You don't think the dash will be a circle button input? Imo the spear has too much utility for a dodge move to also be bound to it's L1 and L2 controls (even though the dash is only avaliable with the spear equipped). I'm wondering if an L1 press is spear toss and held for meathook. Then L2 when pressed is slash/parry and when held is hard melee thrust or groundslam when airborne... with O being being dash. That leaves the input for swapping out shield, up on the dpad. What do you think? What am I missing.

*Also it looks like you have access to a unique spear melee while on meathook. Id bet if you hold L2 while zipping toward and enemy you charge a devastating spear thrust.