The reason I made most of the whirlpools so powerful is because of the limited amount of dashes. During my play testing I found that I would get so close to the end just to run out of dashes due to having to use a dash earlier to let's say, escape a whirlpool and it felt a little infuriating. With hindsight being 20/20 I see other ways I could've dealt with this problem but in the moment I decided to make it so the whirlpools on the sides stop you completely. Nonetheless, thanks for the feedback!