Air

"Matau pushed his powers to their limit, forcing the air around him to swirl violently. Suddenly, he was in the center of a whirlwind which sucked the breath from his lungs."
— Narrator, Trial by Fire

Air
Lewa controlling a cyclone
Elemental Power
Matoran prefix	Le-
Associated colors	Primary: Green Secondary: Lime Green, Teal

Air is an Elemental Power.

Species Wielders

Matoran Universe

In the Matoran Universe, Air is often represented by the Matoran prefix Le- as well as the color green.

Matoran

• Le-Matoran represent the Element of Air. Le-Matoran also contain a very minuscule amount of elemental Air energy, to the extent that they are extremely athletic, nimble and stealthy. All Matoran, Toa, and Turaga of Air are male.
• Toa of Air possess the Elemental Power of Air, allowing them to create, control, and absorb air. Their only real limitation is that when they run out of Elemental Air Energy, they must wait for it to recharge.
• Turaga of Air possess small traces of Elemental Air power. In comparison to where a Toa could create a whirlwind, a Turaga could create a stiff breeze.

Bohrok

• Lehvak-Kal possessed vacuum powers.

Makuta

• Rahkshi and Kraata of Cyclone and Vacuum, along with Makuta, have limited Air powers.

Rahi

• Air Gafna can emit pulses of elemental Air energy from their tails.
• Air Burnak can emit pulses of elemental Air energy.

Skakdi

• Skakdi of Air can only access their power if they work with another Skakdi, or if they carry a weapon that allows them to focus their Air power individually.

Examples

• Creating air
  • Creating cyclones
• Controlling air
  • Manipulating wind currents
    • Manipulating wind currents to achieve limited flight
  • Sensing/detecting air movement
  • Increasing air pressure
• Manipulating/absorbing air to create a vacuum
  • Creating implosions
• Turning one's body into a living cyclone (Rahkshi Kaita Za-exclusive)
• Setting a timed air blast (Toa Nuva-exclusive)
• Unleashing an Air Nova Blast (Toa-exclusive)

Water and Air combined to create a storm

Combinations

• When combined with the Elemental Power of Water, it can be used to create a storm or a water spout.
• When combined with the Elemental Power of Fire, it can be used to create a tornado of fire.
• As long as each of them wields a different Element, providing that Light and Shadow are not included at the same time, any six Toa can create a Protodermis cage. Beings other than Toa and the Krahka cannot combine powers of any sort to create a Protodermis cage.

Users

All of the following beings have/had the Element of Air and/or its subpowers:

• All Air Burnak
• All Air Gafna
• Gresh - Granted to him by the Ignika's powers
• Krahka - While using Toa Matau's form
• All Le-Matoran - Inaccessible; manifests as increased agility in precipitous terrain
• Lehvak-Kal possessed vacuum powers
• All Makuta - Cyclone and Vacuum
  • All Kraata and Rahkshi of Cyclone
  • All Kraata and Rahkshi of Vacuum
  • Rahkshi Kaita Za - Cyclone
  • Takutanuva - Cyclone and Vacuum (formerly; now unmerged)
• All Skakdi of Air - Only in conjunction with other Skakdi or through certain weapons
  • Zaktan (formerly; currently fused)
• All Toa of Air
  • Iruini - Lost upon his mutation into a Rahaga, but regained when the mutation was reversed
  • Kongu - His powers as a Toa Inika were combined with Lightning
  • Lesovikk
  • Lewa - Enhanced when he became a Toa Nuva
    • Wairuha - A Toa Kaita of Lewa, Gali, and Kopaka
  • Matau (formerly; now transformed into a Turaga)
  • Nidhiki (Formerly; lost when he was mutated)
  • Spinner (Formerly; lost when he was altered by the Dark Hunters)
• All Turaga of Air
  • Matau
• Vastus - Granted to him by the Ignika's powers

Kongu using his Air powers to summon a strong wind

All of the following objects have/had the Element of Air and/or its subpowers:

• All Toa Disks of Air
  • Any Kanohi of Air and any user of one
• Iruini's Cyclone Spear - Cyclone Blasts

All of the following locations are/were affiliated with Air:

• Le-Metru (formerly; now destroyed)
• Le-Wahi (formerly; now destroyed)
  • Le-Koro (formerly; now destroyed)

Trivia

• Gresh and Vastus received Air powers from the Ignika rather than the power of their native element of Jungle; this was because Mata Nui associated their tribe's color of green with Air, the corresponding primary element in the Matoran Universe.
• The air composition found in the Matoran Universe is the same as that on Spherus Magna.
• Toa Hordika Matau's Air Rhotuka was sometimes called a Wind Rhotuka.

See also

• Vacuum
• Jungle (Generation 2)
• Gallery:Elements (Generation 1) § Air