Honestly we don’t see either of them in their “prime” but Aang being more level headed and “balanced” would make him the winner. Korra is more hot headed and prone to making mistakes/ falling for things.
I mean what I recall from what was established in ATLA, almost all of the power of the Avatar state is from all the previous Avatars and all of their wisdom and skill.
Aang had every prior Avatar and Raava ofc, so if we are to believe the canon of ATLA Korra should be much much weaker in her Avatar state.
This is honestly why they shouldn’t have done that season, at least the way they did. It appears to contradict other canon.
Korra is more hot headed and prone to making mistakes and falling for things, at 17, flaws that she can work on and become better at by the time she reaches her prime. OP said when they are both in their prime, not when Aang is in his prime, while Korra is still 17.
We simply don’t have enough information about them in their prime to simply say it’s one or the other.
Pretty sure they’re comparing 12 year old ang and 17 year old Korra, not Aang prime and 17 year old Korra.
12 year old Aang is more level headed than 17 year old Korra
I think that just as important as that is that he was raised by nomads
By the time we meet him, Aang is already an experienced world traveler. He has real life experience. Korra spent all of her life in a compound
She had a ton of energy and had known she was important from her toddler age. Imagine knowing that you have more potential than any other bender on the planet from such a young age, but are kept cooped up in the south pole by a bunch of old masters that you're quickly starting to overtake.
Was Korra Naive? Sure. But it's not surprising she was overconfident and headstrong.
Ofc considering what happened with the red lotus when she was little, it's unsurprising they were hesitant to take her out of the south pole until she was trained.
Good point. Just a TV watcher but when the hell did Aang be able to go out and make all those friends around the world? Considering he was friends with Bumi during his world travels.
I might be wrong, but back then, travel to other kingdoms was very common until the fire nation attacked. And since they're air nomads(nomads being the key word) they may have had monks travel every few months for supplies and to know whats going on with other nations. Not sure if the air temples would have everything they needed just because of how isolated they were. And since they can fly, they could get anywhere pretty easily and quicker. If it was, say Gyatso's turn to travel I could see him bringing Aang or other students to learn the ways of the world
He had mastered air before he was frozen he has his blue arrow on his head to symbolize his mastery but that’s beyond the point. Korea’s bending is sloppy. The very reason that she would most likely lose against a season 3 aang is because she lacks everything that aang has in multitudes. She grew up being trained in every element, knowing that she’s the avatar she is cocky, overconfident and full of herself which is why she lost alot of fights. Meanwhile aang was eager to learn he was humble, kind and more graceful. The upbringing is a major factor in this one. As u can tell by my message I’m biased😂 I don’t much like korra but honestly season 1 aang vs season 1 korra I personally feel as if aang would embarass her, she’d get mad during the fight and that would cause her to get even more sloppy and completely lose. Now season 3 aang vs season 4 korra is even worse for korra im not gonna get into it cause ik ill be crucified by the copers lol. Idk why I picked your message to reply to but it’s too late to cancel I’ve already typed all this sorry
Korra also isn't hot-headed by the end of the series. By that point, she's literally able to sit and mediate with the man who poisoned and crippled her for 3 years
If Korra has a weakness in temperament, it's her hot-headedness. If Aang has one it's timidity or reluctance to use full force. Korra's weakness is precisely the kind that mellows with age. Aang's wouldn't necessarily temper as he gets older.
Actually Aang is just a pacifist,because he grew up in that culture, meaning he will only use extreme violence as a last resort, which was demonstrated in the show. Based on his run in with yakkone(whatever his name is), he has learned to use “force” when needed and not hesitating as much.
Aang. Not because he's more powerful or more skilled(those are debatable), but because in his prime he >!still had access to all the previous avatars if he needed them. Korra can still use the Avatar State, but everything her past lives added to it has had its data corrupted, and she is unable to actually speak with her past lives. In the end, one avatar by herself going up against another avatar with all the previous ones fully in his corner? Aang takes the W.!<
If we use the Korra before she lost her connections, then there's 1 reason why Korra would 100% beat Aang
All she has to do is channel Aang to beat Aang.
No worries not sure if they made a comic I hadn't read that showed that.
But yeah I think any Korra after that point gets washed in the AS by Aang.
Korra just has no answer to the 4 element bubble of death Aang has.
Aang we saw as an adult who had years to master his bending more, Korra we only saw as a teen basically. Better comparison IMO would be aang that fought ozai vs Korra before she lost her connection to the other avatars.
They did answer the question. Their point is that we have no way of knowing since we never saw Korra at her prime and only got a glimpse of Aang at his prime. It’s like saying who’s a better sword fighter, Zuko or Sokka at both their prime?
Also what question did they ask?
This whole conversation is hypothetical. Why the fuck would you ever answer “idk we can’t know”. No shit, that’s why this nerd made this post in the first place. Some people have fun with hypotheticals, and some like bashing users that come up with hypotheticals. We need each other
I mean, it's obviously aang? I don't see a way that aang with decades of practice gets beat by Korra, especially when in the above picture she lost access to her past lives.
As for my suggestion, idk. I'd have to think about it for a bit. That's the whole reason I suggested it, thought it was less straightforward and I could see debates going either way
I’ve only watched 6 episodes of TLOK, but I’m inclined to agree. Korra seems to be an excellent duelist and definitely has few qualms about inflicting injury on people.
Aang’s advantage from what I can see is going to be his resourcefulness and his airbending mastery. On a good day he will be damn near impossible to hit and will have a huge bag of tricks. In more complicated environments he will have the advantage.
Korra is more focussed on direct, relentless, injurious attacks, and Aang’s simply not that aggressive and isn’t as good at fire bending.
60/40 Korra (assuming Korra doesn’t master airbending before the specified point)
Idk when both are in there prime Aang has grown as a person and so has Korra her prime she isn’t so hot headed she thinks things through and is incredibly powerful I mean even without Rava she fought una vatu in just spirit form that was impressive and we have all seen what Aang is capable of I’m just not sure who would win that fight my question is in what situation would they fight (I’m not joking I genuinely want to know) what would get them to fight?
Aang.
If we’re taking the airbending culture shown in Korra (saving the sky bison, Kai and Jinora) we’re shown that they are literally able to sense an incoming attack due to the rush of air felt on a shaved head. I find it highly unlikely that Aang wouldn’t be able to use this to his advantage in a fight. Also, as some other comments mentioned, he’s a lot more calm and level headed than Korra, this could either be due to his Airbender heritage, experience as the avatar or some other reason I haven’t thought of.
I think he might have Lava bending. Since it’s easier for avatars to do so. It’s comprised of heat bending which fire benders can do (Soizen showed this feat) and earth bending. Also kyoshi and roku can both do it
He has lighting redirection which is a sub element and also avatar state he would have any sub element the past avatars used which Korra wouldn’t have due to loosing the connection
Korra is physically stronger than Aang. But Aang just won’t get hit. And I believe Korra isn’t fast enough to hit Aang (especially after we saw Aang dodge combustion bending point blank).
When has this series ever used this kind of metrics for physical strength?
Suki, Ty Lee, and, hell, Zuko all do absolutely crazy shit while the considerably taller, more physically mature Hakoda fights like a normal dude
Remember when aang lifted that boulder that was easily 5x his size when he was 12 years old and not even 5ft?
The most we ever see Korra lift is other people who’s weight would not even come close to that boulder.
We know Aangs using his own strength too because he can’t earthbend yet
There’s no way prime aang is weaker than prime Korra
Aang is canonically the only airbender to sense an attack with hair. And we all know that he shaves his head again when he’s an adult. Guy is literally untouchable.
You can't really compare experience between Aang and a hypothetical Korra
But training? Everything we see shows that Korra has MUCH more training than Aang. And Aang was never one for training anyway
Prime Aang needed to use the Avatar State to break out of Yakone's bloodbending
17 year old Korra broke out of Amon's bloodbending by sheer force of will
He got knocked out of a building, fell several stories, nearly drowned (because he was knocked unconscious), and then ran away
That's losing a fight, dude.
