To add on to your argument, Azula is only 14 years old. Despite her young age, she has been able to manipulate people and her brother and capture Ba Sing Se. Not only that, but she can create lightning! She can create lightning without killing herself and avoiding the dangers. Has Jeong Jeong ever created lightning? I don't think so, and we have never seen it. Also, when Azula was insane she was still able to create lightning. Even in her mental and shattered state she was able to control the energy without making it strike through her heart, a feat which deserves applause for a young woman in a mental state.

What you said is very important. I stress upon the fact that Azula can generate lightning without hurting herself. Even Iroh said it was difficult, since it requires peace of mind and no emotion. Azula is 14, and she can shoot lightning without killing herself, and she can do that when she is insane. I originally thought during the finale that that was the way Azula was going to die: she was going to try to create lightning and die because she could not control it. I seriously think Azula has focus, persevearance, determination, and skills which she can use even when mental. It was during her mental breakdown that Azula's emotions clashed about Zuko, Ursa, Mai, Ty Lee, and trust, and despite that, she could create lightning and successfully injure someone, too.

Oh iroh definitely knew that it was a trick. But the point is that Azula had him outmanouvered; he had nothing that he could use to justify putting a stop to her until the captain slipped up (talk about a deus ex machina). even though Iroh was as suspicious as heck of Azula, there was nothing he could do. It's all about the mmanipulations, and Azula is a master of the game.

EDIT: I mean, I'm sure they wanted her to defeat Iroh, but I don't think they realized how much she was pwning. I hope they did, though. It would make them all the more awesome.

You're right! She is THE master of manipulating. But what could she do to manipulate Jeong Jeong? He didn't care about the Fire Nation untill Ozai was defeated. And further he will probably ignore everything Azula says. But I realy think he can take on Azula. (and I'm not the only one) He had probably seen everything in the army. He was a legendary admiral. And he can let flames burn on water. You've got to have skills for that! And if you want to take out 30 battle tanks by youself you've also need to have some skills. The fire blasts of the tanks where also boosted by the comet, so if there was no comet he could have taken them out to. And when Azula is going to try and kill him with lightning. That's just suicide. Not everybody is stupid enough to stand and wait untill she is ready to strike like Zuko did. He will just attack her. And so will Iroh probably to. And everybody else. And if he can block the attacks of 5 firebenders like in the Deserter and of 3 tanks like in the finale, I'm sure he can also block fire blasts from Azula. So in my opinion Jeong Jeong can win. BUT, if Azula gets older and is an adult, she will win.

Indeed they are two different types of masters. Personali I think Jeong Jeong has more skills in bending, (let flames burn on water). And Azula sure is EXTREMELY strong and smart. But being able to bend lightning won't help her. She creates is to slow. Everybody could have attacked her during the time she needed to generate the lightning. Ozai is the only one who can use it in a fight effectively. Except if the opponent cand redirect. Jeong Jeong can't do that, but he won't need to against Azula. She's to slow. And also because he was able to know what Aang was doing without looking, I'm pretty sure he knows what Azula is up to. She is very good at lying, but that won't help her in the fight either. Everybody needs a good stance for striking, and so does Azula. She can't hide her stance for Jeong Jeong. He already knows how Aang stood without looking, I'm sure he can figure out how Azula stands WITH looking. And I think he can predict what Azula is up to by looking and analyzing her stance. So they are different types of masters, but Jeong Jeong wins in a fight I guess.

Not so at all. Right from the start, Azula has something Jeong Jeong doesn't - Blue Firebending. Blue Firebending is equally powerful to Original Firebending, and far, far stronger than Jeong Jeong's regular Firebending. I'm surprised nobody has brought that up yet.

Azula's lightning skills are definitely improving. We saw in "The Chase" that she is capable of summoning up a lightning bolt in a fews seconds while moving at a fast pace. So we can assume that she can run and dodge to some degree while charging her lightning to hurl at Jeong Jeong. If Jeong Jeong allows himslef to stand still for even a few seconds, he will get zapped.

If Azula can control her body to the point where she can keep her heart under control when Toph tries to detect her lying, we can assume that she fool Jeong Jeong when he tries to analyze her stance and style.

There is no evidence that Jeong Jeong knows anything Firebending that Azula doesn't; quite the contrary, in fact. Azula has, in the past, come up with some extremely surprising moves of her own, ranging from blocking Aang''s airbending attack in "Return to Omashu" without using any apparent Firebending, to pulling off what appears to have been a watered down version of Combustion Man's attack in "The Beach".

There is also another factor to consider; Azula's other combat skills. During various figths where she found bending to be inconvenient she has displayed some stunning acrobatics and hand-to-hand combat moves, and in DoBS showed that she was apparently confident with using melee weapons too, even if she never got the chance to do so. Thus far, jeong Jeong has demonstrated no skills to match these.

Azula's incredible ability to remain aware of her surroundings is another factor. During the scene in "The Chase" where she, Mai, and Ty Lee split up to follow different trails, she demonstrated an incredible ability to take in everything around her, figure out it's meaning, and act on it all in mere moments. I'd say that this definitely counters Jeong Jeong's proven abilities with analyzing people.

So Azula wins the fight, now and forever.

Well, we didn't see Azula being capable to concentrate flames on water. And if she can control her hartbeat, SO WHAT? She can't hide if she widens her stance of moves her arm! Jeong Jeong sure can see that. And he is experienced and probably what she is up to. But if Azula is running and generating lightning at the same time, he just creates a 20 foot high and 100 foot wide wall of fire in front of her. She can't dodge that. And she can't run trough it. It takes firebending to walk trough it. As demonstrated by Zhao in "the Deserter" And she certainly can't walk trough it if he creates a wall of fire at full power.

And I have a question. How do you know blue fire is equal powerfull to original firebending? And how do you even know if that is more powerfull than regular firebending? Fire comes from the inner drive. Not from anger, and hate. As far as I know, the main difference is that the sun warriors know it. The rest doesn't. The only reason that Zuko became stronger after FBM was that his drive to stop the war was bigger than his drive to chase Aang. And if there realy is a difference in true and anger firebending, than Zuko should have been the most powerfull firebender, because he was the most pissed of person in the series. But I don't think that one blast from Azula is equal powerfull as that of 5 firenation soldiers. And anyway, I think there is a difference in skills and raw power. Skills for example is being able to let flames burn on water. Raw power is the power of the blasts.

And as far a I'm conserned about her "combustion" skills in the beach. That was just a big exaggeration of the ball hitting the ground. But it sure was a powerfull kick though. And boosted by firebending.

And about her lightning skills improving. That won't help her now. In the future it does. If she gets older and can pull of a quik lightning strike like Ozai did, she can defeat him. But not with her still average speed lightning.

But at least I'm not the only one who is convinced that Jeong Jeong can beat her.