Momo would be in the "not enough rocks" category

Toph can use her seismic sense in Kora to watch her kids around the world. She's gone beyond being a bender to becoming something of a master of the spiritual nature of earth.

Minor note: Bumi’s not bending the statue itself, you can see from 20:01-20:03 that he’s bending rock pillars from beneath to tilt the statue. The metal sound would presumably be from the metal moving as a result. So no, he’s not metalbending.

Even without the books, Kyoshi has shown more than enough to be legendary tier. She literally split a continent in half. That's raw power far beyond what even Boomy was capable of. As for combat power/fighting style, she trained the Kyoshi warriors and taught them how to fight. So imagine Suki, but far more skilled in every way and with Earth bending even stronger than Boomy.

I really like the idea of bumi with the whole neutral jing stuff and that there were no casulties when he took back his city. But him just surrendering without giving any reasons to his soldiers was just bad leadership. It was pretty funny tough.

Quick note, at 19:37 it was mentioned he took back Ba Sing Se by himself. That is not Ba Sing Se, that is Omashu.

In my head-cannon, the only reason Toph didn’t use lava bending is that she couldn’t sense it as easily with her seismic senses, and therefore risked seriously burning her feet. She already knows the damage that does to her abilities from when Zukko accidentally burned her, so she didnt even bother with it.

About Bumi metalbending! If you look very close in that scene, you can see he just rose pillars of earth to raise the stature. It's VERY hard to notice though, so I don't blame people for being confused. Overanalyzing Avatar was also lost on it. Personally, I do think Bumi would be able to metalbend if he knew of the possibility, it was just...well. Toph invented metalbending by being the GOAT for a reason.

I think the reason Bolin and Roku can lava bend is because they have fire nation ancestory; Bolin's mom was from the fire nation and Roku's main element was fire. I assume Ghazan also descended from the fire nation as well.

I think what is really impressive about bumi is, that he can bend with only his vision and doesn't necessarily need movements for it

Cool thing about Toph is she can't just see through seismic sense but she can sense the stone and rocks in the air too. Being able to exceptionally duel any other earthbenders because she senses all of their attacks, even the ones that are not connected to the ground.

Ok, wait, i was on board until kyoshi. It's an earthbender tier list, not a martial artist tier list and moving continent, erupting lava and creating an island from scratch is pretty top tier earthbending.

“Not enough rocks thrown” for Kyoshi, go read the books

Toph's minor disadvantage against aerial attacks wasn't mentioned, but I think it's so minor in comparison to her advantages that she still clinches the top spot over Bumi. Would love to see an all-out sparring match between those two, would be one for the ages.

Imagine if you could get an Avatar trained by: Iroh = Fire, Toph = Earth, Gyatso = Air, Katara = Water, Piandao = General fighting techniques

great video! i agree with almost everything, definitely think kyoshi will move up once you read the novels, she is an incredibly powerful earth bender. can't wait for the one on water benders, will be very interesting to see your ranking

The Sandbenders actually made multiple giant towers of rock when they were trying to get rid of the vulture bees, which, if you look at the scale of what they did, is the strongest earthbending feat done in the whole show apart from avatar state earthbending.

Roku is 100% in legendary, the feats of lava bending and creating a HUGE wall against that volcano WITHOUT the avatar state was unlike anything we've ever seen before, people underrate roku fr

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Really should have read the book before making a tier list, especially since it means that Yun wasn't on the list and he was quite possibly the greatest earth bender before the creation of Metal Bending. Not to mention the Gravedigger Jianzhu. Jianzhu once wiped out a water tribe fleet by raining boulders down on them while Yun bended the earth like it was multiple elements, he could move like an airbender, move earth like it was water, had seismic sense, and matched a trained Kyoshi in combat. Not to mention overpowered a spirit with skill and brute force.

The worst is the guys in the live action who need 8 guys to lift 1 rock

Or do the audio book if reading is not your jam. It flows so wonderfully. Kyoshi cannot be disregarded in this way. Her combat with dust stepping, focused on small things with her fan weapons, bringing down half a mountain, landslides, lifting buildings, the sea floor, she is the most nonchalant legend of all time and deserves your respect! 💚

I will admit that every time we see Kyoshi earthbending in the main series it's always after she activates the avatar state boosting her power, but its not really fair too judge her skill off using the avatar state alone when it comes too earth literally being her main element, if you read the books you definitely get a new perspective, but still considering Kyoshi's technique in the LOK intro and the fact that she split a whole part of an island off of its mainland using earthbending and using lavabending too do so as well means she's incredibly versed in both her knowledge and power when it comes too earthbending, I feel as if she at least belongs in the Masters tier

