Shields and dodges are back and looking better than ever. Just as before, you can press the shield button to activate your defenses. Your shield can take a certain number of damage as it gets smaller, before it breaks and leaves you unconscious and vulnerable. Dodging is back as well – you can hold down on the control stick while pressing the shield button to do a sidestep dodge, backwards on the control stick to do a backwards-roll (or in ZSS’s case, a backflip…), or forwards on the control stick to do a forward-roll and get behind your opponent to attack.
