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Stand Cancelling

Stand Cancelling
Tech Type Universal
Difficulty Advanced Hard
Character Dependent Yes1)
Inputs (Hold) Duck → Dash → (Release duck during dash)
Discovered by kriel2)

Stand Cancelling3) is the act of cancelling a crouched dash by standing up. After you stand up, you are fully actionable.

To execute a Stand Cancel, hold duck then dash. During the dash, let go of the duck key. You will cancel the dash short and stand up. You can also execute a Stand Cancel by binding either mouse wheel up or down to crouch and scrolling up or down when you want to Stand Cancel (this allows you to Stand Cancel without holding down duck beforehand)

Stand Cancelling costs one bar of Stamina. After a Stand Cancel, you can do various other actions. You can

The true utility of Stand Cancel is that you can do any of these options. It’s also simple to execute and better than regular dashing. This makes Stand Cancel a very powerful option.

Stand Cancelling can allow you to dash quickly in rapid succession and change directions unpredictably.

To execute, hold duck during a dash, then at any time during the dash, let go. You should return to a standing position, where you are fully actionable. You can also execute by binding duck to the mouse wheel and scrolling up or down in the middle of a dash.

1)
Haze Haze and Grey Talon Grey Talon are unable to dash after Stand Cancelling. If attempted, they will have the animation of dashing but be walking.
2)
Thank you kriel for this amazing tech. kriel made a video about Stand Cancelling, shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW17MoyIuUY&t=107s
3)
AKA SC
universaltech/standcancelling.txt · Last modified: 2025/03/22 10:06 by 127.0.0.1