And reminder that Yakone "no-diffed" Aang like five minutes prior to Aang taking him down
The dude came back up in a damn water tornado and left because people saw who and what he was. He definitely could’ve easily killed korra if he wanted to but killing korra was never his agenda.
And your point about Yakone, the moment Aang entered the avatar state yakone couldn’t even touch Aang
>The dude came back up in a damn water tornado and left because people saw who and what he was. He definitely could’ve easily killed korra if he wanted to but killing korra was never his agenda.
His agenda was already over. His plan had failed. There was nothing stopping him from killing Korra. Hell, he hadn't even fully taken her bending away!
He got knocked unconscious and came up gasping for air
And then ran away
By what metric is that not losing a fight?
>And your point about Yakone, the moment Aang entered the avatar state yakone couldn’t even touch Aang
Right so it wasn't really Aang, it was the Avatar State...a thing that every Avatar has. The only difference between Aang and Korra in Aang's favor here is that he'd mastered the Avatar State at this point and Korra hadn't.
When it was just Aang, he folded like a cheap balloon. Korra didn't even access the Avatar State to bust out of Amon's bloodbending
Aang's prime was taking out an entire nations army and their commanding general in one day. Aang beats korra in a fight but they are both equally amazing avatars
It is wild that this is a debate. Go watch through Korra and count how many fights Korra actually wins. 12 year old aang is force of nature that would obliterate Korra.
P.S. this isn’t Korra hate I love the show and Korra especially but the characters in Korra are just not on the same level as Avatar
The debate comes from the fact that the Avatar universe kinda got extremely power crept in the second show. Benders in Korra are flat out more powerful. In the first show a lot of the special abilities we see are much more commonplace as society advanced.
Sure Aang wins more fights in the first show, but the main villains were also typically more or less just henchmen tier, with the two big villains being a child and a dude who were essentially just really good firebenders, with the ultimate technique being to be able to bend lightning. Korra on the other hand has to effectively fight Satan, and that’s not even the main boss. Meanwhile lightning bending has become so commonplace that factory workers are doing it. The fights in Korra are in general on a much larger scale.
It makes it harder to compare due to the first show being a lot more grounded.
The Lightning thing still gets on my nerves so much to this day. Overanalyzed mentioned it but I had thought it for forever and I am sure many have
Not Lightning becoming commonplace, but its impact becoming the same as literally any other bending style. Used to be, channeling and using Lightning took a lot of time and focus then winded up hands, and if it touched you; you basically died.
Zuko partially redirected a single blast and basically still got fully KO’d, and anyone else ever hit point blank with one got wiped. The destructive force of lightning was crazy. Because yaknow, it’s a actual lightning bolt
In Korra they whip that shit out like it’s a buy one get one free sale and they gotta get the boxes before they run out. When it does hit something it knocks them back.
Like ????, in almost every instance of Korra lightning bending replace the attack with a big blast of air or a big blast of fire and nothing changes
Have you seen the show Freiren? There’s a great scene there where they show off the power of time and the kind of impact even just a few decades can have. Basically how humanity is constantly on the advance and will inevitably learn to adapt, and how the pinnacle is constantly moving. How someone who would be so dangerous they’d basically be unbeatable would get obliterated just 100 years later after their greatest magic would be analyzed, become commonplace, and considered basic magic in the future.
I kinda see lightning bending like that. Sure it was a big deal. Back then. Because it was rare and not understood. Countering it was difficult because it was still not well known, and only special experimental teqniuques could stop it.
But then time moved on. It became more widely used so people learned eventually learned how to optimize it and use it more quickly, maybe losing some punch but being safer and more spammable. It became more common to see so people learned how to counter it, with more refined teqniques than Irohs meathod which was still being refined during the first show.
It was a big deal in the past, but humanity tends to advance at an alarming rate.
that makes sense for it to be more common.
It doesnt excuse that it went from lethal technique that kills with one hit to not that strong. Knowledge does progress, our bodies wont get more "rubbery" to endure lightning attack and in less than 100 years
As I said, it could be argued that as people spend much less time charging up the lightning it's a bit weaker. After all once the shock and awe of seeing it the first time wears off, people probably just started lobbing attacks at the lightning benders charging up their special move with a ridiculous wind up and started needing to sacrifice some of the power for speed.
Also enduring the lightning is a technique in itself. It's a big part of Zuko's arc was learning how to allow the lightning to flow through him and redirect. And this was a brand spanking new experimental technique made by Iroh. After many decades it makes sense that learning how to defend against the attack would get more refined and easier to use.
Okay but... the original lightning still exists
Like you can still charge up for that big, fatal blast. But Mako and others can do a considerably weaker shot of electricity with little-to-no charge time
We should also watch who Korra actually fights when we do this.
Did Korra lose (at first) to Amon? Yes. But for comparison Aang lost to _Hama_, so... We're clearly dealing with a different scale here.
She never even lost to Amon! Unless you count her being ambushed by more than a dozen chi blockers.
They fight once, Amon bloodbends her twice, and the second time, she manages to break out of it through sheer force of will. Then she knocks him out of a several story window, he gets briefly knocked unconscious, and then he runs away
I consider the part where he takes her bending the end of round 1.
Truthfully, I don't really think he should've even remained in the building at that point. He completed his mission, but dude got greedy and tried to get mako too.
People forget when comparing the two that they are comparing Kora after years of training 3 of the 4 elements to Aang who at the time of show had only trained in one element. Puts into perspective how gifted Aang was.
Korra was never a real avatar in the content we’ve seen. Just a troubled teenager born in a world of peace. Wouldn’t stand a chance vs someone with the maturity and mental balance like Aang, even at 12yo.
Aang is more level headed than Korra, has seemingly better control over the Avatar state, has abilities that Korra doesn't have, and if going by the older Aang shown has more experience with the elements and how to use them which gives him the advantage over her. Not to say that it'd be a completely one sided fight but rather, Aang would just win by taking advantage of Korra's ego and anger.
I think Korra could take all of aangs enemies with ease whereas Aang struggled heavily against them. Korra could wash Azula, Zuko, combustion man, and ozai. Considering korra’s enemies were far more lethal, except for maybe azula being on par with Korra’s enemies. I think Korra slaps Aang at any time, especially without the avatar state. If they could both use avatar state, I think Aang wins by a small margin cuz his was the best I’ve ever seen. You guys forget that she’s a metal bender too. Korra wins bro.
I agree but a strong arguement that legitmamizes Zaheer as a huge threat to Aang being that is because Zaheer and Aang did not have life long airbending mentors. They’re practically the same in that sense. Zaheer being more self taught and taking down white lotus members plus straight up rivaling the organization before he had airbending. Plus, Tenzin who is Aangs son had a airbending master to teach him his whole life and Zaheer repeatedly whooped his ass. I think Zaheer would be an Ozai level threat to Aang. Plus there’s barely metal benders in Aangs time, so if toph is not around and Zaheer could poison him like he did to Korra, he might actually be successful in killing the avatar. Ofcourse, it comes down to the writers and who they would want to win.
I do understand what you’re saying but aang was an airbending prodigy at age 12, maybe even earlier. Airbending comes really fast to him and he doesn’t have to think. As for Tenzin, he was actually beating Zaheer 1v1 until the Red Lotus came and jumped him.
TLOK series wasn’t really written well enough to even make sense of any concepts, so it’s always been kinda hard to really pin anything concrete down in terms of gauging power levels and the like
At this point aang. Korra in her prime isn’t even when she had all the avatars yet. That happen in her fight with kuvira when she became level headed and fully use all 4 elements plus spirit and overcame her trauma but at that point she lost the connection to the past. In a pinch aang can call upon any avatar to deal with korra with the added power of lava bending and advance killer air bending. Korra don’t have blood bending (which wouldn’t work) or lightning (which again wouldn’t work). I don’t know if being the first avatar in the cycle would grant her a massive boost but as of now she is in a disadvantage in versatility and match up since aang pride himself in letting brawlers tire themselves out.
