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Dashing
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.
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| Tech Type: | Universal Tech |
| Difficulty: | Basic Mechanics |
| Character Dependent: | No |
| Inputs: | Dash |
Dashing takes one bar of stamina. You can dash both in the air and on 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 
Stamina Mastery.
Using a keyboard, 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). If you are using a joystick to move, you can dash at any angle on the ground and in the air.
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 28 tick (0.44 second) window to press it again.
0.3 seconds after starting a grounded dash, a window to execute a Dash Jump will open for 0.2 seconds, during which the stamina bar flashes a light blue. This window is solely activated by starting a grounded dash; if you leave the ground after initiating the dash, you are still able to dash. For more information, view the dedicated page on Dash Jumping.
While everyone in the roster has the same dash distance, they have different dash speeds. Characters fall into three buckets (Buckets is the official terminology used by Yoshi):
- Bucket 1 characters have the fastest dash speed, with peak speeds of 635 u/s on the ground and a total dash time of 0.62 seconds.
- Bucket 2 characters have 9% slower dash speed, with peak speeds of 579 u/s on the ground and a total dash time of 0.68 seconds.
- Bucket 3 characters have the slowest dash speed, being 12% slower than Bucket 1, with peak speeds of 562 u/s on the ground and a total dash time of 0.70 seconds.
Dashing on the ground always sets your velocity to a fixed amount. Air Dashing is an impulse instead, meaning it can stack or conflict with prior momentum.
To dash, move and press the dash key (by default, the left shift key). Your character will quickly move in that direction.
Dash Speed Character Buckets
| Bucket 1 | Bucket 2 | Bucket 3 |
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 Calico |
 Apollo |
 Abrams
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 Celeste |
 Billy |
 Bebop
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 Grey Talon |
 Drifter |
 Dynamo
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 Haze |
 Graves |
 Kelvin
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 Holliday |
 Infernus |
 Lady Geist
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 Ivy |
 Lash |
 Mo & Krill
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 Mina |
 McGinnis |
 Paige
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 Paradox |
 Mirage |
 Rem
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 The Doorman |
 Pocket |
 Shiv
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 Seven |
 Venator
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 Silver |
 Victor
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| Silver (Transformed) |
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 Sinclair |
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 Vindicta |
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 Viscous |
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 Vyper |
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 Warden |
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 Wraith |
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 Yamato |
Items that increase/decrease dash distance
| Name |  Cost | Category | Stat change |
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 Slowing Bullets | 1,600 |  Weapon | -22% Dash distance |
 Weighted Shots | 3,200 | Weapon | -22% Dash distance |
 Haunting Shot | Legendary | Weapon | -40% Dash distance |
 Metal Skin | 3,200 | Vitality | -20% Dash distance |
| Stamina Mastery | 3,200 | Vitality | +23% Dash distance |
 Colossus | 6,400 | Vitality | -25% Dash distance |
 Mystic Slow | 1,600 |  Spirit | -12% Dash distance |
 Slowing Hex | 1,600 | Spirit | -30% Dash distance |
 Lightning Scroll | 6,400 | Spirit | -12% Dash distance |
 Vortex Web | 6,400 | Spirit | -40% Dash distance |