Rock gloves



Rock Gloves were the favored weapons of the Ba Sing Se secret police known as the Dai Li. Agents wore gloves, each made from fifty-four individual stone tiles, on their hands and used them in battle by Earthbending them by, for example, throwing a stone punch at an opponent standing across the room, using them to snatch someone from behind without getting close enough to be detected, or locking them like cuffs around a person's wrists or ankles. Agents also utilized their bending to swiftly ascend stone walls and to shoot each tile like a dart with enough force to embed itself in a wall.

They had been in use since the founding of the Dai Li by Avatar Kyoshi, as the agents were seen training with them and exerting enough force to even crack a wall while ascending it.

As the gloves were made of rock, they appeared ineffective at restraining Earthbenders as handcuffs. Aang easily disassembled his own cuffs to wave at the Earth King before reforming them, indicating it was not difficult to do so. While it would appeared the Dai Li were able to keep the gloves in place, this would likely fail if an agent faced a stronger Earthbender, and it should be noted that when the Dai Li arrested known Earthbenders, such as Long Feng, they utilized metal cuffs and chains to secure their targets, providing support for this theory.

Rock shoes similar to the gloves were seen to be worn on feet as well. The Dai Li used these shoes to slide down and to cling to walls and suspend themselves on the ceiling. Long Feng and the Dai Li used them in Lake Laogai during their fight with Team Avatar and the reformed Freedom Fighters. It is expected that they could also be used like rock gloves to extend the range of kicks.