This skill is so bad to use. It has a delay both at the start of the Evade and once it ends. This results in a pause, then the camera jerks around suddenly, you dash followed by another pause and another jerking of the camera. Every single time I use it I cringe and wonder how the hell this made it into the game.
Why have a stutter in the first place? The balancing/downside is the fact it’s on a cooldown so there shouldn’t be any need to add clunkiness.
Think about how many times you use Evade from level 1 to 100. Players use Evade every time it’s off cooldown just to gain a tiny bit of ground or get a burst of speed from the boot implicit. We have to do this because outside of the Rogue movement speed is almost non-existent. Should you really let something that players are constantly using be so terrible?
What even is the point of the skill? It’s a garbage movement skill that isn’t remotely close to being smooth. You don’t get i-frames during Evade. There are a few one shot boss attacks in this game but Evade is completely useless because it can’t dodge them unless you are already at the very edge of that skills area of effect anyways.
Please make this skill smooth and seamless to use. Maybe you could even consider making it useful to dodge attacks as intended.
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I havnt had an issue with evade. Its quite smooth and the speed boosts that come with it are nice.
In S2 with metamorphosis while in AoZ you could get stuck in walls but thats was the only place it didnt perform the way it should have.
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I don’t think it’s that bad. On my barb it feels a bit sluggish compared to my rogue, but the barb is not exactly an agile character. It still gets me out of trouble more times than not.
Evade & health drink button are awesome. Me like very much 
(because i dont play 1-shot barb and actually have to use it)
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Evade is just fine. This is a clear case of just get better.
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Hmm sounds like a hardware problem honestly have you updated your drivers at all? Serious question btw
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It already is. Sounds like a hardware issue on your end.
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People often go on a rave about how good the combat is in D4. I’ve been saying this forever, D3 combat is much more fluid than D4. D4 has so much lag in its interaction that it’s mind blowing.
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Honestly d3 had the same issues at release lots of rubber banding then over time it just got better
D3 was released in 2012
D4 was released in 2023
In 2023, as blizzard, you have literally no excuse to put out a game like this.
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Uhh…
When I evade it’s a smooth transition at all times, allowing me to quickly move out of the way of traps, enemy attacks etc etc.
If you’re experiencing stutters and delays, that’s not a result of the evade animations or how its coded.
Yeah I have to say my evade is fine ppl may need to update their drivers I think. Also combat itself is awesome in this game.
Animation frames could be improved, i like how smooth POE 2 looks in this area. Is it emergency not really, but i hope to see it improved, still better with than without imo.
I also think class variety and spin on the evade function could and should be even more unique and special, furthering the class behavior and pros and cons.
i still get stuck in walls after charges these days 
no clicks register and i have to evade out of the wall first lol
this game never feels polished there’s always something heh
The game made close to a billion dollars on release. They didn’t need an excuse. They had an incentive.
Fixing the game will make them another billion dollars.
I think this might have been their game plan all along.
Evade isn’t even an i-frame in this game, which makes it essentially useless for survival unless simply repositioning would help you survive.
I agree with OP on this. Evade is garbage in this game, like many other features, and it will probably never improve either.
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Yup , I have to agree, it’s not a smooth instant action, there’s a split second before you lunge forward and a split second recover time, it almost feels worthless, not to mention you don’t move very far at all. The range could easily double, depending on how far away we click.
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Dodge is awesome. I cant imagine playing the game without it.
For barb players i would suggest exchanging the dodge skill with the new “chicken” emote for the extra roXXorness.
Lol @ some people saying “it’s an issue on your side” “you need to update your drivers”
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