<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=166717.msg7819268#msg7819268">Quote from: Karma on 04-03-2013, 01:38:13</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Ah yes, it was actually Toph who "perceived" the impurities in the metal and used that to bend it. Platinum is used in Korra to counteract metalbending. While it may not be as tough as alloy or impure metal, it's a hell of a lot tougher than wood, and it would be used on people that are under watch most of the time anyway. It would give them the "gift" of freedom of movement, though.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>For Azula to design such a thing, though, it would imply an inside knowledge of Earth Bending that it doesn't seem she should have.  She'd actively reject Iroh's philosophy of studying the other styles to improve one's own, I think.  By Korra, it would make sense, there's been 100 years of people researching the styles and how they relate to one another.  So if there was a weakness in the style, that too would have been discovered.  As we stand, we only have the 1 Metal Bender, right?