Avatar: The Last Airbender

Zuko

Zuko

Prince Zuko was born the heir to the Fire Nation, the next in a line of succession that would also inherit the war that engulfed the world for 100 years. Not sharing the ruthlessness of his father Ozai or his wunderkind sister Azula, Zuko’s conscience provoked him to speak out of turn during a war council. As punishment, his father scarred half his face in a duel and banished him from the Fire Nation. While Zuko initially thought his only hope in restoring his honor was to capture the Avatar, he came to realize that his true destiny was to teach the Avatar firebending and aid him in restoring balance to the world. Succeeding to the throne, Zuko became Fire Lord and oversaw many years of peace even as he passed the crown down to his own successors. Zuko’s firebending, or the ability to produce and manipulate flames, advanced significantly as he matured. He eventually mastered firebending, lightning redirection, and the use of dual broad swords in combat.

Physicals

  • Breaks a chain with a kick (source) (S1E7)
  • Hits a man several meters away with the pommel of his sword (source) (S2E7)
  • Kicks a metal lever in half and makes an impressive leap (source) (S3E15)
  • Catches a falling man with one arm and holds him (source) (S1E12)
  • Carries a person on his shoulders while walking through thick snow then sprints as the ice breaks (S1E20)
  • Holds a man up with one arm (source) (S3E6)
  • Flips up onto the roof of a building (source) (S3E18)
  • Blasted into a building with a small explosion and survives (source) (S1E4)
  • Falls a second story height and gets right back up only to be blasted through a wall (S2E8)
  • Cratered into a shingled roof and gets up fighting (S1E15)
  • Soon after is thrown into the air by a blast of water and survives the fall (source)
  • Slammed into a wall and is fine, and then slammed into the ground and knocked unconscious (source) (S1E20)
  • Thrown back several feet and gets up okay (source) (S2E20)
  • Slammed into a wall of crystal soon after (source)
  • Blasted through a wooden railing and a second story window and gets up okay (source) (S3E18)
  • As an old man survives a hit from a thrown boulder (source) (LoK)
  • Runs along the side of a wall (source) (S3E13)
  • Partially outruns an explosion (source) (S3E16)
  • Outreacts Admiral Zhao (source) (S1E3)
  • Avoids a sword slash from behind at the last moment (source) (S1E9)
  • Kicks away thrown spears (source) (S1E13)
  • Shields himself from an explosion when he realizes something is awry (source) (S1E19)
  • Slaps an arrow out of the air fired at him (source) (S2E11)
  • Attacks on reflex when woken up (source) (S3E12)
  • Ducks under a boomerang (source) (LA)
  • Intercepts a blast of lightning (source) (S3E21)
  • Dodges a flail (source) (TP)

Firebending

  • Blasts Aang back through his air shield, then releases several rapid blasts (source) (S2E20)
  • Blasts and cuts through crystal (source) (S2E20)
  • Destroys large sections of sand (source) (S3E18)
  • Destroys stone sculptures (source) (S3E18)
  • Creates fire daggers (source) (S2E1)
  • Whip cuts into stone and crystal (source) (S2E20)
  • Matches Katara’s water whips (source) (S2E20)
  • Fills a hallway with fire (source) (S3E18)
  • Releases a radial attack that knocks 3 opponents away (source) (S1E4)
  • Radial blast knocks a man away and directed blasts tear through stone (source) (S2E7)
  • Matches Azula’s fire (source) (S3E16)
  • Matches Azula’s firebending when both are comet-enhanced (source) (S3E20)
  • Continues to match Azula’s firebending (source)
  • Eventually gains the upper hand against Azula (source)
  • Matches Kemikurge Azula’s fire (source) (S&S)
  • Shields from a ship-destroying explosion at the last moment although he did sustain cosmetic damage (S1E19)
  • Disperses two blasts of fire (source) (S2E1)
  • Blocks a blast of fire from Azula (source) (S2E8)
  • Shields against Combustion Man’s explosion (source) (S3E12)
  • Fends off more fire (source) (S3E15)
  • Defends against Azula’s fire more easily (source) (S3E15)
  • Defends against Azula’s fire more easily again (source) (S3E16)
  • Blocks more of Azula’s fire (source) (TS)
  • Defends against 4 streams of flame, turning them into a dazzling but harmless tornado (source) (S&S)
  • Redirects lightning from Ozai (source) (S3E11)
  • Absorbs a large blast of lightning, not being fully in position (source) (S3E20)
  • Redirects lightning more successfully against Azula later (TS)
  • Redirects lightning even more easily still (source) (TS)
  • Redirects lightning that is then redirected back at Zuko and absorbs it (source) (S&S)
  • Controls the flames of candles from a short distance away (source) (S1E3)
  • Makes a campfire explode before dying out (source) (S3E5)
  • Keeps himself warm in arctic temperatures (source) (S1E19)
  • Hands can still burn hot underwater (source) (S1E19)
  • Keeps himself warm in a freezing torture chamber (source) (S3E15)

Skills

  • Struggles at first against a more experienced opponent, but overcomes them in a duel (S1E3)
  • Katara beats him while the moon increases her power, but he wins once the sun increases his (S1E20)
  • Deflects an arrow fired from behind him, then shoots through the string of the bow (source) (S2E11)
  • Nails several precise targets in a short amount of time (source) (S2E15)
  • Eventually fights evenly with Azula (source) (S3E16)
  • Takes out multiple firebenders and nails a target with a throwing knife (source) (S1E13)
  • Fights off multiple attackers at once (source) (S1E13)
  • Disarms a man to steal his weapons (source) (S2E4)
  • Defeats 3 armed opponents (source) (S2E8)
  • Matches Jet without using his firebending (S2E14)
  • Trained with Master Piandao, possibly the greatest swordsman alive, when he was just a child (source) (LA)
  • Defeats Sokka repeatedly in a swordfight (source) (LA)
  • Disarms Sokka easily (source) (LA)
  • Disguises himself after surviving an assassination attempt (S1E20)
  • Sneaks into a fortified city by following the local wildlife through a series of underwater tunnels (source) (S1E20)

Equipment

  • His swords can cut through chains and metal bindings (source) (S1E13)
  • Also slices through a seemingly metal carriage (source) (S2E5)
  • Swords cut through a barrage of rocks (source) (S2E7)
  • Can firebend with his swords (source) (S2E7)
  • This is hypnotic (source) (S2E12)
  • Gets a freaking dragon he rides around (source) (LoK)
  • His dragon shoots huge plumes of fire and survives an explosion (source) (LoK)
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