Why dont more people well skate without a ledge?

[lofty flame]

Especially speedrunners, I just practiced for 30 mins and its pretty consistent

[iron crater]

[limber moss]

1. Unless you got a long af corridor, it can be a timeloss versus just a controlled small boost

2. Flat skate is Much slower than a proper edge skate

[sinful turtle]

how do u even wellskate without ledge

[lofty flame]

jump light attack jump super

theres a guide on youtube

[sinful turtle]

not as fast as ledge

so idk when ill use i t

[lofty flame]

when theres not a ledge...

[limber moss]

Not faster, in most cases can be slower than just swiping mid air

That's basically it
No muscle memory or anything
There's extremely few spots where it's good

[lofty flame]

its faster then sword swiping + icarus dash in mid air

like twice as fast

but its a little bit slower then normal wellskate

[sinful turtle]

rather js eager n icarus

[south ridge]

Does well skate actually consume the super?

[sinful turtle]

no

[potent torrent]

No matter how consistent you can get it, you can still mess it up and you're out of your well for actual ledgeskates, lest your hunter then.

[lofty flame]

nope

[warped current]

This is cool. I can't really use it though with my razer and I haven't been able to manually do it.

[limber moss]

Yes, but the problem is that in most cases, you don't need that much speed and it's overkill
you'll slam yourself on a wall and potentially die or you'll overshoot the door or hit a wall and bounce off

Or you'll just completely mess it up because it's not THAT consistent, the timings are much tighter than a regular ledge skate

It's just much more consistent and safer to just icarus dash and eager through corridors

[lofty flame]

ok

but dying is the same amount of risk as edge skating btw