Dodging and invincibility frames

There is no dedicated dodge button in Cactus. Performing a weapon swap doubles as a dodge, in that it provides roughly half a second of invincibility frames during the animation.

During a dodge you cannot take damage from any source, be it melee, bullets, lasers or explosions. This makes dodging a valuable skill to learn in high-level play.

Some other actions also grant invincibility, denoted by your Android flashing or glowing white.


 * After collecting a Shutdown, you are granted 4 seconds of invincibility.


 * After recovering from a knockdown, you are granted 2 seconds of invincibility.


 * Liquorice is invincible while dashing and slashing using Vorpal Blade, but not while charging it up.


 * Peanut is invincible while damaging a target with Giga Drill.