Talk:Airbending/@comment-5354677-20120731233401/@comment-63.144.108.65-20120824013300

The reason airbending is equal because they are pacifist. If they weren't pacifist they would indeed be the most powerful, aside from the Avatar. However, do not pity their pacifist nature. If they were not pacifist they might get ideas about conquering the world like Fire Lord Sozin in The Avatar and the Firelord. My point is, the nature of the bender is what limits or extends the power their bending has to the point that all bending elements are equal.