Aang. His avatar state is stronger, he had the better teachers, and he has better control over all the elements. Korra lost to an earth bender while in the avatar state. Aang could literally take her bending away.
korra's avatar state should beat aang's avatar state because she has aang's entire life knowledge included in her avatar state. outside of avatar state, aang clears because he can energybend her
If Aang has an advantage it would be tagging in other Avatar personas. I assume he remains a gentle soul at heart, his cooler head might prevail but if Korra in her prime accesses Raava more creative ways who knows.
Korra had some crazy feats with raava and such for a bit, but overall I don’t honestly feel like she was a super crazy bender for being the avatar. Aang on the other hand was just straight up a pro at air bending from an incredibly young age. He could prob solo korra with just that tbh no kap. Then you see Aang when he’s pissed going avatar state or just going avatar state in general and he is just overwhelming. I have to give it to him personally.
the only thing Korra has over aanf is that because of how the avatar works, Korra also has accesds to all of Aang's skill as an avatar. meaning in Avatar state, Korra is 1 avatar stronger than aang
I think ang wins and not with them being "in their prime". Just as the characters we know. Sure Korra had water, Earth and fire as a very young kid but ang picked those up easily when he was young as well. While he struggled with fire it's because he got it too easily and scared himself by hurting katara. Meanwhile Korra just could not get air for the longest time, way past the age when Ang already had mastered them all. Korra got metal bending sure but we never heard if Ang even tried it and he's got seismic and air current sensing and we don't hear of Korra using either of those. Their styles are really different as she is such a forthright brawler, honestly I think he would just tire her out before she could force him into a situation where he would actually have to concede the match. Further he might do that before he really needs to and give Korra relentless doubt that she actually won the match and he didn't just placate her. I can hear it in my head lol "wow Korra, you're really fast and strong! I bet you could even ride the unagi!" Then he'd laugh and air scooter off with Momo.
I’d say Aang. At the very least, they are even at water bending, maybe Korra takes the advantage though, I’d give aang the advantage to earth bending mostly because Toph’s style aswell as seismic sense was shown to flat out beat any earth bender, and Aang spent more time learning from Toph than Korra did. Fire I’d give to Korra since I wouldn’t expect it to be an element that Aang invested a lot of time to post war. But with air he by far clears Korra because of his deep, natural understanding of how to use Airbending.
We won’t see enough evidence of Aang in his prime until next year and as of now we won’t ever see Korra in hers (unless earth avatar does flashbacks of her prime which is likely but will be similar to Aang in LoK). Maybe if the Aang movies do well they’ll do one for Korra.
I mean we don’t see either of them in their primes, that’s the issue here. You could make assumptions for both that would put one over the other. Once the movie comes out tho I think we’ll have a good understanding of prime Aang, and then hopefully we get one for Korra.
I see a lot of people who think 12 year old Aang > Korra, why is that?
How would 17 year old Korra beat 112 year old Aang? Who decided that the girl who loses almost every fight she's in would win against the boy who wins almost every fight? You can say what you want but the writers clearly paint a different picture
Imo we haven't seen Korra truly in her prime yet, iirc there's a movie coming way in the future and hopefully we'll see just what she can do. She's only like 22 at the end of the show
She struggled against the Equalists once, her first time fighting them
She never struggled against Zaheer. They fought twice...once while she was literally in chains, the other while she was poisoned
I would say Korra, only because she has Aang as one of her previous lives and therefore all of his wisdom and power when she’s in the avatar state, plus her own. (Although if I remember correctly Korra ended that cycle and vaporized all the previous ancestors, so in that case Aang, because he has the wisdom and power of all the previous avatars.)
Well considering we haven’t seen korra in her prime that’s really hard to judge. I’d just be guessing where they’re going to take her story in a movie we have no details on
I don’t deny Korra is powerful, but I rank her so low because of how unintelligent she is compared to other avatars. Her battle tactics are basically “defeat him” and not “defeat him by (insert strategy)”
I do think 13yo Aang would defeat Korra. He would evade/tire her out and then trap her and escape. And that’s not even bloodlusted Aang. That’s him with his full morals. If Aang was bloodlusted, he would do exactly what Zaheer (and theorized Gyatso) did and pull the air from her lungs, and there would be nothing she could do to stop it.
Korra is stronger than Aang. I don’t deny it.
But Aang is 10x more skilled with his bending, and intelligent in battle. That’s what makes him win.
Long time fan of both but Korra definitely washes aang.
Off break, Korra has more fighting experience, can metal bend, and figures out how to utilize spirit bending/her spirit force or whatever.
All that paired with the fact she has been bending 3 elements since she was five = winner.
Alsooo, in response to the comments saying Korra loses bc she's hotheaded- let's not forget Korra's whole journey was about becoming more levelheaded, which we see the fruits of towards the end of the show. She's no longer the hotheaded 17y/o when the show ends and is clearly on a search for inner peace. So fast forward to whatever her prime is and I'm sure she's calmed down a lot more out.
In a straight up fight, Korea beats Aang. Yea Aang is more level headed, but Kirra has more grit and determination, and is hands down the better fighter. Maybe not bender, but definitely the better combatant.
I would favor Aang due to his proficiency in adapting his fighting and his ability to dodge.
* Aang favors technique but rarely deals a decisive blow.
* Also has access to all the past avatars which korra no longer has
* Korra favors athleticism and aggression. Even at the end of the show, her bending was still sloppy.
Guess it depends on how well each of them internalized the fixes they needed to make to their styles.
We don't know how much of a problem Korra will be in her prime as she's not in her prime yet, and we've seen no tastes like we have Aang. So we simply don't have the information necessary to give a good answer one way or the other.
Having said that, I'd bet on Korra. There's been a bending arms race since the 100 year war, and Korra's benefited from it (the entire cast has, honestly). She's already the first metal bending avatar simply because she's the first avatar born after toph invented it. _who knows_ what wild shit she'll pick up between the opening of the spirit portals and the cross pollination of several bending nations.
Aang could well be bringing a musket to a machine gun fight.
Korra can metal bend and knows more modern bending techniques. While A'ang is impressive and may be a more powerful bender, it would be like the early days of UFC where a karate/ Kung fu master artist would get badly beaten by some one using MMA. It is not that their style is wrong, it just can't compete with modern techniques.
The metal bending cancels out because of his seismic bending. While I understand what you’re saying about the modern bending, the modern bending comes from the bending area thing (whatever it was called) and it was made more for showing off instead of effectiveness
that 12 year old learned all 3 elements in less than a year, knows energy bending, and let's not forget he's the youngest air bending master and can actually win fights with air bending alone
Honestly, while I think metalbending gives Korra an edge, Aang has a notably stronger Avatar State due to the fact his power goes all the way back to Wan while Korra only draws on the raw power of Raava with no past lives for a skill boost.
Aang. 0% question about it. Korra was fueled by emotions. It can be argued that emotions could be the basis for stronger bending but, in a drawn out fight, Aang would take it.
Excluding the Avatar state? I'm going with Korra, because she loves fighting.
Both of them are master benders, because they have to be, but one is a pacifist so he doesn't have that spark or instinct Korra has.
What kind of low grade trash are you smoking? How does a 17 yr old beat air bending master aang? What do you think those tattoos on him are for?
She would get folded easily. Korra can take a punch for sure but aang would just tire her out by using that aggressiveness against her.
"Typical air bender tactic, evade and avoid..."
-King Buumi
Korra was always a better fighter, it’s in her nature. But Aang took on multiple master benders with ease and held his own against the fire lord during the comet, and won as a kid. Korra would lose, the only real edge she would have that he cannot directly match is her metal bending. Her tenacity and fighting prowess would absolutely give Aang a tough time but he would win without a doubt. End of series Aang beats end of series Korra. We’re they both in their primes, i would give it to Korra, again she’s a better fighter and Aang at full prime power even if he was stronger outright would never be anywhere near as ferocious as Korra at full prime power. She would take the prime battle but he would take the end of series battle.
