How does the dodge even work?

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

I'm not sure I understand, sometimes dodging would just make you ghost through the opponent's attack and sometimes it's just a dash that will still guarantee you get smashed in the face?

Can someone explain how this works?

[Silver]

if u r running its a small dash that dose no damage and it works as a quick block but it is kind of usless unless u creat a stragie around it

[Salmon]

I think silver has mild down syndrome, but for the most part he's correct. Although the dash still gives you invincibility for a moment, it's just harder to tell when it is in the dash.

[Kev]

Neither of them happen to be correct.

If you're on the ground and hit the "dodge" button while moving,you'll perform a dash,
A burst of speed in the direction you happen to be moving in. Continuing to move in that direction puts you in a "sprint" state.

Jumping shortly after a dash is known as a dash hop(I personally call them shorthops),which is a slightly lower than normal jump,but reaches its maximum elevation quicker.

You can do a front dash or a back dash,the latter being a small hop backwards useful for dodging attacks you're anticipating.

You can chain back and front dashes indefinitely.
The only requirement to dashing is being grounded.

If you don't input any direction or hold up while being grounded,you'll do a short spot dodge,which does have invincibility frames.

You are also granted "chasedodges" upon hitting an enemy,which is supposed to help you keep in range and following up with other attacks after the initial hit.

Hop into training mode and experiment a little bit with all those mechanics,it should help you out.

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

Originally posted by KevTheMaelstrom:

Neither of them happen to be correct.

If you're on the ground and hit the "dodge" button while moving,you'll perform a dash,
A burst of speed in the direction you happen to be moving in. Continuing to move in that direction puts you in a "sprint" state.

Jumping shortly after a dash is known as a dash hop(I personally call them shorthops),which is a slightly lower than normal jump,but reaches its maximum elevation quicker.

You can do a front dash or a back dash,the latter being a small hop backwards useful for dodging attacks you're anticipating.

You can chain back and front dashes indefinitely.
The only requirement to dashing is being grounded.

If you don't input any direction or hold up while being grounded,you'll do a short spot dodge,which does have invincibility frames.

You are also granted "chasedodges" upon hitting an enemy,which is supposed to help you keep in range and following up with other attacks after the initial hit.

Hop into training mode and experiment a little bit with all those mechanics,it should help you out.

That sounds pretty complicated, but rather helpful.
Thanks!

[conr]

basically:
dash is when you move in a direction
you do the dodge with invincibility frames (will refer to as i-frames from now on)
you can dodge in a direction in the air, or do it without moving (a spot dodge)
BMG removed the directional ground dodge, so there are now no i-frames when you press the dodge button and a direction on the ground
however, if you've just hit someone you CAN do a directional ground dodge up into the air or to the side (called a chase dodge) that has i-frames

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

Originally posted by conr:

basically:
dash is when you move in a direction
you do the dodge with invincibility frames (will refer to as i-frames from now on)
you can dodge in a direction in the air, or do it without moving (a spot dodge)
BMG removed the directional ground dodge, so there are now no i-frames when you press the dodge button and a direction on the ground
however, if you've just hit someone you CAN do a directional ground dodge up into the air or to the side (called a chase dodge) that has i-frames

Ok, so (even more )basically:
Ground+direction: no iframes.
Anything else: iframes.

Is this correct?

[conr]

Originally posted by Mu'Ammar of Carthus:

Originally posted by conr:

basically:
dash is when you move in a direction
you do the dodge with invincibility frames (will refer to as i-frames from now on)
you can dodge in a direction in the air, or do it without moving (a spot dodge)
BMG removed the directional ground dodge, so there are now no i-frames when you press the dodge button and a direction on the ground
however, if you've just hit someone you CAN do a directional ground dodge up into the air or to the side (called a chase dodge) that has i-frames

Ok, so (even more )basically:
Ground+direction: no iframes.
Anything else: iframes.

Is this correct?

yeah, but also iframes just after you've hit an enemy on the ground and then dodge in a direction

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

Originally posted by conr:

Originally posted by Mu'Ammar of Carthus:

Ok, so (even more )basically:
Ground+direction: no iframes.
Anything else: iframes.

Is this correct?

yeah, but also iframes just after you've hit an enemy on the ground and then dodge in a direction

Ok, perfect.
Thanks a lot.