Duels (170 AG)



Duels are battles fought by at least two individuals and can be considered a form of recreation, a way of settling disputes, or a training tool for students who are developing skills in a particular art. Duels may be friendly spars, fought to pass time, or in the most extreme cases, fought to the death. Duels are practiced by a variety of cultures.

The following is a list of known duels that occurred during 170 ASC.

Duel between Korra and the Triple Threat Triad
Combatants: Korra and three members of the Triple Threat Triad

Victor: Korra



When Korra first arrived to Republic City, she saw three members of the Triple Threat Triad abusing a phonograph vendor. The Avatar immediately challenged them, at which the mobsters laughed derisively. The waterbending member quickly threw a stream of water at Korra; she easily caught it and sent it back, freezing him from the chin-up. The Triad stumbled forward, giving Korra the chance to kick him into the front of their automobile. The ice around his head shattered, momentarily knocking him out. The earthbender then attempted to attack Korra. The Avatar catapulted him into the air with her earthbending before he could even begin to fight. He hit poles and tents on his way down, so by the time he made it to the ground, he had already been defeated. The third member, Two Toed Ping, began firebending at the Avatar, but she simply ran toward him, threw his fire aside, and grabbed his fists, tossing him over through the glass window of a nearby store. The earthbender and waterbender eventually made it to their Satomobile and managed to get Two Toed Ping into the vehicle. However, Korra crashed the vehicle with her earthbending as they tried to make their getaway, accidentally wrecking another shop.

Duel between Amon and Lightning Bolt Zolt
Combatants: Amon and Lightning Bolt Zolt

Victor: Amon



As part of his "Revelation", Amon pledged to prove his power by removing the bending of several captives. These included the Triple Threat Triad leader Lightning Bolt Zolt, some other members of the Triad, and Bolin. After being brought on stage, Amon allowed Zolt to be released and gave him a chance to fight. Lightning Bolt Zolt attempted to defeat Amon with several blasts of fire and lightning, but the Equalist leader easily overpowered him while evading all of his attacks. Amon caught Zolt's arm to control his lightning, and then placed two fingers on his forehead, stripping him of his bending.

Duel at the Rally
Combatants: Korra, Mako and Doorman, Equalist

Victor: Korra and Mako



During the rally, while Korra was creating a steam cloud as cover for Mako to rescue Bolin, the Doorman confronted her and asked what she was doing. She tried to fool him by saying she was looking for the bathroom, but the doorman did not believe her excuse. He then took out his wrench and attacked her. However, the Avatar was able to avoid his attacks.Doorman were hitting plumbs but not Korra.She and used Mako's scarf to tie his hands and throw him into the pipes, rendering him unconscious.An equalist threw Bolin to Amon.Bolin were talking scary to Amon.Amon was redy to take his bending away but suddenly Korra sent the steam in the room.Amon retreated from the there.An equalist catched Bolin from behind but Mako came and threw the equalist back in tha air.Bolin thanked Mako and they went away.

Duel at the Revelation
Combatants: Mako, Bolin, Korra, and the Lieutenant

Victor: Korra, Mako, and Bolin



As Mako and Bolin made their escape from the Equalist rally, they were attacked by the Lieutenant. When the brothers were going down some stairs, the Lieutenant suddenly electroshocked the ladder with his electrified kali sticks, causing them to fall to the ground as the Equalist jumped above them, but the pro-benders were able to evade him. Bolin proceeded to first throw earth in the shape of a pro-bending disk, but the Equalist easily evaded the attack and and ran towards the earthbender, who created an earth wall to protect himself, which the Lieutenant jumped over and reached his opponent, electroshocking him. Mako then attempted to knock the Lieutenant back with a fire kick, but the non-bender swiped him with one of his sticks and electrocuted him into unconsciousness.

Korra then arrived to the place and earthbent Amon's second-in-command into a wall as Naga ran by to scoop up the trio. More Equalists tried giving chase, but Amon stopped them, stating that the Avatar was the best person to spread word of his power.

