Just thought I'd add to the table.

Um... Bumi and metal. First of all, he was trapped in a FIRENATION cage, they get rid of ALL TRACES of EARTH in them so that when they trap EARTHBENDERS, they stay trapped.


Now I must ask you... WHY?????
why would firenation do this if "Metal Bending is so "unique""?

because it isn't and they've seen it many times before is the only conclusion I can make to this.


Also, remember that last we saw Bumi, he CHOOSE to stay trapped, meaning he had no reason to get out of that cage.


now granted those trapped earthbenders on that firenation slave-ship couldn't bend their way out, I will say it is rare, but It isn't just Toph who can bend Unreformed metal. (aka Earthnation metal).

I based my decision on what we seen them do so far, and so far it seems that Toph would win.

First of all, it seems that Toph knows more higher levelled techniques. Ex. ground-skating, rock armour, metalbending and a lot of defensive moves.

We only seen Bumi do a couple good techniques, but nothing really "fancy" compared to Toph. Secondly, expereince doesn't always win over raw talent (at least not in the avatar world) ex, Azula, Aang, and of course Toph.

Thirdly, she has Tophness

I would like to point out again, that I am basing my decision on what we seen so far. Bumi many have a few tricks up his sleeve, but I can't "assume" he is better just because I haven't seen those tricks yet.

yeah .. imean yeah toph can bend metal ...imaginf what bumi can bend...Gold?????

if toph can bend "metal" imanging what he can bend!!! liquid metal!!!!!!!

Bumi hasn't really shown his true power but Toph has.
From what I think,
Bumi can unleash a powerful force of earthbending.

*suddenly is hit by a wave of scenes where Toph is metal bending the two guys from Terminator*

Who is the successor for Bumi's kingdom, anyways? If Toph could beat him in a match, would she inherit it? But I doubt she'd like the job.

Just picture this:

Bumi gets Toph in a quicksand move where only the area around her is composed of sand. But she forces herself to be sucked underground and pulls him underground as she resurfaces.

See, she could also use her disadvantage as an advantage once she learns Bumi finds out that her weakness is sand.

What is so special about Toph's metal-bending skills? Yes, it's cool. And yes, with some time & training it could become really useful. But right now it's completely a novelty & only really useful for escaping enclosed spaces. As far as we've seen, she has to be touching the metal to bend it, & even then it's very basic control that can't even be used for much of anything.

"Just picture this:

Bumi gets Toph in a quicksand move where only the area around her is composed of sand. But she forces herself to be sucked underground and pulls him underground as she resurfaces." - Remember when Aang fought Bumi? He melted into the earth & used it to transport him through solid stone up to where Sokka & Katara were waiting. Not much of an advantage.

"I think Toph has a chance of winning. She can bend metal, send up several pillars of earth at once, and flatten stairs!" - Are these really that impressive? I covered metal bending. But what's so great about the rest? I'm quite certain that Bumi can send up multiple pillars of earth at the same time, & flattening stairs seems like something even the most inexperienced earthbender could do.

I mean when has Toph ever shown the ability to do the things Bumi can do? Remember when he lifted that huge mass of stone at the end of his fight with Aang? That thing had to weigh tons! And he's shown the ability to solidify & de-solidify things at will, travel through the earth, & generally be VERY creative & adaptive in his attack style. I don't care if Toph is able to evade attacks well. So is Aang. When Aang tried that, Bumi started using attacks that hit him indirectly, such as shooting a rock at the ceiling so that the debris would knock him down. Again, he easily out-classed Aang, & Aang made Toph look like a joke.

Are you crazy...Toph is tottally badass, she basically invaded the EK palace alone (sorry Aang, Katara and Sokka you guys just watched) and she Bends metal

Bumi is old... a little crazy and still stuck in a metal box