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 leader 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 but was catapulted into the air before he could even begin to fight. Hitting poles and tents on his way down, the earthbender fell to the ground, 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 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 bringing him onto the 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, the doorman, and Equalists

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. Taking out his wrench, he attacked her however, the Avatar was able to avoid his attacks. The doorman hit the plumbing on the wall, giving Korra the steam she needed however, he failed to hit Korra. Using Mako's scarf Korra tied his hands and threw him into the pipes, rendering him unconscious. Back on an Equalist shoved Bolin toward Amon. Bolin attempted to persuade Amon into allowing him to keep his bending, but to no avail. The Equalist leader was about to remove his bending, but was interrupted when Korra filled the room with steam. Amon retreated, and an Equalist caught Bolin from behind, but Mako was thrown into the air. Thanking Mako, the two brothers ran off the stage.

Duel outside 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 a ladder, the Lieutenant suddenly electroshocked the ladder with his electrified kali sticks, causing them to fall to the ground as the Equalist jumped down, 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 ran toward 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 away with one of his sticks and electrocuted him into unconsciousness and defeating the brothers.

Korra soon arrived 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 into the museum underneath Aang's statue. Inside the museum, several Equalists surrounded Korra, who managed to fight some of them off with firebending and 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 between the White Falls Wolfbats and the Equalists
Combatants: White Falls Wolfbats, Equalists, and Amon

Victor: Equalists and Amon



After the White Falls Wolfbats won the Pro-bending Tournament, undercover Equalists began revealing themselves in the audience, pulling electrified gloves out of their popcorn cartons and covering their faces with their clothes. Amon, along with several other Equalists, approached the Wolfbats in the ring. Tahno and his teammates, confused, started to retreat, but after being forced to the other side of the field, the team decided to fight them. However, Amon dodged all of their attacks and the Equalists were able to seize them, allowing their leader to take their bending away despite Tahno pleading for mercy. Afterwards, the Equalists tossed them in the water pit below the ring and Amon gave a speech about equality 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 toward 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. 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.

Duel at Dragon Flats district
Combatants: Team Avatar and Equalists

Victor: Team Avatar



On patrol through the streets of Republic City, Team Avatar encountered four Equalists on motorcycles escorting a truck filled with escaped convicts. The group gave chase within Asami's car. As the Equalist convoy passed through the middle of the street, incoming traffic swerved to the sides of the road to avoid crashing.

Tailing the chi blockers, Asami weaved through these wayward cars, however a large truck, appearing from a side street, blocked their way. Earthbending a large ramp, Korra and Bolin sent the car careening through the air above to bypass the truck. At this point, Mako utilizing lightning to strike at one of the chi blockers' motorcycles, ensured the rider fell on the road along with his motorcycle. Likewise, with earthbending fragments of stone from the surface of the road, Bolin punctured the back tire of another trailing motorcycle, causing the chi-blocker to join his comrade. Promptly maneuvering, Asami dodged the fallen cyclist.

Using an apparatus on the back of their motorcycles, the remaining two chi-blockers produce a smoke screen in front of Team Avatar. Asami attached her goggles to circumvent this and noticed the convoy turning to the right at a T-junction up ahead. At this high speed, Korra and Bolin had no choice but to earthbend a large, angled curve along the turn, forcing the car across the sharp corner before landing back onto the street to resume the chase. Asami accelerated to ram the back of the remaining two motorcycles, flinging the riders into the air before they landed on top of the bonnet.

Mako began to firebend against the Equalist on his side, however, his arms were immobilized by the other Equalist's bola. The first Equalist assaulted Bolin, striking the pressure points of his arm and knocking him back into his seat. Asami electrocuted the offending chi-blocker with her glove, causing the Equalist to collapse onto the back seat. Attempting to pull Mako out of his seat, the left Equalist was unsuccessful when Korra pulled Mako back down by the shoulders. The Equalist tripped into the car, where Asami promptly electrocuted him and Mako lifted him, uncouncious, to the back before. Asami pulled up along the side of the unguarded truck, allowing Mako to shoot lightning at the driver, rendering him unconscious, causing the now unmanned truck began to swerve before tumbling to its sides, hitting a lamp post before sliding to a stop. Reporters were the first to appear on the scene as the team waited for the police to arrive.

