Azula’s Kemurikage runs a Legend of Korra Team Gauntlet

Location: Crystal Catacombs of Ba Sing Se

Starting distance: Azula and her Kemurikage atop of the ridge (where Aang is standing), opponents near the base of the waterfall.

State of mind: IC and determined (members within the teams won’t fight one another)

Knowledge: Combatants know of their opponent’s basic bending element, but not of their complete proficiency with it.

Notes: Gauntlet isn’t in any particular order, I’m just interested to see how peak Azula matches up against a variety of LoK fighters.

CONTENDER: Azula (Smoke and Shadow Trilogy)

- Is mentally stable and determined

- Has her Kemurikage gear and smoke bombs

- Has 2 Kermuirkage members (unless stated otherwise)

GAUNTLET:

Team 1: Season 1 Antagonists

- Tarrlok (has a waterbending pouch, no bloodbending)

- “Lightning Bolt” Zolt (Triple Threat Triad)

- Lieutenant (Equalists, has his electrified kali sticks)

- Tahno (White Falls Wolfbats, has a waterbending pouch)

Team 2: Terrible Fathers

- Unalaq (no Vaatu, has a waterbending pouch)

- Hiroshi Sato (inside his mecha tank)

Team 3: Airbenders Next Generation

- Jinora (has her flight suit and an airbending staff)

- Kai (has his flight suit and an airbending staff)

- Meelo (has his flight suit)

- Opal (has her flight suit)

- Ikki (has her flight suit)

Team 4: Children of Aang

- Tenzin (has his flight suit)

- Kya (has a waterbending pouch)

- Bumi (has his flight suit)

Team 5: Of Ice and Fire

- Tonraq (has dual waterbending pouches)

- Densa & Eska (have a waterbending pouch each)

- Iroh (General of the United Forces)

- Druk (Dragon of Old Zuko)

Team 6: Beifong Metal

- Lin (has her Metalbending Police Force gear)

- Suyin (has dual metalbending cables & armour)

- Wei & Wing (have dual metalbending cables each)

Team 7: Red Lotus Duo 1

- Zaheer (has an airbending staff, no air suffocation)

- P’Li

Team 8: Red Lotus Duo 2

- Ming Hua (has a waterbending pouch)

- Gazhan (won’t collapse the environment as a last resort)

Team 9: Earth Empire

- Kuvira (has her Earth Empire gear)

- Baatar Jr. (inside his Mecha Suit)

Team 10: Team Avatar (minus Korra)

- Bolin

- Mako

- Asami (has her shock glove)

- Naga

BONUS 1 vs 1: Korra

- Has 1 waterbending pouch, and an airbending staff

- Only Waterbending, earthbending and airbending

- No Avatar State

So which LoK teams can Azula’s Kermuirkage take down? Can she clear?

Some callouts for those who maybe interested and are knowledgeable in the Avatarverse:

They lose to Aang's Children, the Beifongs and Ming Hua/Ghazan.

They should win the rest with the possible exception of Kuvira and Baatar. Hell Azula would probably solo the other teams.

Hmm long time since I've read the comics don't remember much. All I know is that they should stop at 5 or 6. Team 6 most certainly hard counters with metal bending.

@lilcabbage said:

Main things I'd say to consider from the comics would be Azula:

- has Lightning redirection now

- can dodge Mai's multiple knife throws

- can dodge and counter attack Suki and Ty Lee in close combat fighting

- is better than Zuko 1v1 again, mainly due to better close combat skills (not power though)

Stop at 4, assuming the kids in Round 3 don't have a chance to summon another giant cyclone.

This, the gauntlet is strongly out of order and 2 Kemurikage with their few feats not such a great support for Kemurikage Azula.

Edit: Sorry OP, i missed the part about the order.

They lose 4 and 8 for sure and likely 6 but clear the rest.

They beat team 1-3, team 5 and 7 and team 8-Bonus.

Maybe loses to 2, I could see Unalaq beating Azula, and the Kemurikage aren't taking down a mech

3 would be interesting, but team Azula probably wins

Definitely lose to 4, Tenzin can beat or at least stalemate Azula, while Kya and Bumi beat the other Kemurikage

Not sure how the dragon will factor in with 5

Loses to 6, Lin and Su should be able to take Azula, as long as they're careful with the cables. Wei and Wing can hold off the Kemurikage

Don't see them beating 7-10 either, unless the Kemurikage have better feats than I remember

Against Korra solo, I usually back Korra against Azula, but Kemurikage could be sufficient support

The Kemurikage lose 4, 6 and 8, while 7 and 9 are toss ups. And Kemurikage Azula solos the bonus if you meant that with 1 vs 1, if not is it even easier.

