====== Sprint-Toggling ======

**Sprint-toggling**, also called the "running trick", is a [[distraction]] technique which uses the [[:noise]] made by [[:sprinting]] to distract a guard or multiple guards, before disabling "sprint" to move away from the [[:guard behaviour#interest point]] safely.

Sprint-toggling is a powerful and versatile way to manipulate guards, which can be used in many situations to avoid [[:KO|knocking out]] a guard who otherwise blocks the way. Sprint-toggling can also be used to make a guard open a door to activate a [[:items:Shock Trap]], to bring multiple guards together so they are within the area-of-effect of a [[:items:Flash Grenade]] or similar, or to control a guard so you know what they will do without [[:observing]] their movement for 1\ [[:AP]]. Additionally, sprint-toggling gives information about nearby guards, though usually you do not want a sprint-toggle to be heard by a guard you didn't already know about.

Sprint-toggling takes advantage of the "sprint" ability's mechanic which allows the agent to stop sprinting if they still have at least their base [[:AP]]; typically this means an agent can stop sprinting after using 3\ AP, or after using 4\ AP if the agent has [[:skill#Speed]]\ 5. Being [[:encumbered]] usually prevents an agent from sprinting, so it is advisable to drop excess [[:items:]] at the end of your turn if you might want to sprint-toggle the next turn, and then pick them up again once you begin sprinting. It is also often worth activating "sprint" before [[:peeking]] or [[:observing]] a guard's movement at the start of your turn, if you might want to do a sprint-toggle afterwards.

Sprint-toggling is one of the most important techniques to learn if you want to beat the game at [[:modes:Expert Plus]] or higher difficulty settings, and is practically essential for the [[:modes:challenges#No Items]] and [[:modes:challenges#Pacifist]] challenges.

===== Basic sprint-toggling =====

===== Advanced sprint-toggling =====

==== Sprint-toggling mid-turn ====

==== Sprint-toggling multiple guards ====

==== Speculative sprint-toggling ====

===== When not to sprint-toggle =====

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