I was inspired by Hades with having the player stop while shooting, before I did that, it was too easy to just kite everything with autotargeting, but slowing the speed is a great idea. If I revisit the game I will try that, for sure!
Nope, what you found was not a misunderstood mechanic, haha, that is a rare bug that I had run into before!
Thanks playing and thanks for the feedback!