Top 10 Strongest Avatar: The Last Airbender Characters

You've seen the fireballs fly, the rocks crash, the tides turn, and the air slice through entire armies. The world of Avatar: The Last Airbender isn't just about balance and destiny. It's about who can throw down the hardest when the stakes go nuclear.

This is where you decide who's got the skills, the guts, and the raw bending talent to be called the strongest. Not the wisest or the kindest or the one with the best character arc. Just raw strength, deadly technique, and the ability to shut it all down when it counts.

Cast your vote for the ones you think could hold their own in the fiercest of showdowns. Because in this arena, style points don't matter. Only who's left standing.

The Top Ten

Aang

Avatar Aang is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen. Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk from the Southern Air Temple of the Air Nomads. As the Avatar, he is tasked with mastering all four... read more

The Avatar. Master of all four elements. If only he used all four and used them well. He could be the most powerful, but he can't seem to utilize waterbending or firebending to their full potentials.
He only uses earthbending in the last episode when he splits the rock up into little pebbles and machine guns Ozai, and when he uses Seismic Sense to block a fire punch and then pins Ozai to the ground.

At first, he was a powerful airbender. But by the end of the series, he became the strongest without a doubt. After all, he is the Avatar.
Iroh

Iroh is a major character in the Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender, and a minor supporting character in The Legend of Korra. He is a retired general of the Fire Nation and the elder brother of Fire Lord Ozai. Iroh is beloved for his wisdom, kindness, and deep love of tea and music.

Makes lightning, makes fire, breathes fire, redirects lightning, and all around can basically destroy anyone except Toph, Ozai, and possibly Aang. He literally breathed in Sozin's Comet and created a raging inferno that blew through the walls of Ba Sing Se.
His greatest weapon is his wisdom, which, when applied to other people, can bolster them. A 'support character' as I would put it.

Cagey when it comes to power, but nevertheless the most pure-hearted character in the entire franchise.

Hey, Iroh invented lightning bending. Stop giving Azula such ratings over it.
Toph Beifong

Toph Beifong is a fictional character from Nickelodeon's animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra. She was voiced by Jessie Flower in the original series. In The Legend of Korra, the character was voiced by Kate Higgins and Philece Sampler.... read more

Bro literally invented a type of bending that the Avatar can't even do, started an academy, and became the best Earthbender in the world. Enough said.

Toph is the most powerful character in the series by a landslide. Given the right environment, she could have killed Ozai.
When Sokka and Suki were deliberating at the airship cabin door during Sozin's Comet, she just grabbed it, threw it into the room, stepped on it, made a literal mech suit, and killed the entire cabin in less than 8 seconds. She holds up literal tons of iron and earth for over an hour in the comics and fights seven earthbenders, taking them all down.
Toph is the most powerful character. She also deserves to be with Sokka because Suki is such a bad character. Tokka for LIFE.
Fire Lord Ozai

Fire Lord Ozai is the main antagonist of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which aired from 2005 to 2008. He is the ruthless ruler of the Fire Nation and father of Prince Zuko and Princess Azula. Ozai's ambitions for world domination are central to the series' plot and culminate in his... read more

The Fire Lord, one of the greatest firebenders ever to exist. However, we only see him fight during Sozin's Comet, which makes me think he isn't quite as powerful as we think, though his lightning was extremely potent in Day of Black Sun, Pt. 2.

Other than Avatar Aang, Ozai is the most powerful firebender in existence. I chose Ozai over Aang because Aang is the Avatar, and it's more impressive that he's so powerful.

Strong, though not the strongest.
Azula

Princess Azula is a fictional character and antagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle Griffin. Azula is a firebending prodigy and the younger sister of Prince Zuko, known for her cunning and ruthless personality.... read more

She can bend blue fire and lightning! She's more powerful than Zuko or most other firebenders.
Katara

Katara is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, as well as in its sequel series The Legend of Korra. She is voiced by Mae Whitman. Katara is a skilled waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe who plays a key role in the fight against the Fire Nation.... read more

I agree she should be much higher up. Her bending is fantastic, mostly because she can bloodbend.

She defeated Azula, she's a bloodbender, and she mastered waterbending in maybe the span of 3-5 days. She defeated a bloodbender without even knowing how to bloodbend.
She almost took out Azula in Ba Sing Se. She took out Zuko at the North Pole twice. She almost took out Toph twice. And can we all be honest? She could probably beat Kyoshi and Roku in a battle.

Sorry, but the whole bloodbending thing should put her way up the list, definitely ahead of Zuko.
Avatar Kyoshi

She moved all of Kyoshi Island. Enough said.
Avatar Roku
Zuko

Prince Zuko is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Zuko is a master firebender and the older brother of Azula. He is the son of Firelord Ozai and Princess Ursa.
Zuko's character arc centers on his journey to reclaim his honor. Initially... read more

Zuko may not be as naturally gifted or intelligent as his sister, but he is still a very capable fighter against many much larger and stronger opponents.
He doesn't fully rely on his bending because he learned how to wield his dual swords very effectively. Despite all his blundering, he is exceptionally intelligent and has come up with many well-thought-out strategies. He is physically strong and has learned many areas of combat to fight one-on-one and hand-to-hand.
He is fast too, albeit not as fast as other characters, but still, he has a physical speed that is above average. Even though his sister is considered a more talented firebender, Zuko can outsmart and outmuscle her, taking her down with Katara's help. However, I believe he would have been able to take Azula down even if Katara had not been there. Zuko is a very capable fighter in many areas and has proven that he can take down a variety of opponents.
Ty Lee

Ty Lee is a fictional character appearing in the Nickelodeon animated TV show "Avatar: The Last Airbender," voiced by Olivia Hack. She is a cheerful and acrobatic ally of Princess Azula and a skilled martial artist. Ty Lee is known for her ability to block opponents' chi, temporarily paralyzing them... read more

Chi Blocking is such an unexpected tactic on most benders. Combined with her high jumps and great balance, she makes for a hard-to-hit fighter that can take away your fighting ability. Very hard to beat.

Bro can chi-block people and that's OP enough.

The Newcomers

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Suki
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The Boulder

The Contenders

Combustion Man
Master Pakku

Bro is the teacher of Aang and Katara.
King Bumi

I think Toph has yet to surpass Bumi. She definitely will in the future though.
Sokka

Sokka is a fictional character from Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. He also appears in its sequel series, The Legend of Korra, through flashbacks and references. Sokka is known for his wit, strategic mind, and comedic personality.
Monk Gyatso

Gyatso trained Aang to master-level airbender before Aang was even 12. When we find Gyatso's remains, he is surrounded by about 100 dead Fire Nation soldiers!
Mai

Bro's got some of the best accuracy, man.
Jet
Fire Lord Sozin

Bro harnessed the power of a comet and started a war.
Master Piandao
Admiral Zhao
Jeong Jeong

Just an insane firebender. He literally teleported. He also flew and destroyed about 30 tanks during Sozin's Comet.
Chief Hakoda