RACE!

[wildbuc117 he/him]

In a race between a steel twinborn and an edgedancer (in a straight line with the same amount of investiture) who would win?  Mind that edgedancers can also slick themselves against wind resistance.  Maybe the better question is who can go faster and go further?

[Charlie.x.3000]

4 hours ago, stonedshaman said:

What makes you belive that edge dancers can't "skate".  We've  seen with Lift that she can change her friction to different parts of her body as needed.  With practise an edge dancer would be able to switch the points of friction on there feet alternatively to create a "skating motion" as it were

That is true, it hasn't been confirmed or denied whether Edgedancers can change friction based on direction. Perhaps someone can ask Brandon at a signing? 

[stonedshaman]

17 hours ago, Charlie.x.3000 said:

That is true, it hasn't been confirmed or denied whether Edgedancers can change friction based on direction. Perhaps someone can ask Brandon at a signing? 

That would be a good question for brandon.  That being said nothing my post deals with direction change, it was about changing the friction on opposing feet.  Sorry If this comes across as rude or doesn't make sense I'm still trying to wake up

[Just another guyn he/him]

If the coin shot pushes on the bits of metal the edge dancer has, then steel wins hands down. In addition, acording to mistborn book 1, there is no upper limit to how much speed a ferring could use at once if they have the ammount of speed stored. For a compounder, this wouldn't be a problem. Add to that that they can more or less fly, and investiture makes you immune to downsides that a regular person would experience if doing the same thing, so long as they are still using it, (atium brain enhancements,  pewter making it so you don't fall on your face, etc etc.)

 

 

edit: I did find a quote from Brandon that indicates friction would eventually burn a steel compounder up

Edited January 20, 2017 by Just another guyn

[I'm_a_Stick he/him]

i think Edgedancer,

the coinshots need some metal to push on and thats a disadvantage to them.