Talk:Blocking

Do we need to bold every instance of the word "blocking?" If this is some convention feel free to correct me, but as it is, it makes it look a bit over-formatted imo. Cleverlynamed1 20:30, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

"Fixed". :) C ali nou - talk × contribs » 20:32, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Blocking gives half damage.
I have just tested this with zombies, spiders and skeletons and I have found this to be true. I take ~1 heart from zombies, half a heart from spiders and 1 heart from skeleton arrows. I cannot cite this, but I can confirm it. The only thing I have not yet tested is a creeper blast. Can we remove ? Cleverlynamed1 18:02, 15 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Just tested against two creepers at once. Results: . This was on Normal difficulty. Blocking with a sword halves creeper explosion damage as well as any other attack. --Nicoli20 22:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Merge with Sword article
We should merge this with the sword article. There isn't a "dispensing" article for the dispenser, so why not merge them? It's awkward to have a semi-explanation of blocking in the sword article so lets just move it

Blocking
Is this the official name of this feature? Blocking isn't really a thing you can do with a sword.


 * Swords can block. They're especially good at it in Minecraft. Father  Toast  21:07, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * The word you're actually looking for is Parrying. I think we should change the name of this action before 1.9 is finally released to avoid further confusion. This following sentence is especially confusing "You can mine blocks while blocking" --NipplesOfTheFuture 23:03, 28 September 2011 (UTC)


 * No. Parrying is a fencing term with no relevance to Minecraft swords. You can't literally parry anything other than a sword, and you certainly can't get damaged (hit) by something you've parried. Father  Toast  03:18, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Blocking and Fall Damage
I tested out that fall damage is also affected when blocking, however the damage can only be reduced to a minimun of 1/2 a heart. The test also concluded that the damage blocked is always rounded up, not down, as the damage I took the first time was 2.5 hearts and when I fell a second time it was 1.5.