@Jonkeon42 Oh, you mean to post that P'Li comment? Yeah, sometimes, I still frequent on here for stuff like that, but it's pretty rate. Even that, as you noted, was two months ago. But yeah, I'm glad that we're on the same page haha.
I'd give it 50/50 between P'Li and the comic kemurikage Azula from "Smoke and Shadow," tho, because with instant lightning, she will definitely pose a great threat to P'Li. Unless P'Li can redirect lightning (tho Azula can, too, now), or absorb it like she does regular firebending and turn into combustion blasts. Then, Azula's screwed.
But I'd say that instant lightning takes maybe a second or two more than combustion blasts do, but lightning would do a little more damage, so I think that they're pretty much tied. Maybe Azula in her prime (let's say 25) would beat P'Li 6/10, tho?
@Jonkeon42 Ohhh, true. Yeah, that was... years ago haha. I haven't used this Wiki in a very long time, so a lot of what I have on my profile is definitely out of date. I like Zuko a lot more as a character, but he loses to P'Li. Any version of him does, even in his prime, because his particular bending style is suicide against hers.
I think that Azula from "Smoke and Shadow" could beat P'Li in a very close fight, or maybe 50/50. Not sure yet.
P'Li still murders him. She uses his fire against him to blow him up. Zuko's attacks are literal fuel for P'Li's psychic attacks, against which Zuko has zero defense. He's done for.
@Jonkeon42 What? No, I don't. That's such a stupid accusation. I just know their abilities and am not a blind fanboy.
Zuko got rolled by Combustion Man (and that blast was no stronger than P'Li's) off a cliff.
Also, he doesn't have lightning, and given how we've seen how weakly fire holds up against explosions, fire is the worst type of bending to use against combustion benders.
Add in that P'Li especially (unlike Combustion Man) can bend nominal fire (you know, like Zuko does) and turn it into an explosion.
Zuko isn't Mako or kemurikage comic Azula (each of whom has the option to use lightning and instantly, at that).
His particular bending style is the worst to use against a combustion bender, and literal suicide against P'Li.
I actually love Zuko, but I'm not delusional like some of his stans are. I know that he can't beat P'Li because she can use his style against him and as fuel for her own.
And if we're using the old Zuko from "The Legend of Korra," then he's dead in ten seconds.
Seriously, do tell, what exactly is Zuko going to against P'Li, someone who can convert all his attacks into an explosion against which he has no defense?
These poll results are so stupid. P'Li would kill him with a thought. Literally.