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 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 pillar attacks. 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 farts 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.