The Legend of Korra

Kuvira

Kuvira, a rambunctious earthbender from childhood, was left under Suyin’s tutelage where she mastered metalbending and became captain of the Zaofu city guard. Horrified by the Earth Kingdom’s chaos after the Earth Queen’s death, and seeing Suyin decline leadership, Kuvira took charge. Granted emergency powers, she unified the nation as ‘The Great Uniter’. After three years, she declared herself leader of an Earth Empire, backed by a technologically advanced military and a spirit energy weapon. Her reign ended only by Avatar Korra’s intervention. Post-trial, she aided in quashing an Empire resurgence, seeking redemption.

Physicals

Performs a synchronized routine with her dancing troupe. (source) (^(S3E5))
Catches Tonraq after he falls off a mountainside. (source) (^(S3E12))

Durability

Takes an Avatar State-amped airblast from Korra that hurls her away and gets back up. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Opal & Jinora airblast Kuvira away and she gets back up. (source) (^(S4E6))
Shrugs off a metalbending attack Korra hits her with to keep fighting. (source) (^(S4E13))
Shrugs off airbending attacks and throws from Korra before getting blasted away into debris. (source) (^(S4E13))
Gets right up from being blasted into debris to continue fighting before the mech they fight within explodes and sends them flying, only to get up yet again with a counter attack and retreat. (source) (^(S4E13))
Downed by an electro belt designed to stun her. (source) (^(RoE 1))
Hit by Guan firing a stone at her and counterattacks right after. (source) (^(RoE 3))

Speed

Outfights several earthbenders descending on her at once, incapacitating all of them. (source) (^(S4E1))
Weaves through Korra’s attacks in their first duel, repeatedly gaining the upper hand while toying with her without taking any hits. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Outfights Suyin. (source) (^(S4E10))
Later duels with Korra more evenly, with both combatants landing, evading, and blocking attacks. (source) (^(S4E13))
Escapes capture, outspeeding Asami, Bolin, Mako, Guan, and several guards. (source) (^(RoE 2))

Projectiles

Embeds strips into a boulder to tear it apart. (source) (^(S4E1))
Fires five metal strips in quick succession. (source) (^(S4E6))
Evades and deflects Suyin’s projectiles while releasing several of her own rapidly. (source) (^(S4E10))
Catches a cargo container thrown at her and flings it a distance away where its impact sends up debris. (source) (^(S4E10))
Uses Suyin’s own armor to fling her a distance away. (source) (^(S4E10))
Exchanges attacks with Korra, using meteorite and her environment to throw Korra around and crush her through metal. (source) (^(S4E13))
Exchanges more attacks with Korra, shifting meteorite into shields and projectiles as it hovers around her. (source) (^(S4E13))
Amplifies her own jumps and launches a mech into the air to land it atop another soldier. (source) (^(RoE 2))
Throws a desk across a room. (source) (^(RoE 3))
Juts out a column to knock away Korra’s arm while stunning her with a rock to the gut. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Sweeps the ground out from Korra to hit her with a rock, and soon after catches Korra’s foot to hit her with another rock. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Sends out jagged tremors of earth from beneath Korra. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Throws a boulder from the ground that shatters against Korra. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Throws rocks that shatter against Korra’s defense, then catches a fridge-sized boulder she explodes to down Korra. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Projects the ground beneath Guan to throw him back. (source) (^(RoE 1))

Binding

Propels herself backwards from an expanding moat of lava. (source) (^(S3E8))
Evades several earthbenders’ attacks as they descend from a mountainside while quickly binding and blinding all of them using metal strips from her armor. (source) (^(S4E1))
Throws a strip of metal across a woman’s mouth to silence her, then drops its hold. (source) (^(S4E1))
Weaves through attacks from Korra, binding metal strips to her she uses to flip Korra around. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Evades more of Korra’s attacks, catching her foot with earth and blinding her with metal to throw her to the ground again. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Binds Korra’s wrist with a metal strip she uses to throw her a distance away, then follows with an attack from the ground. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Evades Korra, throws her off balance, grabbing her with another strip, and throwing her down. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Strangles Varrick with metal on his own uniform, holding him out of a speed train before hurling him back in. (source) (^(S4E5))
Binds Korra’s wrists, craters her into the ground, and binds her limbs with earth. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Crushes together the metal around Guan’s neck and holds him in the air, causing him to gasp for air when he is released. (source) (^(RoE 1))
Deflects Guan’s attack, bringing a metal wall down on him before wrapping another wall around Mako. (source) (^(RoE 2))

