[quote=@CirusArvennicus]
Avatar doesn't use magic, it uses ancient martial arts, and users gain gain control over nearby resources. They bend the substance to their will.

Dragon Slayer Magic is [i]completely[/i] different, and has a rather... established sense of what it does.
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Except, as I know, only people born with it can be benders. Rather than learn it. A little like wizards.

Buuuut ya know. They use the basic 4 elements xD with alterations