Avatar: The Last Airbender

Basic gameplay:
Battles would take place in flat arenas of varying widths and lengths, with different obstructions possibly shaping terrain.

Combat can take place at different ranges:

• Close quarters, at which point hand to hand, martial arts, and short range bending would be more useful.
  • Non-benders tend to be best at close-range, but the ability to close distance isn't tied in to someone's ability to bend or not.
• Mid-range, where most bending, and thus most combat, takes place.
  • Basic projectiles are at their most precise at this range.
• Longer distances, at which point larger-scale bending and traps/environmental effects can be more useful, but these moves are easier to see coming.
  • Basic projectiles automatically tracks in the general direction of the opponent, but not as full homing moves, so projectiles can still be sidestepped at longest distances.

Controls:
Controls would follow a 4-button control scheme of its own design. Controls are numbered using the 1/2/3/4 system for game controllers, where 1 is the leftmost button, 2 is the top, 3 is the bottom, and 4 is the rightmost. Special moves are done by doing varying combinations of buttons and directional inputs.

1. Negative Jing
   • The traditional "block" button, but also works with special abilities in different ways.
   • By rotating the control stick 360 degrees and pressing this button, characters who can redirect Water, Earth, or Lightning in canon can redirect those things in game.
2. Upper Body/Punches
   • The most traditional of attack buttons. These attacks involve punches, weapons, head-based abilities, etc.
   • When combined with Negative Jing, this tends to signify deflection special moves, setting traps, and the like.
   • When combined with Positive Jing, this tends to signify the more powerful and ranged offensive moves.
3. Lower Body/Kicks
   • The other traditional attack button. These attacks can involve kicks, advanced movement attacks, etc.
   • When combined with Negative Jing, this can be movement abilities such as hovering, sliding on ice, etc.
   • When combined with Positive Jing, this can strengthen the basic attacks of Positive Jing, since power comes from the root and core.
4. Positive Jing
   • The traditional "special" button, this is used for more basic bending or special abilities.

Alternatively, controls could follow a 6 button control scheme. the 4 face buttons would work identical to Tekken, with each one controlling a corresponding limb, 1+2 being upper body attacks, 3+4 being lower body attacks, and other combinations of buttons playing out similarly logically. Meanwhile, Negative and Positive Jing would be the remaining two (shoulder) buttons. A layout like this could allow for more nuance in attacks and larger movesets.

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Avatars

Aang (Book 3)

• General Playstyle: The most defensive of the Avatars, specializing in evasion and defensive walls and armor. Does not use his staff.
• Special abilities:
  • Pressing all 4 buttons when at low health activates or deactivates the Avatar State, which increases power at the cost of slowly draining health.
  • Seismic sense can slow down and dodge incoming attacks just before they connect.

Korra (Book 1)

• General Playstyle: Perfect for beginners. The most offensive of the Avatars, one of the highest damage output of the roster, and the most well-rounded character of the full roster. Does not use Airbending. Excels at all ranges. Cannot enter the Avatar State.
• Special abilities: Some defensive (waterbending) moves can heal damage.

Korra (Book 4)

• General Playstyle: Straightforward offensively, but has a variety of more specialized moves similar to other characters on the roster (spiritbending for momentary binding of opponents, healing, etc.), making her a Jack of All Trades.
• Special abilities: Can momentarily enter the Avatar State at any point in battle, to strengthen her next bending ability.

Airbenders

Aang (Book 1)

• General Playstyle: The most defensively evasive of the airbenders.
• Special abilities: Fights with his glider staff, which can increase his melee range and projectile power.

Tenzin

• General Playstyle: The most offensive of the airbenders. Works well at mid and long range. Projectiles tend to have good knockback. More of a "long reach" fighter than a traditional zoner.
• Special abilities:

Zaheer

• General Playstyle: Specializes in close range offense compared to other airbenders.
• Special abilities: Has an asphyxiation special for high damage, but it's easily interrupted.

Waterbenders

Katara

• General Playstyle: The most well rounded of the Waterbenders.
• Special abilities: Some defensive moves can heal damage.

Huu (not in his giant swamp monster form)

• General Playstyle: Resource management based.
• Special abilities: Can gather plant matter to increase the range of his plantbending attacks, which are used for long-range grabs and hits. Can also create fog to disguise his movements and make projectiles harder to hit him with.

Amon

• General Playstyle: Defensive and evasive, turtle gameplay.
• Special abilities: Uses bloodbending to temporarily disable bending abilities of enemies (when in close range), or to bind and very rarely throw enemies at a distance. Does not actually have waterbending projectiles, instead using bloodbending to deflect incoming attacks.

Tonraq

• General Playstyle: Excels at close range combat and close/mid-range bending. Highest speed of the waterbenders. Great agility.
• Special abilities:

Eska

• General Playstyle: A trap/projectile zoner. Her attacks take sweeping movements that cover a lot of vertical height.
• Special abilities: Can set her brother Desna in place. When she does bending attacks, he will also do them, allowing for multi-directional attacks, or stronger attacks when she stands near him.

