Talk:Slash Dash/@comment-67.168.89.214-20160524173933/@comment-98.165.147.214-20161115105727

It's very useful as a gap closer, mobility, and Crowd Control method.

AimGlide + Slash Dash gives Excalibur amazing mobility in the air, on the ground, wherever you need it. Very useful for timed puzzles or just any time you want to emote victoriously while you wait for your team to meet you at extraction.

Slash Dash knocks enemies over when you connect with them, opening them up for ground finishers and giving yourself a quick answer to otherwise intimidating enemies like Bombards or Heavy Gunners.

Slash Dash also eats bullets without harming Excalibur, so in stressful situations where Radial Blind isn't ready or would take too long to animate Excalibur can zip around the battlefield with very little worry of death.

Think you're focusing too much on the damage aspects of the power, which, also, aren't actually bad for a tier 1 power. I regularly do 2-5k with it, depending on my combo meter at the moment. Considering you can also immediately start utilizing a melee combo as soon as you connect this is just extra damage.