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Directional dodging creates sliding speeds

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Why sprint when you can exploit friction? By perfectly timing a mid-air dodge into the ground, players force the physics engine to transfer aerial momentum into a frictionless horizontal slide. It completely bypasses normal walking animations, allowing sweaty competitors to violently glide across the map in perpetual crouches.

Directional dodging creates sliding speeds
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