Let's take a closer look at Avatar Aang's skill tree.
Here we can further map out
all the skills he mastered and the ones he didn't.
First we'll dive into his native element, air.
[fighting]
[screaming]
Up next is the air scooter,
a technique that Aang actually invented himself.
First, you form the ball, then you got to get on quick.
[laughing]
Yeah! [laughing]
Oh, yeah!
Okay, here goes.
Quick, get on.
W-Wh-Whoa! Oh! Uh!
Ya kind of have a balance on it, like it's a top.
Before Aang met Toph,
he had to get a little creative with his earthbending.
Guys, throw me some coal!
[grunting]
When flying wasn't an option, Aang needed to run like the wind
to save Katara and Sokka.
Says here that the Avatar
can create tornadoes and run faster than the wind.
Pretty amazing.
Ah, that's just a bunch of Fire Lord propaganda.
There's no way that's true.
[beeping]
[horn blowing]
Remember that time Aang single handedly
saved an entire village from an erupting volcano?
[screaming]
[inhaling]
[blowing]
Aang's staff was truly an extension of his body.
And make glider flight look so easy.
You know, last time I checked, humans can't fly!
Check again!
[gasping]
He's flying!
It's amazing!
Uh!
But airbending can be as dangerous as it is fun,
especially when Aang loses control.
Stop this! You have to let her go!
You could save her if you were in the Avatar State.
I'm trying! I'm trying!
Aang! I'm sinking!
I don't see glowing!
[screaming] Please!
You don't need to do this!
Apparently I do.
[screaming]
It worked! It wo-orked!
[screaming]
Avatar Aang! Can you hear me?!
Your friend is safe!
It was just a trick to trigger the Avatar State!
And it worked!
Aang's airbending combined with the Avatar State
displayed Kiyoshi sized power.
You muzzled Appa?!
I'm sorry.
I didn't know it belonged to the Avatar.
Tell me where Appa is!
I traded him... to some merchants.
He's probably in Ba Sing Se by now.
They were gonna sell 'em there.
Please! We'll escort you out of the desert!
We'll help however we can!
Just get out of here! Run!
[music playing]
Entering the Spirit World
is something only a handful of benders can achieve.
And Aang did it by accident.
Your brother's in good hands.
I would be shocked if the Avatar returned without him.
Katara. Katara, I lost him.
The sun is rising.
Perhaps he will return soon.
What? No, I'm right here.
[grunting]
I'm in the Spirit World.
At age 12, Aang mastered airbending.
But what skills didn't he learn?
Well, for starters, he's never killed anybody,
as it went against the pass
of his teachings of the airbending monks.
Furthermore, Aang never achieved the power of weightlessness
as it requires the bender to abandon
their earthly attachments.
Regardless Aang was a full fledged master
and it was time to advance to the next element, water.
The single water whip... looks doable.
[gasping]
[chuckles]
What's so funny?
I'm sorry, but you deserved that.
You've been duped.
She's only interested in teaching herself.
Aang will get his turn
once I figure out the water whip.
[squawking]
Uh! Why can't I get this stupid move?
You'll get it.
You just got to shift your weight
through the stances.
Just like airbending, Aang quickly advanced
through the waterbending basics.
The idea is to create a big, powerful wave.
[sighing]
So like this?
Aang!
[grunting]
Looks like I got the hang of that move.
With Katara as his new master, Aang began to learn
more advanced waterbending forms.
You make a fine octopus, pupil Aang.
Here we saw Katara and Aang working together
to master cloudbending.
[Appa grunting]
Aunt Wu, look! Something's happening
in the clouds.
That's very strange.
It shouldn't-- [gasping]
Oh my!
They will team up again to take down the monster
at the Serpent's Pass.
This probably wouldn't help out in combat,
but it's still a cool trick
that Aang learned at the North Pole.
- Pupil Aang. - Yes, Master Pakku.
Care to step into the sparring circle?
I figure since you found time to play with house pets,
you must have already mastered waterbending.
I wouldn't say mastered, but check this out.
Aang quickly excelled in waterbending,
but there are plenty of other techniques to behold.
His master developed rare skills like healing and bloodbending.
Healing is cool, but bloodbending might be
a little dark for Aang's style.
Earthbending wouldn't come as easy to Aang.
But the toughest hurdle would only be the basics.
Enough! I want my staff back!
Do it now.
- What? - Earthbend, Twinkle Toes.
You just stood your ground against a crazy beast.
And even more impressive,
you stood your ground against me.
You've got the stuff.
- But-- - Do it!
[grunting]
You did it! You're an earthbender!
I can't believe it.
Once Aang mastered the fundamentals,
earthbending came natural to him.
[Appa grunting]
[Aang grunting]
[groaning]
[growling]
Beyond offense and defense,
Aang can use earthbending to [unintelligible] too.
[grunting]
[screaming] Uh!
It was almost game over for Aang
right before he developed his next awesome skill.
[groaning]
[grunting]
The gauntlet was cool.
But what about full earth armor?
Uh!
With earth being the hardest element to master,
there were plenty of sub skills
we didn't see Aang pick up.
As he got older,
he might've learned mudbending or even lavabending.
But we all know Korra will be the first Avatar
to learn metalbending.
Finally, it was time to master fire,
which wasn't off to the hot start
that Aang had hoped it would be.
[exhaling]
[inhaling]
[exhaling]
I did it! I made fire!
Aang, that's great, but you should take it slow.
- Wh-- - Careful!
[screaming]
Now that's firebending.
Aang, you'll hurt yourself!
I wonder how that juggler did it.
[screaming, crying]
Katara! I'm so sorry!
[crying]
Katara, what's wrong?!
What did you do?
I-It was an accident! I was-- Katara, I'm so--
I told you, we shouldn't mess around with this!
Look what you did! You burned my sister!
[crying]
Once Zuko joined Team Avatar,
Aang learned the true meaning of firebending.
[deep breathing]
Aang was able to redirect lightning
thanks to Iroh's technique he learned from the waterbender.
[groaning]
Aang wouldn't need any hot leaf juice
in order to unleash this inner fire.
[grunting]
Fire was the one element
Aang was especially cautious around,
which could be why we didn't see him
develop even more techniques.
As an airbender who could fly,
he never needed the jet propulsion technique.
As for blue fire, we've only seen Azula
pull this off. And just imagine how scary
Aang would be if he learned combustionbending.
That wraps up Aang's skill tree.
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