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Melee knockback depends on your momentum (to discourage cowardly combat)

So if you move towards a mob, you will inflict more knockback, but if you walk backwards, you'll inflict way less knockback. The current PVE encourages you to constantly walk backwards to avoid getting hit by mobs. Cowardly combat is also a problem in PVP, as players can just walk backwards while swinging a high-reach weapon to prevent themselves from getting hit. If knockback becomes momentum-based, it would prevent "backwards" combos and encourage less cowardly combat!

This would add strategy to combat by encouraging forward movement for effective combos on mobs and other players.

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    This + a movement speed increase for a few mobs could be really interesting! Love this idea. You can flip it on its head, too, by making it so that moving quickly (by elytra, horseback, etc) also deals more knockback than usual

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    This is a really good idea! Maybe speed potions would also deal more knockback? I also think that on bedrock they should reduce the knockback resistance for netherite armor. Currently even with knockback 2 you barely move when you’re in full netherite.

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    Very clever! I love this!

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    This definitely could have potential, especially considering how momentum already exists for bows and tridents, I don't see implementing it into melee weapons as a bad Idea, and in fact It could really help in some situations.