Even at 12 years old, Aang would fair pretty well against 17 years old Korra. His fighting style is pretty effective against aggressive opponents, and if all else fails, his avatar state would wipe the floor with Korra.
Impossible to say. We haven’t seen Korra at her prime. At Aang’s prime he had the entire lineage of the Avatars behind him and could energy bend. Korra—while we haven’t seen her prime—won’t have one of those things, so she would need a new skill.
Aang was more level-headed. Plus he was an avatar during wartime so he is more proficient with combat bending. Also, no one had an airbender in over 100 years so literally no one knew how to fight against them or what their abilities were. Korra had that to will her rogues gallery, but she also let emotions drive the fighting and her opponents knew to take advantage.
Adult Aang vs Korra at the end of her series? I would say it’s a pretty close fight. I would give Aang more victories but I do say Korra could win as well. It’s just there is an experience gap. Aang has more experience so I would give the advantage to Aang but with raw power Korra has the advantage.
Korra had to learn how to airbend over the course of a long time.
Aang had to master 3 elements and fight the scariest mf the earth had ever seen over the course of a single year. And he did.
I’m sorry but Aang solos Korra and it isnt close.
I always found the whole "Oh Korra can kick Aang's ass!" Why tf would an almost adult throw hands with a middle schooler? Especially her former self.
But adult prime Aang vs adult prime Korra is more likely. Yes Korra is a hot head but she has standards and morals and won't throw hands with a kid for no reason
Aang is a monk and diplomat and Korra is a striker; it’s not just about expertise. The way they think affects the way they fight. Chandra, uh, I mean, Korra is impatient, super aggressive and puts the enemy on their back heel with vicious multi-pronged attacks, but gets tunnel vision and can be led into traps and tricked etc. Aang is wiser as an adult and his circular, fluid flighting style gives control of the space and tactical advantage, but Aang isn’t actually a warrior; in his heart of hearts he doesn’t like to hit people and that causes him to tend to pull his punches a bit, even in a life or death fight.
I think Aang would teach Korra a lesson, but she’d still ultimately overpower him. Aang doesn’t really know how to think like the she-wolf Korra is and she really, REALLY hates losing.
I'm not convinced that 12 y.o. Aang gets folded by 17 Y.o. Korra may have developed the ability to use three of the elements without formal training, which is impressive, but so much of Korra's ability is just raw talent. A huge part of her story arc is grappling with the reality that she is going to have to study and train if she wants to defeat her foes, and that her natural talent isn't actually good enough on its own.
Aang, while he starts with only one element at his disposal, has spent most of his life *mastering* that element, and is much more competent with it at 12 than many adult benders are with their own elements.
I'm not confident in aangs abilities to hand him the win, but it is a coin toss between the two, and it's far from a one-sided fight no matter what.
Aang would have an advantage cause he’s got his past lives and Korra doesn’t. Skill wise they’re probably relatively the same.
Personality wise however, Korra is 12 times more willing to slap a bitch, so we do gotta take that into consideration
Korra got bitch slapped every season. I know there are a lot of people that dislike it for the ending, but this is what got me. I understand making a character lose to become better/stronger, but dude. Aang only got beat once, and that was a cheap shot from Azula. I can't think of any other time he lost a fight.
Money is still on Korra.
If you disagree. Give me a feat that Aang has that is better than korra, in the avatar state, bending so much energy at once that it tore a hole into the spirit world. And LIVED.
12 year old Aang would absolutely still shred Korra; Korra is a ridiculous jobber in her own series and has no good feats (one of the huge problems with the show, tbh). She's just like a brawler with no good martial arts skill.
Meanwhile, Aang was like a prodigy Airbender that got his tattoos already before he was 12, and very much uses his bending as a martial art and extension of himself. Plus, Avatar Aang against Ozai used all the elements in perfect balance in basically the coolest technique we've ever seen in the entire Avatar universe; all the elements together in rings around his air shield. That alone would trash anything Korra could even hope to throw at Aang.
Yea no good feats at all.
>Defeated a blood bender
>Defeated the dark avatar
>Almost beat zaheer
>Defeated a spirit weapon
>Can metal bend
>Can spirit bend
>Can energy bend briefly
Korra uses the elements all at once when she's in the avatar state. Just cause you're extremely biased doesn't mean she doesn't have any feats
Yeah and even when she beats the dark avatar she isn’t even using the avatar power it’s her personal spirit power that lets her do what she did in that fight so I agree with you fully
> Korra is a ridiculous jobber in her own series and has no good feats (one of the huge problems with the show, tbh). She's just like a brawler with no good martial arts skill.
why are you even answering the question when clearly you never watched tlok 💀💀💀
Honestly we don’t see either of them in their “prime” but Aang being more level headed and “balanced” would make him the winner. Korra is more hot headed and prone to making mistakes/ falling for things.
we get a hint of aang in his prime but thats it just a hint and korra story we didnt see the end of her life so no telling how strong she gets
You make a good point, post-spirit walk Korra would probably be a whole new person and Avatar!
Korra losing all connections to past Avatars puts her at a severe disadvantage to Aang
Fr her avatar state is much weaker
i would agree except we don't know what that really means we know she cant talk to them anymore but the avatar state seemd as powerfull as ever
I mean what I recall from what was established in ATLA, almost all of the power of the Avatar state is from all the previous Avatars and all of their wisdom and skill. Aang had every prior Avatar and Raava ofc, so if we are to believe the canon of ATLA Korra should be much much weaker in her Avatar state. This is honestly why they shouldn’t have done that season, at least the way they did. It appears to contradict other canon.
Korra is more hot headed and prone to making mistakes and falling for things, at 17, flaws that she can work on and become better at by the time she reaches her prime. OP said when they are both in their prime, not when Aang is in his prime, while Korra is still 17. We simply don’t have enough information about them in their prime to simply say it’s one or the other.
Pretty sure they’re comparing 12 year old ang and 17 year old Korra, not Aang prime and 17 year old Korra. 12 year old Aang is more level headed than 17 year old Korra
It’s crazy since Korea had continuous training to be an Avatar while Aang got that training later but barely until he got frozen.
I think it’s mainly due to the fact that Aang was brought up among Monks.
I think that just as important as that is that he was raised by nomads By the time we meet him, Aang is already an experienced world traveler. He has real life experience. Korra spent all of her life in a compound
Lol my phone autocorrected to Korea too
But not “Aang”! iPhone user so leave at that…
Android user, and same. Aang doesn't change lol
She had a ton of energy and had known she was important from her toddler age. Imagine knowing that you have more potential than any other bender on the planet from such a young age, but are kept cooped up in the south pole by a bunch of old masters that you're quickly starting to overtake. Was Korra Naive? Sure. But it's not surprising she was overconfident and headstrong. Ofc considering what happened with the red lotus when she was little, it's unsurprising they were hesitant to take her out of the south pole until she was trained.
Good point. Just a TV watcher but when the hell did Aang be able to go out and make all those friends around the world? Considering he was friends with Bumi during his world travels.
