Abilities are actions or special moves that a user of a certain bending style can execute. Every ability is exclusive to its bending style and cannot be used by other benders, except for the avatar. For questions about the avatar state, please visit the Directory.
All abilities are locked by default and the player has to unlock them one by one through the use of scrolls. Each ability can be upgraded four times, from level I, each improving the ability. Every ability at level IV has two variants which have their own benefits and is up to the bender to choose the one that suits their style better.
You can use abilities by accessing the radial menu (Alt key on Windows) and hovering over the ability you would like to use. Another way to access your abilities is through keybinding, which is a lot more efficient. To set a keybind, go to the main bending interface (K key) and select a move to keybind.
Upon entering the bending interface, you can scroll left and right to view and unlock the associated abilities. You can also cycle through different sub-bendings while in the interface and access their abilities. When clicking on the ability, you'll be able to see your progress and experience on said ability.
Remember that ability performance is strongly contingent on the Power Rating. Knowledge about the Power Rating will increase your edge during combat!
Alternatively, you may use commands if your world has cheats enabled to level up your abilities.
Airbending
Airbenders have 7 different abilities
Earthbending
Earthbenders have 6 different abilities.
Firebending
Earthbenders have 6 different abilities.
Waterbending
Waterbenders have 6 different abilities.
Icebending
Icebenders have 2 different abilities in addition to the 6 waterbending abilities.
Sandbending
Sandbenders have 2 different abilities in addition to the 6 earthbending abilities.
Combustionbending
Combustionbenders have 2 different abilities in addition to the 6 firebending abilities.
Lightningbending
Lightningbenders have 4 different abilities in addition to the 6 firebending abilities.
- Lightning Spear
- Lightning Arc
- Lightning Redirect
- Remember that lightning redirect isn't shown on the radial menu as it is a more passive ability that you must activate by itself.
- Lightning Raze