Talk:Airbending/@comment-67.1.26.216-20120427012737

The reason the airbenders lost to the firebenders was that

although it theoretically be possible to do all sorts of deadly moves those moves have to be invented first, the same way bloodbending and metalbending were invented. it took a degree of time to figure out how to do those things and the airbenders have spend no time refineing the deadly possiblitys of their bending. in direct contrast the firebenders have spent a large amount of time directed to this pursuit for their own bending making them a deadlier fighting force.

also they may have had dragons and or a powerboost from the commet at their disposal