Duel at City Hall
Combatants: Korra and Tarrlok

Victor: Tarrlok



At night, Tarrlok was doing paperwork at City Hall, assisted by the council page. Korra came through the window and demanded Tarrlok release her friends and the unjustly detained non-benders. Tarrlok dismissed the page and refused, revealing that the reason he arrested her friends was to force her to rejoin his task force. Korra refused to allow herself to be intimidated and Tarrlok pointed out that both of them were willing to go to extremes to get what they wanted. Korra denied the similarity and compared Tarrlok to Amon, causing him to attack Korra with a water stream. Korra dodged and counterattacked with earthbending and firebending, but the councilman created a barrage of ice darts. The barrage left Korra unable to move freely or attack, forcing her to protect herself with an earth wall. The Avatar then flipped the wall of Tarrlok's office, sending him into the council's meeting room. Korra jumped there and earthbend leaving him without any water to bend. Korra taunted Tarrlok - believing him to be helpless without water - and rushed in to deliver a final blow with firebending, only for him to reveal himself to be a bloodbender by completely stopping Korra in her tracks before knocking her out. He then threw her against the wall and detained her in a police car, vowing to take her far away from Republic City, where she would never get in his way again. She was barely able to let out a breath of fire before Tarrlok shut the door and started driving toward parts unknown.

Duel underground
Combatants: Lin Beifong, Bolin, Mako, Asami Sato, Tenzin, metalbending officers, and Equalists, Lieutenant

Victor: Lin Beifong, Bolin, Mako, Asami Sato, Tenzin, and metalbending officers



When Mako, Bolin, Asami, Lin, and Tenzin were searching for Korra, they soon found an tunnel that led to an underground Equalist facility. After infiltrating it, they used a tram to transport through the base, but when they were about to meet two chi-blockers after a tunnel's exit, the Equalists noticed it was empty. From inside the tunnel, Lin used her metal cables to grab the two and drag them inside. Lin then used her seismic sense to search the prison. Mako, Lin, and Tenzin headed off down the corridor. They turned the corner and see two Equalists, who prepared to attack them. Tenzin used his airbending to knock them against a wall. Mako ran toward them and grabbed one of them, removing his mask. He asked where Korra was and dropped the man back to the ground. Lin walked up and scanned the hole prison, but Korra was not there. A siren went off and the group ran back to where Bolin and Asami were standing guard. Everyone got into the tram, which took off. Equalists in another tram started to catch up from behind. Bolin used his earthbending to collapse the tunnel sides, causing the tram to crash in the rubble. Lin, at the front of the tram, noticed the Lieutenant and an army of Equalists waiting up ahead. The tram climbed the rail as Lin earthbended a hole in the ceiling. The tram flew through the gap and landed on the ground of the tunnel above. Everyone groaned as Lin made another hole in the ceiling and daylight streamed in.

Duel between Tarrlok and the Equalists
Combatants: Tarrlok, Equalists, Lieutenant, and Amon

Victor: Amon



Tarrlok, whose identity as a bloodbender had just been exposed, returned to his hideout and prepared to make his escape from Republic City with Korra as his hostage. He walked up the stairs from the basement where Korra was imprisoned only to find Amon, the Lieutenant and three chi-blockers in front of him. The Equalists slowly approached Tarrlok, who swiftly brought them to the ground with his bloodbending, but surprisingly Amon remained standing. Tarrlok intensified his bloodbending, which seemed to slow down Amon for a bit but was ultimately ineffective. Amon swiftly immobilized Tarrlok, brought him to his knees, and removed his bending. Tarrlok let out a yell and collapsed, unconscious.

Duel between the Korra and the Equalists
Combatants: Korra, Equalists, the Lieutenant, and Amon

Victor: None



Having defeated Tarrlok, Amon proceeded to haul the former waterbender into his truck, but not before ordering his henchmen to capture Korra, advising them to first electrocute her metal cell to incapacitate her. He also warned them not to underestimate her. The Lieutenant electrocuted the cell with his kali sticks, but Korra managed to avoid the electricity by suspending herself in the air, using her insulating arm guard to secure herself against the grate on the ceiling. Once the cell was opened, the Avatar feigned unconsciousness before launching a blast of fire that knocked down the surprised Equalists outside. She dodged a bola that was aimed at her and unleashed a wave of earthbending, allowing her time to escape the building without pursuit. Once outside, she came face-to-face with Amon. Instead of engaging him directly, Korra opted to launch a barrage of icicles to block his path. Amon tried to intercept her, but nevertheless, the Avatar escaped by sliding down the mountain.

Duel at the top of City Hall
Combatants: Tenzin and Equalists

Victor: Tenzin



When Tenzin was landing on the roof of City Hall on Oogi he dismounted and walked around the dome, where several workers were cleaning the glass. They nod at each other as Tenzin passes. He walks a few steps further, then pauses as he hears the fizz of electricity. He ducks in surprise as an electrified disk spirals over his head, then spins in midair as another barely misses him. He lands on his feet as the Equalists drop to the ground and seize his wrists with bolas. Tenzin dodges their attacks, then airbends himself high into the air with an air tornado. He uses the winds to blast one Equalist into the wall and the two holding the bolas onto a nearby rooftop. He lands back on the ground as the door opens and the Council page comes out.

