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Hoes deal sideways knock back

Hoes now deal knock back side to side. We all know that the hoe has a very low damage output, but what if we could use it to disorientate our enemies by hitting them to the side. Since the hoe has a faster attack speed and lower damage you could bounce around players dealing fast damage wile bouncing them around like a cat with a yarn ball. This effect would be neglected with a shield or knock back resistance. A note i would like to add would be that the way you get knocked back would be alternating from left to right with no rng.

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    Or perhaps an enchantment to make hoes hit from the side. Which causes such knockback and could also get around shiled blocking frome the right angles. Naturally it wouldn't deal much damage but it would create another shield counter other than cleaving. It would show the hoe being swung sideways as well, alternating sides each swing or by left and right clicking. To counter it in pvp you would instead need to block from the side the hoe swings at you on, instead of directly in front of you.

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    Maybe the direction they get knocked could depend on where you hit them (compared to you), so if you hit the side of them that is to your Right, they get knocked to your Left, and vice versa.

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    Hey you missed the 'h' in 'while'

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    Another idea: It could yoink items out of the player's hands? 

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    And increase the base damage by 1, from 1-2.

    this will make them actually useful and would be great for combat!

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    I agree with the idea, but perhaps it could only be unlocked when knockback is placed on a hoe.

    However, I feel like this would feel out of place unless hoes were given an enchant to increase damage, or maybe a stacking damage mechanic that makes it practical as a weapon.

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    Hoe should only knockback if enchanted with knockback. Because an ordinary hoe won't knock back a grown man, even if it's twice as fast and twice as heavy.
    In addition, the strike must depend on the direction of the player's movement: If the player moves from right to left, then he strikes from right to left. And if the player moves frontally, then he must hit from top to bottom.