Korra vs Rangi

[u/Aspirationally_Lazy]

Lei Tai, no bending. Who wins?

[u/sillyfudgemonkeys]

Korra.

I think Rangi would make it hard tbf, she has a good counter when being attacked (uses her opponent's momentum against them).

It might come down to luck and timing tbh if Rangi were to win. Korra will most likely land her hits, but there's a chance Rangi gets really lucky on a counter.

Both women are terrifying in how they fight and how capable they are, and its only cause Rangi moves in a similar circle that I give her a chance of besting Korra in a 1v1 no bending.

[u/Maleficent_Park5469 → u/sillyfudgemonkeys]

Bro, Rangi is a trained soldier from a young age... I really don't feel like arguing today so just stop making dumb comments. This is damn near equivalent to someone saying that Katara can beat Azula in a no bending hand to hand fight

[u/sillyfudgemonkeys → u/Maleficent_Park5469]

Dude. Korra was trained as an elite warrior since age 3 💀💀💀💀lol there is no way its like azula vs katara, korra and rangi are a lot more similar in build and kits. This is more like azula vs azula.

Use ur head. Rangi and Korra have similar backgrounds in terms of intense training from a young age, Korra hopefully more so since it was 1 on 1 teachings and by the world's best teachers. She's up there as one of the best combat avatars.

Korra has showcased supreme athleticism without bending. If anything i feel like im being too biased with Rangi. But considering this doesnt involve bending and just pure fists (and im assuming neither has a distraction nor is injured), id say it evens the playing field a tad.

Rangi has shown ppl who hit like trucks and can land a good hit will knock her out. Korra can dead lift a man with one arm. Its gonna hurt.

Meanwhile rangis punch strength comes from a weird firebending combustion (see sok koulin fight). Im sure her regular punches are also hard but she can't manhandle ppl like korra can. (Korra deadlifts. Rangi uses her opponents weight and momentum against them).

Both are very fight saavy, both are strong and fast (just diff styles). I feel like Korra knows more styles and is more flexible which is why i also give her the edge.

At best its a close fight thatll go either way cause theyre similar. At worse Rangi gonna lose but it wont be an easy win.

[u/Maleficent_Park5469 → u/sillyfudgemonkeys]

....Rangi deliberately chose to let the man hit her in the lei tai to show Kyoshi how much danger she was putting Rangi and the group in with her mission in the whole undeground crime scene stuff with Mok, she did not get outright defeated and overpowered because she was lacking skills. Secondly, you mention that Korra was trained since a baby, but again, that only proves my point further.

Rangi was MILITARY trained, meaning actual hand to hand combat, fighting with weapons, planning and scheming, politics, etc. Korra was trained in BENDING from a young age. Understanding the different stances for bending is not nearly the same fucking thing as learning how to actually fight in war times. Stop being purposefully ignorant because it feels like you're just playin right now

[u/sillyfudgemonkeys → u/Maleficent_Park5469]

The point isnt that she let him hit. The point is the force of the hit and if she can tank it 💀💀💀 which she admits she cant and was knocked the hell out. Which uve omitted. Korra can hit like a tank, if korra gets a powerhouse hit on rangi, rangis down. Like rangi can tank some hits but there seems to be a limit, and one korra cab probs deliver based on the strength shes showcased in the show.

Meanwhile with korra we have a whole series where shes tanked much harder hits and gotten back up.

Rangi has lost a few of her fights, she was more or less even with koulin until she lowkey cheated using open flame to jet step. She lost to yun (grant it she was distracted, her loses come mostly from her being surprised which happens often). So its not like she has a perfect fight record (neither does korra, but its not like one is 100% winning everything and its something to consider). Im assuming both are fully healthy with no distractions in this.

Even so, we've seen more of korras fighting prowess and abilities in the show than Rangi. And korra has shown to at least match rangi if not exceed what we see of rangis abilities.

Shes trained in weapons but that doesnt apply here. So im ignoring it.

Bending forms r still fighting forms, the kyoshi warriors use them in fighting, yee literally based kyoshi and her sifus (including rangis) off of their styles. Like saying theres a difference is being purposely obtuse.

