How do you do a power shot?

[Catratio]

I started over to play as Hugo and I notice every once in a while he summons a bolt of lightning. The tutorial says it's a power shot and you "double click left mouse button + attack". Lot of good that does me, I'm playing on a controller using the left stick. It seems to come out purely randomly even when I'm standing still, even though it says you have to do it just as you stop moving. It's kind of annoying because I lost some damage on the first boss because I kept accidentally doing lightning instead of hitting him with my bullets.

[Jupiter3927]

It's almost complicated with a controller...

1:Start by not moving.
2:Move a little bit in any direction.
3:Stop moving.
4:Wait until you completely stop moving or up to maybe a half second later.
5:Attack.

It can't be done if you're already moving but you can stop then start to trigger it.
It can't really be done mid-combo unless you're playing Hugo since he's too cool for combos.
Don't move while shooting and you should be ok.

Edit: forgot how to use the forum somehow...

[Ikagura]

This technique is annoying like the dash-jump in Ys the ark of napishtim...

The best way to do it is to use the analog controls or just the d-pad.

This is basically the lunge attack for the other characters

[Catratio]

Alright thanks, that's a lot clearer. I can do it on purpose now if I want, but I see why I'm doing it on accident. When I make tiny changes in direction to correct his aim it's triggering it.

[Berahlen]

Yeah it's not a nice move. Thankfully it's not critical and not all that much of an impediment when it happens on accident.

The third character has to use it on purpose a couple times to get past an obstacle, but it's along a cardinal direction, and you can clear the room first and practice a bit. It's not nearly as prominent as dash-jumping in Ark.

[Jupiter3927]

It has a def- effect on it so it's useful against some bosses (some are immune) and helps against tough enemies.

[Ikagura]

It's good when you have troubles with some ennemies (like the red glowing one)