Cartwheel

Cartwheel (ホイールロール, Hoīru Rōru, lit. "Wheel Roll") is a technique in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-, and Kingdom Hearts III. It allows the user to evade attacks by literally cartwheeling across ground. Cartwheel is different from Dodge Roll and Slide, in that it gives a long invincibility time when the animation is being performed, rather than just moving.

Aqua using Cartwheel against the Unknown.

Mechanics

In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Cartwheel is a Movement command that has a has a maximum level of 4. Leveling up this command increases the amount of distance covered. Once it has reached level 4, it offers total invincibility frame coverage, meaning that as long as Aqua continues to Cartwheel (not stopping to run, attack, or use Commands), she cannot be hit by enemy attacks at all.

In Kingdom Hearts III, Cartwheel is a mobility ability activated by pressing / while moving.

Learning Cartwheel

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep

• Aqua has Cartwheel in her Command Deck by default.
• Aqua can purchase Cartwheel from the Command Shop for 200 munny once one world is cleared or the command has already been obtained elsewhere.

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-

• Aqua has Cartwheel as a default ability.

Kingdom Hearts III

• Aqua has Cartwheel as a default ability.

Other appearances

Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories

Riku cartwheeling in Monstro.

In Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Riku can cartwheel to avoid enemies attacks.

See also

• Dodge Roll
• Slide
• Firewheel