Dodge Cancel Technique

The "Dodge Cancel" technique for Evie works a lot like the "Heavy Cancel" technique for Fionas. Basically, using the spacebar (dodge) in any direction (default is straight backwards) effectively cancels the recovery phase of her magic-casting animations. As noted above you can use this to stop casting Firebolt before wasting stamina on a total whiff, but it also works with Magic Arrow, etc.

You can press the hot key for Magic Arrow(now simply normal attack, usually left click) and the space bar nearly simultaneously (like a drum flam, just hit the space bar a fraction after hitting the quickslot key for Magic Arrow), and your Evie will fire a Magic Arrow while leaping backwards and when you hit the ground you can keep moving. No recovery cycle at all. Using this may be a cancel for attacks, but is also be a different way to run (or hop) faster than the usual hold shift and move.