Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra had an insanely large cast between the two shows. Each managed an interesting set of protagonists, antagonists, and random lay-abouts, which all had dඣifferent strengths, weaknesses, and special abilities.

There was the quiet strength and wisdom of Iroh, a﷽ powerful fir🌠ebender in his own right, helping to uplift his nephew to higher morals. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you have the barely noticeable Hahn whose failed elimination attempt on Admiral Zhao went so spectacularly poorly it was treated as a joke.

Not all were created equal, it's clear some characters were granted or earned incredible power and fighting strength while others... didn't and tried anyways.

With so many different good guys and bad guys running around trying to thwart each other it was inevitable that we'd wind up in arguments over who could beat who and who the strongest Avatar was.

Below, in no particular order, we're going to introduce you to the fifteen strongest and the fifteen weakest characters across the series. From Avatar to Boulder, we'll talk about what makes them strong and what makes them weak.

Only characters who have seen some sort of combat, or professed to be good at it are on this list. Characters who never fought don't get a spot (sorry Cabbage Man).

30 Sa📖viour Of The World (Powerful)

Of course, Aang was gonna be on the list somewhere, he was pretty much guaranteed a spot as the protagonist of The Last Airbender. Gettinᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ♊⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚg him out of the way early means we can talk about some of the more surprising choices and so nobody thinks I saved a boring character for last.

There's a lot that can be said for Aang; he uses a long-deceased fighting style that's hard to react to, he can mix it up with all the elements, he tries to escape most of the time rather than actually fight, and there's the Avatar State.

While he had trouble mastering all his skills early on.

Aang was a real contender by the end of the series. He even managed to learn a special technique to remove peoples bending so he didn't have to eliminate them.

29 Admiral Weaklingꦛ (Weak)

Admiral Zhao was such a tool. He was our firs♋t main antagonist and to be honest was pretty forgettable. He actually did manage to capture Aang but then Zuko broke the Avatar out.

We don't really ever get to see him fight either until the end of Book One.

The reason that he's weak is that he never wins a fight on screen. He always resorts to someone else doing all the work for him, like when he sent pirates to eliminate Zuko or when he had a crack team of archers attack the Avatar. When it's finally time for him to fight, he winds up running away from Iroh and then losing to Zuko a second time.

He would have been a bit more threatening if he actually had ever beat someone. He even passes in a boring way, refusing to take Zuko's hand because he'd rather drown than be saved by the Prince.

28 Mad Genius (Powerful) ♛

King Bumi is a hoot and a half. I remember losing my head to his brilliant Lettuce Leaf pun, which made me start to want to tell puns pretty constantly. I'm great at parties, or I would be if I was invited to any.

Anyways, his puns aren't the only thing strong about him though. First off, the dude is ripped.

The guy looks like he could wash washboards on his abs.

Secondly, he's the strongest earthbender in all of history, (sorry Toph, you can metalbend but it's true. Old dude too strong).

Being a high ranking member of the White Lotus also proves his status as one of the strongest, a legendary 🅷figure who wants to return ♚balance and beauty to the world.

27 𝓰 ꦜThe Other One (Weak)

I'm going to get a lot of hate for throwing this fan favorite here, but I didn't like King Bumi's namesake and I didn't find him particularly strong. First off he's too... random goofy. Most of the other characters have some redeeming qualities but it seems like Bumi can't do anything right and so he just does the wrong things loudly.

While he does end up saving the group once or twice, those are results of his completely non-sensical wacky idea of the week. Having insanely good luck and protagonist protection doesn't make you a strong or balanced character and since Bumi straight up loses or only wins through randomness in every fight he's been in, he makes a weak spot.

26 💟 War Profiteer (Powerful)

A character c🌠an sometimes be defeated before a punch is even thrown. Varrick is one of the few people who outsmarted Team Korra repeatedly for a long period of time. He managed to shatter the team through social machinations and nearly left Aasami destitute.

Sure he can't bend and he can't really throw a punch we'd bet, he's still in great physical shape, he just doesn't want to do anything boring. Which is why he makes Zhu Li and Bolin carry him around.

The brilliant inventor even managed to create the most dangerous weapon of his time.

When a fight did break out that he couldn't escape from, he managed to rig an emp from assorted electrical equipment in a guardhouse.

25 💦 A Di♛sappointing Legacy (Weak)

Boy, oh boy, did they ever try to make Prince Wu dislikable when he showed up. They realized they did far too good a job in his introduction and so later tried to backpedal and make him seem like a good person but it didn't really work.

He's another one of those "goofy" fighters that The Legend of Korra had way too many of. As with nearly no warning or character development or even explanation, it's revealed he can convince wild animals to fight for him by singing to them.

This is one character I would have been fine getting to see knocked around more often.

He definitely ♔played the part of the annoying damsel in distre🌞ss well but the fact that they tried to show he could fight just fell flat.

24 ๊ True Madness ꦜ(Powerful)

Compelling, sympathetic and yet relatable while posing a big enough threat t🐠hat everyone agrees she has to be defeated.

She honestly seemed unstoppable throughout most of the series, tearing through Team Avatar and manipulating Zuk𝄹o with ease. It was only when her sanity began slipping and she began to crack under pressure that we ever ꦍsaw a weakness.

Princess Azula could write the book on how to be an effective villain.

A Firebending prodi༺gy, Azula managed to master Lightningbending at an extremely 𓃲young age and uses that creatively in her fights to entirely overwhelm her opponents. Her regular flames too burn so hotly they flare blue instead of orange.

A true terror anywhere you meet her, Azula likely wouldn't have lost if she'd managed to keep her self-control.

23 ♒ Rock-A-Lanch (W🌊eak)

I love The Boulder. He's hilarious and one of my favorite characters, I really wish they'd done something with the wrestling joke in The Legend of Korra.

Doesn't stop The Boulder from being a bit of a weakling though, while there's no real shame in losing to Toph he at least could have put up a fight. Instead, it was two moves from her and a very painful scream from The Boulder before he had lost the fight.

He did come back later to help during the attack on The Fire Nation but all he did waꦗs throw boulders alongside a few of the other Earthbenders present. Kind of a let down really.

I'm still waiting for the comic that's gonna explore his tragic backstory.

22 Ice Que♒en (Powerful)

Waterbending is one of the strongest disciplines. Maybe not for direct attacks but it has the most varied and diverse usages. From healing to controlling other people's blood in an incredibly painful process, Waterbending is extremely versatile.

Katara is a master at Waterbending.

She had been self-taught most her life before finally getting some training from a White Lotus member no le𝔉ss. While healing was her forte before her proper training after she grew to be a much🎃 more competent fighter.

She only became stronꦕger when she learned the hilariously overpowered skill of Bloodbending straight from its creator. Katara really is a strong character and has even managed to defeat Azula by outsmarting her and then a very complex tech🌊nique.

21 ꦡ Wheat Kings (We🐽ak)

One of the most commonly shipped characters, with... well basically everyone, Jet manages to look cool. He's got the most interesting weapons in the show, looks like Spike from Cowboy Bebop and he's even chewing on some wheat constantly.

He's so weak though. He manages to get the drop on Team Avatar at first but quickly loses that advantage and is defeated. Later on, when he runs into Zuko, he attacks the exiled Prince in an attempt to prove he's a Firebender.

Despite his amazing sword skills though he's defeated again.

Without Zuko needing to rely on any bending. Poor Jet never manages to win even a single fight before he's slain by Long Feng.