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Dashing
A short clip showcasing dashing on the ground and in the air (including downdashing).
Dashing is a fundamental part of movement in Deadlock. Dashing allows you to quickly evade attacks, to reposition fast and efficiently, and is a basic building block for other basic and advanced movement techniques.
You can dash both in the air and in the ground. When done in the air, it is called an Air Dash. You are only permitted one Air Dash per jump at the start of the game; this can be expanded to two with the 
Vitality item Superior Stamina.
You can dash in four directions on the ground (the four cardinal directions) and nine in the air (the eight inter-cardinal directions plus directly down)
While in the air, you have access to one other direction to dash to; down towards the ground. When you dash towards the ground, it is called a downdash. To downdash, double tap the duck key, once you press the duck key, you have a 17 tick window (or 0.28 seconds) to press it again1)
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Dashing takes one bar of stamina.
At the start of the game, you are only allowed one Air Dash while in the air. This can be increased with the vitality; Vitality item Superior Stamina to two Air Dashes.
The base stats go as follows;
- On the ground, you can reach a peak speed of
611.15u/s (or 15 metres). From a standstill, you will travel374.72units. - In the air, you can reach a peak speed of
530±30u/s when jumping straight up and air dashing directly forwards. An air dash travels 8 metres. - Speed when walking forward depends on character.
Dashing on the ground always sets your velocity to 611.15 u/s. Air Dashing is an impulse2) instead. This means that Air Dashing can stack or conflict with prior momentum.
To dash, press any movement key and press the dash key (by default, the left shift key). Your character will quickly move in that direction.