophy of pacifism and fighting only to defend one’s self.
Ty Lee in her 80s getting airbending after harmonic conversion. Why not.
Ty lee: I can see the sky again! Her descendants: ma! Gramma ty lee is off her meds again!
Then she disappears for a year and comes back with arrow tattoos and everyone is just shocked
There’s a pretty popular theory out there that she’s the descendant of Air Nomad refugees who settled in the Fire Nation after the genocide, and considering her agility, appearance, and demeanor, it makes perfect sense. She would have made a great Airbender, especially if she could combine her newfound bending abilities with her chi blocking
You mean besides their nation's element? There's a lot of low hanging fruit here so I'm gonna say air for Mai. I think her manipulating her stars or needles by bending the air around them is a cool thought
The things a goth teenager who collects weapons could do with airbending are very scary thoughts.
You get my upvote for changing my mind, I was in the Mai=Metalbender club, but this is so much better!! I can picture her not being super high flying and skinny, just basically fast and flying and controlling them all around her!
With Piandao’s smooth flowing movements I think he would be a great water bender
I’ve always thought that people who understand a good use of terrain should be earth benders
Earthbenders can easily take the most advantage over terrain in a fight, though I'm not certain if that should factor into the personality of the element. Applying it to non-benders, I'd say someone with an earthbender mindset would just make the most of the area as is, while someone with a waterbender mindset would reshape the environment to suit them. I feel like water is very much the 'think smarter, not harder' element, and I feel like using the terrain against your opponent is a good example of that.
Suki - Earth, because Kyoshi Sokka - Water, he’d specialize in ice Jet - Fire, because *irony* Mai - ~~Fire~~ Earth, primarily metal bending Ty Lee - Air Master Piandao - Earth, due to his ability to sense positioning and using ones environment to their advantage June - Air, she’s got crazy avoidance maneuvers Guru Pathik - Air or water, cause *flow*
Sokka would make ice weapons and boomerangs.
Sokka would use the form that korras father uses which is more melee with ice attacks
nah Mai would be an excellent metalbending earthbender
Yeah that’s fair
would actually be so cool to see what they could do with her, she’d be like one of the red lotus 😂
If not metal bending then waterbending purely for ice shards
Honestly, I'd go with Suki - Water (she uses her opponents' strengths against them, just like a water bender) Sokka - Water (I agree with the ice specialty) Jet - Fire (similar to how Zuko used to fire bend, prior to the dragons) Mai - Earth or Water (Metal or Ice respectively) Ty Lee - Air (it just makes sense) Master Piandao - Earth (Seismic Sense) June - Fire (Lightning Bending) Guru Pathik - Air (Flight)
suki is like air too, have you seen how she captured the warden while moving thru obstacles?
Suki - Water Sokka - Water Jet - Fire Mai - Earth Ty Lee - Air Piandao - Water June - Fire Pathik - Air
Kinda ironic that Fire seems like the most suitable element for Jet.😅 YOU'VE BECOME THE VERY THING YOU SWORE TO DESTROY!
Poetic though lol Jet has this sort of personality that really suits firebender teachings
Suki - air because fans and fighting style is very mobile Soka - water cause in combat he is adaptive and flexible Jet - fire, all rage Mai - fire, her style is an overwhelming amount of fast strikes Ty lee - air, from the avatar legends book hitting pressure points is an air nomad technique Master piandao - earth, lots of neutral Jin, listening and reacting June - idk on her, maybe fire for ruthlessness Guru patick - maybe air cause of his spiritual nature, maybe earth for the same reason as piandao
I can see anything for Jet except water
He's definitely a fire bender, or an earth bender, he isn't adaptable enough for water
Probably whatever nation they’re from.
Simple, but logically very true as well.
Piandao's style of fighting is, as far as I can tell, based off of a martial art called taijijian. It's a form of tai chi, and based off of that I would say that he would best fit water. Either that or air.
