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Elytra Tweaks/Balance to Improve Spear PVP

Combining the spear with elytra is strong, but fun! The issue is, it’s only fun for the elytra player; it’s not fun at all if you’re the opponent who can’t do much to counter or defend.

One problem is the hurtbox, to target players gliding, is extremely small and almost impossible to hit. It should be the other way around; big hurtbox to make it possible to target flying players from the ground.

Another issue is that it’s too easy for players with elytra to run away without risk. I think players getting attacked while flying should have their elytra disabled for 2s for melee hits and 1s for projectiles. It would reduce the overwhelming advantage of elytras, and add some much needed risk to taking flight mid fight, while keeping the item the same for regular PVE/building.

Adding more risk to elytras will only help spice up the spear for PVP.

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• October 14, 2025 17:17
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  • October 12, 2025 19:06
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  Honestly I've noticed that the spear is either a bad weapon with a good utility in specific situations or just one of the best weapons because it's hard to counter and it has a really high damage because of the elytra. It's easy to dodge if someone places a wall and even if you hit the wall it does little damage. They should probably increase the damage from hitting walls to counter the spear a little more or adding some risk to use it because there's no risk when using a spear, it's just a little hard to hit when going fast but that's it.

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  • March 03, 2026 18:34
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  I strongly disagree, the same could be said with crystal pvp. It makes every other form of pvp stupid, either ban it on your server or learn to play spear elytra on a server like minemen. Personally, I like player spear elytra and minecraft hasn't been this fun in a while.The biggest issue is the tick dependency of the spear making it somewhat rng based