can you dodge without rolling?

[IGL Taki.]

title says it, im new so im ♥♥♥♥ and dont know a thing. would like some tips :D

[𝓡𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓒𝓪𝓽]

Well you can always backstep, but it's definitely not as reliable as rolling

[TrueArchery]

Sure, dodging just means evading. You can roll, backstep, walk or sprint out of hitboxes or you can roll through attacks, utilizing a roll's iframes.

[Captain Stitch]

Equip daggers its active is a fast "sidestep" but consume fp (unless u dont cast anyway).

but u cant avoid dodge its so natural to do in the very moment of an i coming attack.

[IGL Taki.]

Backstabbing just doest work with me... I never get that hit, I have seen people in videos side stepping or something but I just cant get that

[ChubbNutt]

Certain weapons also have the quickstep ability.

[Wormling59mep]

Honestly the best course of action is getting used to rolling. The I-frames (Invulnerability Frames) make it the best alternative.

In Dark Souls 1 you could cartwheel, but there is no ability to cartwheel in Dark Souls 3 without the use of the Cheat Engine.

[miep miep]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-mvEEezoAI

i like to recommend this one as a starter video on spacing. It is short and explains really well imo.

[sophAur]

some small weapons like dagger, brigand twindagger, murky hand scythe have this weapon art called 'quickstep', which is probably the 'sidestep' you're talking about. it's different from backstep in that
1.quicksteps have iframes
2.quicksteps consume fp

although you could use quickstep without fp, you'll get less iframes. and that means a lot. see, you get 'instablility frames' that make you take more damage when iframe ends in a quickstep, but when you get less iframes, it means more instablility frames before you can use quickstep again.
also it takes some time to get used to, since it'll be unlike anything you experienced thus far. but it can be really fun if you get used to it, so I suggest grabbing one of the weapons I said above and trying it out!