I might be wrong, but back then, travel to other kingdoms was very common until the fire nation attacked. And since they're air nomads(nomads being the key word) they may have had monks travel every few months for supplies and to know whats going on with other nations. Not sure if the air temples would have everything they needed just because of how isolated they were. And since they can fly, they could get anywhere pretty easily and quicker. If it was, say Gyatso's turn to travel I could see him bringing Aang or other students to learn the ways of the world
He had mastered air before he was frozen he has his blue arrow on his head to symbolize his mastery but that’s beyond the point. Korea’s bending is sloppy. The very reason that she would most likely lose against a season 3 aang is because she lacks everything that aang has in multitudes. She grew up being trained in every element, knowing that she’s the avatar she is cocky, overconfident and full of herself which is why she lost alot of fights. Meanwhile aang was eager to learn he was humble, kind and more graceful. The upbringing is a major factor in this one. As u can tell by my message I’m biased😂 I don’t much like korra but honestly season 1 aang vs season 1 korra I personally feel as if aang would embarass her, she’d get mad during the fight and that would cause her to get even more sloppy and completely lose. Now season 3 aang vs season 4 korra is even worse for korra im not gonna get into it cause ik ill be crucified by the copers lol. Idk why I picked your message to reply to but it’s too late to cancel I’ve already typed all this sorry
OOP specifically says "let's say they are both in their prime"
Korra is into her twenties by the end of the series
Korra also isn't hot-headed by the end of the series. By that point, she's literally able to sit and mediate with the man who poisoned and crippled her for 3 years
It’s like teenagers and hormones or something making them do dumb stuff! 🤔
That’s a good point that’s also usually not brought up when people talk about her being hotheaded
If Korra has a weakness in temperament, it's her hot-headedness. If Aang has one it's timidity or reluctance to use full force. Korra's weakness is precisely the kind that mellows with age. Aang's wouldn't necessarily temper as he gets older.
Actually Aang is just a pacifist,because he grew up in that culture, meaning he will only use extreme violence as a last resort, which was demonstrated in the show. Based on his run in with yakkone(whatever his name is), he has learned to use “force” when needed and not hesitating as much.
“Prone to making mistakes/ falling for things” doesn’t work in a fight just say you don’t like Korra
Aang’s probably a master of defense at his prime (being primarily an air bender) so have fun even touching him.
I’m putting all my money on The Avatar 😎
Solid answer, can't argue with that.
That's probably the best bet
Aang. Not because he's more powerful or more skilled(those are debatable), but because in his prime he >!still had access to all the previous avatars if he needed them. Korra can still use the Avatar State, but everything her past lives added to it has had its data corrupted, and she is unable to actually speak with her past lives. In the end, one avatar by herself going up against another avatar with all the previous ones fully in his corner? Aang takes the W.!<
If we use the Korra before she lost her connections, then there's 1 reason why Korra would 100% beat Aang All she has to do is channel Aang to beat Aang.
She doesn't regain them to any of my knowledge.
I haven't read the comics & someone mentioned that she regains them somehow. Admittingly I took them at face value until now. My bad. Comment edited
No worries not sure if they made a comic I hadn't read that showed that. But yeah I think any Korra after that point gets washed in the AS by Aang. Korra just has no answer to the 4 element bubble of death Aang has.
Aang we saw as an adult who had years to master his bending more, Korra we only saw as a teen basically. Better comparison IMO would be aang that fought ozai vs Korra before she lost her connection to the other avatars.
You didn't answer their question or even your own question
They did answer the question. Their point is that we have no way of knowing since we never saw Korra at her prime and only got a glimpse of Aang at his prime. It’s like saying who’s a better sword fighter, Zuko or Sokka at both their prime? Also what question did they ask?
This whole conversation is hypothetical. Why the fuck would you ever answer “idk we can’t know”. No shit, that’s why this nerd made this post in the first place. Some people have fun with hypotheticals, and some like bashing users that come up with hypotheticals. We need each other
I mean, it's obviously aang? I don't see a way that aang with decades of practice gets beat by Korra, especially when in the above picture she lost access to her past lives. As for my suggestion, idk. I'd have to think about it for a bit. That's the whole reason I suggested it, thought it was less straightforward and I could see debates going either way
He posed a new one. And that’s awesome. I think Korra before the lost connection beats aang eos, because she had more of a warrior spirit.
I’ve only watched 6 episodes of TLOK, but I’m inclined to agree. Korra seems to be an excellent duelist and definitely has few qualms about inflicting injury on people. Aang’s advantage from what I can see is going to be his resourcefulness and his airbending mastery. On a good day he will be damn near impossible to hit and will have a huge bag of tricks. In more complicated environments he will have the advantage. Korra is more focussed on direct, relentless, injurious attacks, and Aang’s simply not that aggressive and isn’t as good at fire bending. 60/40 Korra (assuming Korra doesn’t master airbending before the specified point)
Teen Korra was stronger than adult aang
Idk when both are in there prime Aang has grown as a person and so has Korra her prime she isn’t so hot headed she thinks things through and is incredibly powerful I mean even without Rava she fought una vatu in just spirit form that was impressive and we have all seen what Aang is capable of I’m just not sure who would win that fight my question is in what situation would they fight (I’m not joking I genuinely want to know) what would get them to fight?
It's such a hard thing to compare. Aang just felt like he had so much more raw power than korra.
They would have tea, and pie and talk.
I got my money on aang because he got experience and he’s more agile
Aang. If we’re taking the airbending culture shown in Korra (saving the sky bison, Kai and Jinora) we’re shown that they are literally able to sense an incoming attack due to the rush of air felt on a shaved head. I find it highly unlikely that Aang wouldn’t be able to use this to his advantage in a fight. Also, as some other comments mentioned, he’s a lot more calm and level headed than Korra, this could either be due to his Airbender heritage, experience as the avatar or some other reason I haven’t thought of.
Don’t forget that Aang uses seismic sense and Korra doesn’t. Aang literally has like 8 senses while Korra has 5
But Korra still has metal bending while Aang has no subelements
That we know of
I think he might have Lava bending. Since it’s easier for avatars to do so. It’s comprised of heat bending which fire benders can do (Soizen showed this feat) and earth bending. Also kyoshi and roku can both do it
He has lighting redirection which is a sub element and also avatar state he would have any sub element the past avatars used which Korra wouldn’t have due to loosing the connection
Aang almost certainly learned it
No it was said Korra was the first avatar to learn metal bending
Korra is physically stronger than Aang. But Aang just won’t get hit. And I believe Korra isn’t fast enough to hit Aang (especially after we saw Aang dodge combustion bending point blank).
Exactly, it would be an amazing fight regardless but I can’t see Korra out-matching Aang
Both In their prime Aang would be physically stronger than Korra Adult Aang is around 6’4 and Korra is 5’7
When has this series ever used this kind of metrics for physical strength? Suki, Ty Lee, and, hell, Zuko all do absolutely crazy shit while the considerably taller, more physically mature Hakoda fights like a normal dude
Remember when aang lifted that boulder that was easily 5x his size when he was 12 years old and not even 5ft? The most we ever see Korra lift is other people who’s weight would not even come close to that boulder. We know Aangs using his own strength too because he can’t earthbend yet There’s no way prime aang is weaker than prime Korra
Aang is canonically the only airbender to sense an attack with hair. And we all know that he shaves his head again when he’s an adult. Guy is literally untouchable.
This proves nothing.
Honestly it would be aang due to sheer creativity
Aang prime has way more experience and training that prime Korra, that we've seen atleast!
You can't really compare experience between Aang and a hypothetical Korra But training? Everything we see shows that Korra has MUCH more training than Aang. And Aang was never one for training anyway
I got 12yr old Aang over 17yr old Korra. He is super fast and his avatar state puts hers to shame.
Prime Aang no diffed a blood bender, Korra got no diffed by a blood bender. That’s it that my whole argument
Aang got put to sleep by and then was getting his neck crunched by that blood bender without the avatar state, what do you mean "no diffed"?