Avatar Szeto: Masters - he could go in not enough rocks thrown, but we do see him lava bend 4 volcanoes at once in the show, so I'd say he goes above Roku, he probably should go higher but we don't see any other feats (Szeto is the fire avatar before Yangchen) Spoilees for the comics below Sun (Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy): Skilled - She's a though she has minimal control over lava, I'd put her just above The Boulder Ho Tun, Penga, & The Dark One (Many Comics): Prodigies - They show mild proficiencs in combat and teach beginner metalbenders at Toph's academy, they were also Toph's first students. Yaling (Imbalance): Masters - Above Korra, she was able to go equal with Toph, but she did get the jump on her, ultimately she could go higher but we don't see enough feats Liling (Imbalance): Masters - Above Yaling, she's Yaling's mother and shoes greater proficiency in earthbending than her daughter Spoilers for Rise of Kyoshi & Shadow of Kyoshi below. Wong (Rise of Kyoshi): Prodigies - I'd put him just below a Dai Li agent, he can step on air with a technique called dust-stepping and he's proficient in combat Lek (Rise of Kyoshi): Prodigies - Just above Wong/Under a Dai Li agent, he's a master of precision and can dust-step, he's most known for using a stone-bullet technique Kyoshi (Shadow of Kyoshi): I'd put her earthebeding at a level just above Aang's, maybe above Korra's, she's obviously much stronger in the future, but she's nowhere near her peak in the novels Jianzhu (Rise of Kyoshi): Just below Bumi, his earth bending easily countered AS Kyoshi in Rise of Kyoshi and he taught Kuruk, Yun, etc. He took down a whole military fleet with 2 stone pillars, and he's regarded as the best in his generation Kuruk (Shadow of Kyoshi): Legendary - Above Toph, he's regarded as equal to pre-fusion Yun so yea. (Edit was here, I kinds underestimated pre-fusion Yun initially so I had to bump him up) Post-Fusion Yun (Shadow of Kyoshi): Legendary - Above Toph, he went toe to tor with Hei Ran, Rangi, and Kyoshi with ease. He also killed and ate a spirit KURUK couldn't defeat BEFORE he fused with it while he was exhausted.

While I do agree that lava bending is overpowered in terms of raw power I don’t think it broke the magic system, there are two non avatar lava benders meaning it’s so rare (on the level of blood bending) that the pure power of it works in my opinion. Obviously if it became as common as metal bending did then it would be incredibly broken. Also you have to acknowledge the sheer power that air bending contains in just it’s one element but when you factor in the nature of air benders it offsets the raw power, Zaheer showed how deadly a single air bender could be if they wanted. My point is the raw strength of a type of bending isn’t the sole part of what defines its ‘brokenness’ much like how blood bending (imo even more powerful than lava bending) or sucking air out of the lungs of someone doesn’t break the magic system due to other limiting factors

Bumi couldn’t metal bend. I’m pretty sure he was using the rocks he had just shot into the statue to move it

I don't get how lavabending is lore-breaking. If a water bender can manipulate water temperature (molecules?) and create ice, so can an earthbender with earth/rocks. I actually thought it was more obvious why an earthbender can lavabend than firebenders being able to shoot lightning out of their finger tips. Anyway, great video and ranking!

Kyoshiii basically going into her God mode and yet it wasn't impress you. Kyoshiii is literally a war machine. "Not enough rocks to throw.. on the other hand my girl kyoshiii separate a freaking island". 😂

13:24 We also saw Aang Bending both air and earth at the same time. So he was thinking both like an Earthbender AND an Airbender simultaneously. Not necessarily a showcase of Earthbending skill, per-say, but still impressive if you think about it.

A pet theory we had about the Royal guard and Terra Team being so underwhelming, is because above-average benders sooner or later get noticed and enlisted by the Dai Li. It feels pretty thematic for a corrupt secret police force to strengthen their own ranks at the detriment of the actual military that's supposed to protect resp. the king and the city (and for the soldiers it's a ticket out of a lethal war, much like guarding the gulags was for soviet militarymen).

Everytime kyoshi was on screen she showed insane prowess in earth bending. Like she moved an entire island away from the main land and flung two multiple stories high statues.

I think this is a great tier list. Looking forward to the others!

After kiyoshi i cant take anything seriously 💀

Personally I don't agree with putting any metal benders that far down. We saw Toph create metal bending and lost our minds because she just did the impossible. It immediately made her the strongest earth bender in ATLA. I understand it's more widespread in The Legend of Korra but still the fact that they can use this rare ability is proof in itself that they're exceptional earth benders. Loved the video man I'm watching the fire benders one after this.

