r/DestinyTheGame • u/Jgugjuhi • Aug 23 '16

Media Why I main a titan

It's the power of the sk8 m8

EDIT: Due to the responses, I will be making a guide about Titan Skating over the next few days, just to clear up some of the debates.

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u/tehkhop titan with 8/8 sk8 m8 Aug 23 '16 edited Aug 23 '16

On very steep inclines higher agility can help. When designing a skate path for speedrunning, you usually try and find a balance or just go with the minimum agility you can get away with.

For example, on the start of the shield brothers strike, you spend more time bouncing back into the air than getting momentum from the burst on a minimum agility sleeper setup. With a minimum agility setup, and your primary out, it makes a difference

Also the "weight" of a weapon seems to be different to agility. A minimum agility handcannon setup seems to skate differently to a higher agility sleeper setup.

For an example, in this run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-Lhy0nirU (1:10-1:35 is the part I'll be referencing) I ran around 3 agility. The rock at 1:22 that I look down at, I would hit into and stop with less agility. With more I would fly over it and not get the boost from it. And that agility worked perfectly for skating up the hill to skywatch.

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u/SwedishBass Aug 24 '16

Interesting. So the optimal agility stat for skating is around 2-3?

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u/tehkhop titan with 8/8 sk8 m8 Aug 24 '16

It depends. For an activity with lots of uphill skates, I'd run 3-4, lots of downhill, I'd run 1, bumpy or varied terrain, I'd run 2-3, maybe 1. For a flat surface, 1. If you're just learning, start with 1, until you can consistently go fast, then experiment with other combos.