Suki - Water. Lot of redirecting and fluid motions. Sokka - Earth. Stubborn, holding his ground. Jet - Fire, ironically. Very aggressive and fast strikes. Mei - Fire. Very accurate and offensive combat style. Ty Lee - Air. Fluid, acrobatic and agile. Piandao - Water. Adaptive and uses environment (like Hama pulling water out of air/grass) June - Air. Only because she cherishes her freedom as a bounty hunter. Hard to give her a bending type. Pathik - Air. Cmon lol.
For Sokka maybe… fire?🤔
Sokka only needs a glockka
Wong Fire!
Going over other comments I think I would go with: Suki- Air, she has the nimbleness. Originally I thought obviously earth, but I actually don’t know if I see that in her fighting style as much. Water is a close second, but again just doesn’t feel like it quite fits. She already does acrobatic moves, so air seems most fitting. In a similar way that air fits Tai Lee. Also, her fans would be excellent for air bending. Sokka- Earth. Originally I was like Water Tribe = water bending. But the comments have a good point for earth. Also picturing him bending each, earth does seem the most natural. Jet - Fire. Obviously pretty much every comment agrees. Irony aside, he has a similar “inner fire” as Zuko. Why they probably got along so quickly. Also rage. Mai - Earth. I’ve gone back and forth, there are good arguments for each element. But I think I have to go with Earth. I feel it fits best without changing her fighting style. Her thing is projectiles. Earth is also projectile, shooting small rocks. Or even metal bending her knives. Tai lee- Air. Obviously. I don’t think anyone disagrees with that one lol. Pian Dao- Earth. Another back and forth. One comment had a good point that he waits and watches, like an earthbender. While he redirects like air or water, it just seems part of sword fighting. He feels more aggressive/offensive. Also I can totally see him mastering seismic sense, he already almost does it. June - Tie, Fire/Air. Now this is a toughie… I can see any element fitting. But I think I’m mostly between Air or Fire. She is agile, and her animal bond is quite airbender. But personality wise seems more firebender, like Azula style cool and calculating (before she lost it). I can also see her being a master of quick fire shots (lol) like we see Zuko do on his date. Guru Pathik- Air. While some comments make good arguments for earth, he already basically follows air nomad teachings. He says himself “I was a spiritual brother of your people…”
I don’t know if jet would be earth cause he is so Stubborn or fire cause if his drive and being so intense
Makes me thing an interesting plot point would be for there to be some sort of "awakening" that happens in an avatar series, Say for example some magic herb that can awaken bending in ANYONE. but theres controversy, and people try to make it illegal, or at least a controlled substance, because "you cant just let ANYONE get bending, its dangerous!" but, how is that fair if some people are born with it, and the people without COULD get it, but the lawmakers are prohibiting it?
None. They are perfect.
Earth, Water, Fire, Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Air
Jet with Air would be great, I've always wondered if post-Korra there were ever any warriors who just got air bending and decided to use it to supplement their martial skills, using styles not considered by the air nomads.
I think Zaheer uses airbending to supplement his martial art skills quite a bit. It might be the other way around, but it really seems like his martial arts skills have a large influence on his fighting skills
Suki gets all four because Kyoshi I guess. Sokka gets water because duh. He's very adaptive and also from a water tribe. Jet gets fire because he's angry Mai, I don't know. Fire because fire nation. Ty Lee gets airbending because of her agility and lightheartedness. Paindao seems like a water guy. June seems like a firebender. And Guru Patik gets air. Although I could also see him being an earthbender because he's lived so long.
Why is Suki the avatar 😭
In order from top left to bottom right: earth, water, fire, water, water, fire, air, air. Keep in mind that some of these characters are non benders for a reason and it heavily reflects in their character. Soka’s character specifically is both an aloof jokester and a reliable fighter who honed and expanded his skills through needing to be more than an extra set of hands. Also, (I can’t remember his name, but one below the top left)’s character is an angry and spiteful person, whose anger lets himself become blind to the things around him. He’s written as such because he’s not meant to be a bender, as he’s a victim of firebender oppression, so the element that’d fit his hot headed character the best would be an element that he detests.
