Free Step Dodge

Silly Darkslay. DOA is a 2D fighting game.

*gasp* my life is a lie.

Sidesteps are a relatively underutilized tool in DOA5LR, but IMO the way how they're designed in DOA makes them to overly risky. They should be a bit more similar to the SS's implemented in VF5FS, which have a better balance to its Risk/Reward.

They still are good in certain situations,cause if the opponent doesn't use a move that's tracking(be that a fully tracking move or not),you can start an offensive,even if a few seconds ago you weren't the aggressor,and the attacks from a SS will mostly put you in Critical Stun.

With the mind reading AI, I wouldn't be able to get off them with side steps.

LoL I hate the side step mechanic in Virtua Fighter..... you can option select the living hell out of it..... I don't like Option Selects.

VF's SS mechanic is much more solid than DOA's.

It is.... its the Evade Dash Cancel I don't like.

It depends Force. There are characters that have godlike SS attacks (Hayate) and characters that suffer against them (Gen), but i understand your point, you can't just mash on it like a maniac, it has to be a hard read.

Yeah, it's intended to be a hard read, which of course is a risk unless you know exactly what you're gunna SS. Hayate's special sidestep is a FreeStepDodge technique and has better evasive capability than a normal SS. Christie's SS is also godlike lol.