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Tantalum : a reward for plundering the deep dark!

Hello all! In this post, I'll be presenting my ideas on a new metal from the darkest depths of the Overworld : Tantalum!

What is tantalum?

Tantalum would be a new grayish-turquoise metal found in the upcoming deep dark biome, either in chests throughout the deep dark or found in the form of tantalum remnants embedded in ruins which would litter the biome, wich could be refined into tantalum ingots.

What would it be used for?

I imagine tantalum as a netherite sidegrade, being made by upgrading diamond armor with a tantalum ingot. The tools would deal +75% critical damage, yet there more to this set than meets the eye.

Shards of warding

If a player is wearing 3 or 4 pieces of tantalum armor, after hitting an enemy a few times, a shard of warding would appear near the player. Under normal circumstances, the shard would follow the player by hovering slightly above the ground and would shatter after a few seconds, yet, if the player is hit while they have one or multiple shards, the shard(s) would start spinning and, after a few seconds, it would charge the attacker, dealing 5 hearts of damage and ignoring 40% of the enemy's armor enchantments on hit.

Why would this be useful?

This set would, in my opinion, not only adds new reasons to delve into the depths but also new strategies in combat situations, adding more diversity into the armor meta.

Conclusion

Thank you for reading! Any feedback is appreciated of course.

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    This could be a rather interesting Side-grade to diamond, and with this being added, players could be given a choice when looking at the two Items: "do I go for less knockback and Armor toughness, or do I go for the additional damage?", It really adds a good aspect of choice to Minecraft by adding more to the Progression table while not just being another useless tier. Netherite is more about being able to claim it even if it's destroyed in lava, while being more tougher than some mere diamonds, while this armor set could be about risking your life, taking them down with you if you're low on health.

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    Yeah. Giving the player room to make a choice in their progression path is definitely what I was aiming for with this post, and what I'd generally like to see more of in the game, especially when there's so much potential. Glad to see people enjoy this idea too thought! It's really heartwarming.

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    Good idea, but I feel like it’s too overpowered. I would add something like this in the end, not the deep dark. Maybe jade…?

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    Perhaps something in the end would be cool, though I just felt like sharing this idea now since I remember Kingbdogz recently mentioning not being sure about what could go in the deep dark or something among those lines, and since Cory also mentioned the fact Mojang wanted to add more variety into the armor meta, something like this sounded cool in my mind, even there's probably a lot to polish in order to make this an actually good feature. What about it would be overpower exactly thought? I'm just curious to know everyone's opinion.