Duel at Aang Memorial Island
Combatants: Korra and Equalists

Victor: Equalists



After a successful raid of an Equalist facility alongside Tarrlok's task force, Korra challenged Amon to a midnight duel at Aang Memorial Island. As midnight passed, she eventually gave up the wait, believing Amon had not accept her challenge. As she was leaving, the Avatar was ambushed and soon found herself assaulted and dragged with tied legs into the museum underneath Aang's statue. When everything went dark, several Equalists surrounded Korra, who managed to fight some of them off by firebending and raising part of the ground with her earthbending. However, she was soon overpowered by their numbers and immobilized by chi blocking. She regained consciousness when Amon emerged from the shadows and told her that he had a plan that would eradicate the world of benders and that he was saving her for last, and then knocked her out.

Duel at the Pro-bending Arena
Combatants: Fire Ferrets, White Falls Wolfbats and Lieutenant, Amon, Equalists

Victor: Equalists



After Tahno and the Wolfbats won the championship, undercover Equalists began revealing themselves in the audience, pulling electrified gloves out of their popcorn cartons and covering their faces with their clothes. They used the gloves to electrocute Lin, Tenzin, the other metalbending officers on duty, and also the announcer, Shiro Shinobi.

The Lieutenant appeared under the arena by the water, where the Fire Ferrets remained after being knocked out of the ring, and zapped the pool with his electrified kali sticks, knocking Korra and her teammates unconscious. He then tied the Fire Ferrets to one of the support beams of the ring.

Amon, along with other Equalists, approached Tahno and the Wolfbats in the ring.Tahno were threwing water to Amon but he dodged it.Shaozu firebended to Amon but he evaded and catched Shaozu.Tahno was ready to waterbend Amon equalists threw threw ropes and tied them. They tied Shaozu and Ming to.Tahno begged Amon to not take his bending away, even offering him the championship pot, but the Equalist leader ignored him. Amon then stripped each member of the Wolfbats of their bending, tossing them in the water below afterwards. He proceeded to give a speech to the audience.

Duel at the top of Pro-bending Arena
Combatants: Korra, Lin Beifong, the Lieutenant, and Equalists

Victor: None



Having successfully neutralized all security forces, Amon and the Equalists took over the Pro-bending Arena at the conclusion of the championship match. Once in the ring, Amon took away the bending of the White Falls Wolfbats and, after giving a speech about equality, he and his men attempted to make their escape through the glass ceiling of the arena via cables attached to their airship. After initially failing to catch up to the Equalists by creating a water cyclone that ran out of water before she was high enough, the Avatar was flung through the hole in the roof by Lin and was able to knock down the Lieutenant and several other Equalists before launching a fire blast into the bay of the airship, narrowly missing Amon and taking out more Equalists.

An Equalist who was swinging towards Korra was tied up and slammed into the roof by Lin while two others slid down the cable and knocked Korra off her perch, who managed to land safely on the roof. Lin lassoed the cables connected to the airship but was stunned from behind by the Lieutenant's kali sticks. The other three Equalists rushed in to help the Lieutenant, but Korra came to Lin's aid by taking out one Equalist, knocking him down then stepping on him, before blasting the other two Equalists and the Lieutenant, preventing him from landing a finishing blow on Lin, away in quick succession. Korra and the Lieutenant then faced off one-on-one as the two remaining Equalists attempted to join the fight but were quickly immobilized by Lin's metal cables and catapulted away by metalbending.

Lin once again lassoed onto one of the airship's cables and began to reel herself upwards. Korra managed to gradually gain the upper hand against the Lieutenant by avoiding his attacks, knocking away his kali sticks, then delivering an elbow to the face before finally knocking him off the roof with a powerful fire kick. Unfortunately, the glass beneath her gave way immediately after, and Lin was forced to give up her pursuit in order to save Korra from falling to her likely demise.