Duel outside the Police Headquarters
Combatants: Tenzin, Saikhan, Team Avatar and mecha tanks

Victor: Team Avatar



Tenzin walked out of the Police headquarters with an air dome to protect Saikhan and his workers. As they walked down the stairs everyone in Tenzin's party gasped as six mecha tanks were seen surrounding the entrance. The mecha tanks held up magnetic arms that attracted the metalbender's police uniforms. Two metalbender officers were captured with this magnetism and Tenzin tried to save Saikhan by pulling on him with an air current, however, the magnet was too strong and captured Saikhan.

The three mecha tanks put the capturerd officers into a truck. One mecha tank fired a pincer cable at Tenzin, but he airbent the cable down and continued attacking the mecha tank. Two other mecha tanks began firing cables at Tenzin, who once again deflected them with airbending. A mecha tank charged toward him and fires a pincer cable at him as he jumped out of the way, knocking him against the wall of Police headquarters. Tenzin used an air wheel to soften his fall, he looked up to see the truck drive away with Saikhan and the other officers. Tenzin looked up and sees a burning police airship falling out of sight behind a building. The telegraph operators were captured by Equalists on the steps. His vision blurred and went black as the mecha tanks began to close in. The six mecha tanks began to close in on Tenzin, but Asami drove around a corner and sped towards the scene. Bolin earthbent two ramps in front of the car and Team Avatar bail out of the car before drives off of the ramps and knocks one mecha tank into another, destroying them.



The other four mecha tanks closed in on Team Avatar. Mako, Bolin, and Korra took out one mecha tank with their bending. A mecha tank grabbed Mako with a cable and started electrify him. Mako grabs the cable and redirected the electricity at the mecha tank. The electricity courses through the tank as its lights go out and it slumps on itself. Korra ran up one of Bolin's ramps and bent water into the exhaust pipes of another mecha tank. It began malfunctioning as Bolin used earthbending to knock it over. Two Equalists carried Tenzin to a truck and set him down when Asami electrocuted one from behind. She takes out five more Equalists as they attack her. Tenzin then joins Mako, who is dodging a mecha tank's attacks. Tenzin positions himself beneath the tank and airbends it high into the air, sending it flying into the dome of City Hall.

As the battle is observed by Hiroshi Sato from above Team Avatar and Tenzin are seen taking out the final mecha tank.

Duel at Air Temple Island
Combatants: Lin Beifong, White Lotus sentries, Equalists, the Lieutenant, Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo

Victor: Lin Beifong, White Lotus sentries, Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo



While Tenzin and Team Avatar were fighting Equalist forces at the Police Station, Equalist airships approached Air Temple Island. One group of chi-blockers engaged the White Lotus sentries, while the other group (led by the Lieutenant) moved ahead, only to come face-to-face with Lin. Despite being badly outnumbered Lin managed to take out a large number of chi-blockers, using a combination of metalbending cable attacks and earthbending rock pillars. The Lieutenant managed to gain the upper hand when her cables wrapped around his kali sticks, giving him the chance to electrocute her. He was about to deliver the knockout blow when Jinora came swooping in on her glider, landed and used her staff to deliver a powerful gust that sent him flying into the distance. Next, Ikki came charging in on an air scooter and managed to knock down a number of chi-blockers. Lin implored the two girls to run away, when Meelo suddenly made a dramatic entrance, taking down several opponents with his trademark airbending-enhanced flatulence blasts and other more traditional air blasts. The defeated Equalists (minus the Lieutenant) were tied up, and Lin ordered the White Lotus sentries to lock them up in the temple basement.

Duel in the skies
Combatants: General Iroh and Equalist biplanes

Victor: General Iroh

After being freed by Naga from their prison cell at the Equalist airfield, General Iroh, Bolin, and Asami headed outside, towards the airstrips.

Upon reaching the airstrips, General Iroh decided to go after a biplane that was preparing to take-off, while Bolin and Asami stayed behind to destroy the airfield. Through utilizing his firebending in a manner similar to jet-propulsion, the General managed to catch up to the moving biplane and hijack it, causing the Equalist pilot to bail out and deploy his parachute. Although Iroh found the biplane difficult to control at first, he eventually managed to catch up with the rest of the fleet and began attacking the other planes. Although he was doing well at first, his plane was destroyed when another biplane launched a bola at his engine, causing its blades to stop rotating. Iroh then utilized his firebending once more to propel himself onto the wing of another biplane. Once on the wing, he launched another fireblast, which destroyed the engine of a biplane in front of him. Iroh then successfully hijacked the plane he currently was on. His luck didn't last very long, however, as his new biplane was attacked and damaged by another aircraft that had dropped a bomb on him from above. Before the attacking biplane had the chance to drop even more bombs, Iroh launched an upward firebending blast, causing the bombs to detonate in the attacking aircraft's bomb bay, effectively destroying it. Soon after this success, Iroh was forced to abandon his biplane, as it was headed straight for the statue of Avatar Aang on Aang Memorial Island. After Iroh jumped out and grabbed onto the Equalist banner hanging from the statue's staff, the plane he had stolen crashed into the statue's head, causing the giant Amon mask to fall off.