Ming Hua

• General Playstyle: A long range specialist who also has great agility.
• Special abilities:

Earthbenders

Toph

• General Playstyle: Excels at mid and long range.
• Special abilities: Seismic sense can slow down and dodge incoming attacks just before they connect.

King Bumi

• General Playstyle: Excels at mid and close range. Powerful single attacks.
• Special abilities: Can phase into the ground and reemerge elsewhere.

Long Feng

• General Playstyle: Highly powerful single attacks. Fights very stationary.
• Special abilities: Can pin or bind opponents with rock gloves. Can cling to vertical surfaces.

Bolin

• General Playstyle: The most straightforward of the Earthbenders, with more traditional attacks focusing on punches and upper body bending and projectiles.
• Special abilities: Can set lava traps that inflict damage to whoever walks over them. Traps dissipate over time.

Lin Beifong

• General Playstyle: Excels at mid and close range, using metal whip cables for most of her attacks, giving her long reach.
• Special abilities: Seismic sense can slow down and dodge incoming attacks just before they connect.

Kuvira

• General Playstyle: Control oriented. Fights fairly stationary with low mobility, but can move opponents around herself.
• Special abilities: Metal clips can bind or reposition enemies.

Firebenders

Zuko

• General Playstyle: Straightforward and easy to use.
• Special abilities: Can use his swords to extend his melee range.

Azula

• General Playstyle: Defensive/keep away. High agility.
• Special abilities: Blue Fire deals less damage but has high knockback.

Iroh

• General Playstyle: Excels in mid and short range. Among the most damaging moves.
• Special abilities: Heat conduction specials can enhance his close range attacks for more damage.

Ozai

• General Playstyle: Excels in mid and long range. Among the most damaging moves, and largest hitboxes for bending attacks.
• Special abilities: Can attack while doing his special flight movement.

Mako

• General Playstyle: The most straightforward of the Firebenders, with more traditional attacks focusing on punches and upper body bending and projectiles.
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P'Li

• General Playstyle: Keep away. Very damaging at long range, but weak at close range. Very low mobility.
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Non-Benders

Sokka

• General Playstyle: Very damaging close range weapons (club and space sword), but he has to corner opponents first. He also has the lowest mobility of the non-benders.
• Special abilities: His only projectile is his boomerang, and only one can be out at a time, but it always comes back to him.

Suki

• General Playstyle: The most defensive of the non-benders, not only using her shield or fans to block attacks, but also has counters and throws against close-range opponents. Her katana is for slow but very damaging offensive moves. She's much more agile than a defensive character would seem.
• Special abilities: Counter heavy moveset at close range. At long range, she can throw her fans, but they don't return and must be picked up.

Jet

• General Playstyle: Fairly good speed and agility. If his agility is beaten, he has the worst defense of the non-benders. Combo oriented.
• Special abilities: Longshot shoots projectiles for him. Has the longest range melee attacks by hooking his swords together.

Ty Lee

• General Playstyle: Aggressive control based. Very short range, but combo oriented.
• Special abilities: Mai shoots projectiles for her. Chi blocking momentarily slows enemy movement and disables bending.

The Lieutenant

• General Playstyle: Close range specialist. Stun batons do extra damage against Waterbenders and armored characters.
• Special abilities: Projectiles are the Equalists' bolas, which aren't damaging, but pins the opponent in place.

Zhu Li (Mech Suit)

• General Playstyle: The slowest of the non-benders, but a tank with high defense, and surprisingly high mobility.
• Special abilities: Fire, electric, and cable attacks, similar to some of the attacks of Firebenders and Metalbenders.

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Areas from The Last Airbender/Legend of Aang

Freedom Fighters' Treetop Hideout

• Layout: A large circular arena. Dotting the arena are a couple of thick trees, which serve as barriers blocking attacks and movement. More mobile characters can move around them easily.
• Description: Takes place on ground level, there is a nearby stream.

Northern Air Temple (under siege)

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Foggy Swamp

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The Serpent's Pass

• Layout: A long, rectangular (relatively) narrow pathway.
• Description: A sheer path atop the ridge, surrounded by the waterway on both sides. Inspired by the area where Team Avatar slept, and where they walked along the side.

Ba Sing Se - Palace Exterior

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Ba Sing Se - Underground

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Fire Nation Royal Plaza (Day of Black Sun siege)

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Western Air Temple

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The Boiling Rock

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Fire Nation Capital - (Last) Agni Kai Grounds

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Wulong Forest

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Areas from The Legend of Korra

Southern Water Tribe - White Lotus Training Grounds

• Layout: A large, open area.
• Description: The traditional "training" stage.

Avatar Korra Park (Republic City Park)

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Air Temple Island Courtyard

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Southern Water Tribe - Northern Military Encampment (Dark Spirits)

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Harmonic Convergence

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Republic City Spirit Wilds

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Northern Water Tribe - P'Li's Prison

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Zaofu

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