Talk:Bumi (King of Omashu)/@comment-4885978-20120715142211/@comment-5176024-20120724034930

While Bumi could bend the earth without being in contact with it, he hadn't mastered neutral jing like Toph had. He was (what is assumed) 112 and still trying to master it. I'm sure Toph mastered neutral jing well before she was twelve.

Bumi was not known to be able to sandbend. Even though Toph couldn't at first, by the series finale she'd (almost?) mastered it. She also discovered/invented metalbending and taught it. She was also clever enough to use it as a means to build a powerful policeforce.

Don't get me wrong, I love Bumi and think he's a fantastic earthbender, but the facts and logic dictate that Toph is the superior earthbender since she has skills that Bumi does not possess and is a master at a much younger age.