Avatar: The Last Airbender was a smash hit series, and its sequel series, The Legend of Korra, started on rocky footing, but it eventually became equally beloved in its own right. Korra's adventures in learning more about herself and what it means to be the Avatar are more introspective than Aangs' were, but they showed a new side to being the Avatar. Fans followed Aang through one war, eliminating one grand enemy. It didn't show how the stacks of battles and big enemies wore on him and how exhausting the Avatar role could become with time. The Legend of Korra only showed fans four years, and one can only imagine how exhausting years of it can become.

However, both stories have found their places in the hearts of their fans. Aang was the optimistic, peace-loving Avatar that ended an enduring, centuries-long war and Korra broke down the barriers between the spirit world and the human world, showing fans what it meant to be the Avatar, for both good and bad. The stars of each show, of course, are its main characters. While fans have had time to mull over Aang's reign and legacy, Korra's has only ended recently. There's still so much more fans can learn if the creators decide to make a third series and all Earthbending fanatics would find that prospect particularly elating. But until that possible future, we'll work with as much as we can about Korra as an Avatar. This headstrong, tried and tested, ionate woman deserves all the love she can get; especially for her body and spirit, which have taken some intense beatings.

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25. Struggled With Airbending

Though Korra was practically a bending prodigy, she distinctly struggled with learning how to airbend. Unlike other elements, airbending in particular has a spiritual and gentle edge to it that simply didn't come naturally to the young Avatar. While the other three elements were easier for her brute force techniques to meld with, airbending was different, and punching her way through wouldn't work in this case.

It wasn't until she was under extreme duress and was connected much more spiritually with her role that Korra could effectively use airbending. And even then, she used it in a rough, offensive manner.

24. Impressive Raw Strength

Regardless of her Avatar status, Korra was a strong, trained fighter and the Order of the White Lotus prepared her well. Her body was athletic and prepared for any kind of battle, even without using her abilities, she could pick up people larger than herself and give wicked kicks, easily intimidating any foe.

There's a reason that the creators of the show modeled Korra after female MMA fighters. She's a warrior, Avatar or not. Aang might have the mind of a peacemaker, but Korra has the willpower of Goliath; the animators made sure her body reflected that.

23. Capable Water Healer

Though Korra's fighting style is aggressive, that doesn't take away from the fact that water is still her core element. While she uses it to knock down baddies, she also knows how to use its softness. Like Katara, her teacher, Korra is an apt water healer. With the proper tools, she can heal many injuries and she shows off this skill early in her pro battles with the Fire Ferrets.

Furthermore, it's a nice way for Korra to show off her own softer sides. She may be brash, strong, and incorrigibly determined. However, she's also a character with a lot of hope in her heart.

22. Early Connection To All Elements

Most Avatars traditionally found out about their role in the world at age 16. Aang's caretaker broke this tradition because they felt the impending war needed an Avatar's presence. Therefore, Aang was told at only 12 years old and was subsequently engulfed by the expectations of the role.

Korra, on the other hand, figured everything out on her own. At the age of four, she introduced herself as the Avatar and showed off firebending, Earthbending, and waterbending techniques. As strong-willed as ever, Korra didn't wait for other people to discover her. Instead, she brought the Order of The White Lotus to her tribe with her abilities.

21. Fights More Like A Firebender

Korra's MMA fighting style is befitting to her personality, but not so much her element of origin. The people of the Water Tribe as a whole are ionate, but they aren't as aggressive as she is. No matter her element of origin, she most often utilizes the fierce stances of the fire nation, especially when she starts out.

Ultimately, her water tribe core shows in her hopefulness and her ion. However, when it comes to fighting, she has one fiery approach to it all, and when it comes to her personality, it makes a lot of sense why she's like that.

20. Daughter Of A Southern Tribe Chief

While Zuko epitomized the angsty anime trope, Korra was the closest thing Avatar fans would get to a Disney Princess. After all, she was the protagonist of her grand journey, was a beautiful young maiden, and was the daughter of a chief. Honestly, move her to a Tropical setting and Moana could be her sister.

However, she's hardly the first Avatar to get involved in nobility. Avatar Roku was great friends with the ruling class and his great-grandson eventually became the Fire Lord. Even Aang married another daughter of a chief, Katara. Korra was just ahead of the game by being born noble.

19. Can Act As A Medium

One of the Avatar's functions is to act as a meeting point between all four great nations. After all, they are the only humans who can bend all four elements. They are a convergence of energy and power, and can also act as a medium between the world of spirits and the living.

Humans in this world drew their abilities from this spirit world, however, there are few places where they cross over. The Avatar can keep the two worlds in communication and in harmony, though initially, Korra struggles with this part of her, but with time, she comes closer to understanding her spirituality and the spirits themselves.

18. Poor Spiritual Avatar

In the beginning, airbending and the Avatar State were so difficult for Korra because of her disconnect with her spirituality. After all, she'd spent her young life as more of a “fists first” kind of person. She was a powerful, arrogant young bender who loved the abilities they had.

Once she lost her bending skills, though, Korra began to connect more with the spiritual aspects of being the Avatar. In this, she finally started to improve her airbending and started connecting with the spirits. While still learning more and more about spirituality and the spirit realm, she has come a long way with a lot of hard work and experience.

17. Mercury Poisoned For Three Years

When fighting against Zaheer, the foe did reprehensible damage to her body. During their struggle, he and the Red Lotus put mercury in her system so that they could end the Avatar Cycle with her.

Though they failed in ending her life, the poison did stay with her. For three years, Korra struggled to get the element out of her, and it wasn't until Korra mastered metalbending that she was able to bend the mercury out of her system. She survived, but three years disconnected from her spirituality, past lives, and the world itself took a toll nonetheless. Her body and mind were never the same again, now more cautious and mistrusting.

16. The Third Known Female Avatar

Fans only know so many Avatars, but the ones they do know are beloved. The series has also done a great job making the female to male ratio Avatars fairly equal, while making the role feel indiscriminate among genders. There are only seven known Avatars and three of them are women. This includes the spiritual Avatar Yangchen, the fiercely independent Avatar Kyoshi, and incorrigible Avatar Korra.

The women of this show have always remained strong, individual characters with many different roles. While Korra is the third that fans know by numbers, it's encouraging to think she has thousands of years of brave, powerful, mindful women to look up to.