Almost forgot about that. Jinora and Opal with just themselves were able to make a decent size tornado to stop Kuvira and at least 50 of her soldiers in the their tracks, blocking their view and even whiplashing some backwards who stayed too close to the vortex. It took about 7 seconds for the two of them to get the tornado to maximum rotation though. It depends if Kai, Meelo and Ikki with flight / air-scooters can run interference long enough for that to happen.

Druk could take on the two Kemurikage where I dont see them taking down a dragon anytime soon. Leaving a 4v1 against Azula - where Tonraq and Iroh could come around to corner her (the latter able to match her fire-jet propulsion), leaving both Densa & Eska to continually barrage her with quick, ice shard attacks from the base of the waterfall.

Stop at 4, but would clear the most rounds after that.

Wait how are they losing in round 4?

Tenzin can't beat Azula can he?

Well they would have a pretty damn good fight imo, but Kya + Bumi should be able to beat the Kemurikage fast enough to help Tenzin.

@itachus17: ill argue that Kya would win against a Kemurikage...but not easily based on feats. But Bumi? And even if Kya helps, is that in enough time to save Tenzin from Azula?

I mean Tenzin is no slouch and has pretty good agility and the Kemurikage might be pretty good, but lack feats so far.

Honestly I can see them stopping at one.

@crazychemist887: That's an interesting viewpoint. Are there any teams beyond Team 1 you think they can beat?

@koays: I feel like Tenzin could edge out Azula in a good one. At least he'd stalemate her.

Bumi isn't beating a Kerumikage alone you're right, but Kya should be able to carry just fine.

@itachus17: @anthp2000: Idk. I can argue Azula vs Tenzin either way the more i think about it. But in every match that Azula wins against him, i see it happening before Kya can basically solo 2 kerumikages with her very poor feats.

@koays: Kya is underrated. She kept up with Ming Hua incredibly well for a while, and Ming Hua is easily Top 6 in benders of both eras IMO. Plus, she was dropping Dark Spirits with nothing but a water pouch, I can't see this fight ending before Tenzin vs Azula (no matter the outcome).

Kya is my waifu.

@darthfallax:

Round 1: Could stop, Azula is far above them individually but she can not casually stomp them. Tarloq with that much water could maybe keep her attention long enough for the others to beat the Kemirukage and help him. If Azula is allowed to pick of the weaker members she wins.

Round 2: Stop. Unalaq over Azula, mecha over 2 Kemirukage. Even if Azula could beat Unalaq the mecha is more than enough to turn the tides against her.

Round 3: Azula potentially solos barring perfect teamwork.

Round 4: Tenzin over Azula, Bumi and Kya over the kemurikage.

Round 5: Azula significantly above any individually but gets overwhelmed by all at once. Team with casualties.

Round 6: Team metal handily. Lin and Suyin together would low-mid diff Azula and Wei and Wing can hold of the spooky Kemirukage. Smoke bombs are a detriment since it blinds them and Lin has SS. Azula can take 1-2 out of 10 where one of the sisters makes a mistake and gets lightninged from careless use of cables.

Round 7: Red lotus. Pli at the very least can hold Azula off whilst Zaheer stomps the Kemirukage. She absolutely cannot 1v2 this duo.

Round 8: Same as above, in this location Ghazan can maybe even beat her 1v1. The crystal catacombs is broken for powerful earthbenders or lava benders.

Round 9: Kuvira beats Azula 1v1 and mecha suit over 2 Kemirukage.

Round 10: Bros together beat Azula she'd have her hands full with Bolin alone here due to location, and Asami beats the Kemirukage. Azula gets triple teamed.

Round 11: Waterbending alone is arguably enough for Korra, air just seals the deal. Earth, whilst normally worthless vs Azula due to her being specialised against it, is actually of value here due to location and Korras good power feats being able to utilise it.

Azula is a high tier bender but she is not a team buster in most cases.

@waking_dreamer: 2,4,5, and 7 possibly round 3

@anthp2000: Can you remind me of the Kerumikages feats?

