Editing Mechanics (section)

== Gameplay Mechanics ==

=== 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, ect. Players can perform either a light or heavy melee attack, light melee attacks dealing a faster but weaker amount of damage, while heavy melee attacks take longer, lunging forward with a heavy, more damaging blow.

; Parry

* Parry (Default key: '''F''') is a defensive move that is available to every hero. After performing a parry, a hero briefly enters ''a parry state'' (lasts 1s, will parry for the first 0.75s) in which they can fully absorb one melee attack, stunning the attacker for 2.75s and preventing damage, but during which they cannot do anything else. A succcessful parry has a 0.3s inactionational period, after which any action (including another parry) can be performed, an unsuccessful parry has a cooldown of 4.5 seconds.

; Crouch

* Crouching(Default key: '''Ctrl''') can help avoid enemies' fire and 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 for traversal.

=== Movement ===
; Double jump

* Heroes can perform a ''double jump'' by jumping while in mid air, which cost 1 [[stamina]]. Without items heroes can perform a single ''double jump'' in the air.

; Dash and Air Dash

* Pressing the dash button (Default key: '''Shift''') performs a quick evasive maneuver, which costs 1 [[stamina]]. It can be used to evade enemies' attacks, escaping fights or chasing enemies.

* Pressing dash while in the air performs ''air dash'' which works exactly like regular dash, except it has less slowdown at the end of the dash. Without items heroes can perform a single ''air dash'' while in the air.

; Dash Jump

* A ''Dash jump'' is a fast long jump, which can be performed during a dash and costs 1 [[stamina]], for a total of 2 including the stamina spent ''dashing''. The timing of a ''dash jump'' is visualised by the crosshair turning blue while ''dashing'', while the crosshair is blue the player can press jump to ''dash jump''.

; Slide

* Heroes can slide by holding crouch while moving faster than 9.6m/s (such as with high move/sprint speed, after dashes, ect.) or while going down slopes, preserving momentum and giving infinite ammo for the duration of the slide. This can improve your overall dps by increasing the time before needing to reload when fighting around stairs or slopes, such as the ones seen in every lane next to the [[Guardian]].

* Heroes cannot jump during slides performed from a ground dash, all other slides (including from air-dashes/dash jumps) do not have this restriction.

; Down Dash

* Heroes can quickly dash downwards while in mid air by pressing crouch button twice, spending 1 [[stamina]].

; Wall Jump

* Heroes can perform a ''wall jump'' by jumping in mid air next to a wall while inputting the direction away from the wall. This does not cost any [[stamina]].

=== General ===
; Laning

* Laning is the process of fighting in the lane, collecting [[souls]] from [[Trooper]]s, and pushing the lane to the enemy [[Patron]].
* There are 4 lanes. From left to right they are York (yellow), Greenwich (green), Broadway (blue), and Park (purple). Any part of a lane controlled by the opposing team will be red on the minimap.

; Ganking

* Ganking is the act of moving from one lane to another to help kill enemy heroes who are over extended, or who are simply ripe for the picking.

* The process of organizing players in the '''laning phase''' (see: "[[Strategy]]").

; Items
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* All [[items]] give passive bonuses and some of them have active ability that hero can use on command. Items can be purchased from the [[The Curiosity Shop]], for [[Souls]].