The problem with Toph is the fact that she is almost useless in certain locations. For example, in the desert she can't see clearly. And in poles I believe is to cold for her, so she would have to wear shoes, which makes her completely blind So I believe she is weaker than Bumi overall

kyoshi - Lava bending, spliting a continent, trained the kyoshi warriors, didn`t hesitate before killing someone and just that makes it so she needs her own category above everyone else

Bumi puts the iron grandpa to shame, cause bumi is titanium great-granddaddy, seriously, 120 and still whooping younger benders, whats he eat, diamonds.

Completely agree with this list👍 especially where u put gazan some people seem to underrate him but his lava bending skills is op

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You are really good! I watched your list on waterbending too and i agree almost 100%. The diagreements are so minor that they dont really change the overall substance. Great analysis

Ok, Aang would be prodigy for water and fire however Aang has tossed some rocks way more efficiently then Korra.

Thank you! Lava bending is definitely over-powered! It always bugged me that the lore was changed to have it be only Earthbending.

I’d say Toph’s ability to read people’s mind to a degree that she knows people are lying is enough to give her a combat advantage through that ability. Knowing if your opponent is preparing to strike, which is even easier to read than detecting lies, so she should be able to, is pretty valuable. You will always either strike first or be able to defend yourself.

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Creating an island ain’t enough rocks

Great list! Agreed with your top 3 and Lin is better than Sui. Thanks for a great video!

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I want to see the fire benders ranked

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Nice, you finished the masters tier and no mention of the hippo. I know he'd be a legend!

Nice channel. I would say that Bumi didn't metal bend but put those rocks on the Ozai statue so said statue could be moved.

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Theory: Korea was good at bending whips easily because it has the same fluidity as water does

Actually Toph and Bumi had a fight in the comics which sadly got interrupted. But they seemed to be pretty even in that fight. So if there was somebody to be capable of defeating her it is most likely him. And obviously Kyoshi

3:13 and even then, that big metal wall was clearly built into Aiwei’s house for that purpose. It’d make sense

The fact Toph is number one without any real debate despite she's only on screen as a young child or a very old lady is telling of how overpowered she has to be.

I hope it isn't too late to throw my vote in, I think water should be next. I do think it is helpful to clarify you are focusing on combative abilities, not really the extra skills bending can provide. I love the pun on Rockies. I would say you placed the Metalbender Police too high on your list, mobility and utility are not combat per se, and we dont see them do much in combat per se. And the fact that Xin Fu lasted as long as he did against Tohp was impressive enough. By nature, the fact that Aang struggled with Earthbending, it is hard to call him a prodigy, I'd say he would be fire water and fire, and the fact that by the time he took down the Fire Lord/Phoenix King Toph said he still had a long way to go in mastering it. Now I love Bolin, he is my favorite character, but I would put him at prodigy, not master. I agree with the statement that this is your list, and not mine, and I agree that they are right next to each other, but I personally would put Suyin on top of the two. But I do agree with your legendries 100%

I was wondering where you would put Toph in relation to Bumi. I knew they'd be the top 2, but the question was who would be #1. I would say that Bumi is probably a match for AtLA Toph, but LoK Toph is just too much. Effortlessly beating Korra, literally sensing things from the other side of the continent, and frankly when she learns Bolin is a Lava Bender, her reaction makes me think she could probably do it, as well. Toph taught herself Earth, Sand, and Metal Bending. Would is be a shock to think she taught herself Lava Bending? (The only way I see her not being able to is if they confirm the fan theory that Lava Bending is only possible for Earth Benders who have Fire Nation ancestry.) Otherwise, I think this list is pretty fair. I'd probably but Aang a bit higher. Even by the end of AtLA, he was demonstrating Earth Bending that was clearly on par or better than people higher on the list. Oh, and Kyoshi should probably be Legendary. She has some insane feats with it in her book. Most notably when she pulled Earth from the Ocean's surface. They were literally meeting out at sea to prevent Earth Bending, and she was able to pull Earth from the bottom of the ocean. It was also shown that she was better at large scale Earth Bending than more nuanced Earth Bending and started using the fans to help her focus and control her Earth Bending.

Kyoshi wasn’t in the Avatar State when she did that. She briefly entered it to figure out how to do it, then she did it on her own.

Bumi is definitely the guy who would have accidentally realized he could bend metal but then forgets he can

In regards to toppling the Ozai Statue I'd say no, as he didn't move it until after launching chunks of rock into its face; also I'm constantly reviewing the theory that the Dai Li can metal-bend due to how efficiently they used their chains to imprison people...

At 15:07, it displays Bolin's precision even more - he didn't hit P'li's third eye, it ricocheted off of her chin, throwing her head back, and then intercepted the combustion beam right above her head. Hard to notice, but extremely badass :)

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I feel like some folk are misinterpreting Kyoshis placement as bottom tier and not understanding that you're just putting her under "i haven't seen enough to tell". But yeah good list I'd say, can't speak on the Korra stuff cause i ain't watched that since it was new, but otherwise placements and reasons are good to me.