Going with this.

That version of Azula probably even solos one, could you explain how she and two kemurikage should stop there?

@darthfallax:

They could exchange some hits with Zuko and Aang off the top of my head.

@wrathofthebrad: not getting into it. Just stated my opinion. I'll agree to disagree with you.

I think they beat 1 and 3 certainly, lose to 4, 6, 7 and 8; and the others are arguable. The Mech´s should take the Kerumikages, and I think Unalaq and Kuvira can take on Azula, so I side with the LoK duo´s there. 5 should be pretty close, and Azula might be overwhelmed by the numbers, but it depends on how Druk fits in I guess. Same with round 10, the bros should be able to at least hold off Azula until Naga and Asami beat the Kerumikages, and come them to help. If the bros face the Kerumikages though, I´d probably side with Azula.

Team 1: Season 1 Antagonists

• Tarrlok is relevant, but too weak.
• The Lieutenant is as non-bender doomed against K. Azula.
• Tahno and Zolt are useless fodder and Azula's allies take care of them.

Azula and allies win comfortably.

.Team 2: Terrible Fathers

• Azula beats Unalaq and her allies distract the mecha, then Azula destroys the mecha.

Much better fight than round 1, but still solid win for Azula and allies.

Team 3: Airbenders Next Generation

Azula murders a kindergarten, that is all i have to say about that.

Team 4: Children of Aang

• Azula vs Tenzin is 50/50 with a slight edge to Azula, but Kya and Bumi beat her allies.

Children of Aang win in a close fight.

Team 5: Of Ice and Fire

• This is dicy, Tonraq, Densa and Eska and Iroh II are all relevant and could together overwhelm Azula while the dragon keeps her allies busy.
• But Azula could try to isolate them and keep her allies close as support, in that case could i see them win.

Could go either way, with an edge to Of Ice and Fire due to numbers.

Team 6: Beifong Metal

• Lin and Suyin are relevant and good, i could see them beating Azula in a really good fight while Wei and Wang could stall her allies.
• There would be possibilities if Azula tries to isolate them, lightning or creative use of her shield, but i don't see it happening for the majority.

Beifong Metal in a really good fight.

Team 7: Red Lotus Duo 1

• Depends.
• Either Azula beats Zaheer while her allies keep P'li busy, then Azula beats P'li.
• Or Azula beats P'Li not faster than Zaheer her allies and the duo wins together, but Azula could abuse P'li's obvious weakness.

Could go either way, with an edge to Azula and allies due to P'li's weakness.

Team 8: Red Lotus Duo 2

• Azula hard counters Ming Hua and could beat her fast enough for her allies to buy time against Ghazan, then deal with Ghazan.
• But Ghazan could easily buy enough time for Azula that Ming Hua beats her allies, which seems more likely with basic knowledge.

Red Lotus Duo 2 in a good fight.

Team 9: Earth Empire

• K. Azula would beat Kuvira quite comfortably, but i see Baatar beating her allies comfortably too.

Could go either way.

Team 10: Team Avatar (minus Korra)

• Mako is relevant, but completely outclassed by K. Azula and Boling to slow.
• Azula's allies wouldn't beat Asami and Naga, but could probably buy enough time.

Azula and allies in a close fight.

BONUS 1 vs 1: Korra

K. Azula beats Korra in a close fight, give Korra fire too and she wins.

@vengefulshot:

Unalaq over Azula

Kuvira beats Azula 1v1

Waterbending alone is arguably enough for Korra

I don't see how, especially Kuvira is absolutely not beating K. Azula in a 1v1?

I disagree with many other points, but they were at least logically explained.

Round 4. Tenzin solos. 7-8/10.

Tenzin is good, but absolutely not that good.

@anthp2000: Lol well im not gonna stomp on someones Waifu.

Thank you.

@vengefulshot@marishtar: Both really nice break-downs of all the teams and scenarios!

Actually, one of the reasons for this thread was to find out if Azula at her peak - against the most capable of LoK benders/fighters, was a team-buster! Sure she has good odds against most LoK fighters 1v1, but it got me thinking how about 1v2, 1v3, 1v4 etc. How far can she really go? All the responses have been quite enlightening to read.

^ For the above, I'd just like to chime in that I can see that perspective if Bolin were still stuck to just Earthbending. Don't get me wrong as an earthbender, he has solid reactions and his earth defense complements Mako's faster firepower quite well.

