Talk:Bumi (King of Omashu)/@comment-78.22.150.253-20100817200727/@comment-65.126.104.250-20101202233615

I don't think earthbenders need contact per se (Toph being the exception b/c her style is different). What they need is to be able to move their arms and legs--that's why what Bumi did was an example of how powerful he is, being able to bend w/o moving his limbs. Bumi can't metalbend; in The Old Masters he uses rocks to open his cage and take out Ozai's statue. He doesn't bend the metal itself.