Dodge Roll (Move)

The dodge roll is a move in Enter the Gungeon that allows the player to dodge though or out of the way of incoming projectiles.

Mechanics

 * The dodge roll lasts about 0.7 seconds from the time the player activates it to the time that the player finishes rolling on the ground and regains control.
 * When beginning a dodge roll, the direction the player is moving in determines what direction the player will roll in. The player can only roll in the 8 cardinal and diagonal directions.
 * During the first half of the dodge roll, the player is immune to all damage, and can safely pass through bullets unharmed.
 * During the second half of the dodge roll, the player continues to move, but becomes vulnerable to damage.
 * Dodge Rolling over a non-flipped Table allows the player to slide across it along with any connecting tables in the player's direction.
 * Pressing the Dodge Roll key while sliding over a table cancels the table slide, and destroys the table.
 * Despite common belief, the player is invulnerable to projectiles while sliding over tables. The misconception that tables do not provide invulnerability stems from the fact that the slide is immediately cancelled upon reaching the other side of the table, making the time that the player is invulnerable effectively much less than a regular dodge roll.

Tips

 * Avoid dodge rolling when not necessary, as the lack of control may cause the player to end up in harm's way at the end of a roll.
 * The dodge roll can be used to exit minecarts found in the Black Powder Mine, and can also be used to jump from cart to cart.

Trivia

 * The creators of Enter the Gungeon, Dodge Roll, named themselves after the dodge roll move.
 * Many bosses' attacks are impossible to avoid without using the dodge roll.
 * Only 2 enemies are shown to use the dodge roll, these being the Gun Cultist and the Resourceful Rat briefly when he retreats during his first phase.
 * Technically speaking, the enemy player during the Cultist's past is also an enemy that can use the dodge roll.
 * The unused form of the Resourceful Rat boss spawnable via game modification prior to the Advanced Gungeons & Draguns update also used repeated dodge rolling as part of its movement pattern.
 * In game, NPC s will refer to the dodge roll (such as Bello), but instead of being known as a move that passes the player over bullets, it is known as a move that passes you through bullets unharmed. This might be a play on how the game appears two-dimensional.
 * This is evid ent by one of Blockner's ghost lines being "What I don't understand is why the bullets weren't hitting you. It really looks like they should."