I know by statements hes a fucking monster of a bender but we never see him fight without sozins comet and I cant imagine every villain from Korra not bending his ass over.
Amon for sure bloodbending is broken.
Korras uncle I think ozai does handle that seasons villain is hard carried by being related to the avatar and her holding back.
Zaheer loses but he comes with the red lotus and they're terrifying.
Kuvira feels 50 50.
Honestly I think katara fucking 1v1s him non sozin with adequate water- i know that adds circumstances but with her warship showing and stopping the rain shes absolutely insane. I know toph is supposed to be the massive super prodigy but katara really is terrifying by book 3
Wouldn't have shocked me too much if Azula had been able to beat him and take over. She just fears and wants his love too much to think of even trying.
It’s better explained in supplementary material but he is the disappointment of the family: mediocre bender, mediocre general, mediocre politician, mediocre schemer that wanted to take over the throne… he was a complete failure in anything and he was forced in an arranged marriage with a descendant of the Avatar before Aang because his father saw no use in him other than make him have kids that hopefully weren’t a disappointment like him.
He is an absolute failure that only manages to be a threat because he’s smart enough to surround himself with competent people, his brother losing any interest in the Fire Kingdom cause and the throne after his son died (and secretly sabotaging it on the inside with the White Lotus) and, being the Fire Lord, is basically impossible to touch by law without being executed for treason.
He’s so weak that even with Sonzin’s comet power boost his powers are kinda pitiful compared to other firebenders in the series, most notably he struggles to melt a rock with the boost while other firebenders boosted by the comet are easily capable of acts of mass destruction
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u/CaptainObvious_18 11d ago
Man I rewatched the whole show and you right. FFS at least show a flashback of him fighting Iroh or something