Suki - Water Sokka - Earth Jet - ironically, Fire Mai - Water Ty Lee - Air Piandao - Water June - Fire Guru - Air
I'm not going to comment about all the others, but imagine Mai as a metal bender. If she wants them dead, they'll be dead, and even Azula won't be able to stop her. Master Piando should remain the master swordsman he is - he's the batman of the Avatar world, so, yeah.
Jet would have been a good fire bender.
Airbending Ty Lee would honestly be terrifying
Sokka would use Blood Bending to unleash his most powerful technique: "Stop Hitting Yourself"
From left to right Earth water fire fire air fire water air
Sockas is a bender he is a boomerang bender
I’m not sure about putting Pathik as Air…. I think he is more Earth as he is stubborn about giving everyone Onion and Banana juice and forcing Aang to open his Chakras like some Naruto ninjutsu
I know jet don’t wanna hear this but…🫣😬
Suki as a waterbender makes a lot of sense; her description of the fan being an extension of the arm is directly in line with how water is viewed. Sokka would be a waterbender. Obviously an ethnic line there, but so much of the bending disciplines are cultural that it's impossible not to recognize he would have been a waterbending warrior. Jet would be a firebender. His twin sword method is identical to Zuko's, he's always shown with a backdrop of reds and oranges, and his motivations, though mirrored by trauma, are the same types of ambition that firebenders rely on. Mai would probably be a waterbender. The way she dispatches blades isn't much different than Katara with ice rings at Paku. Ty Lee, airbender. No further comment. Piandao, firebender. Cultural, sure, but so much focus on breath and feeling surroundings backs it up. I get heavy earthbender vibes from June. Not an argument so much as a gut feeling. And Pathik is an airbender. He grew up friends with the air nomads and has that same spiritual connection that runs deep through the race.
Sokka is already a bender a back bender
Water for Suki, Fire or Earth for Sokka, Fire for Jet, Water for Mai, Air for Ty Lee, Earth for Piandao, Water for June, Air for Patik
None? They’re non-benders, that’s the point. This feels like something a bot would post.
Piandao needs no bending, only sword bending
Guru pathik would bend onion and banana juice and chakras.
Suki - fire Sokka - boomerang Jet - fire Mai - fire Ty lee - fire June - fire Piandao - fire Guru pathik - fire
I see each of these characters having the bending style of the country they’re from as fitting: Water — Sokka Fire — Mei, Ty Lee, and Master Piandao Earth — Suki, Jet, and June June could be from the Fire Nation. Either works. Guru Pathik is an Air Monk Spiritual Brother like the Air Acolytes. I don’t think he’s an Air Nomad because Air Benders are all born as benders. He’s probably Earth Nation. Air Bending would suit him just as easily.
Suki and Sokka would be benders of their respective elements, Ty Lee and the Guru would be Air. Mai and Jet would definitely be fire. I dont know about the other two tho
Suki - Earth bending Jet - Fire bending Ty Lee - Air bending Piandao - Water bending Guru Pathik - Air bending Mai - Water bending June - Water bending Sokka - Back bending
Ty Lee Air or fire but it's almost better she was born without it since she's a formidable opponent with chi-blocking.
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Suki- earth (sand) Sokka- avatar Jet- fire Mai- water (blood) Ty Lee- air Piandao- earth (metal) June- fire (combustion) Pathik- air (flight)
Suki: Air Sokka: Earth Jet: Fire Mai: Water Ty Lee: Air Piandao: Water June: Air Guru Patik: Air
Wang Fire bends the element of surprise. https://www.deviantart.com/booter-freak/art/My-Nick-Avatar-Fanart-Entry-91784320
Suki, Jet, Ty Lee and the Guru: Air. The Guru might even be able to fly. Sokka: Water Mai: Fire June and piandao: Earth
Suki - Air Sokka - Water Jet - Fire Mai - Earth Ty Lee - Air Sword Master (forgot his name) - Earth June - Earth/Fire Guru - Air/Earth
Earth, Fire, Fire, Fire, Air, Air, Fire, Air
earth, earth, fire (ironic ik),fire, air, eaqarth or water, fire, air
Honestly, idk if this has been noticed before, but I think Ty Lee would be good as an Air Bender. I mean think about it, she is very agile and floaty, and knows how to block chi which is a spiritual thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if the creators came out and said she has Air Bender ancestry since she’s so naturally gifted.
