Who's MISSING from Avatar Legends? TLoK villains

I am very happy to report that I have not run out of groups of three yet. Avatar Legends' roster could always use more villains, so let's talk about Korra's main antagonists and which of them would or wouldn't make good playable fighters

Of the three, Amon is by far the most iconic villain of the series, as well as the most requested one. He's a master manipulator, successfully anticipating his opponents' moves and goading them into attacks he can exploit. Even when pretending to have no bending, he's a competent fighter and leader but, of course, the main attraction here is his more advanced bloodbending. Amon can straight up take away someone's bending ability and if Ty Lee's chi blocking would already be a lot to ask of this game, this may just break it outright. Blood bending in general seems like an inherently frustrating mechanic to put into a fighting game as well, so I have no idea how a faithful recreation of Amon would even work for this game. That all being said, I think he's cool enough to give it a shot anyway.

I won't spend much time on Unalaq. I don't like him, nor do I find his bending style all that interesting. His kids would make for way more engaging fighters that, if he were to be added in their stead, would probably be relegated to support slots. There's cooler waterbenders coming up in future shorts anyway; we don't need him.

Kuvira would not be my first choice of metalbender, but she's not a bad one either. She's learned from some of the best and is definitely a threatening combatant. I've seen her fighting style be described as "earthbending like a firebender" and, given her villainous disposition and status as the leader of the Earth Empire, that does fit her and would make her play differently from any other earthbender. Her style is that of soldier, disciplined yet impressive when she's basically showing off beating a weakened avatar. Finally, just give her the nuclear weapon super. Just do it. Have her order a strike on her opponent for a crisp 40% raw, you cowards.

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