Armor

Thin metal strips stack atop each other to form her armor, allowing her to more easily bend pieces off while retaining coverage. (source) (^(AoAS))
Ascends the side of a mountain with metal cables. (source) (^(S3E12))
Sharpens strips from her armor to a finer edge. (source) (^(S4E6))
Forms armor into a blade on her arm, reshapes the blade to catch a railing, and releases a metal cord to fling her opponent away. The blade morphs into the whip, conserving her gauntlet’s mass. (source) (^(S4E10) (The blade morphs into the whip, conserving her gauntlet’s mass ^(AoAS)))

Bending Strength

As a child blows a hole in a wall. (source) (^(RoE 1))
As a child crushes a metal dollhouse. (source) (^(RoE 3))
Levitates and crushes a medal. (source) (^(S4E3))
Crushes the front of a car racing toward her. (source) (^(RoE 3))

Utility

Idly plays with meteorite, shifting it into different shapes. (source) (^(S4E6))
Lifts the shutters on a window to reveal her army. (source) (^(S4E5))
Pulls a hidden piece of machinery from clothing on a person she suspected of sabotage. (source) (^(S4E10))
Senses Lin and Suyin metalbending within her mech’s arm. (source) (^(S4E13))
While bound, bends two helmets onto two targets and cuts herself free with a metal strip to escape. (source) (^(RoE 3))

Misc

Considered a bending heavyweight. (source) (^(AoAS))
Rotates the ground beneath Korra to throw her off balance. (source) (^(S4E6) (Korra suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice, and Kuvira was toying with her))
Catches Guan’s metal strips fired at her. (source) (^(RoE 3))
Splits a car thrown at her in half, turning it to shards she uses to pin Guan to a wall. (source) (^(RoE 3))

Mecha Colossus - Physicals

Exterior constructed of platinum from Zaofu’s domes. (source) (^(AoAS))
Korra says it is over 25 stories tall. (source) (^(S4E11))
Unaffected by an electromagnetic pulse that downs a squadron of mecha-suits. (source) (^(S4E12))
Briefly blinded by paint bombs, but has jets of water to clear it away. (source) (^(S4E12))
Its platinum exterior and joints make it impossible to metalbend from the outside. (source) (^(S4E12))
Slaps away attempts to cut through it, even reaching a spot on its back that should be difficult. (source) (^(S4E12))
Blown apart from the inside when its energy source is overcharged with electricity. (source) (^(S4E13))
Swipes its hand through a skyscraper. (source) (^(S4E12))
Korra encases the mech in ice and it begins to break out as machines cut through its exterior. (source) (^(S4E12))
Breaks out of much of the ice encasing it, though briefly resisted by more ice Korra lifts as Team Avatar enters a hole cut into it. (source) (^(S4E12))
Fully pulls itself from the ice encasing it. (source) (^(S4E13))
Tears off its own arm and hurls it a distance away, embedding it into a building. (source) (^(S4E13))
Its foot sinking into lava, its legs tied with metal cables, and Korra with several airbenders begin to push the mech over, though even after further efforts to topple it the mech recovers. (source) (^(S4E12))
Staggered by repeated blows from gigantic chunks of stone debris shattering against it. (source) (^(S4E12))
A building collapses on it and it stands back up. (source) (^(S4E12))
Metalbenders pulling apart the arm mechanism from the inside disables it. (source) (^(S4E13))

Mecha Colossus - Energy Cannon

Blows a hole in giant rocks during a test run. (source) (^(S4E10))
Destroys an outlook post. (source) (^(S4E11))
Has a loading mechanism, and tears through battleships. (source) (^(S4E11))
Tears through the top half of a city, creating explosions across the skyline. (source) (^(S4E12))
Tears through more of the city. (source) (^(S4E12))
Tears through a city street. (source) (^(S4E12))
Uses targeting sights to pinpoint Team Avatar on a flying bison, with the periphery of the blast sending the bison tumbling. A second blast destroys a hilltop. (source) (^(S4E11))
Creates an explosion that tears through a building and flings away Team Avatar. (source) (^(S4E11))
Scatters some airbenders on the periphery of its blast, tearing through a skyscraper to take out the top floors. (source) (^(S4E12))
Blasts apart several buildings, scattering and knocking out many on the periphery. (source) (^(S4E12))
Tears through more buildings and knocks people on the periphery away. (source) (^(S4E12))

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