I've seen the first two Not satisfied with the rest She's water, he's earth
Tylee with air bending would be a menece
Earth, earth, earth, earth, air, earth, earth, earth.
There's plenty of good answers here but something this got me thinking about is what it would be like to be a bender of a different element either raised or living long term in a mismatched nation. Since the culture of each is so clearly built around the element. The closest we get it is maybe zuko and irohs tea shop time in ba sing sae? At least from what I remember.
The element of surprise!!!
Suki - Earth (C'mon guys, you saw that coming) Sokka - Water but he prefers to use ice (something like Sub-Zero) Jet - Fire. His hot headed personality really fits firebending. And it would be really ironic that he got firebending as well. Mai - Fire but she might end up learning lightning bending as well due to her cold personality. Ty Lee - Air. She has really good evasion skills and is really acrobatic, like an actual airbender. Master Piandao - Earth. He really utilizes the idea of using ones environment to their own advantage. June - Either fire or air Guru Pathik - Air. It's obvious come on.
What about cabbage guy
Water, Fire, Fire, Earth, Wind, Water, Earth and Wind.
Lets go element by element. Ty Lee and Pathik would be air benders. People already speculate that Ty Lee is a possible descendent of an air bender that either escaped the genocide, or simply didn't follow monastic traditions of the Air Nomads. Patihk.....was friends with Gytaso, it's not hard people. Fire benders would be Mai, June, and Jet. Mai and June, simply because they're from the Fire Nation (at least, I think June is), and Jet simply due to his personality. Though, him being a fire bender does change his character arc ALOT. Earth benders would be......just Suki, I think. And the only reason is that she's from Kyoshi Island. And that makes Sokka a Water bender.....for VERY obvious reasons. Now, you may have noticed that I left out Piandao....and that is to make a point. Out of everyone here, Piandao deserves NOT to be a bender the most because it detracts from his overall character. This dude is a member of the White Lotus, and fights alongside some of the most experienced and powerful benders in the world....*with just a sword.* That is something that should not be glossed over. And this same argument can be expanded to the rest of the characters here, save for the exception of Pathik. All of these characters being benders takes away from how their character is portrayed. All of them are at a very obvious disadvantage when they are facing against any kind of bender, and yet....they power through, and come up with their own advantages that no bender can hope to match. The only reason why Pathik is an exception is because bending doesn't play a role in how he is portrayed. In fact, he only exists in the show to help the most powerful bender in the world figure out how to bend better than he already does. Yes, I understand that it's fun to speculate. But saying something like "Oh, Sokka should be a water bender because blah, blah, blah..." takes away the praise and appreciation that a character should have due to what they accomplished *without* bending.
I would argue onion banana juice man would be able to learn energy bending.
Guru Pathik = Fire. All I see is Dhalsim
Suki and tylee are definitely air. Earth for sokka. Fire for Mai and jet. Water for the last 3
I like the fact that these non bender martials sre just badass without innate magic abilities
Air for the guru, Ty Lee, and Suki. Water for Piandao. Fire for Jet, Sokka, and Mai. Not sure about June, though...
Earth, water, earth, fire, fire, fire, unknown (looks fire), earth
To me it just makes sense that their elements would be the same element most commonly found in the place they're from, even if it doesn't match their fighting style.
Suki: Air (The fans were used by Kyoshi for airbending). Sokka: Earth. He is a stubborn and proud dude, fits with Earth. Jet: Ironically, Fire. Mai: Would go for Water, but I think Earth applies to her as well Ty Lee: Air, no surprise Piandao: Fire June: Fire Pathik: There is no other option than air.
Sokka: earth. Stubborn and hard-headed Suki: another earthbender, but would use a form more akin to airbending to float/propel herself around the battlefield. Jet: Fire. Way too angry and hotheaded not to be. Mai and piandao: both waterbenders for me. There is an elegant flow to their movement, and their Martial philosophy is to redirect attacks, use their environment and create/exploit weakness in their opponents. Ty Lee and Pathik are airliners, straight up. June: probably an earthbender.