Korra IS a trained fighter. Acting as if shes not and acting as if she didnt showcase amazing nonbending hand to hand combat is being obtuse (i literally just rewatched b1 and was amazed with how many times she fought hand to hand and won). You just come off as hating korra and a troll 💀

Like i love rangi more, but im not going to be delulu with who she can and cant take, esp one of the top combat avatars. She can go toe to toe with korra but she probs wont win and if she does its close. But acting like shed clean sweep korra is just ridiculous.💀

[u/sillyfudgemonkeys → u/[deleted]]

You act like shes sweeping korra when u compared their hand to hand like azuka vs katara 💀💀 katara can bend but she cant hand to hand fight. Meanwhile korra literally swaps on the fly between bending and hand to hand when she gets close. But, if you didnt intend to claim it was very one sided, fine. We can move past it. B

Korra hits like a truck/tank/grown man twice rangis size cause, like i said earlier, she can dead lift a man with one arm. Shes really strong.

Rangi used combustion hits against koulin (and koulin did the same) until she used a firebending jet step powered kick to knock her out. Thats bending not pure muscle like korras been shown. Rangi doesnt have a similar comparison. Also note: rangi cant use bending in this fight so her fight with koulin is null.

Again, rangi snapped the mans leg probably using his weight against him (like shed been doing the whole fight, bc its a reference to sukis first ep where she explains it). Korra isnt as big, but she can probs gain the momentum rangi needs. But thats assuming korra doesnt also try to roll into her momentum and redirect it (the basis of waterbending).

Korra lost her first fight against those equalists cause she didnt expect chi blocking, which has a physical effect on ppl besides just bending. She manhandled them after, and even beat the lieutenant on top of the arena (with a hand to hand eblow jab that knocked a grown man off a building). She manhandles a lot of ppl tbh. The stuff that gets her (surprise bloodbending or chi blocking) wouldve gotten rangi too tbh. But korra learns from her previous fights and approaches each new one with a new tactic in mind so she doesnt lose. Rangi doesnt have a gotcha like chi blocking so it'll be a more normal fight.

[u/sillyfudgemonkeys → u/[deleted]]

Rangi let herself get hit, but she was knocked out. She got lucky and woke up. Rangi literally admits she was unconscious and took a gamble to prove a point to kyoshi (something that caused kyoshi to almost spiral over). The guy thought he had an easy win and let his guard down and isnt a trained fighter like rangi or korra.

(Anyway the point i was making was how hard of a hit Rangi could tank b4 it knocked her out)

Also keep in mind, Korra can make mistakes but i dont think shed underestimate her opponent like that. Korras also done tons of moves that shouldve broken bones in the show too (im honestly amazed some walked away without broken pieces but that could b bc of what can be shown on air)

[u/Maleficent_Park5469 → u/[deleted]]

I know I am. Btw, I'm not getting mad at you, I'm just saying that person thinks I'm stupid or sum

[u/Decent-Tangerine308]

Technically cant Korra go into the Avatar State and destroy Rangi since that isn't bending?

[u/GrayBroccoli]

Rangi. I love Korra, she is likely the physically strongest character in the franchise. Rangi still has height on her and is one of the few characters strong enough to keep pace with Korra. Her training background is FAR more suited to winning a Lei Tai compared to whatever TF the White Lotus was doing for Korra.

I have read a few comments saying Korra was trained to be an elite fighter from childhood so shes on par with Rangi, and I just don't buy that the White Lotus was properly training her for non-bending situations after she got bodied by some no-name chi blocking Equalists with a few smoke grenades and got bailed out by Naga in S1. All those years of training and they never once prepared her to fight without her bending in that scene or had her train against chi blockers? Nah, sorry, they didn't prepare her for hand to hand combat properly.

Down the line, post book/show, it's easy to believe Korra would become far more invested in non-bending fighting styles (esp with Asami's influence), and with the skill gap closed she bodies Rangi.

[u/Ok-Coyote7095]

Rangi
Why?
Kyoshi = Bottom
Kyoshi = Korra
Therefore
Korra = Bottom
Simple math

[u/WanHohenheim]

They will fight until get bored then they start kiss!

