Each bending art is a philosophy as much as a power — rooted in culture, discipline, and spirit. Which one would you master?
1WaterbendingThe fluid, adaptive bending art of the Water Tribes that uses the flow of water — and in its darkest form, blood — as both weapon and shield.1000pts
2AirbendingThe evasive, freedom-rooted art of the Air Nomads based on total nonattachment — the rarest and most spiritually demanding of the four bending disciplines.880pts
3BloodbendingThe forbidden and terrifying sub-skill of waterbending that lets the bender control the fluids inside a living body, effectively puppeting them.400pts
4MetalbendingToph's revolutionary sub-skill of earthbending that allows a bender to manipulate the earth impurities within refined metal.1pts
5Lightning generationThe elite firebending technique practiced by Iroh, Ozai and Azula that involves separating positive and negative energy to generate a deadly bolt.1pts
6Lightning redirectionIroh's revolutionary defensive technique that borrows from waterbending philosophy to absorb and channel an opponent's lightning safely through the body.1pts
7EarthbendingThe powerful, immovable bending art of the Earth Kingdom based on endurance and confronting obstacles head-on rather than working around them.0pts
8FirebendingThe aggressive, internally-driven art of the Fire Nation that generates fire from the bender's own breath and life energy rather than requiring a nearby source.0pts
9HealingThe waterbending sub-skill of channeling chi through water to mend wounds, used by Katara to revive Aang after Azula's lightning strike in Ba Sing Se.
10SandbendingThe earthbending technique of the Si Wong Desert's nomadic tribes, who shape loose sand to sail across the dunes and who captured Appa in season two.
11PlantbendingThe waterbending technique of the Foggy Swamp Tribe, who draw water through plants and vines, as Huu does to animate the giant swamp monster.
12CombustionbendingThe rare firebending skill of Combustion Man, who channels chi through his third-eye tattoo to fire explosive blasts while hunting Aang and his friends.
13EnergybendingThe ancient art taught to Aang by a lion turtle, which bends a person's life energy itself and let him strip Fire Lord Ozai of his bending forever.
