Zaheer was the most dangerous man alive at his time and that was without any bending

If every member of the main cast is afraid of Ty Lee then that’s pretty telling

Ty Lee hands down

Sokka takes down every baddie from all 4 nations. But I guess he isn't considered in this video since he's a back bender. 😂

The fact that Piandao essentially lives brazenly as a deserter smack dab in the middle of the Fire Nation and the government leaves him be…that should say everything about how much they don’t want to fuck with him

Piandao killed 100 firebenders that were sent to assasinate him, alone.

If we make some assumptions about outside the series I would say that adult Sokka might take the cake. Piando said he believed Sokka had the capabilities to become an even better master than himself and we know that he was in the group with Tezin, Zuko, and Tarrlok that took down the Red Lotus the first time despite the fact that he and Zuko would've likely been around 70.

Sokka literally killing a guy who can blow shit up with his mind w a fucking boomerang, and also literally wiping out an entire fleet of fire nation airships. He's not the strongest non bender but he's got some of the most impressive non bender acomplishments in the series.

Piandao singlehandedly told the Fire Nation to get off his lawn and they listened. You don't beat that

"My name is Piandao, swordsman of the white lotus, and I have never known defeat"

Remember when Pian Dao said "I'm a little old to be fighting the avatar"?

Don't forget Piandao also was involved in irohs second attack on Ba-sing se during sozins comet, he was fighting fire benders amped by sozins comet without bending

The correct answer might be, "Post-prison Iroh when he fights without bending."

I’m just happy the show gave us multiple examples of talented non-benders

Sokka I feel is vastly underrated. Sokka's abilities go far beyond combat. He was a great tactician and planner. He was well versed in many traits including reading maps and planning for survival.

Honorable mentions Mai and Ty Lee both were able to go toe toe with some of the strongest benders (and then we have to mention how Mai is nerfed by ratings demographic censorship, she throws knives with pin point accuracy she definitely would be lethal if she chose to kill.)

It’s Piandao. An elderly version of him is just as capable as teen Ty Lee and prime Zaheer. A prime Piandao would be an absolute unit that would trump both Zaheers martial arts and Ty Lee’s chi blocking. I actually recently had this conversation with my gf and came to that conclusion with her.

the guy who was Amon's 2nd in command is basically a combination of Piandao and Ty Lee, although he relies on technology rather than pure skill for his fighting style

Sword bending

I feel like Ty Lee is the most dangerous non bender Piandao faught a bunch of randos while Ty Lee took on the original crew and had them terrified