He can even assist in team movement and combo-damage output:

As you said, I think earthbending attacks that could do some serious damage would be too slow, or if the attack was fast enough (like probending earth-discs), would pose minimal damage potential.

However, with lavabending it's given Bolin great AOE abilities (reducing the area for faster opponents to manoeuvre and dodge), and more importantly, the ability to one-shot which was lacking in his earthbending.

So for Team 10, Bolin would actually be MVP imo, and with Mako would make a solid combat duo.

4 or 5 could beat her.

I doubt it, Unalaq and Kuvira would have a chance against pre-breakdown Azula but not against Kemurikage Azula.

Azula like the most good benders and even some good non-benders, let alone highest-end benders like her is of course a team-buster. Especially the first series showed us that time and time again, but you can make teams so strong that only Yakone blood-benders and Avatars in the Avatar state are left who could beat them alone.

^ For the above, I'd just like to chime in that I can see that perspective if Bolin were still stuck to just Earthbending. Don't get me wrong as an earthbender, he has solid reactions and his earth defense complements Mako's faster firepower quite well.

He can even assist in team movement and combo-damage output:

As you said, I think earthbending attacks that could do some serious damage would be too slow, or if the attack was fast enough (like probending earth-discs), would pose minimal damage potential.

However, with lavabending it's given Bolin great AOE abilities (reducing the area for faster opponents to manoeuvre and dodge), and more importantly, the ability to one-shot which was lacking in his earthbending.

So for Team 10, Bolin would actually be MVP imo, and with Mako would make a solid combat duo.

I also consider Bolin as the most dangerous of that team to be honest, but he is in general including reactions, movement speed, fire-rate simply too slow for K. Azula. Lava-bending just increased his initial attack speed and it is dangerous for his own team as well, Azula can avoid it and her allies would be protected by the fact that Bolin wouldn't just sacrifice Asami and Naga to get them.

@marishtar: why can't he solo? He Outclasses them all in everything and when he gets angry enough to use high-end attacks they can't stop him......Azula is only beating Tenzin with the comet amp. Otherwise his superior agility and mobility make her lightning a nonfactor.

@hope_w:

why can't he solo?

Cause K. Azula alone could already beat him.

He Outclasses them all in everything and when he gets angry enough to use high-end attacks they can't stop him...

He has absolutely no feats to back that statement up.

Azula is only beating Tenzin with the comet amp.

K. Azula with Sozin's Comet stomps Tenzin.

Otherwise his superior agility and mobility make her lightning a nonfactor.

His agility and mobility is very comparable to K. Azula and Azula isn't restricted to lightning.

@waking_dreamer: Thanks, this is a good thread, there's a lot of close matches in here. She's not a team buster unless it's a team of low tiers like the air kids. At best she can take on 2 mid tiers and win extreme difficulty. Any team with a high + mid tier would beat her. As for the first series, cheap shotting Iroh and then escaping from season 2 Zuko and an exhausted season 2 gaang where Katara was heavily restricted to a water pouch is not even close to evidence of team busting. Is it an impressive showing? Yes, very. Does it show she can beat multiple high end threats simultaneously? No. In my opinion anyway.

She has great odds against a lot of characters, not just from LOK but from ATLA as well, but a lot of them can take her for a majority too. Tenzin and Unalaq being the premier examples imo, but Kuvira, Korra with water and P'li stand very good chances as well. I don't see her tagging Void Zaheer either. Without lightning Ming Hua can also win.

Unalaq is more powerful and more versatile, as is Korra with water. Kuvira is just as fast, is more versatile, can mess with Azulas footing and landing positions and her primary method of attack are oneshots that are easily spammed and that Azula has to use tiring power moves that force her to remain stationary to block. There is also the fact that she has the best feats in the verse of dodging single target attacks, the vast majority of Azulas offensive arsenal, which are typically instantly followed up by multiple counterattacks.

I disagree with almost everything you said as well. I fail to see what Azula has shown that gives her an edge over someone like Tenzin for example. He would beat her 7/10.

I defended Tenzin earlier, but that is just insane nonsense. Tenzin has some great feats, but Azula outclasses him in many regards and even Zaheer was kinda able to keep up with Tenzin in their fight(and that was even before void).

@itachus17: uh....Tenzin absolutely bodied Zaheer and if you put Azula in that same situation it would only end worse.