I would just follow the avatar cycle for the order of videos So after earth comes fire, then air and then water (My idea at least)

Nahh Avatar Kyoshi didnt just "create a wedge", she literally broke off an entire piece of land and created an island with only a few moves. That, alone, puts her in legendary.

💯 agree. Best Earthbenders ranking I've seen 👏 👌

I side with Lin being the better earthbender. I mean when she was fighting su she was clearly unwell. Having a hard time breathing and sweating just from walking. As far as the things we see her do she just has more impressive feats. She seems to have a better grip on her seismic sense too.

good vdeo but do i sense a dutch accent ?

Kyoshi v Toph is a conversation to be had tbh

The guide from the Great divide was missed!! Got to redo the whole list now!

Nice video, my one disagreemet is the dai lee, even in atla they were kinda a joke who got bodied by any decently competent earth bender. They were a threat in their numbers and ability to coordinate, but an individual dai lee agent isn't too impressive, especially not immediately below aang in terms of prowess, they're skilled, but not high prodogies

Pretty good video also btw I just knew we were gonna get a comment saying that Korra “changed the lore” when really it was just expanded😭

This is all on point! But i can't believe you did Kyoshi like that. don't deny yourself the pleasure of reading those two books, and the Yangchen ones!!!

this tier list is wild

This feels like a “who do we see earth bend more” list rather than a “who’s most powerful” tier list

Didn’t kyoshi move an island 😂

Thats true, Toph is definetly amongst the best benders to ever exist. She mastered earthbending from learning from the original source, badgermoles, she invented and mastered metalbending. In the comics she could lavabend. Even at such a young age, she masters earthbending and can fight against Bumi and Azula. She can use seismic sense. She is also agile, powerful, defensive and can fight beat anyone except for an avatar in the avatar state

Great vid

Toph was mostly a hard counter to other earth benders, and her unique self taught style caught her opponents off guard because she fought so differently from other earthbenders. Benders with the ability to change their trajectory midair can take Toph down without too much trouble if they knew how Toph's style worked.

How is aang not at master at at-least and you have korra higher than him she just use punches 😂😂

Hey for anyone still doubting Toph She held a collapsing mine full of giant pure iron boulders which are actually belongs to a colossal Ancient spirit for half a day. After sleeping for few minutes, rejoined Aang against the said spirit which at that time was covered in ironclad armor (Aang can't Metalbend). She mastered Sandbending within couple of months without teacher or scrolls. She consider her daughters as second rate metalbenders even though we know that they're both mastered it. She should have been a White Lotus member. That said, Kyoshi was not a bad Earthbender when it comes to small scale bending. She's the one who taught the Dai Li the most efficient way to fight with earth gloves. Give Toph a fistful of processed Meteorite and she'll win against large scale Earthbenders. Full metal armor will do a quick work on a lavabender before the armor gets hot.

in the statue clip, bumi was bending the ground under it, not metalbending. it was a little difficult to see though so no worries

Toph is probably one of the most gifted benders of all time. Probably the best earthbender of all time. It's hard to say who is the best ever in the other 3 elements.

You put Korra over Aang? Naw...

the part "not enough rocks thrown" should be "the pebbles"

The metal sound when Bumi took down the statue is weird, but seismic plates scraping against eachother have been known to make metal scraping sounds. It could be the pillars he made to tip it over went incredibly deep, all the way to the earths crust.

100% agree with this list. Earthbending is bestbending!

Im happy you put kuvira up top. Everything you said was so right.

You are the next incarnation of the YT avatar content creator, the editing is amazing! I like the puns, rockies was genius lol.

I'm sorry but this is your first ranking that i 100% agreed 😅

Definitely agree with the placements of these characters, I really like how you placed the Avatars objectively instead of like most people that put them right at the top just based on the fact theyre an avatar. Definitely check out the Kyoshi and Yangchen books, the placement of Kyoshi is my only wtf of the list but i get it if it's just based on the tv series. Before knowing she was the Avatar she easily lifted the bottom of the ocean up to crush a bunch of warships.

lava bending is a sub-branch of earth bending by moving rocks in a hot molten fire they can essentially lava bend but fire benders can also bend by controlling fire in the molten rocks mixed in they can essentially lava bend. fire benders also have lava bending as a subgroup of the fire-bending tree.

I know this is ranked based off of the show but Kyoshi pulled land from the bottom of the sea in the written novels before she'd mastered earth bending so....

as well as a "best benders" tier list you could also do a list of the best non-benders too! of course it wouldn't be as big as the benders list, but it is worth the mention