Knockback

Knockback

Knockback is a Secondary stat that applies to projectiles and melee weapons. It pushes enemies away from you with the distance being increased by the value of your knockback stat.

Knockback always knocks enemies directly away from the character, no matter the diretion of the projectile / melee weapon that hit the enemy.

• Some enemies are resistant to being knocked back, you can see the page for the exact numbers for each enemy.
• Elites and Bosses are immune to being knocked back.
• Despite Knockback items having knockback as an item tag, there's no characters tagged for knockback.

What Applies Knockback

Both Melee and Ranged weapons causes knockback on hit, if the weapon has knockback, or if you have increased your knockback stat.

Spawned projectiles from Cacti Club , Sniper Gun, and other spawned projectiles causes knockback. Similarly, projectiles from Alien Eyes and Baby with a Beard also cause knockback.

Explosions don't cause knockback. Even the main projectile/weapon hit will lose its ability to cause knockback if the weapon causes explosions. For weapons with a chance to explode, they will still knockback on hits that didn't trigger an explosion.

Piercing hits will cause knockback. But once a weapon bounces, it loses the ability to knockback.

Structures apply knockback. But note that explosions still don't cause knockback even if done by a structure. Note that no matter the position of a turret, it will knock enemies away from your character, not the position of the turret.

Items

There are several items in the game that increases or decreases the

Positive

These items increase your Knockback.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Alien Tongue	Tier 1	+30% pickup range +1 Knockback	25			Pickup, Knockback
Ball and Chain	Tier 3	+15 % Damage +3 Armor +5 Knockback -3 % Speed Weapons have a minimum cooldown of 0.75 seconds between attacks	75	1		Damage, Armor, Knockback
Barricade	Tier 3	+3 Knockback +8 Armor while standing still -5 % Speed	75			Armor, Stand Still, Knockback
Big Arms	Tier 4	+12 Melee Damage +6 Ranged Damage +3 Knockback -3 % Attack Speed -3 % Speed	105		Win a run with Generalist	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Knockback
Black Belt	Tier 2	+25 % XP Gain +3 Melee Damage +3 Knockback -8 Luck	50			Melee Damage, XP Gain, Knockback
Boxing Glove	Tier 1	+1 Melee Damage +3 Knockback	18			Melee Damage, Knockback
Cog	Tier 2	+4 Engineering +1 Knockback -4 % Damage	35			Engineering, Knockback
Lantern(DLC)	Tier 4	+10 % Damage +50 Range +15 Knockback Knocks nearby enemies back every 3 seconds	100	1		Damage, Range, Knockback
Mammoth	Tier 4	+20 Melee Damage +5 HP Regeneration +5 Knockback -8 % Damage -3 % Speed	110			Melee Damage, HP Regeneration, Knockback

Negative

These items decrease your Knockback.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Acid	Tier 2	+8 Max HP -2 % Dodge -2 Knockback	65			Max HP
Banner	Tier 2	+20 Range +10 % Attack Speed -5 Knockback	55			Range, Attack Speed
Mutation	Tier 1	+1 Ranged Damage +1 Elemental Damage -3 Knockback	25			Ranged Damage, Elemental Damage
Sharp Bullet	Tier 1	Projectiles pierce through 1 additional target -20% Piercing Damage -5 % Damage -3 Knockback	25	1		Ranged Damage
Whetstone	Tier 2	+4 % Life Steal -3 Knockback	40		Win a run with Sick	Life Steal

Mechanic

The Coil grants you Damage based on your knockback stat. Note that it only cares about your knockback stat, and not about any base knockback on weapons. The Lantern gives a massive +15 knockback bonus and a special ability that knocks enemies back.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Coil	Tier 3	+5 Knockback +1 % Damage for every 1 Knockback you have	70	3		Damage, Knockback
Lantern(DLC)	Tier 4	+10 % Damage +50 Range +15 Knockback Knocks nearby enemies back every 3 seconds	100	1		Damage, Range, Knockback

Characters

The only character to have any changes to knockback is Soldier:

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Soldier	+50% Damage while standing still +50% Attack Speed while standing still +10% Speed +200% pickup range +15 Knockback You cant attack while moving	Win a run in Danger 2	Nuclear Launcher	Stand Still

Weapons

While many weapons have knockback, the Hammer is special. Not only does it have the highest base knockback in the game, it also grants additional knockback stat, which will boost the knockback of all of your weapons. The Harpoon gun is also quite special. It has negative knockback, meaning that higher knockback pulls enemies closer to you. It also has the ability to ignore enemy knockback resistance.

Name	Class	Damage	Attack Speed	DPS	Crit Damage/Chance	Range	Knockback	Lifesteal	Special Effects	Base price	Unlocked by
Hammer	Blunt, Heavy	- 35(150%) 70(175%) 110(200%)	- 1.67s 1.59s 1.5s	- 21.0(89%)/s 44.0(110%)/s 73.3(133%)/s	- x1.75 (3%) x1.75 (3%) x1.75 (3%)	- 175 175 175	- 30 40 50	- 0 0 0	+2/+4/+6 Knockback	- 51 95 190	Default
Harpoon Gun(DLC)	Naval, Gun	- 5(+100%+100%) 10(+100%+100%) 20(+100%+100%)	- 0.82s 0.73s 0.65s	-- 6.1(122.4%122.4%)/s 13.6(136.4%136.4%)/s 30.8(153.8%153.8%)/s	- x1.5 (3% chance) x1.5 (3% chance) x1.5 (3% chance)	- 800 850 900	- -30 -30 -30	- 0 0 0	Slows enemies in a radius around the projectile. Pierces 3/4/5 enemies dealing -25% less damage with each pierce	- 50 105 220	Default

Update History

• 1.1.0.0: Knockback now always knocks enemies away from the character. Before it would depend on the direction of the projectile/melee weapon. This was a highly requested change, as the earlier knockback had a tendency to sometimes knock enemies towards you if enemies were hit by the end of a swing from a melee weapon, or on the backswing. It also fixed a bug where
• 1.1.0.0: Knockback was expanded as a mechanic. Many items got added knockback onto them as an upside or downside. Also Coil was added as a payoff for knockback.