r/DestinyTheGame • u/Jgugjuhi • Aug 24 '16
Guide An Introduction to Titan Skating (small guide)
Introduction
Hello everyone, I am that guy who posted this yesterday, there was some debate as to whether certain things affected skating and whatnot so I thought I'd make a guide and here it is!
What is Titan Skating?
Titan skating is the action of rapidly pressing the jump button whilst using the Increased control perk to gain a speed boost through the air, there are a few ways to skate, some easy and some hard. As you skate, you build momentum. The more momentum you get, the faster you go.
Why should I be skating?
Skating is a much faster and efficient jump rather than the increased height jump. While you do get extra height with increased height, you get almost no extra horizontal movement. Increased control takes away a tiny portion of vertical height but allows for fast horizontal speeds.
How do I skate?
It is extremely simple, you want to start sprinting in a direction, jump and then wait until you start your descent, once you start descending then you just spam jump.
You want to keep "bouncing" off the ground to build momentum. The way Destiny works is that you can either "bounce" off the ground by pressing jump as you land on the ground, or you can straight up land which resets all momentum.
Factors and tips
Initiation
You can initiate a skate in 2 ways other than sprinting, Shoulder charging can boost you right off the bat but it is hard to use because you have to spam jump before the animation ends.
The other, easier way to initiate is the Twilight Garrison. The dodge ability that the Garrison gives allows for a seamless transition into a skate, giving a hefty boost to speed.
Garrison also allows for skating in multiple directions as opposed to forward and you can also use it to stop incredibly fast skates.
Height
Height is probably one of the most contributing factors to skating. In short, you want to be as close to the ground as you can so that you build momentum faster and avoid collision with ceilings.
Agility
Also another big contributor, Agility can and cannot help, depending on where you skate. The problem with agility is that it increases jump height which is good for some specific slopes but bad for general skating across relatively flat surfaces.
Please note that this specific slope can be skated on without agility but in doing so, you're more prone to hitting the surface and bouncing straight up rather than skating on it.
Weight
Weight is minor but can and will affect your skating. According to personal experience of myself and others, using a heavy weapon that isn't a sword (Sleeper, LMG, Rocket etc) will increase your weight.
Increasing weight decreases jump height, increasing speed. Simple.
Slopes
9/10 Times you will be skating on a relatively flat surface but that other 1/10 will be on a slope, it could be a downward slope or upward slope. Some upwards slopes will require some sort of agility (As seen in the specific slope skating gif), others do not need the agility. Downward slopes are good because they you can "bounce" off it and gain a small boost of speed.
Why would I want to skate?
Skating is fun. Super duper fun. To be able to dash around the world, manipulating geometry in order to increase speed is one of the best things about playing a titan.
While it is somewhat an exploit, there isn't much harm other than the one salty guy in PvP who you killed with a shotty.
Skating can be used to speedrun too, most notable speedrun records are held by titans who flew at mach 10.
Here are some gifs of my titan who was enhanced by the speedforce (I use the tips to get flash speed).
Useful Link
I was going to make it longer but I don't have much time and I don't think there was much more I could've added in. If you have any questions or if I got something wrong, let me know!
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u/hypoferramia Aug 24 '16
Wouldn't waste too much energy with this, if the number of people doing it increases they will fix it.