Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31270269-20170313181642/@comment-26477131-20171003151319

Gaara vs. Toph is the only fight I truly take issue with.

At the time I didn't mind it as I had seen Naruto and I had not seen Avatar, so I pretty much didn't have an opinion on the outcome. Few years later after seeing Avatar, I see large flaws with this fight.

Is Toph precise? Sure. Can She sense Earth of all kinds? Definitely. Is her bending strong enough to bend Metal? Yes.

...but all that means nothing unless she can move fast enough to react to it and I'm sorry, after watching all of Avatar, Korra and even reading the comics, I don't see anything to suggest that she would be capable of moving or reacting close to the speeds of Gaara's sand, which they even mentioned in the video, moves faster than eyesight.

I also don't see how Toph coating herself in metal, would be able to survive the Sand Coffin and although Toph can control Earth, there's no real evidence to suppose that she could take control or redirect Gaara's sand attacks, as I pointed out before, not only are they way to fast, but controlling an element currently being controlled by another bender in the Avatar universe has been said to be very difficult.

...and finally, there's nothing to support the idea of Gaara's chakra depleting that fast, he fought through an enormous war against far more powerful opponents than Toph and showed no signs of his chakra running out, even if he did have his Sand Armour on.

Anyway, that's my two cents on this fight. I heard Ben wanted to redo this fight in new animation, which I'd be all for, but I just don't see any factor that works in Toph's favour.