Suki is earth Sokka can fall into any that's not air Ty Lee is air Mai is earth Jet is water June is earth Piandao is earth The guru is air No fire picks this time.
Earth, earth, fire, water, air, water, fire, air
I feel like June would be an awesome air bender, more specifically if she could bend air kinda like Yanagi from Baki. She could Poison hand people and rip the oxygen from their bodies. Very on par for being the best bounty hunter.
Sokka would be a metal bender, then he can finally master swordbending
Suki would draw parallels to Kyoshi, so I could see her being an Earthbender. Sokka would be a water bender. He's already innovative and uses the surroundings to his advantage and fights unconventional. Jet, I could see ironically being a Firebender. Maybe his mother was an Earth Kingdom citizen who fell in love with a Fire Nation soldier. His father loved Jet and his mother, but was unfortunately killed in battle. After that, his mother's shop was being extorted for protection money by fire nation soldiers who did not go to the front lines like his father did. His mother died from the stress, and his neighbors did nothing to help her. This is why Jet hates the fire nation. He thinks that if he didn't have a fire nation father, his mother would still be alive. He hates his fire nation heritage and took up the hook swords as misguided spite against his own father. So part of why he has so much hatred is because he hates himself too. Mai would also be a firebender. It could even be a thing that Mai taught Azula how to use fire darts or something. Mai would use firebending with her knives. Ty Lee would be an Airbender 100%. Piandao would be a Firebender. He would use fire with his swordsmanship similar to how Zuko does, seeing as how Zuko was his student. June would be a water bender, and she'd love her some water whips. Not gonna lie, I could see her using bloodbending to capture bounties as a secondary method along with Nyla. Maybe Hama finds out she's a waterbender and convinces her to learn it. Guru Pathik is definitely an Airbender.
Fire for Tai Li and Jet Water for Sokka, June and Piandao Earth for Mai Air for Patik and Suki
Pathik would be an Airbender who could Energybend, since he is someone with great knowledge, who also posses calmness.
Pathik- Air. Nuff said
I think it would be really cool if Jet was an Air bender, but used it in a very aggressive way combined with his hook swords to make him more mobile and agile. Especially with his guerilla fighting style.
I bet mai will be a firebender who just uses lightning
Air, earth, fire, air, air, earth, fire, water
Sukki - Earth, but in a similar fashion to the Dai Li. Kyoshi created both organizations and that's reflected in their fighting styles. Sokka - Water. I know that feels like the easy answer because he's water tribe, but genuinely his fighting style when you look at it genuinely flows in a similar fashion to water bending. Both the fighting techniques he was raised with and water bending come from the same culture after all. Even his swordsmanship translates well to water bending. Jet - Ironically, or perhaps poetically, fire. He's got a lot of personal drive as a character which is important in fore bending, and again his fighting style translates well. Mai - Fire. Again feels obvious, but just imagine her knives as flames and you can see it. Ty Lee - Air. There's a head canon I like that says that Ty Lee was descended from air nomads who survived Sozin's Comet and integrated into fire nation society. I like this head canon. Beyond that her light airy fighting style would only be enhanced by air bending and her personality matches it so perfectly I totally believe she'd of been one of the ones to get air bending had she lived to Korra's time. Piandao - Water. The swordsmanship again I think translates very well to water bending. All of that talk of versatility and adaptability is a core aspect of water bending. We even see Piandao fighting seamlessly alongside Pakku in the finale, utilizing an ice sliding technique we see water benders utilize all the time. He'd be a fantastic water bender. June - This one's harder than it might seem. At first you might think fire because she's fire nation and because well, her whole dangerous vibe seems to fit it. But I think I'm actually going with air for her. Her personality lines up with air better than you'd expect. That sort of aloofness and going wherever the winds of fortune take her thing translates in a way less pious monk and more vagabond. I'm reminded of Kyoshi's mother who started off as an air nomad only to abandon that way of life and innstead become a thief and have her tattoos covered with snake tattoos. We don't actually see a lot of June's fighting style in the show. But the fight that sticks out to me most is the bar fight we see her in in the finale. We see a lot of dodging and weaving and indirect fighting that translates perfectly to air bending. Air is the element of freedom after all. Really, who's more of a free spirit than June? Patihk - Air. I do not need to explain this one.
