Talk:Katara VS Juvia Lockser/@comment-27190018-20151115212140/@comment-27190018-20151115221945

Water Benders cannot breathe underwater; they can manipulate the water around them to form pockets of air. Katara herself has had to do this. Juvia can breathe under water, and could effortlessly pop the bubble. Even though Katara can hold her breath for extended periods of time, every hit Juvia would land on her would have a big chance of disrupting her concentration. Imagine holding your breath underwater and then getting sucker punched, or caught in a huge wave. It'd be very hard to keep it up. And Juvia would be getting lots of hits in because she doesn't need to worry about an air supply.

While Katara needs a source, Juvia doesn't and can create water. Once the attack is finished, Katra could use it. Granted how close the battle is, it would likely go on for quite a while, and the volume of water will keep increasing. A flooded battlefield isn't too far of a stretch.

Juvia is capable of turning into water, even though she is not made of it. The very article you sourced explains that she needs to do so consciously. It'd be hard to blood bend someone that doesn't, at the moment, contain any blood. It is certainly possible that she can catch Juvia by surprise in her physical form, but it is extremely uncharacteristic for her to even use the attack; she hates it. Even with a killing restraint removed, it's unlikely she would attempt it.

No doubt freezing is helpful, it's just not enough. It would take time for boiling water to escape, but what could Katara do during that time?

I do commend your mature argument.