Talk:Bending arts/@comment-12963398-20130722050110/@comment-5631273-20130831050513

The Avatar has access to all the bending arts, so the Avatar is excluded. Bending lava requires you to be able to Firebend and Waterbend, something only the Avatar can do. Sozin wasn't able to bend lava, he was, however, able to direct the heat emnating from the lava to another direction, therefore causing the lava to cool.