The 15 Most Powerful "Avatar The Last Airbender" Characters

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    15. Master Piandao

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    A master swordsman and a member of the White Lotus, Master Piandao is a very important character. He teaches Sokka the way of the sword and the White Lotus takes back Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation.

    14. Master Pakku

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    As the best waterbending teacher in The North Pole, he teaches Katara how to master the element and control it. He then moves on to help the White Order of the White Lotus to take out the fire nation and free Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation's grasp.

    13. Mai

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    Her flying daggers and negative attitude give her the ruthlessness to not care whatever the job is and she will gladly do it. Then, she realizes that Azula is taking control over her and Ty Lee and then tells Azula that she loves Zuko more than she fears her. 

    Mai led herself and Azula to battle and Ty Lee chi blocked Azula and got Mai and Ty Lee thrown in prison. After the war, she got back together with Zuko and lived a peaceful life in the fire nation now that there is no war.

    12. Sokka

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    Sokka is a natural swordsman, a strong warrior, and a very funny personality. Sokka is, in some ways, a genius. He has mastermind plans and great battle strategies in battle or war. He is Katara's older brother and one of Aang's best friends.

    11. Jeong Jeong

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    Known as the deserter and first person to ever go rogue on the Fire Nation, Master Jeong Jeong is a very powerful firebender. He was Aang's first-ever firebending teacher. Then, he helped The Order of the White Lotus to recapture Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation.

    10. King Bumi

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    He's the King of Omashu. King Bumi is a very powerful earthbender who is a member of The Order of the White Lotus. Bumi was once one of Aang's very good friends 100 years ago. In the end, Bumi helps The Order of the White Lotus to free Ba Sing Se.

    9. Ty Lee

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    Number 9 is Ty Lee, a very capable and powerful fighter. Ty Lee is a chi blocker who can break down the bending and pressure points of anyone. She is very acrobatic and flexible. She also stopped Azula to save Mai from the boiling rock, getting her and Mai thrown in prison. At the end, after the war, she becomes a Kyoshi Warrior with Suki and they become Zuko's bodyguards and Azula's prison guards.

    8. Suki

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    The leader of the Kyoshi Warriors, Suki is a very capable fighter using her fans, sword, and shield. She is also great in hand-to-hand combat. Suki is found by Sokka and Zuko at the boiling rock, and they escape from Azula and Ty Lee. Then Suki joins team Avatar and helps destroy the airship fleet. After the war Ty Lee is good and she and Suki become great friends and Suki leads Ty Lee when Ty Lee becomes a Kyoshi Warrior.

    7. Zuko

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    The Fire Prince, Zuko. Zuko is a very powerful firebender who is also very capable with broad swords. He starts out as a banished prince chasing after the avatar. After being allowed to come back to the Fire Nation, Zuko realizes it's not what he wants, so he leaves the Fire Nation and becomes a member of team avatar. In the end, Zuko and Katara take down Zuko's little sister, Azula. At the end of the war, Zuko gets back together with Mai and he lives his life as the new Fire Lord.

    6. Iroh

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    The Firelord Ozai's kooky tea-loving older brother, Iroh. Iroh is a very powerful, loving, and wise firebender. He is also the leader of The Order of the White Lotus and he uses his order to recapture Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation.

    5. Toph

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    Number 5 is Toph. She is the most powerful earthbender in the world. She is blind but can see and hear everything through earthbending. She also invented metalbending. In the end, she helps Sokka and Suki take down the Fire Nation air fleet.

    4. Azula

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    The Fire Nation's princess, Azula. Azula is a firebending prodigy and she is the only firebender who has blue fire. She also is very skilled with lightning. She is a master of controlling and manipulation to an unhealthy degree. In the end, she gets thrown in prison after Katara and Zuko defeat her.

    3. Katara

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    By far the most underrated underestimated character in Avatar, she shows us that you can save the world without being heartless, insensitive, and unemotional. She is a very powerful waterbender and probably the most powerful there is. 

    Here are all of her accomplishments: She defeated Azula, she's a bloodbender, and she mastered waterbending in maybe the span of 3-5 days. She defeated a bloodbender without even knowing how to bloodbend in the first place. She almost took out Azula in Ba Sing Se. She took out Zuko in the North Pole twice. She almost took out Toph twice. And can we all be honest: She could probably beat Kyoshi and Roku in a battle. In the end, she took down Azula and became Avatar Aang's girlfriend.

    2. Ozai

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    As the main big bad guy, Ozai is an incedibly strong firebender. He is strong and is the firelord before Zuko. He is an evil man who is the reason the Fire Nation was so close to winning the war. Then he and Aang have a huge battle against each other. Then Avatar Aang takes away his Firebending and puts Ozai in prison.

    1. And Aang

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    Number one is the Avatar. Aang lived among the air nomads then got frozen in a block of ice at the South Pole for 100 years. He wakes up to Katar and her older brother Sokka. Aang has already mastered airbending but needs to figure out the other elements. As he, Katara, and Sokka go through a bunch of amazing adventures together they find new friends like Toph, Zuko, and Suki. In the end, he defeats the Fire Lord and he lives in peace and gets to be with the girl of his dreams, Katara.

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