@geekryan:
I'm noticing a pattern with you on threads. You seem to display a bias towards LOK characters and consistently downplay/lowball TLA characters
What i said there is factually correct, so i don't really care whatever patterns you see there, no offense. Attack my points, not my supposed bias. Especially when it largely only exists in your head. There is a number of characters from LoK i consider drastically underrated by the fandom, especially here, which doesn't change the fact that i consider most high tiers from AtlA above most high tiers from LoK. Not to mention that i can throw this all right back at you and make a claim that you have the opposite bias, and a lot of your comments would support that claim.
Just looking through some recent threads, not once have you supported a TLA character vs a LOK character in a battle
Am i obliged to? How many LoK characters did you support over AtlA characters recently?
Also referring to characters such as Toph and Ty Lee as "never having beaten anyone except fodder", which is a generalization that isn't even purely indicative of a bender's combat ability since there are many other factors that tie in
In Toph's case - sure, she didn't have that many opportunities to handle a serious opponent in a proper combat scenario. In Ty Lee's case - not so much. And beating fodder while having a very noticeable decrease in your combat effectiveness against actually competent opponents does indicate the fact that beating fodder isn't indicative of a character's combat ability when it comes to fighting characters stronger than fodder. Especially when we have Toph struggling against Yaling and Ty Lee failing to do ANYTHING against anyone above fodder without cheap shots despite having plenty of opportunities. Even sleep deprived mid book 2 Katara with just a pouch of water, the one that got beaten by Mai in that fight despite beating her in Omashu under identical conditions without sleep deprivation, was dodging her punches up close and kept her at bay.
If we look at things from pure h2h skill perspective, both Korra and Asami showed vastly superior skill and versatility in martial arts than either of their opponents here. Ty Lee's entire fighting style is throwing quick jabs. Which basic equalists can do, and more on top of that. Ty Lee's chi blocking is more effective, she needs to land less jabs to paralyze you, but she still needs to land at least one, which she couldn't do even against Suki. Suki is barely better, she can trip and slide into her opponent's legs, which both Korra and Asami can do, and showed good counters too. Except Korra and Asami showed more on top of that as well. Agility? Ty Lee can make huge leaps (in which Korra is not that far behind, though not quite there), and Suki can climb a wall and run on heads. Neither helps them win this fight. Both Korra and Asami showed more than enough combat relevant agility to keep up. I view both of them as significantly more skilled martial artists. Korra on top of that is the most physically strong, the most durable and the fastest of the four, and Asami has her glove, which is superior to chi blocking. So even if AtlA girls win this - it's not going to be nearly as clean as most here think, and they'll have to actually work for it. So yes, Suki and Ty Lee ARE very wanked in this fandom. And you are free to come up with a good case for them or dismiss my points as bias as you already did once, i won't mind either way. But it would be refreshing to see an actually good case for Suki with actually strong points and not "She's a warrior!", "She's the leader of Kyoshi Warriors, elite force!", or "She's a war veteran!" nonsense i've debunked a dozen times.
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