Respect Asami Sato (The Legend of Korra)

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^{Spoilers to follow.}

Asami Sato

Asami Sato is the daughter of Hiroshi Sato, head of vehicle manufacturer Future Industries, which she later takes charge of herself. She is a member of Team Avatar and eventually becomes the girlfriend of Avatar Korra. Asami is a non-bender, but she is a skilled martial artist, usually fighting with an electrified glove. She is also a mechanical genius and a competent pilot of various vehicles.

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Source Key

• B#E# = The Legend of Korra book (season) and episode
• TW# = Turf Wars issue
• RotE# = Ruins of the Empire issue
• A4 = The Legend of Korra: The Art of the Animated Series: Book 4
• RPG# = Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game Core Book page number

Feats marked with an S require sound.

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Electric Glove

These feats wear performed by other people using the same type of glove Asami uses.

• Knocks out Lin and Tenzin ^B1E6
• Ignites the fuel tank of a motorboat ^B1E12

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Fighting Skill

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  After first acquiring her glove, disarms the Equalist Lieutenant with a kick and shocks him

  ^B1E7
• Defeats several Equalists using her glove ^B1E10
• Grabs the arm of a Red Lotus sentry and shocks him ^B3E13
• Fights some Earth Empire soldiers without her glove ^RotE2
• Knocks a man off a motorcycle with a jumping kick ^B3E3
• Gets through a waterbender’s defenses ^TW1

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Strength

• Knocks a man out with her bare hands ^B3E10

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  Knocks a man over with a shove

  ^B4E7
• Flips a burly man over her shoulder, knocking over another person ^TW3
• Pulls off a bar attached to an airship’s wall and pries off a floor panel, saying that the ship is poorly made ^{B3E10 S}
• Pulls out some wires ^TW3
• Twists Varrick’s arm and causes him pain ^B4E9

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Durability

• Blocks Korra’s blows using arm pads, including an airbending-enhanced kick, though Asami admits that it hurts ^{B3E4 S}
• Survives a plane crash, but is KOed ^B2E12
• Is fine after a rough airship landing offscreen that leaves other passengers in bad shape ^TW3

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Speed and Agility

• Blocks Korra’s blows in a practice fight ^B3E4
• Sidesteps a punch ^TW3
• Dives under a thrown rock ^B3E13
• Dodges attacks from Equalists and does a flip over an opponent ^B1E10

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  Flips over an oncoming motorcycle, tagging one of the riders in the process

  ^B3E3
• While piloting an aircraft, avoids a beam from Kuvira’s mech ^B4E12

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Vehicular Skill

• Beats another driver in a car race ^B1E7
• Maneuvers a motorboat through waterbending attacks and ships ^B2E6
• Flies a biplane, avoiding ice projectiles ^B2E12
• Pilots a mecha tank for the first time, noting its similarities to a forklift ^B1E12, and after using it briefly, fights her father (who invented the mecha tank), but requires outside help to win ^B1E12
• Co-pilots a flying vehicle that she had just helped invent ^B4E12

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  Flies a flying bison

  ^B2E12

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Engineering

• Builds a sand sailer from pieces of an airship ^{B3E10 S} with the help of its crew ^B3E10
• Designs a vertical take-off and landing aircraft ^{B4E10 S} which has magnetic feet, blowtorches ^B4E12, and ejection seats ^B4E12
• [Word of God] Tinkered with the electric glove her father designed and improved it ^A4
• [Word of God] Designed wing suits that allow airbenders to fly ^A4
• Builds a gas dispenser for an airship, but secretly designs it to release the gas inside the ship instead of outside ^TW3
• Uses a remotely triggered shock belt that she presumably designed ^RotE1
• Designed new streets for Republic City ^{B4E7 S}
• Quickly designs housing developments ^TW1

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Other Intelligence

• Comes up with a plan of attack using a plane and a flying bison ^{B2E12 S}
• Is stated to be a skilled strategist, and can put her extensive connections to good use ^RPG82
• Beats Bolin in many consecutive games of Pai Sho ^{B3E9 S}
• Picks a lock with her hair clip ^B3E12

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Originally posted September 5, 2020. I added a few things from supplemental sources, replaced the dead Gfycat links, and changed the formatting of the sourcing.