Specialized Bending Techniques In Avatar

Specialized bending techniques are sub-skills of four bending arts, of which only skilled benders can perfectly master it. Each sub-skill requires a different level of mastery over the main element. Further information is seen as follow:

Waterbending 

Bloodbending

Bloodbending is a sub-skill within waterbending, recognized as the darkest and deadliest of all specialized techniques. The practice of bloodbending essentially allows a user to manipulate the water inside another body, allowing control over a victim's individual movements.

Healing

Healing is a special ability possessed by some waterbenders that enables them to heal those who have been wounded, including themselves. This is accomplished by drawing upon the life-giving properties of water, which are used to heal numerous types of physical wounds and illnesses. 

Spiritbending

Spiritbending is a variation of the healing technique which allows the user to instill a balance or an imbalance within spirits. To perform the technique, a waterbender encircles the spirit with a thin stream of water, which begins to glow when the technique is taking effect.

Earthbending 

Lavabending

Lavabending is a rare technique that involves the manipulation of molten rock. It causes the simultaneous eruption of four small volcanoes.

Metalbending

Metalbending is a special set of techniques within earthbending which allows an earthbender to indirectly bend processed metals by manipulating the trace amounts of regular earth in them, much as they would bend regular earth.

Seismic Sense

Seismic sense is the unique ability to perceive an environment by feeling acute vibrations through the ground. Similar to sonar and echolocation, seismic sense enables the practitioner to detect earthen objects and objects in contact with earth when out of sight.

Firebending 

Combustionbending

Combustionbending is a form of telekinetic firebending. It consists of the ability to channel chi through the forehead, superheating the surrounding air and producing a beam of explosive energy capable of immense damage, both in short and long range. 

Lightning Generation

Lightning generation is a sub-skill of firebending that allows a firebender to produce and guide a bolt of lightning from their fingertips. 

Lightning Redirection

Lightning redirection is a sub-skill of firebending that allows a firebender to absorb lightning into their body as energy and release it in a more desirable direction.

Airbending 

Flight

Flight, also called weightlessness, is a complex and extremely rare skill. It was such a unique ability, that it was believed to only exist in legends.

Spritual Projection

Spiritual projection is a complex technique that requires a heightened sense of spirituality, allowing one's spirit to move through the physical realm in an intangible form unbound by a corporeal body.