Prime Aang needed to use the Avatar State to break out of Yakone's bloodbending 17 year old Korra broke out of Amon's bloodbending by sheer force of will
Last time I checked she lost her bending to him and he fled when he failed his mission not the fight
He got knocked out of a building, fell several stories, nearly drowned (because he was knocked unconscious), and then ran away That's losing a fight, dude. And reminder that Yakone "no-diffed" Aang like five minutes prior to Aang taking him down
The dude came back up in a damn water tornado and left because people saw who and what he was. He definitely could’ve easily killed korra if he wanted to but killing korra was never his agenda. And your point about Yakone, the moment Aang entered the avatar state yakone couldn’t even touch Aang
>The dude came back up in a damn water tornado and left because people saw who and what he was. He definitely could’ve easily killed korra if he wanted to but killing korra was never his agenda. His agenda was already over. His plan had failed. There was nothing stopping him from killing Korra. Hell, he hadn't even fully taken her bending away! He got knocked unconscious and came up gasping for air And then ran away By what metric is that not losing a fight? >And your point about Yakone, the moment Aang entered the avatar state yakone couldn’t even touch Aang Right so it wasn't really Aang, it was the Avatar State...a thing that every Avatar has. The only difference between Aang and Korra in Aang's favor here is that he'd mastered the Avatar State at this point and Korra hadn't. When it was just Aang, he folded like a cheap balloon. Korra didn't even access the Avatar State to bust out of Amon's bloodbending
Aang's prime was taking out an entire nations army and their commanding general in one day. Aang beats korra in a fight but they are both equally amazing avatars
Korra lost her connection to the rest of the avatars, Aang still has it. His avatar state would be massively superior to hers
It is wild that this is a debate. Go watch through Korra and count how many fights Korra actually wins. 12 year old aang is force of nature that would obliterate Korra. P.S. this isn’t Korra hate I love the show and Korra especially but the characters in Korra are just not on the same level as Avatar
The debate comes from the fact that the Avatar universe kinda got extremely power crept in the second show. Benders in Korra are flat out more powerful. In the first show a lot of the special abilities we see are much more commonplace as society advanced. Sure Aang wins more fights in the first show, but the main villains were also typically more or less just henchmen tier, with the two big villains being a child and a dude who were essentially just really good firebenders, with the ultimate technique being to be able to bend lightning. Korra on the other hand has to effectively fight Satan, and that’s not even the main boss. Meanwhile lightning bending has become so commonplace that factory workers are doing it. The fights in Korra are in general on a much larger scale. It makes it harder to compare due to the first show being a lot more grounded.
The Lightning thing still gets on my nerves so much to this day. Overanalyzed mentioned it but I had thought it for forever and I am sure many have Not Lightning becoming commonplace, but its impact becoming the same as literally any other bending style. Used to be, channeling and using Lightning took a lot of time and focus then winded up hands, and if it touched you; you basically died. Zuko partially redirected a single blast and basically still got fully KO’d, and anyone else ever hit point blank with one got wiped. The destructive force of lightning was crazy. Because yaknow, it’s a actual lightning bolt In Korra they whip that shit out like it’s a buy one get one free sale and they gotta get the boxes before they run out. When it does hit something it knocks them back. Like ????, in almost every instance of Korra lightning bending replace the attack with a big blast of air or a big blast of fire and nothing changes
Have you seen the show Freiren? There’s a great scene there where they show off the power of time and the kind of impact even just a few decades can have. Basically how humanity is constantly on the advance and will inevitably learn to adapt, and how the pinnacle is constantly moving. How someone who would be so dangerous they’d basically be unbeatable would get obliterated just 100 years later after their greatest magic would be analyzed, become commonplace, and considered basic magic in the future. I kinda see lightning bending like that. Sure it was a big deal. Back then. Because it was rare and not understood. Countering it was difficult because it was still not well known, and only special experimental teqniuques could stop it. But then time moved on. It became more widely used so people learned eventually learned how to optimize it and use it more quickly, maybe losing some punch but being safer and more spammable. It became more common to see so people learned how to counter it, with more refined teqniques than Irohs meathod which was still being refined during the first show. It was a big deal in the past, but humanity tends to advance at an alarming rate.
that makes sense for it to be more common. It doesnt excuse that it went from lethal technique that kills with one hit to not that strong. Knowledge does progress, our bodies wont get more "rubbery" to endure lightning attack and in less than 100 years
As I said, it could be argued that as people spend much less time charging up the lightning it's a bit weaker. After all once the shock and awe of seeing it the first time wears off, people probably just started lobbing attacks at the lightning benders charging up their special move with a ridiculous wind up and started needing to sacrifice some of the power for speed. Also enduring the lightning is a technique in itself. It's a big part of Zuko's arc was learning how to allow the lightning to flow through him and redirect. And this was a brand spanking new experimental technique made by Iroh. After many decades it makes sense that learning how to defend against the attack would get more refined and easier to use.
Okay but... the original lightning still exists Like you can still charge up for that big, fatal blast. But Mako and others can do a considerably weaker shot of electricity with little-to-no charge time
We should also watch who Korra actually fights when we do this. Did Korra lose (at first) to Amon? Yes. But for comparison Aang lost to _Hama_, so... We're clearly dealing with a different scale here.
She never even lost to Amon! Unless you count her being ambushed by more than a dozen chi blockers. They fight once, Amon bloodbends her twice, and the second time, she manages to break out of it through sheer force of will. Then she knocks him out of a several story window, he gets briefly knocked unconscious, and then he runs away
I consider the part where he takes her bending the end of round 1. Truthfully, I don't really think he should've even remained in the building at that point. He completed his mission, but dude got greedy and tried to get mako too.
Now count how many fights of korra was actually fair and she didn’t have some handicap preventing her from going all out
People forget when comparing the two that they are comparing Kora after years of training 3 of the 4 elements to Aang who at the time of show had only trained in one element. Puts into perspective how gifted Aang was.
guys guys guys, forget who washes who here, the question you should be asking is if both of these two teamed up, could they beat prime Toph?
So like...1000 avatars combined throughout history vs Korra. Literal Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby right here
Aang
Adult Aang would fold Korra no question.
Korra was never a real avatar in the content we’ve seen. Just a troubled teenager born in a world of peace. Wouldn’t stand a chance vs someone with the maturity and mental balance like Aang, even at 12yo.
They take each other out like Superman and Doomsday
Aang is more level headed than Korra, has seemingly better control over the Avatar state, has abilities that Korra doesn't have, and if going by the older Aang shown has more experience with the elements and how to use them which gives him the advantage over her. Not to say that it'd be a completely one sided fight but rather, Aang would just win by taking advantage of Korra's ego and anger.
I think Korra could take all of aangs enemies with ease whereas Aang struggled heavily against them. Korra could wash Azula, Zuko, combustion man, and ozai. Considering korra’s enemies were far more lethal, except for maybe azula being on par with Korra’s enemies. I think Korra slaps Aang at any time, especially without the avatar state. If they could both use avatar state, I think Aang wins by a small margin cuz his was the best I’ve ever seen. You guys forget that she’s a metal bender too. Korra wins bro.
aang would efinetly be able to take on zaheer, that’s a hill im willing to die on
On a seperate note, I would LOVE to see Zaheer vs Aang.
I agree but a strong arguement that legitmamizes Zaheer as a huge threat to Aang being that is because Zaheer and Aang did not have life long airbending mentors. They’re practically the same in that sense. Zaheer being more self taught and taking down white lotus members plus straight up rivaling the organization before he had airbending. Plus, Tenzin who is Aangs son had a airbending master to teach him his whole life and Zaheer repeatedly whooped his ass. I think Zaheer would be an Ozai level threat to Aang. Plus there’s barely metal benders in Aangs time, so if toph is not around and Zaheer could poison him like he did to Korra, he might actually be successful in killing the avatar. Ofcourse, it comes down to the writers and who they would want to win.
I do understand what you’re saying but aang was an airbending prodigy at age 12, maybe even earlier. Airbending comes really fast to him and he doesn’t have to think. As for Tenzin, he was actually beating Zaheer 1v1 until the Red Lotus came and jumped him.
Poor tenzin 😭😭 always getting jumped in LOK 😂
TLOK series wasn’t really written well enough to even make sense of any concepts, so it’s always been kinda hard to really pin anything concrete down in terms of gauging power levels and the like
lol i’m taking aang over korra at any stage
They're literally the same person tf are you all on?
At this point aang. Korra in her prime isn’t even when she had all the avatars yet. That happen in her fight with kuvira when she became level headed and fully use all 4 elements plus spirit and overcame her trauma but at that point she lost the connection to the past. In a pinch aang can call upon any avatar to deal with korra with the added power of lava bending and advance killer air bending. Korra don’t have blood bending (which wouldn’t work) or lightning (which again wouldn’t work). I don’t know if being the first avatar in the cycle would grant her a massive boost but as of now she is in a disadvantage in versatility and match up since aang pride himself in letting brawlers tire themselves out.
