What metals can Metalbenders Bend?

Metalbenders can also bend liquid metals, such as mercury, though utilize more fluid movements to do so, akin to waterbending. It is also possible to bend liquid metal inside someone's body.
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What metal can metal benders not bend?

The difference between metals isn't just the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in them, is the number of free electrons in them. Platinum doesn't have a lot of connected atoms, that could be why they can't sense or bend it.
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Can Metalbenders Bend pure metal?

They can only bend the tiny impurities inside metal which are earth. Hiroshi Sato created the machines out of metal with absolutely no earth in them.
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Is platinum bending possible?

But, since platinum is one of the purest forms of metal, there is not enough earth for benders to manipulate. It is a shame for metalbenders that they can't manipulate platinum, as it could be one of their best resources.
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What elements can Earthbenders Bend?

Earthbenders have the ability to bend sand (known as sandbending) as well as mudbend, when aided by a waterbender. One significant ability specific to earthbenders is lavabending, which operates similarly to how waterbenders bend ice - earthbenders can solidify and resolidify lava at will.
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Can firebenders Bend lava?

Yes they can bend lava just by its heat alone. Because Mud is made of earth and water, and lava is earth and heat. Firebenders bend heat and energy.
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Did Toph learn lava bending?

That's right, this means that Toph not only metalbends, but actually also learns lavabending! While this is technically not the first time lavabending has been seen within the franchise, something that is shown in The Legend of Korra, this is canonically the first time it is seen in the known Avatar timeline.
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Can lightning bend Korra?

The Avatar proved that he learned well, as he was able to catch the lightning and send it out into the sky (though it did weaken him in the process). Korra was never shown to use or need this ability, as she didn't go up against anyone who could bend lightning.
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Can Kuvira Bend platinum?

Turns out he could bend with his face, but he still needed to move at least a little for that. As for materials it came up in Korra season 1 that pure platinum has no impurities and thus can't be bent.
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Can the avatar metal bend?

Avatar Korra is the first Avatar to use metalbending. Metalbending is prohibited during pro-bending matches. Metalbending forms are based on Chu Gar with modern military techniques mixed in.
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Does Korra ever Bloodbend?

Bloodbending is a rare ability in both Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, so only a handful of characters are able to do it - and there's only another handful of characters who can resist it as well.
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Did Korra steel bend platinum?

it was confirmed to not be bending.
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Does Bolin metal bend?

Bolin was insecure about his inability to metal bend, and he never lived up to his hero, Toph Beifong. The poor kid felt even worse about it when Team Avatar visited the metal bender city of Zaofu and watched Korra learn the art. However, Bolin harnessed the incredible power of lava-bending, despite his self-doubt.
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Can earthbenders bend aluminum?

The reason Earthbenders can't naturally bend metal is because they just can't.
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Can the avatar bend lightning?

Lightning bending is one of the strongest abilities in Avatar: The Last Airbender, with Azula's lightning attack nearly killing Aang for good. It's also one of the rarest techniques, with only Ozai, Iroh, and Azula able to generate lightning on their own. Even Aang, the avatar, and Zuko could only redirect lightning.
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Why can't all earthbenders metal bend?

Metalbending works not by bending the metal itself, but the particulates of earth in the metal, which means earthbenders can't bend refined metals. Since the metals being bent in the show are more conductive, electrons would flow through them more easily.
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Can Toph beat Kuvira?

But yes, Kuvira would be considered a master of both earth and metalbending, for sure." I think that the fact that Toph is described as capable of giving her “a good fight” and not flat out beating her asserts that Kuvira is stronger than even Toph. If Kuvira and Toph really fought, Toph would win.
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Can Toph bend steel?

Metalbending: The ability to bend and manipulate metal. Toph is also the first known bender to discover metal bending was possible.
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Can the avatar Lavabend?

The first known use of lavabending was by Avatar Szeto, who used the technique while in the Avatar State to cause the simultaneous eruption of four small volcanoes.
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Can the Avatar learn sub bending?

Only a few Avatars have ever been able to learn one of the sub-elements, including Roku and Kyoshi. Aang and Korra have had opportunities to learn, but both of their runs as Avatar saw continual problems arise, keeping them from further element training.
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Can anyone learn all 4 elements?

Only the Avatar can master all four elements. It has nothing to do with the skill, worthiness, lineage, karma, chi or capabilities of an individual.
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Which Bender is the strongest?

1. Iroh. The wise, tea-loving Fire Nation elder gets top pick as the strongest bender in the series. Iroh's (Mako S1-2, Greg Baldwin S3) strength comes not just from his bending, but his years of experience and profound wisdom.
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Is Lavabending rarer than metalbending?

Any earth can be lavabent, so it's actually more plentiful than metalbending.
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Can Toph bend wood?

Like Toph can metalbend, people can metalbend, sandbend, glassbend and paintbend why can't woodbending be possible and how about plantbending why can't a earthbender do that too? Wood and plants are nothing like earth, it's impossible. It was dry so they cant bend it. Wood and plants do not contain earth.
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Can Toph Bend sand?

10 Power: Locate And Bend Particles Of Earth Anywhere

Thanks, in part, to her heightened sense, Toph can sense and bend earth particles in the unlikeliest of places. This ability allowed her to eventually master sand bending and mud bending, and, in time, led her to the discovery of metalbending.
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