Talk:And the Winner Is.../@comment-96.60.206.20-20120513193146/@comment-128.135.100.102-20120513234818

The reason they fight may also account for the difference. In TLA, the benders are literally fighting for their lives. They must train to have the endurance to survive a battle and to take on multiple opponents who aren't playing by any rules. They are fighting to kill.

The benders in LOK on the other hand seem to utilize their bending for sports and street fighting. I doubt that these benders have had any formal training at all. When things get real they can't deal with it.

You just have to look at Tahno's team and their pathetic bending against Amon's men. The Probending style just isn't going to cut it in a serious situation. They should have been using ice daggers, boulders and flamethrowers not those one second probending potshots.

In the real world, it would be like pitting trained Navy Seals against teenage street fighters.