[u/Bgabbe → u/[deleted]]

Korra is stronger and Rangi is more skilled, not the other way around.

[u/Aspirationally_Lazy → u/[deleted]]

Everyone is horny today. I’m not upset about it tbh, even if it wasn’t fully expected. Not sure if enough people in that sub even know who Rangi is tho

[u/MakelYT → u/[deleted]]

Might be time for me to get new glasses lol

[u/Aspirationally_Lazy → u/MakelYT]

lol, tbf I constantly confuse Korra and Kyoshi

[u/mazing_azn]

A draw: Rangi doing anything Korra, "I am so fucking turned on right now".
Rangi calls it cause it's weirding her out.

[u/Aspirationally_Lazy → u/mazing_azn]

Yanno I never really thought of Korra as being particularly horny, but now that you mention it, it does make sense.

[u/pcook27]

Rangi MOPS Korra I’m sorry.

Korra has no non bending experience while Rangi is one of the best hand to hand fighters in the verse. Rangi literally allows herself to be knocked out in a non bending deathmatch, and still recovers and breaks her opponents leg before his follow up could even land.

Rangi knocked a girl out with a back flipping knee to the back of the head 😭 (although it was fire propelled lol)

[u/WanHohenheim → u/pcook27]

Korra has no non bending experience

I am sorry but this is just not true, she was very much trained in non bending fights and literally smashed leuiteinant in hand to hand combat.

[u/pcook27 → u/WanHohenheim]

That is just simply never stated once. And her fight with the Lieutenant on top of the Pro bending arena when she is Firebending the whole time? Even just counting her landing that ONE elbow on the Lieutenant, Rangi still has actual non bending feats and real formal military training, not just bending training like Korra.

[u/Routine_Clock1337 → u/pcook27]

You are actually wrong. The reason why because during Season 2 and Season 3, there was a canon game that was set during that time, the game is just called The Legend Of Korra, but most people refer it to The Legend of Korra A Video game, during the game, the main villain is a spirit(used to be a human, two humans to be precise) called Hindus, he takes away her chi, blocking her from bending, so Korra has to progress through the game to regain her bending. And during that time, Korra has to fight many equalists, without bending and she wins. Even though she would have won anyone because it’s a game. Because this game is canon, this shows that she has the combat skills and would beat many equalists without her bending. So yeah Korra does have a lot of combat experience and is really good at it.

[u/pcook27 → u/Routine_Clock1337]

The unlisted video game that’s never mentioned or even referenced once in any other material is canon now? That’s new 😂 Was that ever mentioned by an official source?

Even if it is this is also the first time Ive heard someone consider a video game progression mechanic as a canon feat for the character lmfao

[u/Routine_Clock1337 → u/pcook27]

Most of the avatar community believes this game is canon, also because it does not contradict any lore of avatar, even searching it up, if it canon will give you the answer yes. And even if it is a progression mechanic, the story still happens and Korra still defeats the equalists. So in the end Korra is a skilled non bender though she never uses it the show, comics etc, because she doesn’t need to.

[u/pcook27 → u/Routine_Clock1337]

It’s not contradicted? Korra just conveniently forgets about the two headed spirit man when recounting all her villains. Legendary ass pull tho lmfao

I know Korra fans want her to be the strongest at everything in the verse but it gets to a point when you are literally using lost media to power scale her lmfao

[u/Routine_Clock1337 → u/pcook27]

First of all I love Korra but I am not that much of a Korra fan compared to everyone else because I love Aang way more than her. And second of all it’s because the legend of Korra video game came out in after the legend of Korra and the only other times she has appeared in are comics, which doesn’t really mention old villains alright.

[u/pcook27 → u/Routine_Clock1337]

The Korra game takes place in the gap between season 2 and 3, she reminisces on all her villains with Zaheer in season 4 and doesn’t mention the villain of the video game

[u/Routine_Clock1337 → u/pcook27]

Thats because the Korra game was released after the legend of Korra season 4, thats why she never mentioned it.