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New enchantment for the Sword - Radiance

So I wanted to look at one certain Idea that people have been looking at for awhile, one that very well be considered "wanted" by many: Blade beams. the concept of a mid-range sword projectile has been stuck in some people's minds, and with the Introduction of Minecraft's new combat, It's about time we manifested this Idea into a feature.

 

So the Idea could be a level-less enchantment, known as "Radiance", which can only be found in stronghold chests or in end ships. the way it works is that it requires 4 XP points per use (making a sort of special ability), and is activated by swinging the sword at 200% Cooldown while a target is out of reach (for example, a zombie that is 5 blocks away). the "disk" of light that the sword conjures does the same damage as the tier of the sword you're using, will not cause knockback, and will last for 7 blocks before disappearing, making it more of a mid-range "Utility attack". It will disappear if it hits a wall and will not hit an enemy more than once (of course, the Radiance disk activates INV frames, so do keep this in mind), which means this enchantment will require the player to be more considerate when fighting.

Of course, I'd like to hear any opinions or thoughts you have in the comments below. 

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    Of course, I'd see this as being a good way to deal with bows and crossbows when we're talking about Mid-range, as It would force ranged opponents to deal with a sword-wielder at a further range, which is a creative and balanced solution to deal with the problem of people with multiple fully enchanted crossbows and harming II arrows that could easily annihilate a player. plus, since this enchantment applies to the sword, It gives further uniqueness to the weapon as opposed to the sword being used to just deal more damage.

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    Or, instead of consuming XP, it could only work at full hearts.

    Why full hearts? Because this reminds me of The Legend of Zelda games.

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    i aggree with the guy above me. instead of costing xp, u would only be able to use this at full health.