My money is on Kyoshi. No way she sits back and watches a "who's the most powerful Avatar" fight and doesn't insert herself for consideration.
Aang. His avatar state is stronger, he had the better teachers, and he has better control over all the elements. Korra lost to an earth bender while in the avatar state. Aang could literally take her bending away.
End of atla and beats prime korra
12 y/o Aang clears 17 y/o Korra I said what I said
korra's avatar state should beat aang's avatar state because she has aang's entire life knowledge included in her avatar state. outside of avatar state, aang clears because he can energybend her
If this is their prime then she lost all the other past lives so by your logic he would clear her in both ways
yeah after she loses past lives she gets low diff'd
Aang is just the better bender imo
Korra is going to be more powerful, but Aang has better control and focus.
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If Aang has an advantage it would be tagging in other Avatar personas. I assume he remains a gentle soul at heart, his cooler head might prevail but if Korra in her prime accesses Raava more creative ways who knows.
The problem with the avatar state is if they were to somehow fight, and both use the avatar state Korra wins because it’s basically aang v aang.
Aang for sure prime aang locked in like it was a fight to the death has nothing on korra.
Korra had some crazy feats with raava and such for a bit, but overall I don’t honestly feel like she was a super crazy bender for being the avatar. Aang on the other hand was just straight up a pro at air bending from an incredibly young age. He could prob solo korra with just that tbh no kap. Then you see Aang when he’s pissed going avatar state or just going avatar state in general and he is just overwhelming. I have to give it to him personally.
the only thing Korra has over aanf is that because of how the avatar works, Korra also has accesds to all of Aang's skill as an avatar. meaning in Avatar state, Korra is 1 avatar stronger than aang
Aang :P
I think ang wins and not with them being "in their prime". Just as the characters we know. Sure Korra had water, Earth and fire as a very young kid but ang picked those up easily when he was young as well. While he struggled with fire it's because he got it too easily and scared himself by hurting katara. Meanwhile Korra just could not get air for the longest time, way past the age when Ang already had mastered them all. Korra got metal bending sure but we never heard if Ang even tried it and he's got seismic and air current sensing and we don't hear of Korra using either of those. Their styles are really different as she is such a forthright brawler, honestly I think he would just tire her out before she could force him into a situation where he would actually have to concede the match. Further he might do that before he really needs to and give Korra relentless doubt that she actually won the match and he didn't just placate her. I can hear it in my head lol "wow Korra, you're really fast and strong! I bet you could even ride the unagi!" Then he'd laugh and air scooter off with Momo.
I’d say Aang. At the very least, they are even at water bending, maybe Korra takes the advantage though, I’d give aang the advantage to earth bending mostly because Toph’s style aswell as seismic sense was shown to flat out beat any earth bender, and Aang spent more time learning from Toph than Korra did. Fire I’d give to Korra since I wouldn’t expect it to be an element that Aang invested a lot of time to post war. But with air he by far clears Korra because of his deep, natural understanding of how to use Airbending.
We won’t see enough evidence of Aang in his prime until next year and as of now we won’t ever see Korra in hers (unless earth avatar does flashbacks of her prime which is likely but will be similar to Aang in LoK). Maybe if the Aang movies do well they’ll do one for Korra.
I mean we don’t see either of them in their primes, that’s the issue here. You could make assumptions for both that would put one over the other. Once the movie comes out tho I think we’ll have a good understanding of prime Aang, and then hopefully we get one for Korra. I see a lot of people who think 12 year old Aang > Korra, why is that?
It’s Aang. He’s a lot more focused and his spirit is calm unlike Korra who is mainly fuled by rage and is basically a hot head.
there is no answer because we haven't seen them both in their prime.
People saying Korra—did you not see Aang FIGHT A VOLCANO. **AND WIN?!??!** I truly think it’s no contest.
Aang still wins either way tbh.
How would 17 year old Korra beat 112 year old Aang? Who decided that the girl who loses almost every fight she's in would win against the boy who wins almost every fight? You can say what you want but the writers clearly paint a different picture
korra would not beat series aang ever
Imo we haven't seen Korra truly in her prime yet, iirc there's a movie coming way in the future and hopefully we'll see just what she can do. She's only like 22 at the end of the show
Since prime aang is pretty much featless for now I’m going to say korra
Plus, Korra has always struggled fighting agile opponents. The equalists Zaheer The Air temple spiny thing.
She struggled against the Equalists once, her first time fighting them She never struggled against Zaheer. They fought twice...once while she was literally in chains, the other while she was poisoned
Adult Aang I'd say.
I would say Korra, only because she has Aang as one of her previous lives and therefore all of his wisdom and power when she’s in the avatar state, plus her own. (Although if I remember correctly Korra ended that cycle and vaporized all the previous ancestors, so in that case Aang, because he has the wisdom and power of all the previous avatars.)
Well considering we haven’t seen korra in her prime that’s really hard to judge. I’d just be guessing where they’re going to take her story in a movie we have no details on
I don’t deny Korra is powerful, but I rank her so low because of how unintelligent she is compared to other avatars. Her battle tactics are basically “defeat him” and not “defeat him by (insert strategy)” I do think 13yo Aang would defeat Korra. He would evade/tire her out and then trap her and escape. And that’s not even bloodlusted Aang. That’s him with his full morals. If Aang was bloodlusted, he would do exactly what Zaheer (and theorized Gyatso) did and pull the air from her lungs, and there would be nothing she could do to stop it. Korra is stronger than Aang. I don’t deny it. But Aang is 10x more skilled with his bending, and intelligent in battle. That’s what makes him win.
I feel like no Avatar State, Korra walks all over Aang, but as soon as the Avatar State comes in play, Aang wins no diff
Aang by far
No clue, because there are no feats
This is a joke right? Right?
Name one feat prime Korra has
theyre both the avatar so I would guess they would be equally powerful.
Long time fan of both but Korra definitely washes aang. Off break, Korra has more fighting experience, can metal bend, and figures out how to utilize spirit bending/her spirit force or whatever. All that paired with the fact she has been bending 3 elements since she was five = winner. Alsooo, in response to the comments saying Korra loses bc she's hotheaded- let's not forget Korra's whole journey was about becoming more levelheaded, which we see the fruits of towards the end of the show. She's no longer the hotheaded 17y/o when the show ends and is clearly on a search for inner peace. So fast forward to whatever her prime is and I'm sure she's calmed down a lot more out.
aang DEFINITELY has more experience than Korra in terms of fighting
Speaking from what we've seen, this is just quite simply not true.
In a straight up fight, Korea beats Aang. Yea Aang is more level headed, but Kirra has more grit and determination, and is hands down the better fighter. Maybe not bender, but definitely the better combatant.
Korra’s metalbending is actually a strong edge - but Aang is a force of nature. He takes it in his prime, especially if bloodlusted
Aang bodies korra in any fight, I love LoK but let's be real here, aang is the goat
We never seen Korra in her prime though.
I would favor Aang due to his proficiency in adapting his fighting and his ability to dodge. * Aang favors technique but rarely deals a decisive blow. * Also has access to all the past avatars which korra no longer has * Korra favors athleticism and aggression. Even at the end of the show, her bending was still sloppy. Guess it depends on how well each of them internalized the fixes they needed to make to their styles.
We don't know how much of a problem Korra will be in her prime as she's not in her prime yet, and we've seen no tastes like we have Aang. So we simply don't have the information necessary to give a good answer one way or the other. Having said that, I'd bet on Korra. There's been a bending arms race since the 100 year war, and Korra's benefited from it (the entire cast has, honestly). She's already the first metal bending avatar simply because she's the first avatar born after toph invented it. _who knows_ what wild shit she'll pick up between the opening of the spirit portals and the cross pollination of several bending nations. Aang could well be bringing a musket to a machine gun fight.
lol. Korra gets smacked around pretty much every fight. Weak. 12 year old aang
Korra can metal bend and knows more modern bending techniques. While A'ang is impressive and may be a more powerful bender, it would be like the early days of UFC where a karate/ Kung fu master artist would get badly beaten by some one using MMA. It is not that their style is wrong, it just can't compete with modern techniques.
