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9/16/2026 4:08:34 AM
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Strand/Shatter Skating...what am I doing wrong?
So I'm trying to learn strand/shatter skating with my Hunter in the hopes of getting across the gap in Last Wish to pick up the solo chest on the other side. With the Warlock it's a simple matter of Heat Rises + Dawnblade + Icarus Dash. With the Titan it's even more simple with Lions Ramparts, Catapult Lift, and just alternating lift and light attack with a sword. The Hunters had no means of crossing this gap before, but now, ostensibly, "skating" could make it happen.
I have a few dozen videos on how to do it, for both Stasis "Shater skating" and "Strand Skating" using the Ensnaring Slam aspect. Every video says you "just need any sword with Eager Edge. Every video uses "The Other Half" or sometimes "Half-truths," very specific swords that only drops from one specific activity. Very specific swords that I specifically do not have. Still, they insist "ANY sword with Eager Edge" can be used to accomplish a skate.
I am not finding this to be true. At all.
I do not know if I'm just not getting the timing right, or if there's more to it.
I have tried with the Chivalric Fire (Caster Frame), the Nasreddin (Lightweight Frame), and the Synanceia (Wave Sword Frame). So far Nasreddin is the only one that has accomplished any manner of "launching" in Shater Skate but so far has yielded no results at all with Strand skating. Which leads me to question if "ANY sword with Eager Edge" is actually true.
See, the thing is Other Half and Half-truths are both ADAPTIVE Frame swords. Which means their Heavy Attack is going to be different than Wave, Caster, and Lightweight Heavy Attacks. I do not have any Adaptive Frame swords with Eager Edge. Am I boned and it's just not possible to "skate" with any other type of sword, or do I just need to keep practicing?
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4 RepliesOk, now I just feel stupid. It seems my problem was not the sword, but the wonky, uneven geometry of the broken bridge. I was trying to launch as close to the edge as possible to get the most distance, but apparently the uneven surface was throwing things off. When I started farther up the slope where it's relatively smooth, the launch was successful with the Nasreddin. I will be trying other swords in subsequent resets to see which one gives me the best results as I still would not have made the jump without the aid of the Grapple grenade. Which does kinda lead into another question: does anyone know how moving the joystick affects grapple movement? E.g. does "moving forward" cause you to swing rather than simply be drawn towards the grapple point, or does it cause you to accelerate thus leading to a greater launching distance when you let go? Does "moving back" reduce the momentum and thus limit the height you can reach, or does it do something else? Does your movement not affect the grapple in any way and it all boils down to your position and current momentum/inertia relative to the grapple point at the moment of deployment?
