Editing Mechanics (section)

=== Offense and Defense ===
; Weapon Attacks

* Every Hero has a weapon, usually a gun of some style, that allows them to engage in ranged combat to deal damage to other Heroes and units.

; Melee Attacks

* Every Hero may also perform a [[Melee attack|melee]] attack to strike at point-blank range with their fist, gun, etc. Players can perform either a light or heavy melee attack; light melee attacks deal a faster but weaker amount of damage, while heavy melee attacks take longer to execute, lunging forward with a more damaging blow.

; Parry

* Parries (Default key: '''F''') are a defensive move that is available to every Hero. After performing a parry, a Hero briefly enters ''a parry state''. The parry animation lasts 1 second, where any incoming melee attack will be parried for the first 0.75 seconds. During the ''parry state'', the player can fully absorb one melee attack and apply the following status effects to the melee attacker: stunning the attacker for 2.75 seconds, preventing incoming melee damage, and making the attacker susceptible to increased melee damage in return (approximately +35% to all melee damage sources, not just the individual who parried). Debuff Resist does impact the duration of those status effects from being parried, such as [[Debuff Remover]] making the stun reduce from 2.75 seconds to only approximately 1.65 seconds. A successful parry has a brief 0.3 second window exiting the parry animation in which the player will not be able to perform anything, after which any action (including another parry) can be performed. An unsuccessful parry has a cooldown of 4.5 seconds before another parry can be performed again.

; Crouch

* Crouching (Default key: '''Ctrl''') can help avoid enemy fire by making the player smaller and able to hide behind objects.

; Heroes' Abilities

* Every Hero has 4 unique abilities, which they can unlock for use by spending [[Level|'''ability unlocks''']][[File:Ability_unlock_icon.png|30px]]. Abilities are often used to deal [[Spirit Damage]], empower the player or allies, weaken enemies, or assist in traversal.