Minecraft Dungeons:Sponge Striker

The Sponge Striker is a new melee weapon in Minecraft Dungeons that is part of the Hidden Depths DLC that can be used for melee purposes. It is a unique variant of the.

Usage
The Sponge Striker has to have an attack combo of three, consisting of two side slashes and an upper slash.

The first two attacks deal the minimum damage, while the upper slash does the maximum damage.

It has a unique ability to deal absorbed damage to enemies in attack combos which is good on it's own (Getting hit by an arrow or a small attack can still make the weapon one-shot any boss), but can be enhanced with an enchantment like, which deals immense damage every 6th strike. Other chance-damage enchantments such as can also help deal a ton of damage. Counting attacks can be good tactic to utilize its unique ability before the 6th strike, which can be rewarding as this combo can be used to one-shot any boss.

Tips
Well, one tactic is to soak up damage while mainly using a bow, releasing all the soaked up damage for the final boss at the end.

You are going to have to take a lot of damage for the 6th strike to properly do damage, so enchantments on your' bow like and  as well and armor enchants like  or  can help stop damage from killing you.

Abilities:

 * X melee damage
 * Rapid Slashes
 * Deals absorbed damage during attack combo