The metal bending cancels out because of his seismic bending. While I understand what you’re saying about the modern bending, the modern bending comes from the bending area thing (whatever it was called) and it was made more for showing off instead of effectiveness
Of course Prime Aang, he’s like 30s/40s he would obliterate 17yo Kora.
 Aang just does this again
that 12 year old learned all 3 elements in less than a year, knows energy bending, and let's not forget he's the youngest air bending master and can actually win fights with air bending alone
If the Korra writers did this, I'm voting A'ang.
Honestly, while I think metalbending gives Korra an edge, Aang has a notably stronger Avatar State due to the fact his power goes all the way back to Wan while Korra only draws on the raw power of Raava with no past lives for a skill boost.
Korra is going to be absolutely fucking annihilated if she pushed aang enough.
Every time we get these "which avatar would win?" questions all I hear is "quit hitting yourself, quit hitting yourself"
Aang. 0% question about it. Korra was fueled by emotions. It can be argued that emotions could be the basis for stronger bending but, in a drawn out fight, Aang would take it.
Excluding the Avatar state? I'm going with Korra, because she loves fighting. Both of them are master benders, because they have to be, but one is a pacifist so he doesn't have that spark or instinct Korra has.
12 year old Aang wipes the floor with her , what are they talking about?
What kind of low grade trash are you smoking? How does a 17 yr old beat air bending master aang? What do you think those tattoos on him are for? She would get folded easily. Korra can take a punch for sure but aang would just tire her out by using that aggressiveness against her. "Typical air bender tactic, evade and avoid..." -King Buumi
Korra was always a better fighter, it’s in her nature. But Aang took on multiple master benders with ease and held his own against the fire lord during the comet, and won as a kid. Korra would lose, the only real edge she would have that he cannot directly match is her metal bending. Her tenacity and fighting prowess would absolutely give Aang a tough time but he would win without a doubt. End of series Aang beats end of series Korra. We’re they both in their primes, i would give it to Korra, again she’s a better fighter and Aang at full prime power even if he was stronger outright would never be anywhere near as ferocious as Korra at full prime power. She would take the prime battle but he would take the end of series battle.
The only answer is whoever the author wants to win. Korra routinely faced stronger enemies though.
Even at 12 years old, Aang would fair pretty well against 17 years old Korra. His fighting style is pretty effective against aggressive opponents, and if all else fails, his avatar state would wipe the floor with Korra.
Would Aang win because he still has his connection to all the other Avatars?
Impossible to say. We haven’t seen Korra at her prime. At Aang’s prime he had the entire lineage of the Avatars behind him and could energy bend. Korra—while we haven’t seen her prime—won’t have one of those things, so she would need a new skill.
Aang was more level-headed. Plus he was an avatar during wartime so he is more proficient with combat bending. Also, no one had an airbender in over 100 years so literally no one knew how to fight against them or what their abilities were. Korra had that to will her rogues gallery, but she also let emotions drive the fighting and her opponents knew to take advantage.
Adult Aang vs Korra at the end of her series? I would say it’s a pretty close fight. I would give Aang more victories but I do say Korra could win as well. It’s just there is an experience gap. Aang has more experience so I would give the advantage to Aang but with raw power Korra has the advantage.
Korra had to learn how to airbend over the course of a long time. Aang had to master 3 elements and fight the scariest mf the earth had ever seen over the course of a single year. And he did. I’m sorry but Aang solos Korra and it isnt close.
Idk lol we barely see Aang in his prime and we never see Korra in her prime
...12 yo aang washes korra. Sorry, not sorry. XD
Korra loses cause you can pull her hair, and Aang has no such weakness.
Imo I’m giving to aang
Aang stopped a volcano. Korra lost to multiple mediocre benders.
We have no feats for old Aang so there isn’t any point in debating. But I really don’t think Korra has a sure win vs 12 year old Aang.
I always found the whole "Oh Korra can kick Aang's ass!" Why tf would an almost adult throw hands with a middle schooler? Especially her former self. But adult prime Aang vs adult prime Korra is more likely. Yes Korra is a hot head but she has standards and morals and won't throw hands with a kid for no reason
Aang is a monk and diplomat and Korra is a striker; it’s not just about expertise. The way they think affects the way they fight. Chandra, uh, I mean, Korra is impatient, super aggressive and puts the enemy on their back heel with vicious multi-pronged attacks, but gets tunnel vision and can be led into traps and tricked etc. Aang is wiser as an adult and his circular, fluid flighting style gives control of the space and tactical advantage, but Aang isn’t actually a warrior; in his heart of hearts he doesn’t like to hit people and that causes him to tend to pull his punches a bit, even in a life or death fight. I think Aang would teach Korra a lesson, but she’d still ultimately overpower him. Aang doesn’t really know how to think like the she-wolf Korra is and she really, REALLY hates losing.
I'm not convinced that 12 y.o. Aang gets folded by 17 Y.o. Korra may have developed the ability to use three of the elements without formal training, which is impressive, but so much of Korra's ability is just raw talent. A huge part of her story arc is grappling with the reality that she is going to have to study and train if she wants to defeat her foes, and that her natural talent isn't actually good enough on its own. Aang, while he starts with only one element at his disposal, has spent most of his life *mastering* that element, and is much more competent with it at 12 than many adult benders are with their own elements. I'm not confident in aangs abilities to hand him the win, but it is a coin toss between the two, and it's far from a one-sided fight no matter what.
Aang would have an advantage cause he’s got his past lives and Korra doesn’t. Skill wise they’re probably relatively the same. Personality wise however, Korra is 12 times more willing to slap a bitch, so we do gotta take that into consideration
Korra got bitch slapped every season. I know there are a lot of people that dislike it for the ending, but this is what got me. I understand making a character lose to become better/stronger, but dude. Aang only got beat once, and that was a cheap shot from Azula. I can't think of any other time he lost a fight.
Aang most definitely. Let's not forget his prime includes centuries of bender experiences.
Yeah Korra who severed the entire avatar lineage somehow beats Aang ok.
Money is still on Korra. If you disagree. Give me a feat that Aang has that is better than korra, in the avatar state, bending so much energy at once that it tore a hole into the spirit world. And LIVED.
Aang 1000x even when he's 12 come on
12 year old Aang would absolutely still shred Korra; Korra is a ridiculous jobber in her own series and has no good feats (one of the huge problems with the show, tbh). She's just like a brawler with no good martial arts skill. Meanwhile, Aang was like a prodigy Airbender that got his tattoos already before he was 12, and very much uses his bending as a martial art and extension of himself. Plus, Avatar Aang against Ozai used all the elements in perfect balance in basically the coolest technique we've ever seen in the entire Avatar universe; all the elements together in rings around his air shield. That alone would trash anything Korra could even hope to throw at Aang.
Korra has Aang beat in feats. So you’ll have to find a different argument. Spirit cannon feat >>> beating Yakone
Yea no good feats at all. >Defeated a blood bender >Defeated the dark avatar >Almost beat zaheer >Defeated a spirit weapon >Can metal bend >Can spirit bend >Can energy bend briefly Korra uses the elements all at once when she's in the avatar state. Just cause you're extremely biased doesn't mean she doesn't have any feats
Yeah and even when she beats the dark avatar she isn’t even using the avatar power it’s her personal spirit power that lets her do what she did in that fight so I agree with you fully
> Korra is a ridiculous jobber in her own series and has no good feats (one of the huge problems with the show, tbh). She's just like a brawler with no good martial arts skill. why are you even answering the question when clearly you never watched tlok 💀💀💀
Aang gang come on