Talk:Gaara VS Toph/@comment-27347152-20161001060352/@comment-26558142-20161003181804

@ A DB Fan named Jake

First: How is Toph faster than Gaaras sand? You just said because lightning bending. But from what we can see in both shows the lightning in AtlA is slower than the one Naruto. Also how should that help when Gaara can attack from multiple angles at the same time. Not a single bender have been shown to be able to react to such attacks.

Second: The steel thing. Kimimaro himself states that his bones are STRONGER than steel. And if he hadn't activatet his cursed seal level 2 he would have been crushed/was shown to be crushed (not sure at the moment). And you say she can change the density of Gaaras sand where we get to the old problem: Where is written that bending>chakra. This is simply something DB made up.

Third: And you forgot that Metalbending is simple earthbending in very small detail. Yes, she is an earthbending prodigy, but as far as I remember, Earth and sand are still bend in a different way (if not she wouldn't have problem in the desert!!!). To say, she can overpower Gaaras sand because she overpowered a spirit with earth is very fishy in my eyes.

Fourth: They got the gold sand wrong. In Atla it is said, that gold cannot be metal bended by Toph herself and no word of god has changed that. To make it simple, it should make it harder for her to bend not easier!

Summary: Up till now we have the following

Speed: Toph maybe faster than Gaara, but outmatched by his sand (I mean where should the sand come from when not from his gourd (he way in a country covered in snow in a castle for gods sake)

Durability: Gaara. Survived a beating by Lee with Gates unlocked (before timeskip), his sand is able to block mountain busting attacks without problems.

Expierience: Gaara. Longer active, has defeated much older and expierenced fighters without a scartch.

Sandcontrol: Gaara. Has shown to be able to control sand in much bigger (sand tsunami) and much smaller (control of Deidaras body with just some sand inside the mad bombers body) than Toph. She is better in Earth, but in Sand we don't see much (heck she only used it after the desert to build a sand castle)

Variety: Toph

Verdict: Up till now Toph should have lost that battle. Heck, I can even bring up some points DB made in other DBs:

- Toph led a police force, Gaara led an army (see Doctor Doom vs Darth Vader)

- Gaaras sandshield can block more than Toph can dish out (Link vs Cloud)

- Tophs endurance is way below Gaara, she doesn't have really a way to kill him (Dante vs Bayonetta)