Java Edition 15w34c

15w34c is the twelfth snapshot for Java Edition 1.9, which was released mainly to extend features added in 15w34a and 15w34b.

General

 * Particles
 * New  particle.
 * Used for the new defensive “sweep” attack.

Items

 * Axes
 * New offensive attack.
 * Hitting another player who is blocking with a shield has a chance to disable the player's shield for 5 seconds.
 * 25% base chance, plus 5 percentage points for each level of Efficiency on the axe, plus 75 percentage points if sprinting.
 * This is visible on the shield icon through a "rolling curtain" animation.


 * Chorus fruit & ender pearls
 * Now have a cool-down every time they are used.
 * Have the same animation as the shields.
 * Chorus fruits can no longer teleport the player on top of the the Nether roof.


 * Swords
 * New defensive attack while crouching or standing and having a full damage bar.
 * Mobs near the one hit (bounding box expanded by 1 block horizontally and 0.25 vertically) and within 3 blocks of the attacker are knocked back without damage. Knockback is 80% of that done by Knockback I and is not affected by the Knockback enchantment.
 * Creates a sweep attack particle.

Gameplay

 * Combat
 * Added the attack speed tooltip.
 * When an attack is blocked by a shield, the attacker may be knocked back.
 * Different attack speeds and damages for different tools.
 * Hoes are the fastest, but only slightly more powerful than before, axes are much more powerful, but are also the slowest.

Video
Video made by slicedlime:

Trivia

 * This version was previously removed from the launcher for some time, but was added back in September 2018.