Movement Speed

It has always been useful as a positioning tool though. A movement option that also does damage with range that isn't useless (vs cannon jump, same damage but only hits where you're standing). It avoids death balls and lets you get into portals more easily than monkey push which more often than not overreaches where you're trying to land.

It seems to have had it's movement nerfed though, but i have no way of knowing this.

Yeah, backstep has always been a great tools to dodge stuff and I'm rather use to it too.
I hope the nerf on both X and Y doesn't effect that much otherwise it'd really be a situation skill.

I love to use backstep to do my daily quest as it clear the map very effectively while moving through the map.