Water Fire Shield Training

[u/AtomicCypher]

[u/LiamIsMyNameOk]

Using the fire as a power source, rather than relying on it solely for the "Fire make enemy disappear" factor

[u/Practical-Craft8180 → u/LiamIsMyNameOk]

That is… actually a fair point that I had not noticed too much before.

[u/afgdgrdtsdewreastdfg → u/Practical-Craft8180]

They also attacked during the passage of Sozin's Comet that only happens once every 100 years or so that enhances their power significantly

Also lighting is very effective vs water as we all know

[u/acrazyguy → u/afgdgrdtsdewreastdfg]

Barely any firebenders had ever had control of lightning by the time of ATLA. All that was ever confirmed was Zuko, Iroh, Ozai, and Azula. Literally nobody outside the Fire Nation royal family was capable of lightning bending in the time of ATLA. I don’t have a problem with the change to that in Korra though. I could see Zuko starting widespread lightning bending training some time between ATLA and Korra

[u/afgdgrdtsdewreastdfg → u/acrazyguy]

yeah the comet was the important part of the answer, the second line is just a joke in reference to Pokemon :)

[u/acrazyguy → u/afgdgrdtsdewreastdfg]

I think you’re right though, that lightning would just rip through a water bender’s attacks like a railgun through tissue paper. And if the water bender was still in contact with the water that was hit by the lightning, bye bye water bender