Pickaxes should be a viable weapon. They would deal less damage than swords and axes, and have roughly the same attack rate as axes, but be much better at piercing armor. Furthermore, if it's enchanted with efficiency, it pierces more armor (but this is affected by armor toughness), if it's enchanted with fortune, it has a chance to give the enemy a broken armor status effect for a few seconds that makes their armor less effective, and if it's enchanted with silk touch, it ignores armor toughness, half of the enemy's protection enchantments, and one level of the resistance status effect.
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