Duel at the airfield
Combatants: Asami, Bolin, Naga, Hiroshi Sato, and mecha tanks

Victor: Asami, Bolin, and Naga

While destroying the airstrips at Hiroshi's secret airfield, Bolin was approached by three mecha tanks, who proceeded to launch metal cables at him. Right before the metal cables struck the earthbender, however, Naga caught the cables in her mouth and used them to swing and destroy the attacking mecha tanks.

Meanwhile, on the inside of the airfield's hanger, Asami, who was destroying grounded biplanes via a mecha tank, was confronted by her father, who was also in a mecha tank. After a brief conversation, Hiroshi lunged his mecha tank at Asami. Asami tried to launch to metal cables at her father's tank, but both missed. Hiroshi then rammed into his daughter, sending her and her mecha tank flying back. Hiroshi approached his daughter, who's mecha tank had fallen on its side, and began smashing the glass on the tank. Hiroshi told his daughter that he now realized that there was no chance to "save" her, and he prepared to deliver the final blow. Before being able to land the attack, however, Hiroshi's mecha tank came under the attack of an enraged Bolin, who was launching a barrage of earth chunks at him while riding on Naga. While her father was distracted, Asami leveled her mecha tank, grabbed Hiroshi's tank, ripped off one of the arms, and sent it flying back. Asami then approached her father, who was still inside his destroyed tank. When Asami's tank got close, Hiroshi launched one final metal cable at his daughter, but missed. Hiroshi then attempted to escape on foot, but was captured when Asami used her mecha tank to fire an electrified rope at him.

Duel at the Equalist Victory Rally
Combatants: Korra, Mako, Tenzin, Amon, and the Lieutenant

Victor: Korra, Mako, and Tenzin

After finding out about Amon's past from Tarrlok in his prison and subsequently attempting to expose Amon as a waterbender, Korra and Mako realized that Amon had Tenzin, Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo chained on stage, and was preparing to remove their bending. Before Amon had the chance to do so, however, Mako launched a lightning strike at him from the referee's platform in the arena. Amon dodged the attack, and Korra and Mako used their firebending to run across the Arena's walls and jump on stage. Once on stage, Mako launched an enslaught of fireblasts at the Equalists while Korra freed Tenzin. Once freed, Tenzin sent a number of airbending blasts towards Amon, the Lieutenant, and another Equalist, eventually knocking them all of of the stage. Meanwhile, Korra had been freeing Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo from their chains. Once everyone was freed, the group headed into the Arena's corridors. Once in the hallway, Tenzin took his children and went to find Pema and Rohan, who were being held somewhere in the building. Korra and Mako stayed behind in an attempt to create a diversion, and ran into one of the Arena's gyms.

Amon soon entered the darkened gym, and, through the use of his bloodbending, he was able to pull Korra out from hiding and levitate her in the air. Immediately after, Mako revealed himself and attempted to attack Amon, but was quickly subdued by Amon's bloodbending. Amon then proceeded to remove Korra's bending, causing the Avatar to fall unconscious. Just then, the Lieutenant, who had seen the entire fight, confronted Amon. Furious at Amon's treachery, the Lieutenant lunged himself at Amon, but failed to hit him, as Amon quickly bloodbent the Lieutenant in mid-air. After thanking the Lieutenant for his services, Amon tossed him into a pile of wood.



After dealing with the Lieutenant, Amon approached Mako, who was able to resist his bloodbending just enough to release a bolt of lightning at the bloodbender, sending him flying backwards into a wall. Mako then picked up Korra and ran back out into the hallway. Korra then began to wake up, and Mako told her that everything was going to be alright. Just at that moment, however, Amon grabbed Mako with his bloodbending once more, and Korra fell to the ground. As Amon approached Mako in the corridor, he admitted that he was impressed with the firebender's skill, and that it was almost a shame that he had to remove his bending. Just as Amon was about to take Mako's bending, however, Korra released an airbending punch, which sent both Mako and Amon flying backwards, but effectively put some distance between them. Both Korra and Amon were shocked at the revelation that Korra could airbend, and Amon tried one last time to take control of the Avatar with his bending. Korra was able to break free of his bloodbending grip, however, and blasted him out of a nearby window into Republic City's harbor.

Upon seeing their leader being thrown into the water, a number of Equalist supporters began calling Korra "evil", but promptly stopped when Amon raised himself onto a spinning column of water through the use of his waterbending. The Equalists were shocked to see that Amon was a waterbender, and that his scar was fake. Realizing that his secret was out, Amon used his waterbending to flee the area.