Need advice: Designing intuitive spear-throwing controls for a platformer (controller)

I'm developing my first game, a platformer (obviously :) ) where the core mechanic is throwing a spear, which also provides momentum to the player in the opposite direction (think reverse rocket jump). I'm struggling with making the controls feel smooth and intuitive on a controller.

Current thoughts/challenges:

* Left stick is used for movement, so using it for aim would conflict with the platforming and player's movement
* Right stick seems like the obvious choice for aiming, but I'm concerned it might feel clunky since players need to use this mechanic frequently
* The mechanic needs to feel fluid since it's core to both combat and traversal

Questions:

1. Has anyone implemented similar directional mechanics that worked well with a controller?
2. Are there any games with similar mechanics I should study?
3. What button/stick combination would feel most natural to players?

Any suggestions or examples would be greatly appreciated!

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Celeste has "pixel perfect" collisions and triggers that update one "pixel" at a time, while Unity seemingly updates in "chunks" despite both being set to 60 updates a second.

In this screenshot the character is dashing forward at top speed and will be one "pixel" inside the red trigger on the next frame, making contact. In Unity the character hitbox would be outside one update, then halfway inside the next. What do I change about my project to make interacting with objects as precise as this?

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Bullet prefab is not detecting collision if its in worldspacecanvas

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Why Aren't the Little Sprites Showing up in the Animation Dopesheet Window?

I'm following with a book called Mastering Unity 2D Game Development 2nd Edition, but for some strange reason I can't see the little sprites that show up when you drag and drop sprites from a spritesheet. I enabled Sprite Renderer, I sliced using automatic and bottom pivot. It looks like I've done everything right, but apparently something I'm doing is wrong. Circled in black is what I'm dealing with. I see the frame markers but no sprites. Please help me. Here's what I have:

https://preview.redd.it/ei7a110osj0e1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=02658db0b988c9f557d6a1abc766ae27c2e6c648

And here's what I want:

https://preview.redd.it/s1gnax3rsj0e1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b01545c2d44975ad762df81de0c70be95e78814

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