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Controls
Every action on a keyboard, a gamepad and a phone, one table per device.
Status: Built (changing keys: new on 14 Nov 2026) · Last checked: 14 Nov 2026
How you make your hero move and fight. There is one attack button, three skills, a guard, a jump and a sprint, and the same actions exist on a keyboard, a gamepad and a phone.
On a keyboard
| Action | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Move and aim | Arrow keys | Up and down also aim attacks and the Fire bolt |
| Attack | A | Tap for a light attack, hold for a heavy one. See light and heavy |
| Skill 1 (special attack) | Q | Fire bolt, unless your hero carries another skill there |
| Skill 2 (defensive) | W | Hush, unless your hero carries another |
| Skill 3 (self-supporting) | E | Mend, unless your hero carries another |
| Ultimate | R, or Q + W + E together | Only with a full bar. See the ultimate |
| Guard | D | Hold to block. Pressed just as a hit lands it is a perfect guard |
| Jump | Space | Hold a moment for a higher jump. See jumps |
| Sprint | Shift, or tap a direction twice and keep it held | See super sprint |
| Pause | Esc |
Two keys together
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Back dodge | Shift + the direction behind you |
| Shield bash | D + A |
| Recovery leap | Up + W |
| Fast fall | Down, while falling |
| Drop through a thin platform | Down, while standing on it |
On a gamepad
Written with the button names of the most common pad.
| Action | Button |
|---|---|
| Move and aim | Left stick or the d-pad |
| Attack | X (left face button) |
| Skill 1 | Y (top face button) |
| Skill 2 | B (right face button) |
| Skill 3 | LB (left shoulder) |
| Ultimate | RB (right shoulder), or the three skill buttons together |
| Guard | LT (left trigger) |
| Jump | A (bottom face button) |
| Sprint | RT (right trigger) |
| Pause | Start |
Press any button on the gamepad once so the game notices it. A second player on the same computer plays on a gamepad.
On a phone or tablet
Hold the phone sideways. Held upright, the game asks you to turn it.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Move and aim | The left thumb stick. It appears where your thumb touches |
| Walk and run | Push the stick a little |
| Super sprint | Push the stick far |
| Back dodge | Flick the stick all the way back, from rest or from a walk |
| Attack | The big ATK button, bottom right. Tap for a light attack, hold for a heavy one |
| Jump | JUMP |
| Guard | GUARD |
| Skills 1, 2, 3 | The three stone keys in an arc around the attack button. While a skill is resting, its key shows the seconds left |
| Ultimate | A glowing ULT key that is only on screen while the bar is full |
| Shield bash (new, 14 Nov) | Hold GUARD and slide that thumb sideways |
| Recovery leap (new, 14 Nov) | Hold JUMP and slide that thumb up |
The two slides exist because those moves need two buttons at once, which one thumb cannot press quickly. GUARD + ATK and up + Skill 2 still work as well.
Changing the keys (new on 14 Nov 2026)
In Settings, under Controls, every action except moving can be put on another key or gamepad button. There is a reset, and when a key is already taken the two actions swap. Your choice is saved on the device. On a phone the same tab holds the button size, which side the stick is on, and vibration.
The help text on the left of a fight and the training move list name the keys you have chosen.
Nerd section: the exact numbers
Exact timings behind the keys
| What | Value |
|---|---|
| A tap becomes a hold (the heavy) | After a third of a second or more. See light and heavy |
| Pause | Esc; Enter also works in the current build |
| Gamepad | A browser only sees a gamepad after a button on it has been pressed |
What can be changed
Actions that can be changed: Attack, Skill 1, Skill 2, Skill 3, Ultimate, Guard, Jump, Sprint, Pause. Moving and aiming stay on the arrows and the left stick.
Changing the keys was connected to the game on the night of 13 to 14 Nov 2026 and has not been play-checked by the owner yet.
Other keys in the current test build
These belong to the test build; the menus are taking them over.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| O | Settings panel |
| I | Show or hide the help text on the left |
| M / N | Sound effects / music on or off |
| B | The lighting look on or off |
| - and = | Camera zoom, wider or closer |
| 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 | Stage: Pine ridge / Low sun pass / Lake at dusk / Beacon crag / Broken bridge. Picking another stage starts the fight again on it |
| T | Training on or off |
| C | What the second fighter does (see the computer opponent) |
| H / P | Hit areas / a line of text that says what your fighter is doing (for testing) |