Like several other online shooters,XDefiantfeatures a slide cancel move that lets players gain extra momentum. Here’s how it works.
Alongside having thebest weapons, and idealloadoutsas you play XDefiant, it’s important to nail your movement on the battlefield if you want to stay alive. Slide canceling offers a great movement advantage to players who can nail it just right. Initiating the move involves a rapid combination of inputs that halt the slide animation shortly after a player launches into it.
If successful, the cancel tactic culminates in smoother motions, making it difficult for enemy players to track their targets.
Given how popular the maneuver is in games likeWarzoneandModern Warfare 3, it’s no surprise that Ubisoft’s arena shooter boasts a similar feature. Here’s a breakdown of how to slide cancel.
How does slide canceling work in XDefiant?
To successfullyinitiate a slide cancel, players must slide during a sprint, and then press the jump button. Hitting jump cancels out XDefiant’s slide animation, launching the player character midair with a minor speed boost.
Performing the move onPS5 merely requires players to hit Circle and X. OnXbox platforms, it’s the X and A inputs. And, finally,PC players can initiate slide canceling by pressing Shift and Space Bar.
There’s no limit to how often players can slide cancel, either. So those who want to bounce around the arena with quick bursts of speed should have no problem pulling this off.
Timing is everything, though, meaning that nailing repeated slide cancels back to back may require a bit of practice.
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Brianna Reeves is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s US team. She is a Gaming expert, covering Baldur’s Gate, Diablo, Pokemon, fighting games, first-person shooters, and single-player games. Brianna has bylines at CBR, PlayStation LifeStyle, and ScreenRant.
