Talk:Levitate/@comment-3498155-20140410062652

Counterintuitively, this skill is better than doublevault in quite a few situations. Doublevault merely tacks on another jump, whereas this skill has you float.

While that sounds iffy, floating is much better traveling horizontally, as the slow glide descent is easier to control. Similarly, if you jump against a wall, continuing to levitate moves you upwards for quite a bit.

This is best demonstrated on the ledge at the cliffs just outside Cassardis, which has the exit from the Witchwood. If you doublevault there, you'll barely clear the middle of the cliffs. If you jump then levitate, you'll notice your character moving upwards (momentum?), and done at the correct segment of the cliffs you'll be able to grasp the edge of the ledge and pull yourself up.

There are several places like this, but that's the nearest to the starting village where you can easily try for yourself.