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Dark Souls III eGuide (Steam) Additional Rules & Helpful Tips

Roll Mechanics

Have you ever wondered what effect Equip Load has on your dodging and backstepping? There are four different categories of weight when you’re calculating dodge speed and distance. The results are entirely based on your Equip Load percentage.

Equipment Load Effects

SpeedEquip Load %Effect
Slowest Over 100% Rolling and backstepping are disabled
Very Slow 70-100% Rolling is ponderous; you get 12 frames of invulnerability
Normal 30-70% Rolling is very responsive; you get 13 frames of invulnerability
Fast 0-30% Rolling is extremely fast; you get 13 frames of invulnerability

The faster your category, the further you roll and the longer you have to cancel the roll.

Backstepping only has three categories for its speed. You cannot backstep at 100% Equip Load (and over). Slow backstepping is used with 70-100% Equip Load; everything under that is at the fastest speed.