Respect P'Li (The Legend of Korra)
Respect P'Li
Mmm, I'm feeling warmer already.
History: When she was just a girl, P'Li was abducted by a vicious warlord and forced into servitude as his assassin because of her unique ability to combustionbend. When Zaheer freed her she fell in love with him, dedicating herself not only to the man but his philosophy in the Order of the Red Lotus.
When a failed attempt to kidnap the Avatar resulted in her imprisonment, P'Li waited 13 years for Zaheer to free her. Free at last and determined to topple the Four Nations and end the Avatar Cycle once and for all, P'Li and the other members of the Red Lotus nearly succeeded in their goals. P'Li fell in battle with the Beifong sisters during the attempt, freeing Zaheer at last from his earthly tether.
Powers: P'Li is a capable firebender with the unique ability to combustionbend, releasing massive explosions from a tattooed third eye on her forehead.
Source Key:
The Legend of Korra Season 3 Episode # = E#
Speed
- Weaves through and blocks stones Bolin throws ^(E8)
- Releases several blasts in quick succession, and shrugs off an airblast from Kai to return fire ^(E11)
- Dodges around several large boulders ^(E12)
- Dodges and defends against several more boulders ^(E12)
Firebending
- [Limitation] Cannot firebend while imprisoned in intense cold ^(E3)
- Blocks a blast of fire from a dragon, maintaining them in a ring around her before dissipating them ^(E4)
- Dissipates a stream of fire from Mako and returns fire of her own ^(E8)
Combustionbending
- Straight blasts
- Takes a dragon out of a fight with one blast ^(E4)
- Blasts through Tonraq's ice shield and takes him out of the fight ^(E4)
- Creates explosions that throw and destroy cars ^(E6)
- Destroys a wall of stone and throws the earthbender behind it back ^(E8)
- Blows up the ground beneath 2 targets, sending out chunks of stone and blowing her attackers away ^(E10)
- Takes several large chunks out of stone while firing from an aircraft overhead ^(E11)
- Continues blasting chunks out of a stone structure, providing suppressing fire to trap her targets ^(E11)
- Catches Tenzin on the periphery of her blasts while he fends off the rest of the Red Lotus, and overpowers his airshield ^(E11)
- Blasts people off a cliffside and destroys large boulders ^(E12)
- Curved blasts
- Limitations
Posted Apr 3, 2020, 3:52 PM UTC
One thing I can never understand with the combustion benders is how they had their power before they got the tattoo.
It's an interesting question. I know with Combustion Man there was some backstory given about his childhood, and it was revealed that the limbs he lost were due to accidents involving his powers before he could control them. My personal theory is that they have the power, they just can't control it very well until the tattoo gives them focus.
Seems as good an explanation as any.