Talk:And the Winner Is.../@comment-5065495-20120513223559/@comment-61.6.228.140-20120514101248

I doubt it, because lightning generation itself is from the Firebender themselves, while redirection, as far as we know is a technique exclusive to Iroh and Zuko - learned by Iroh from Waterbenders, something rare and unlikely in the Avatar world.

The numbers of lightning users is quite high in Republic City, so no doubt the Equalists would have made the tasers Firebender-proof.