Instant Air Dashing ¹⁾ is the act of Jumping then instantly air dashing. This removes the slowdown that happens at the end of each regular dash.

IAD's only costs one bar of Stamina.

Without items, an IAD is slower than a regular dash, air dash and dash jumping. However, with the Vitality item Stamina Mastery, and combined with Slide Bunnyhopping, IAD's becomes significantly faster and travels further.

Dashing once gives a substantial amount of speed and distance for one bar; a good IAD with slide bunnyhopping can give the distance of a dash jump with half the stamina cost. Air Dashing twice increases the peak speed from the speed of a regular dash to ~900 u/s and the distance to around two dash jumps.

IAD’s also can give a small amount of momentum to abilities if timed correctly.