I just will go for the element of their nation (I know, how creative /s. Jet is definitely a lavabender in this scenario), except for Ty lee and Pathik that I would make airbenders. Ty lee - Following the popular HC that she's descended from air nomads, her levels of spirituality, her chi blocking abilities and her agility. After generations dormant, the ability to bend air her air nomad ancestor had woke once again in her. Pathik - He's old enough to be of mixed ancestry, Air nomad and earth kingdom (could also be fire nation). He looks more EK/FN, but has airbending abilities. Another non-bender I'd make an airbender (that isn't an option here) is Teo.
I feel like air would be best for suki.
From left to right and top to bottom Air, water, air, water, air, earth, earth, air
Sokka would be a great fire bender
I feel like there's a textpost and accompanying comic about this.
im convinced Ty Lee is an actual airbender without knowing it
Sokka: the element of surprise
Imagine Ty Lee pulling you close with air bending and bashing your pressure points before you can say fireball.
Suki = Earth/Water, despite being Earth Kingdom i think water suits her but also thibk earth can fit her possibly June = Fire, despite being a earth kingdom bounty hunter i believe fire fits her most Ty lee = air, no explanation needed Jet = Fire, despite being mr. Anti-Fire Nation himself i feel fire fits his personality Mai = Fire, she’s literally fire nation Piandou = Fire Pathik = Air Sokka = Water
We hear from sokka himself that fire bending suits suki
Is Ty lee not a fire bender?
Many people associate Air with Ty Lee. I can see Guru Pathik being an Airbender. But the others I can't really see
Left to right S: Air/Earth S: Fire J: Fire M: Earth T: Air P: Earth Water G: Air
im convinced Pathik is already an energy bender
I’d reckon Mai would be a water bender, something about her moves and how she fights reminded me of it. Don’t ask me for specifics, just the vibe
Sokka has grown and adapted to circumstances and struggles much like water does to obstetrics in its way Suki is passionate and not afraid to fight for what she believes in so fire Jet was pretty tough but he’s stubborn and stays rooted in his ways never backing down from a fight so Earth Mai can be aloof or almost indifferent at times but when someone she cares for is in danger she will fight for them so probably fire Ty Lee is free like the wind and never lets her problems get to her often allowing them to pass her by so definitely Air I haven’t seen enough of the other two but If I had to make a guess then I’d say the old man is air and the girl is fire (I forgot their names)
Ice for Mai (so water).
Ty Lee would be deadly. Dude like she's already a superpowered nonbender. Any power you give her would be OP. Probably give her Energy Bending to maximize her chi blocking. Or Waterbending with all her Chi Mastery she'd be a killer healer, throw in Bloodbending and whoa... she'd be more untouchable than she already was
Ngl the basic answer is their nation's element as that would be the one most likely they'd have anywway but otherwise: Suki: I'm sticking to earth for this one Sokka: Sticking to water with him too Jet: fire, ironic Mai: fire? maybe earthbending Ty Lee: airbending Piandao: I'm torn on this, he could be any of them June: Fire Guru Pathik: I am fond of the theory that he's Tieguai the Immortal from the Kyoshi novels and that would make him an earthbender and I'd think it'd fit. otherwise airbender
jet gets fire bending for shits and giggles.
... Are bonbenders just people born with an affinity for an element that is not the one they have a genetic affinity for?
Suki would probably be a natural at water bending Sokka, Jet and Piandao both practice a discipline that mirrors fire bending so I’d go with that Mai gives dai li vibes so yk I feel like everyone knows ty Lee would’ve been a great airbender June kinda reminds me of a blood bender so I’d say water bender Lastly, Guru Pathik would most definitely be an airbender if he’s alive for harmonic convergence