Talk:Amon/@comment-1675383-20120421155354/@comment-1895174-20120421155937

I'll repost:

Amon cannot energybend. The lack of a lights show that happened when Aang took away Ozai's firebending is one clue; another is Lightning Bolt Zolt (sp?) going through those "stages" of losing his bending - from Lightning to Fire to Nothing. It is much more likely that Amon is permanently blocking an important chi pathway (like what happened to Aang after he got struck by Azula's lightning) that removes someone's ability to bend. His foot soldiers' proficiency with chi blocking gives this theory credence.